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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1933, 15 November 1906, Page 2

Tbs Floral Feto is to be held in tho Victoria Domain this afternoon.

The programme for tho Floral Fete thi uifcernoon has drawn numerous entries one: the officials will have to waste no time to got through, Tao prpccijuton having been abandoned, a e'.art wilt be made at 1 sharp. Among tho cargo of the steamer Maori, which left last night, were two lambs, sent to London as Christmas gifts.

The Melbourne-Naples despatch of 10th October arrived in London on the afternoon of 12th November,

You are only one,” said a speaker at tho meeting at Makauri last night. “ Yes, so was St. Paul,” was tlie retort, “jmd a great many looked up to liim.” A large contingent of Austrians arrived at Dargaville last Friday with the intention of working on tho gumfields, and on Saturday many who had made their “ small fortunes ” out of digging left for Auckland en route to Austria. In reply to a somewhat unusual question in the Victorian Parliament, it was stated officially that 12 men permanently employed in the railway service had committed suicide during tho past three and a-lialf years. Of tho , number four wore statiomnastors,

The question of. whether income nx wpuld have to be paid on the uividcid I given out was raised at the meeting dairymen at Makauri last night, The speaker was under the impression that ifei would make a difference of about L4O tho company. The chairman said it would f only bo about- L 4. Tho secretary state} c that the tax Was assessed ou tho docks t profits, and if made no difference whatev. liow they were divided. e

Messrs Common, Shelton and Oc. * port the following looal sbipmont3;Lj e made by She Shaw, Siviii aud/iu;" Co.’s r ?. Maori, which sailed' la ovon iug:—'Shipped by tho Giob jmßa eeD ! Frtzen Moat Oo.: $ oa .£ tallow, 10 oesks pelt?, 15 bagf foz ’ sn heoita, 81 ojaaa kidneys, 5006 BvuaaO3 mu.ton aud lamb, 236qre. beef. by Messrs Gammon, Shelton tf oV • 437 b iles wool. Messrs q 0 ‘ ! 496 Imifp wool. Messrs Marraitnhm-L’ a-id 0. : 130 bales wool. . ivnooirt9

11 This is the grandest dro . established in Poverty Bay,” jq Own G.lloghor at tho meetin Di - r;' 0.-a Rhatoboldera list nicht. •!„, getiiog 103 now wuhous muc while before ibo women hod to &at and hawk it round town, and then ha, £o “ people to buy it,” The Fpuaku-, al -q o high ooioplimonS to Mr W. <V7 n | s b | emphasising how that gentlen w her.

tho questi on of .no-operauon w oa .; 10 ba’auce, h-.d stood by them •ar»j s^0( j losing o considerable sum by hjysfiiy to tho co-cporal:vo principle. A, j Q |“ r etsgo cf the meeting Mr the sha-BUolcers so to how thsir« i - ea 'k s were off.eied by individual sbQjsh, such as their fight lor the skim l- „ n a the outcry for more cream stations,ij DB shut while shareholders icugot f,,jjg skioi mtik tccy were in danger others step in and get the buster, '

Mi' and Mrs SL’iiehan returned to GisboVno yesterday afternoon by tho Mokoia. Among tho now by laws approved of by tho Borough By law Ravision Coramit'oo in ono to have verandahs a uniform ho'ght of ton foot. Tho steamer Maori loft last ovoning for Nnpior and South. Mias Lily Riss, of Giobornc, waa among rooont victors at tho London oflioo of tho Now Finland Government.

At a mob of oaiilo wero bning driven through Whangarei last week, u bullock m'.do a sudden dosh towards tho poai allien. and “hurdled” tho fonoo, carrying too upper portion of sovoral palings away in ilia flight. A now blight on tho plum ircea bar oppourtd in Waimate, and it aooma vory dcßtruotivo. In appouranoo it io similnr to tho groon fly that infuata roao trooa, but darkor, and ii strips loaves and kills fonning fruit.

