The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, AUGUST 10, 1906.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1834, 15 August 1906, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, AUGUST 10, 1906.

J 1 ■ our mouiory is to bo relied ou, Sir George Grey it was who first mentioned the alteration of tho Customs tariff to include a froe breakfast table ; but it was only talk in tlio3o days, for tho paucity of rovenua would not permit of such drastic concessions. After him Sir Harry Atkinson mor) than once oxpressod his desire to seo every man, woman, and child in the colony

onjoy thoir morning meal freo oi Customs duty ; but lio too was iiauipgred in his efforts to roaliso that result by tho difficulties ho inherited from his predecessor of placing the finances of the colony on something liko a sound bisis. Instead of remitting duties in iris day he had to start by remitting part of his own salary and those of his colleagues,, and imposing a ten per cent, reduction on the salaries of Civil Servants. It was not possible for him to carry his wishes into offec f , although ho was frequently reminded by the then member for Kumara that he ought to do so. Times have changed since then. Sir Harry died in the endeavour to do what he and tho country desired in that respect, and what the increased prices for products, the inauguration of the frozen moat trade, and a flowing prosperity consequent upon theso conditions afterwards made cac-ily possible. The very man who most persistently twitted | him with failure to furnish f ‘ a freo i breakfast table ” assumed tho reins of !

| power on the swelling wave of pros* perity, and for thirteen years controlled the destiny of tho colony. Year by year a buoyant revenuo enabled him to announce 11 record surpluses,” but neve? a word was hoard during tho interim of “ a free breakfast table.” Year by year the surpluses went steadily up from about £165,000, until the final ono reached tho enormous sum of £790,000. Thon, and not till then, did we hear Sir Gao. Greyls stock phrase repeated, and most people will admit that it was time it ‘was resuscitated ; but even ro this day it has not assumed any more tangible shape than an ephemeral catch- I vote cry, aacl tho user of it haa gouo

beyond tho vouch of tho excmoman. Onto more, howovor, just boforo that untoward ovont tho anoiont phrase wan hoard resounding from tho hustings, and hopra worn high that at least tho long-sanctioned idoa of a remission of duties on tho necessaries of lil'o would assume legislative uhapo. Tho poor and tho needy yearned for it, tho workman and tho artisan asked for it, tho well-to-do and tho wealthy fuvored it, tho disproportionatoly-swellod sur pluses warranted it, and only politicians who proaohed “ humanity ” from tho hotiso (ops proventod it. Still, at tho eleventh hour tho announcement was mndo that remissions to tho amount of £25 1,(100 woro to ho . mndo on sugar, potatoes, currants, corn Hour, muizoun, prunes, datos, figs, cotton goods, linens, forfar, and

tobacco. Hut apparently wo are as far o if as over from tho realisation of i any such ovont, for, in expectation of 1 a revision of the tariff following tho announcement Chamhors of Commerce 1 throughout tho colony have boon preparing reports and recommendations thoroon, and to ono of thorn at least (the Auckland Ohambor) tho Government has replied that no rovision of tho tariff is eoutomplated during tho coming session of Parliament, Now a rovision of tho presont chaotic tariff to include tho “ iroo breakfast tablo ” is ono of tho most urgent necessities of tho country. No ono kuows exactly to

what extent certain goods aro dutiable, and tho Customs olticors boing tlie solo arbiters in such cases, it frequently happens that the same class of goods are subjected to different duties in different ports, or sometimes at tho same port when there happens to ho a chango of oilicers 'ilio merchants, too, can never tell how to quoto thoir goods until they have paid tbo duty, but quite apart from the uncertainty and inconvenience caused to business in this way, it is simply intolerable that different people should have to pay diiloront duties upon tho same class of goods. What guarantee can there be under such a slipshod method of collecting revenue that there are not undue impositions, orspecial favoritism shown, and it can be done with impunity because tho ambiguity of the tariff makes the duty payable < ntirely a mattor of opinion. And yet we aro to have uo rovision for at least another year. In tho matter of the proposed

