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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 1969, 3 January 1907, Page 2

A close holiday was observed ill Gisborne yesterday. The Mntawhero stock sales take place to-day. The Gisborne bowlers left for Mastorton last night. The Hon. J. Carroll returned to Wellington last evening. Messrs. Hyne have two new liveroomed houses for sale at a low figure. Their address is Desmond street. At the Police Court to day, a breman from the steamer Aotea will be charged with striking the chief engineer when the vessel was on tiio high seas between Picton and Gisborne. The weather was uncomfortably warm in Gisborne yesterday—a liumid heat that at 9 a.m. did not register more than 68, but which was very trying. Nelson and Auckland showed a registration of four degrees more than at Gisborne, 72, while at Beale, y j the thermometer registered the same as at Gisborne, 68 degrees.

Nominations for tho Flying, Firs and Second Hurdles, Summer, Firs and Second County, Park Stakes Electric, Grand Stand, and Finn Handicaps, to be run at tile Gjsborn Pacing Club's Summer Meeting, o: February 7tii and Bth, close with Mr M. G. Nasmith, the Secretary, at ! p.m. on Saturday next. By the steamer Victoria, Messrs F. A. Martin, J. Ponsford, Nicholas W. J. Hennessy, A. J. Massey, F Harris, and W. Pettie leave for iak< part in the bowling tournament a 1 Masterton. _ Mr. "\V. Gaudin was | poctcd to join them on tho way down I bis arrangement being to come bj the same steamer after a visit to the North. A little ceromony took place at the Boseland Hotel, Makaraka, yesterday, when a well-known “sport” ol that place was presented with a handsome cup, suitably inscribed, in honor of his winning the principal event at the Te ICaraka races. Not the least interesting part of the ceremony was when tho cup was conveyed home. It was unpacked and passed around to a large circle of friends who all wished the recipient continued success and prosperity, t! e Parly eventually breaking up to the strains of “Auld Lang Syne.” At the Ivaraka races, the Station Pace had quite a flavour of the old days. First, there was a buck-jump-ing exhibition by one fine animal doing a preliminary exercise in front of tire stand. Then came the old battler, Waimaori, the jockey bavin" a big sank ill front of tile saddle to help make up the weight. This caused a good deal of laughter, and the animal was facetiously ha ned , The Swagman. The animal was just 1 beaten on a very hard finish, but then a protest was lodged, and sus- ‘ tipped, that the jockey of the win- 1 nng horse was not licensed. In regard to the complaint made y -Ur. G. \\ dlnuns in the Turns esterduy concerning the facilities Itered for receipt of goods at the ical railway, enquiries elicit some lrtlier facts that, in fairness to the ad way Department should he placed pfore tho public, and which will be leasing to Mr. Williams to know: lie hours 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. for reeving goods are not confined to the isbprne section, hut is the rule irougljout tjie railway service of ew Zealand, with the exception of few places where the "hours’'lire 8 m. till 4 p.m. only. A]] public offis, shipping companies, etc., have les Oil similar lines. Railway sernts as a whole work longer 'hours an any other Government departJnts, and have no haif-holidavs: in ?t, as must he plain to the public large, have more care, work r,n.l iponsibility on public holidays than any other time. The’ average ily atendance on this section is 12 ill's, quite long enough to satisfv y ordinarv individual,

At Carterton a young man named J Leonard Bishop, hostriding a motor bicycle, dashed into tho tender of the lip goods train at Clarevillo crossing, and sustained a compound fracture of the left leg and other injuries. Ho was taken on to Masterton Hospital by the train. His con dition is serious. At Palmerston North races oil Thursday, Mr. Noil McLean, president of tho Wellington Bowling Club, met with an accident. Tho rail on tho stand on which he was leaning gave way; ho fell a distance of about eight feet on a staircase, receiving a severe cut on tho head. Mr. J. T. Lang, of Palmerston North, fell at the same time, and had a bruised liiii. The interest taken in the foithcoming election of a trustee on behalf of the subscribers shows a marked improvement, and will result in a conshleiable increase to the hospital funds. It was rumoured that Air. W. Lissant Clayton was to have bean nominated for the position : hut that information appears to have boon premature. It is now tln> intention of the friendly Societies to nominate one of their own members to contest the seat with the sitting member, who is actively canvassing for votes with the object of maintaining tha status quo in the hospital management, and to this the societies are opposed, believing that the appointment of a resident surgeon woa.J ho to the best interests of tho institution.

