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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 1970, 4 January 1907, Page 2

The steamer Kaipara left for Napier at 1.35 this morning.

The steamer Star of Japan arrives on Monday morning, and will load 2000 bales of wool at Gisborne and a general cargo of meat. The meeting of creditors in the bankrupt estate of If. M. Orr, to have been held yesterday, was adjourned for 1 week. At Te Puia on Tuesday PatrickPay, an elderly man, was choked with a piece of meat while dining at Gordon’s uoarding -house. Dr. Neale certifying as to the cause of death, an inquest was not deemed necessary. The steamer Zealandia is to bo transferred from the Bast Coast route to the Australian coastal trade. The AVimmera ,now on the WellingtonSix’ ley run, will replace the Zealandia on this coast ,and the Riverina will succeed the AVimmera in the Dun-edin-'AVellington-Sydney service. The following players will represent the United Cricket Club in their match against the Wanderers umb at Victoria j.unnain to-morrow afternoon, commencing at 2 o’clock sharp: —Cato, J. Ferris, Gardiner, Gibson (2), Hallamore, A. Lang, Laurenson, Robinson, Sheridan, AAbyte. Emergencies: Ogilvie, Nesbitt. Advice was received by the Disti ict, Coroner, Air. Bar to)], S.M., yesterday -from AVaikaremoana, that, a native named Whenanui had died suddenly., jhe native had had his thumb torn* off a fortnight previously by a rope, but the cause of death was not known. The Coroner gave instructions for an inquest to be held.

At Te Kara lea, on Wednesday, Air. Percy Sefton, master of Te Karaka school, was married to Aliss Ruby Higgs, at tlie residence of the bride’s parents. The bride was given away by her father, Air, Jas. Higgs, and was tastefully attired in cream embroider'd voile, with satin and chiffon trimmings; an embroidered tulle veil was becomingly arranged over a coronet of orango blossoms, and the bride carried a handsome bridal bouquet. The bridesmaids were Aliases Wallace and Elsie Allen, niece of the bride. The bridegroom was attended by Ids brother, Air. K. Sefton. Mr. and Airs. Sefton proceeded South yesterday morning on their honeymoon tour.

These who attended the races at Alureivai on Wednesday had a morry time, and plenty of excitement. The way the Maoris managed the meeting would have been marvelled at by those only used to the ways or city clubs, there being such a ready and practical way of getting at the end desired. The'winner of a race was not allowed to bo deprived of Ji;s laurels through mere technicalities. Some of the riding was based on the Tod Sloan style, tliotigh the skill acquired by him was no doubt lacking. Altogether it was a real clay’s spoil, for which the secretary was warmly congratulated.

There was a feeling of deep relief yesterday mroning when the approach of the steamer Victoria wa* made generally known by the shrill blast from the vessel shortly before 6 a.m. The passengers, who were about to leave to get some breakfast, were rapidly .embarked, and early in the evening had reached Napier. News of the cause of the delay was eagerly awaited. Captain Waller explained that in leaving Auckland harbor on J uesday night, the vessel ran into a log so thick that he deemed it dan- j gerous to proceed further, and deeided to lay to off Kangitofo Island. | the anchor was weighed again at .5 on Wednesday, but the fog was still bad, and the steamer proceeded ' very cautiously, making well out to sea. Land was not sighted ao-ain j until after daybreak yesterday morn- I mg, when Cable End Foreland was ' perceived, and easily recognised, and • the anchorage in the Bay made with- I out further delay. The night was a I most anxious one, and Captain Walior did not leave the bridge until the ' vessel had been brought safely in.

i -1 fme of £3 and 7s costs, or seven days imprisonment, was imposed bv Mr. Barton, SAL, yesterday, in the choige against John Campbell, fireman of tlm steijmer Aoteu, whq had struck the chief engineer, All-. George Campbell, vlult* the vo&.sul ivns on Urn " I.V from Pieton to Gisborne. The accused pleaded guilty, hut declared that he knew nothing of the affaii. 'J he evidence showed that the a.;- . fused deserted the ship at Pieton. hut was brought aboard by some of the crew wjnj had been sent to get him, ' On his'arrival on hoard lie became abijsjve arid ‘;threatening. \ second ami third time he'followed up the chief engineer, an#l on the latter occasion struck him a violent hfow in the face, marks of which he now boro. Captain Prosser said accused deserted the ship at Honolulu, and had to he brought back. The incident,' now complained of, occurred whilst tiie officers and engineer.: were all on duty, and the ship in narrow waters. Accused wanted ' his discharge, and evidently thought tins was the best way of getting it. This | was, however, the first time he hud j committed an assault. His Worship ; said it was very necessary that such' offences on shipboard should he pun- j ishe.tl severely, aiid more so than a 1 similar offence on hind. Accused had, j he said, rendered himself liable to a fine of £2O, or six months’ imprisonment.

The Marlborough Herald hints tlmt in all probability Mr. A. P. Seym,.nr, who occupied a seat in the. House of Representntives for many years, for several of which ho occupied the position of Chairman of Committees, will bo among the nominees to the Legislative Council when the next list of “calls” is made public.