remission of £ld 1,000 on tobacco out of the total of £251,000 there is not so much to rogret in regard to the dolay, for it is very questionable whether anyone would benefit very much by it except the Tobacco Trust, who would have so many thousands less to pay por annum, and who could pleaso themselves how much of it is to bo remitted to purchasers of tho fragrant woed. No doubt they would reduce tho price for the sake of appearance, say to the extent of the odd £31,00(1 while they pocketed tho remaining £IOO,OOO, for the Trust practically controls tho whole of this colony’s supply and can please themselves what selling price they fix to tho consumer. A big remission of Customs duties always sounds very nice • but the granting of it is not always true Liberalism. “ A free breakfast table ” could properly be classed in that category, but the rulers of the great Liberal Party are apparently in no greater hurry to grant the one than they are the other, It is for them to explain the reason why.

An uuroaerved clearing sale will ba held by Bain Brce. at 11 this morning.

The damage caused by tbo fire so plurkily suppressed by Mrs Sbeiidan amounted to about £SO,

A warning is given to householders that tanks atd spouting must bo cieonod prior to August 31. A pair of lady’s lacs-up boots lest between town and tho Maiawheto bridge is advertised for.

A young man with good references and a good team of dogs seeks a position as shepherd.

Tendors for Mr Bunco’s sections at Matawhoro close tc-day.

Two ohoiee c rrner sections (each containing four Qocee), at Mangapapa Va'ley, are offered for sale by tender. Mr Samuel Kobinson, who has been secretary of tho Wellington and Wairarapa Charitable Aid Board and tbo Wellington District Hospital Board for some years, is about to start in business in Melbourne.

Tendors for alterations to the Turaoganui Hotel bar close with Mr F. J. Wilson, architect, at noon to-day. The Gisborne season of Tait’s Living

Pictures was concluded last night, there

boing a very enthusiasts audio Doe, aod the excellent exhibition being greatly admired. The who'o of Mr J. D. Robcko's dairy herd will bo disposed of on Tuesday next by Messrs Williams and Kettle, at the farm at Murewai.

At the JL'olice Court yesterday, Mr H Lewis presiding, Timothy Dwyer was fiucd 10s and eoejfca for drunkenness. Tho Public Works Dipartmont has re* oeivrd tho following tenders for the erec* tion of the Police 3'ation at Tolago Bay : (Jueonia and Boland £720 (accepted) ; (iuthrio and Co’ebourno (Auckland) £740, Skeet Bros. £9OB. Mrs Merritt, tho chief euffcrer by the To it it a disaslor, is to bo brought to town (Q-day, and admiited to a private bospita l , Tho Municipal Association Conference will open in Wellington on Monday, Sjgtemhor 2ikd.

A private cablegram rseaived in Wei* lingtou from London atatos that it has been found that tho lire which destroyed the baque Pitcairn Island (wbon on her way from Wellington to London) origi-nat-d in tho wool cargo.

Neither Now South Wales nor Tasmania will bo represented at the Modioal Congress which is to bo held in Christchurch during the Exhibition season. Ia the Supremo Court, Christchurch, Judge Chapman sentenced James Gcod-m-,n, law clerk to F. Bruges, solicitor, to two yea'w’ imprisonment on cha'gas of theft, on wbiob he and Bruges wero found guilty on Monday. Bruges applied for a new t iai, and was admittid to substantial bail.

At a meeting at Invercargill of atbfit’c representatives it was decided to fend a South'&nd representative to Melbourne to compels in tho £SOO Sheffield race in November. Tho Commutes will eoleefe tho representative by a lest race,

A epec-ial advertisement is inserted by Messrs Wiliam t and Kettle, directing attention to their sleek of grass seods for tho approaching season’s growing on bush burns. Considerable additions havo recently been made to the seed ,cleaning machinery, which is having an excellent edict on the samp'os produce). Those wishing to sow clean machine-dressed gruss seed are a I vised to make their purchases early. Tho firm are prepared to mix tho eecd in proportions to suit their clients, and to bag it ia suitable weights for transport direct to Jbbo bueh burns. They also have somo specially clean lines ; of seod suilabla for sowing on silt and laying down olean permanent pastures,