At the annual fete at Wairoa more interest than usual attached to tins function, as it was recognised as practically the farewell of the Rev. J). and Airs. Ruddock to Wairoa. Air. AJountfort said Jie had been requested by a number of ladies and gentlemen to tender a small memento to the Rev. D. and Airs. Ruddock (formerly of Gisborne) oil the occasion of their departure from Wairoa. They could not measure the services rendered by them to the district by a mere presentation, but they wished to show them that their departure was viewed with regret, and indicate in some measure the estimation in which they were held. He had great pleasure in handing Mr. Ruddock a cheque for £33 12s, with the signatures of the donors. In conclusion ho wished them every happines and health in their future homo in Napier. (Applause.) Shortly after the Timarii slow train, which reaches Ashburton at 10.30 a.m., passed through Tinwald cn Friday (says the Christchurch Star) a fire started alongside tho railway line, a quarter of a mile south of tho station. The flames spread to the adjacent gorso hedges and swept a paddock of grass ol seventy acres belonging to Mr. D. ,r homas. Several horses which were grazing in the paddock were driven out through a hole which was cut in the fence. In Mr. J. Davison’s pad dock a number of cattle were grazing, and were in great danger, but through the plucky efforts of Air. G. Osborne, who rode through the. flames and smoko and cut a hole through the fence, they wore rescued. About one hundred people turned out to fight the flames, and. by cutting gaps in the fences and burning strips of tussock and grass tho fire was got under.

As everybody who remained in the city remembers, it was very hot in Dunedin on Christmas Day (says the Otago Daily Times).' In connection with that same heat a resident of Sunnyside, North-East Valley, reports a rather startling experience. Out of doors at the hack of his house but under an awning, were" some bags of lignite coni, and tbe gentleman in question is convinced that the heat must have set these on fire, for after an absence of ail hour or two in the evening ho returned to his house just in. time to avert its destruction. The coal iu three of the bags was ill a red-hot condition, and in a few minutes the fire must have been cqm niunica ted to the wall of the dwelling, The Times was assured by its informant that lie had noticed no previous signs ol : ‘fire about the coal, and that lie can find no other satis factory explanation of the matter than that the heat of the sun was in some way responsible. Dr. Goodchild, pastor of one of the obtest Baptist churches in New lorn, has adopted drastic mcasuies to induce Ins congregation to attend Forty-second street, in ivhnn Dr, Gooucliild’s church is situa'ed, is colloquially Known as ■‘Theatre Alley, ’ there being seven theat: :.nd 12 theatrical boarding houses within m\j

yards. These theatres are musical entertainments on Sunday nights and call them sacred concerts. Hr. Goodchild determined to meet the competition of the theatres, an ! on the night of Sunday, November 12tli, had posted on the hoardings an announcement that a free concert would he given at the church by Aliss Ethel l'ulmer, a popular whistler. The church was packed. Aliss Palmer whistled the intermezzo from. “Oavalleria Rij'sticana” before the sermon, and during the offertory rendered Robyns' “Mazanilla.” The pastor, in explaining his step, said that lie abhorred sensationalism, but if Air, llaininersteiii, the theatrical manager drew congregations away from the churches through offering superior attractions, it was time the churches matched him.

y The Southern papers comment in , a highly complimentary strain on the r periormauce of ’ “The Squaw Man ’ > by -or. J. C. Williamson's new dra--1 matic company. The Otago Daily ® 'Times states: “The play is someth: lg f out of the common ; it is strong and B full of interest; it strikes respan.ive clioids in its humor, pathos and senb timent; it is seriously described as a t “melo-comedy drama," and surely all that is requisite for a play should he | comprised in what permits of so eu--5 phonious and graceful a summing up. ‘ Really, jf one wure asked to name thy liiost interesting feature about | ‘The tSqaw Alan,’ one would be disposed to say it vi as the squaw herself. l'oor, simple, untutored Nat-U-Ricli is very far from being a. Princess Pocahontas, nor lias she even tin: graces ol the laughing Minnehaha. Put she is a wife and a mother, and serves her Englishman in his desolate ranch with all the singleness of purpose and patient content and submission the most exacting of Hiawatlias in tepee or wigwam could demand.-’ Melodrama.is strong in ‘The Squaw Man,’ but not • too strong. '1 lie play has no lack of I v m° rous alld thrilling situations, ami j still more of what is most important vet to a play, abundance of the elements of intensity and suspense, sug- . gestmg that something is alwavs about to •"-.pen.” The Gisborne : dates are February 13, 14, and 10

