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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1963, 20 December 1906, Page 2

The ordinary meeting of the Cook County Council will be held to-morrow. The Hospital Trustees meet at 3 tomorrow afternoon. Mr Lawless advertises a shop to let at Kaiti.

A dance in connection with the Poverty Bay Bowing Club will be hold in Whinray’s Hall on Now Year’s night. Messrs Bure and Ambridge have a special ennounoocoent in our advertising columns, Excellent nominations have been received for the Wnatafcutu Racing Club’s mooting on Boxing Day. The nominations and weights appear in our sportiug column. Tho suitable train arrangements for the day should attract a largo attendance of townspeople, Owing to some disarrangement of tho points at Penrose on Saturday morning, tho butter train for Onehunga crossed on to tho wrong line, and, crashing into the rear van of another train, derailed two vans, one of them being partially telescoped. Some delay was occasioned, passengers by the Onehunga train to town having to wait until tho train from Ota- I huhu arrived before resuming their jour- I noy for Auckland. Tho derailed vans were eventually jacked on to the mils again and traffic resumed,

An experiment was made recently at the Addington (Canterbury) saleyards of selling fat cattlo by weight. Three head were put up, and were sold at 21s 6d per 1001 b, dressed weight. As the buyer gets the skin and offal tho beast would cost him

less than 20s per 1001 b, whereas the ordinary rate in the yards was 20s to 245, according to quality. Most of the butchers refrained from bidding, preferring evidently to use their own judgment in estimating the weight of cattle they buy. A sad fato awaited tho two lion cubs

that were born in Wir'sb’s circus on the vryaga from Australia. They ware safely t ricked at tho port, but on arrival at the luVi roargil! atatiou, it was found that the unnatural mother hud made her breakfast off her progeny. A miner named William Allison, aged 60 year?, had a remarkable escape from death recently in a small mine at Sterling j Vale, about nix miles from Broken Hill (N.S.W.). He, his brother, ood two others wore working in tho mine, when Allison missed th 3 bucket, and full nearly 100fe down the shaft. Eertunataly weier at Sire bottom of lh9 shat; broke bis fill, and be wr.g taken to Bcokrn Hill suffering from liit'e moro than shock,

It has boon reporto;3 So the polic3 that a wild man, in a state of petfeei nudity, iroamiDfr about tbo Berowra district, New South Wales. Reports declare that he climbs tress with tbo agility of a squirrel, and runs with the spend of a hare, nttoiv in l : strange, piercing cries. His skin is said to ha tanned lo she color of copper by c-zpi eurp. Oonsfablca from ibo Hornsby district hs,ye been Soaring the wild, mountainous country where the man has been seen. At ouo placa they, came Boross footprinia of naked feet on a narrow ledge running along (be edge of ao aimoeHnaooeeeible gli£f,

Matnwhoro stock sales tako place today.

, A gonoral mooting of tho Poverty Bay Caledonian Society is to bo hold this evening, when arrangements will bo inado for tbo annua] sports. A party of tho gipsios, numbering twolvo (including children) loft for Wellington last night by cho Zoalandia.

A test of Waihiroro stone made in tbn dorough crushrr yesterday was oonßidorod a bo satisfactory.

Mrs Ormond and family and maid were passengers to the Mahia by tho steamer Burn, which called in thero on tho way to Napior.

A reminder is given of tho Christmas roe, tea meeting, and musical ontortainjicnt to bo hold in Holy Trinity Hchool:oom to-night.

Messrs Archibald, Clark and Sons, Macky, Logan, Caldwell and Co-, L. O

Nathan and Co,, and Sargood, Son and Ewcn announce their closing time for the < hristmas holidays.

A poet nllion is to bn allotted to To flaparn, with Mr Albert George, Beots, Mtorekrupor, in nlinrgn, and an otDoe ia to bn opened at Waiohikn store, Mr W. D. Bruoo having charge.

Messrs Dalgcty and Co. arn likely to opou a branch warehouse at Wairoa, the Guardian roports.

Mr D. J. Barry requosts that Christmas ordors be sent in boforo Friday, so as to ensnro dolivsry and obviate disappointment

Tho lr! injured at Hastings through a kick from the G'sborno owned horse Pink 'Un was successfully operated on, but his

condition is still ochioa', with faint hope of ricovrry.

A Taupo tolegram to New Zealand Herald of Tuesday states: Tho Waipikirangi Goysor, at tho Spa, which has been dormant for somo time past, suddenly burst into activity on Saturday, and is now giving magnificent displays, sending a huge volume of water from 150 ft to 200 ft high, at intervals during the day. It is a source of great attraction to tourists,

An applicant from the South for work in Gisborne sends the following reasons for desiring a change “ You may be interested to know that my reasons for wishing work in Gisborne are that I prefer to live in a place ‘ with a climate,’ which . I am informed applies to your town, This place is somewhat like Wellington, we merely have ‘ changes of weather,’ and no climate; in fact, if one could get somo of the Wellington weather on to the ‘ variety stage ’ as a ‘ lightening change artist' it would lick all creation.”