Fhaving With Fi.easube is enjoyed only by thosi who possess goed razors. Our Gpsulal razor, the razor of the new century, is worth is weight in gold, and fully represents what it is marked. Every man who shaves owes it to himEelf to bo fully informed abrut tho exosllcnee and smooth-cutting, quality of our r psoial razor, which we sell in p sirs of 21?, in superior oases, or a siDgle razor for So Gd, w.ih round ends, ready for the fro?. Our offer: Bay one at our shop or ky mail, pay 8s GI for it, try it ones, then if you would rath nr havo tho 8s 01 return the razor, aai your money will be refunded without a murmur- Could we do more?— Tanner Bros , Hairdressers and Tobacconioto, Gladstone Bond, Gisborne.

Tlio recent licensing election cost ilHl. Thn stoamor Victoria left for Gidborno at 4 50 p.ui. yesterday. An owupr is wanted for a lady’s silver koyloss watoh found in Gisborne. A black, white and tan thoep dog, lost from Matawhoro ea'oyatds on July Sib, is advertised for. Hiß Majesty’s Thoatro has been [engaged for Saturday and Monday, October Oth and H;h, in connection with the Cook motnoriul UQVoiling oororuouy. At the molting of tho Borough 0 uacil last evening, Cr Sheridan gave notico of the following motion : “ That tho resolution passed rt tho last meeting of Ibis Council, confirming tin principle that the franchise for local o!cct ons bo not extended, bo rescinded, and that the Clerk bo instructed to convoy to our Parliamentary representative intimation of such icsci-ion.”

Mr G 13. Williams, Government moat inspeotor at Messrs Nelson Bro*.’ Turuhoru F.-orzing Works, has been appointed to tho Westport abattoirs, and inspector of dairies for tho district. Mr Williams loaves for Wellington by tho Victoria this ovoning, and will tako up his now duties ulmost immodiatoly. Ho will bo greatly missed in hockey and football circles. Tbo Maori population of Taranaki provincial district is 3090, of whom 97 are under 15 years of ago. Ton yoars ago tho total was 3057, including EG! ohildren. Iu 1878 tho figures were 3312 and 898, but theeo would inolude a largo number of nativot from other districts then staying at Pari bake.

There being a good doal of interest in tho subj-ct as to whether the ba-quo Loehnagsr (an old trader to tho Bay) or the barquo Huz;l Craig (now in tho rivor) is tho larger vessel, the following dimensions are given:—Hezel Craig : Registered toanago 467, loDgth 167 9-10 feet, breadth 29 110 ft, depth 13ft 6ia. Lochnogar : Registered tonnsgo 467, length 163 ft, breath 26ft, depth 10f‘. To a deputation representing tho Gatlins River Railway League, who asked that more mon be omployed on tbo line, tbe Hon. Mr Millar promised that ho would urgo tho Minister for Publio Woiks to put on at least 30 additional men immediately. Ho also said that the deputation might rely on a fair grant for tho railway appearing on tho next estimates, and a sufficient number of add tional men to hasten the lino on to Tahakopa.

A man namod Arthur Ware had half of his noaa bitteo off at a boarding bouso on Clyde Quay. Wellington. Ha appaared at tbe Polico Court as the informant in a case in which Francis Stephen Hatt wa3 charged with having assaulted him Both men are laborers, and are said to have lodged at the same house. Sub-In ipector O'Donovan said the case would ba-o to be dealt with as an indictable one, and obtained an adjournment until Friday in order to see how the informant progressed, Tee doctor who examined Ware said it was one of tbe worst cases that he had over so.’n, a large part of the left side of tho nose being partly dataohed. The accused, on baiDg asked to plead, said, “ He assaulted me first.”

In order to give players an opportunity to get some solid practice before the team is dccided„upon to meet Hawke’s Bay, the Rugby Union has arranged for a match botween Maoris and Pakehas on Saturday next- This fixture has always beon a popular one, and the games have been stubbornly contested. The Maori makes football a science, and a team of picked natives who have played together takes a lot of beating. Still a Pakeha team oould be chosen who could hold their owd, and it is expected that a very interesting con» lost will ensue. Tbe representative toam will probably be selected after the match, to give tbe men an opportunity of having a game together before meeting Hawke’s Bay.