Miss Agues Moore, third daughter o MrU. Moore, of Haiti, was married yesterday afternoon to Mr Charles Hick. Tho Ito v. Lather Lane performed the ceremony, and Miss Jessie Mooro and Miss Elsie Hick acted as bridesmaids and Mr Hick as host man. A number of wedding presents wero received from friends.

Ho rapidly is Timaru being built over that the Timaru Borough Council have under consideration a proposal to widen some of the narrower streets, which are likely, in tho near future, to he important and largely used thoroughfares. In order to do this the Council have to buy a good deal of private property, and the cost already in sight will run into several thousand pounds,

At the JAui'al Fi t-) tbs tide shows will include a Jubilee stall, where, amongst a ware, snick, tho show of dolls of ml tLßcriptioiis and prios will o , particularly g K.d. Too gipsy tent will anraci many anxious enquirers into the future. Flower girls will trade in button-holo", eio., and the r, f.Oi!im:ni stalls aro stocked with in-go supplies of oamforia, Wo wish tho Feto a floe day. Few houses io Wellington, says an ex obango, aro changing hands just now. A fov/ months ago tho psoplo wero land speculating mad, baying up sections on the small deposit, long time payment ays' tern, and awaiting furihor rise in prioea. They s.;em to have about “ outrun the constable,” as seotioos are now a drug in the market, everybody wanting to sell and fow oaring to buy. When suburban seotiona roach £8 a foot it it almost timo the publio recovered their sense?, and hesitoted before committing them3elvot to crippling liabilities. Otaers might take the hint.

Tho tightening of red-tape bands somewhere in the Defence Department is causing a good deal of feeling among tho members of tho Wellington Naval Artillery. This arises from the Department’s refusal to do more than provide a guncarriage for the funeral of the late Gunner W. Hare, an old member of the company. It was stated that nothing more than this could bo done, as, although the deceased had been connected with tho Navals for over 20 years, he was posted to the reserve a few months ago through failing health The Department would not allow it horses to be used for drawing tho guncarriage, though it is stated they were not being used for any other work at the timo. The members of the Navals decided that their late comrade should go to his last resting-placo with all the honours they could accord him, and provided horses at thoir own expense, “D” Battery sending drivers. The Garrison Band waa also engaged by the Navals. Oommeuliog upon tho resignation of M( J. A. Kinsolla, Chief Dairy Commissioner, the Oaaiaru Mail remarks editorially: 11 Me KiosoJa ought no! to go without eorne fitting recognition of the invaluable work ho has scoomplished in the interest of the dairy industry in New Zsatand. Notwithstanding ail that may bs said to tho contrary, there is no butter in the British markets that surpasses in quality that from New Zealand, aod Mr Rttsslla is mainly to bo Shanked for that. He has boon so conscientious, so indefatigable, so jialous of his own and the oelony’s reputation, that even Canada realises that sho has some leeway to make up, audthut this remote end of the world is forging ahead of oven Danmark in the quality of its butter. One of the Canadian Commissioners confiiod to a representative of this paper- the other any that he was delighted with the New Zealand products he saw being sold in Liverpool, Not only was tho butter exaelieot, and quite equal to that from Denmark, but the mutton and lamb were delicious, and suoh as are only too seldom tasted.”

The re&i causa of fainting of several of the Gidets, while formed up at tbe Exhibition opening ceremony at Christchurch (--vs the Ttmaru Post), seems to have .etn the quality of the rations Buppiied to ‘hem by tbo Dsfenoa Department. Several of the Sjuta Oauierbury lads state that tbo meat contained in b6tf sandwiches was absoluiely green, and quite unfit for consutnp ion. Uafortunately, before tilts was discovered most of iho boys, hungry after their stain journey, had disposed of their sandsviohes, with the result thai the sickness and dizziness occasioned by eat ing such horrible stuff caused several of them to collapse. The Chrislohurch cadets fared no better, no les3 than 20 in jone oorpa fainting outright, Is would alimoss seem that the war stores scandals of other countries are being paralleled in our bwn oolony, and it is certainly time that ‘pme responsible officer should be appointed to inspect rations before they are jivon out, if thore is food of this quality along tho New Zjaland Defence Departrunt’s stores.