An amusing incident happened at the deputation from the scow masters which waited on tho Minister for Marine at Auckland. The Minister was explaining that the carrying of rockets only meant that room would have to be found for an additional small box when one of the men present said, 11 but we haven’t room for the box. I can’t find room for a box of

clothes on my boat ” Amidst laughter the Minister suggested he should reduce tho cargo a little, and then probably he would have room for the rockets.

The following passengers have booked to leave for Auckland by the Talune this morning: Misses C, L. Robinson, Keanoaly, Talveara, Sadler, M. Rice; Mcsdames Gaudin and infant, McGallum, Mossman and 3 boys, Webb and child, Taylor and 2 children, R. St, Ledger, Ingham and child, Nutting and child; Messrs Robinson, Cato, Gaudin, Butler, Pearson, Longland, J. Webb, C. H. Webb, C. J. O’Keefe, Vospor (2), Gregory, E Booth, J. D. Horne, Taylor, Graham, W. A. Martin, J. Fitzgerald, Porter, P, Morgan, Goulding, Nutting, Graham, Gray, and Hon. W. Boehan.

Tbo record for the ruu between Duaedia and Christchurch was broken by a 30-b,p. Cadillac oar on Monday, tha driving time being Bb. 29m.

Tho steamer Ze-daodia reported that the smoke fcom the bush fires was thick along ths coast line yesterday.

Tbe Hon. W. Beehan returns to Auckland this morning. An iojury to his leg while he was on his way to tha steamer iu Auckland made his stay in Gisborne loh3 ploasant, and prevented him viewing the country as he had intended.

Over 160 passengers left for south last night by the stesmsr Zealaodia, whioh was a full ship. The Customs offioer, Mr Hawley, supervised the transhipping of passengers by the Tuatea to prevent over, crowding. The inward passengers were landed about 7.30.

Ths district was again enveloped in smoke yesterdav, but unlike the previous day it was blown in a westerly direction with s fairly high wind, and the weird and pretty effects of the previous day we .'0 not observable. A report to hand states that the 2000 seres at Waipaoa were set alight, and there was a groat o'earaoea at Mangapoiks, where the arons ready for the clearing fire were: O. J. Parker 1250 aores, F. Hall 3000, R Ooop9r 500, J. C. Parker 700, J. J. Parker 1700, T. Byrne 500. There was also scrub burnt in several parts of the district, and last night there was a fire at Waimata, believed to be scrub.

A young man named Walter Bishopriok. 19 years of age, met with a painful acoident at Auokland on Tuesday. He was working at Roberts’ biscuit factory, and in endeavoring to Bave a bag of flour from falling, bis arm became drawn into a rolling machine, and his hand was severely crushed. The unfortunate man was taken to the hospital, whore it was found necessary to amputate two fingers at the top joint.

The steamer Zsalaudia had to be brought to the mootings in the Bay yesterday with extraordinary oaution owing to the thick haze caused by the smoke from bush fires. Soundings were tsksn, and groat oars shown in getting the vessel to the anchorage without any risk. Some months ago a demand was made by the Farm Employees’ Union in the South Island for shorter hours and higher wages, both of which demands the farmers ware unable to aooede to, as the wages had already naturally been forced up to their limit by the soaroiiy of labor, Now the union is taking steps to bring the matter before the Arbitration Conti, and it is stated that every employer of agrionltural labor in Canterbury will be cited ta appear before the Court, and to this end a list of about 10,000 employees has been prepared by the union. A whirlwind of nnusual severity occurred in Waihi at noon on Saturday. It appeared to have its origin in the south end of the town, and on route it swirled dust, sticks, and everything of a light and movable nature that oamo in its way into n column of an altitude of several hundrod foe*. In its course the whirlwind struck Mr Lawlor’s house in Kenny etreei, with such force that it shook it and rallied the iron on the roof with a deafening noise, and swept sctm ohai's ihat were on the verandah with a crash against the railings at the end. Then it rushed into Mr Olarkiu’s backyard, lifting and oarrying j along for soma distance a number of old sacks. It then tore past the soboolbouse, | and passed out of eight over Martha Hill. In the Waihi Police Court two boys named Hastedt and Buskell were charged with having placed an obstruction on the railway line at Waikino. Sergeant McKinnon stated that on the night of the Sth inst Bushel! and the other lad, aoed 8 years, placed two fishplates a foot°in length on the rails at a curve just before a goods train approached. Bushnell had been previously convicted of a similar offence at To Aroha, J and sentenced to nine strokes with | a birch- Ho recommended that Bushel

should be sent to the industrial school. Constable Flavell said Bushell had

previously gone bushranging, carrying revolver, etc., and placed sleepers on the railway line with a view to sticking up a train, The engine-driver of the goods train deposed to seeing an obstruction on the line at Waikino. Ho lost no time

to pull up, The train passed safely over the obstruction, but it was sufficient to

throw a light engine off the rails. The Bench remanded Bushell in custody to appear before the magistrate at Paeroa,

recommending that he bo sent to an industrial school, Hastedt was convicted

and discharged with a caution,