At Invercargill one hero thought it was a splendid lino to hide behind hedges and spring out at ladies at night and say •' 800 1” and other brainy things. He did this thing for quite a while. Soma ladies were mado ill and took to their bode, and the young man possibly rejoiced at tbo fact that he had cleared theeuburbs of women. But, one evening a crowd of young man waited for him, and got him. It is not hot in lovGrcargill at this time of tho yoar. They took him to a creek and gave him a nice long bath, accompanied with humorous remarks euoh as “ 800 1” and “ Yah 1” aDd followed him a l tho way to his home to see that ho got there. Once sgain the ladies down that way are safe from molaetation. The colony's most pressing need at this time is a capable and instructed Minister of Education. . . Every petty politician thinks himself qualified to tinker with the education law. —Christchurch Times.

Tlic question of tendering for small works, caused sonic discussion at tlic Borough Council mcecting last night. C-v Webb urged that for kerbing work and the footbridge, tenders should be called, in which he was supported by Cr Harding. On the other hand, Cr Sheridan, after obtaining an assurance from the Overseer that lie believed ho could do the work as well and cheaper with his own staff, urged that it should be so done. It was, he said, to tho advantage of the Borough to keep a good staff together if they could When the engineer was appointed lie would have the supervision of all such matters. He will have tenders caller} for everything,” interpolated Or Wcbl). “ Now you are prophesying,” rejoined Cr Sheridan, Day labor was approved of.

Good progress is being made wifh the Captain Cook monument, and the contractors, Messrs McNab and Mason of Auckland, iiopc to have tho inscription and lettering completed during the next ten days. A large number of visitors have been round to the Kaiti beacli to inspect (he obelisk, and the action of tho Committee in having the memorial erected on the first landing place of Captain Cook in New Zealand has been generally endorsed It is to be hoped, however, that before the unveiling ceremony takes place on October Bth, that the local bodies interested will make it their business to sec that the surroundings arc improved, and that no efforts p-l'e spared to make the occasion one of the greatest in the history of Gisborne. So far po reply has been received from Ills Excellency the (governor as to his intention of being present, but this intimation is expected to come to hand by this morning's mail. When in Gisborne Mr Carroll promised to take •steps to assure the attendance of a largo Parliamentary party and the Committee are making extensive arrangements for a ceremony in keeping with the importance of the event. A native welcome to the visitors on a large scale is included in the intended programme.

; Mr T, I‘. O'Connor, M.l\, on the late Mr Scddon, in bis new weekly, •* T P.O.’ 1 “He was a devil of a man. Physically, be most resembled Falsialf. The head was as big as that of an ox: the face was, again, more like the massive face of an ox than that of a man ; and the board heavy, though not long, tho big nose, the protruding and delimit eyes, big almost as saucers, and the look of terrific energy in the whole expression—all this looked more like the strength of the ox—perhaps I should have said, the buffalo—than the face of the mere ordinary human being. The body was on the same big lines. The shoulders were as broad as though his frame were too unwieldy to move easily ; the chest was broad ami deep ; the arms sceiped all muscle.” •

A Press Association wire states :—The Council of the New Zealand Law Society has carried a number of resolutions in favor of the retention of the right of appeal to the Privy Council as against recent suggestions of its discontinuation. While aware that it differs from the views of the Chief Justice in this respect, the Council says that the members of the profession believe that they’are supported by all concerned in the commerce of the colony. Barristers and solicitors practising in the

colony are almost unanimous that a full right of appeal should be preserved, Tho Council and profession consider that the I advantage of appealing to a court constituted of the greatest lawyers of the Empire should not l;e lightly abandoned. The latter’s absolute freedom from local evironment was a special advantage. Tho uniformity of the law of the Empire on many important subjects could only be managed by continuing the right of appeal to the Privy Council. The Council con sider that the delays mentioned by the Chief Justice could be removed.