V c, ; lckot is to flourish in Neir i Zealand (telegraphed the H.B. Herald s /W ellington correspondent) It IS quite evident that there will have to be a considerable improven.ent m the management on the part ot the authorities. M the JI.C.C. match in Wellington, the public patronised the game m unusually lai-.m numbers-the takings amounting to fir °T' * th 'c ™ ail agement ljv tlio mitivr S ," a i S of tho *"°st lax aiid primitive nature. There were many ri icl-nf I st , eo, : ll > amts from patrons of ci ickct about tlie waste of time wlnVli pi evented the match frem hinshed, as it easily might have been';' nfte,no Mg i lelayS for inneheon and no, ;,, , f ca "'ore particularly annoting under the circumstances A ciowd o, onlookers, composed mainly of small boys was allowed to wander over the pitch at the close of each mnings. The cricket on the whole " n . s . 'ininterestiiig. and it is quite undent that the HI.C.C. team is not I stiong one. It is not very strong n either batting or fielding, and ippears to lie particularly weak in ’ o "' l . ,ng - A P«>Pps of the raanagenent, or want of management, it is •ho,.o P °i!' te A "l 1 * tllat , in Auckland, ihoie the first match of the tour as played, the local team wanted 1° ."'in the game, with five lekets in hand, and it is argued Hat more playing time should he al*wo, , m order t mnko three-dav atches decisive It Jias taken the uthoiities m Wellington all these :ars to erect a scoring board to no details of the play as the game regresses, but the figures and the ttering were so poor that only peoe ith the very best eyesight could au them from the cramped and mshackle old building that does lty tor a grandstand. Both the { eJlmgton newspapers, as well as the ihlic, complain about the want of inagementh '

It has boon discovered that when persons . aro foil for sonic time on sausages exclusively, they begin to “growl.”

A Cockney farmer (states tho Standard) makes a trip to the Hawera factory every day witli his daily supply of milk attached to a cycle. The “herd” consists of one cow, and last month’s cheque came to til 3s.

Tho Government is beginning to take action for the suppression of gambling. On .Wednesday it was found impossible to open tho telegraph ollico at Martin borough in order to wire the acceptances for the second day to morning newspapers. The manager of the Press Association writes as follows:—“The Government intend to enforce their new rule not to open offices for acceptances, which they consider are required for betting purposes only.”

Mr. C. Burrows staggered into this office on Saturday under a load of four stalks of rhubarb (says the Mataura Ensign). The longest of them measured tho trifle of Oft. 3in. from the tip of tho leaf to the butt, while the leaf was 3ft. 7in. in width. Tho stalk was bin. round and nearly 3ft. in length, and the weight was 811). Tho other three stalks had been denuded of their leaves, and in tin's condition weighed 511>. apiece. Something fairly commodious in the shape of a pie-dish would he required to accommodate one of them.

As showing how fires may originate, tho following incident is interesting, says a contemporary. On a recent sunny morning, a young lady, sitting in a gig at the Kaupokonui store, saw the brown paper wrapping on a new 25-gallon milk can, standing on the platform at tho door of the store, ignite and blaze up, apparently without the aid of any outsido agency, either human or material. The blaze was quickly extinguished, anu an investigation demonstrated that the reflection of the sun’s rays from the bright lid of the can had focussed on a portion of the wrapping and set it on fire.

Archdeacon Hindley (Melbourne), speaking at the Church Congress (reports the Argus), said that in the country in Victoria the fiist obstacle t.j religion was the domestic cow—(laughter)—which had revolutionised the conditions of country life. Of all rulers, she was the real queen. She had paid olf the mortgage, had resound storekeepers from ruin, liquidated debts on churches, and enabled the State Treasurer to meet his liabilities. (Laughter.) But she was most despotic Her owners (who were also her slaves) had to risi while it was yet dark to pay her re spectful attendance. (Laughter.) She must he escorted leisurely and with dignity to her reception in tho milking yard, and if hurried or disturbed she imposed a fine in hard, cash or in Imtter-fat. (Laughter.) It was a sorrowful fact that she should prove up obstacle to religion. She knew no first day of the week, and when Sunday came would not remit any of her demands. (Laughter.) A man oi: Werribee Plains said to him one Sunday afternoon, “I must get away; I have 2d cows to milk before tea.” That man had 46 cows now. (Laughter.) If the dairyman could not come to the church, the church must gc to the dairyman. (Applause ; The machinery of the church must adapt itself to the new conditions. Churches must not be far from creameries, and the times of services must be suitably adjusted. A second obstacle was denominational strife m the country. (Hear, hear.) He knew of a community with a total population of 800, of whom 200 were Protestants, and it bad three resident ministers and one visiting minister. Their poverty became a reproach to the community, and as a result there was a battle of tea meetings and bazaars. (Laughter.) Whatever denomination benefited, religion was a loser. (Hear, hear.) He knew also communities where the people on successive . Sundays were Anglicans, Presbyterians, Methodists. Baptists, and p r haps Seventh Day Adventists. (Laughter.) Such people became in tho end equally indifferent to all creeds. (Applause.) The remedy was interdenominational con ference, and, where possible, interdenominational co-operation.