AVhilo driving along Boston Road, Auckland, about nine o’clock on Saturday evening, Air. and Mrs. Elijah Spragg met with an accident. Air. Spragg, who is (54 years of age, states that lie was driving on bis right side of the road, when lie saw a cart approach i ng, also on the right side. When the two vehicles were passing tlioy collided, and Air. Spragg’s light trap capsized, throwing the occupants on to the mail. Mr. Spragg thinks that the cart swerved as they' passed, but the driver, Henry A. Temperton, is of the same opinion regarding the trap. Dr. Robertson attended to Air. anil Airs. Spragg, anil found tiro former suffering from a sprained arm and slight shock, while Airs. Spragg escaped with a slight cr.t on the back of the bead. The trap was considerably damaged. One headmaster in New Zealand, at any rate, does not fully agree with" one of the recent developments of our education system. In his last report, Mr Tibbs, headmaster of the Auckland Grammar School, says“I have 110 hesitation in sayingth.it free secondary education is being awarded too cheaply. It is ' not in the best interests of the children themselves or of the nation, in the making of which they are factors, that so great a prize should lie won with so little effort. In my opinion the pupils of the town schools should bo compelled to take the department’s examination, to pass which I understand that some real work is required, and the qualification of the sixth standard certificate of proficiency- should be allowed only in the case of country children, who are under many disabilities.

Because two lines of a notice were printed with type about a quarter of an inch too small, a betting prosecution in connection with the recent Austral races at the Exhibition arena was dismissed by the Mclbcurno City Court. Evidence was given that the accused, Henry Lovelock, had made wagers, and a case seemed to have been clearly proved. But the law requires that a warning against betting printed in letters of an inch in height must bo posted at the entrance to the location, anil Air H. S. Cole proved on behalf of Lovelock that two lines of the notice, reading, “Dated at Melbourne, December I, 1900. For anil on behalf of the Melbourne Bicycle Club, as promoters,” were in slightly smaller type than was required. The police very reasonably contended that this was not an essential part of the notice, but the magistrates, Alessrs. Marks, Garside, and Lancashire, upheld the objection, and dismissed the case. «

General Booth, whose amazing energy never seems to flag with the passing years, announces that lie is going to Japan at the beginning of this year, and hopes to spend April in that country. The General will travel via the United States and Canada, The object of his visit is to examine on the spot the work of the Salvation Army in Japan. To a reporter the General expressed himself highly satisfied with the work of the Salvationists in Japan, where they had met with excessive courtesy from the authorities. The Salvation Armyhad been instrumental in rescuing 30,000 Geisha girls from the state of bondage in which they were held. The army, General Booth concluded, were also doing great work in Korea, where they were receiving every assistance from the Japanese authorities, anil a start would be made in Manchuria as soon as the country was again fully open. Just at present the General is conducting a vigorous “campaign” in Germany..

Captain Clarke, hailing from Douglas, in the Isle of Alan, has undertaken to walk 52,000 miles anil to cover 28,000 miles of - water in a given period for, ’tis alleged, a wager of £IO,OOO. One would like to know very much who the other parties to this somewhat startling bet are, but as usual they prefer to conceal their identity. Clarke, who is accompanied by a Scotch collie (he will have to leave this animal behind whenever lie leaves England), started from Yarmouth on Juno 1, 1905, attired in a suit made of newspapers, and has so far covered 13,0U0 miles, and worn out 22 pairs of boots. He must neither beg, borrow, nor steal during his wanderings, blit must- support himself solely- bv lecturing anil writing for newspapers. He loaves for New York presently, anil proposes to make Ills way tjicnce across the States to New Zealand and so on to Australia, South Africa, India, China, and Japan, anti home again to Douglas by way of Siberia and Russia, '

The fourth report of the Public Accounts Committee (writes a London correspondent), contains some reference to certain shipments of oats from New Zealand to South Africa during the late war. The paragraph runs thus: “Largo quantities of Now Zealand oats, which formed a portion of cargoes shipped from that countryearly' in 19U2, were found damaged and unfit for army use in February, 1903. As a consequence they had to be disposed of by public tender at low prices to avoid loss from further deterioration. The snip realised just over £SOOO, while the original post, including freight, amounted to £45,000. The New Zealand authorities assert that these oats were fair ‘average quality anil in good condition when shipped,’ anil although the Army Council are not prepared lo accept the statement in its entirety, they are of opinion that no good purpose would be served by- pursuing this matter further with the New Zealand Government, and in this view the Treasury concur. The Committee agree 111 the course adopted.”

A somewhat peculiar point cropped IT .hi a ease heard in the Balmain lolice Court (reports tlie Sydney telegraph) in connection with a charge ‘ brought against eight young men of playing a' “game known as two up in a public place, to the annoyance oi the residents,” TJio police evidonco was conclusive as to the accused having been among those who were heading ’em” on the occasion, and it was equally clear that the ! game was played on what is a surveyed and proclaimed street in Balmain, though not formed or built ‘ u P°n. But counsel for the defence argued that it was not shown that the game was being played to the annoyance of anyone, and certainly not to the annoyance of residents, since there were vacant spaces stretching on each side of the roadway, which were only used for the reception of rubbish and ‘tip’ matter generally. There were no residents to annoy, and none, of course, were .oalle l as witnesses The magistrate san. it was cleat time the case was not made out, and the police, after contesting the position for some time, luthdiew the case, it- being suggested that it might bo brought again in another form.

. Of the 0009 teachers in the Public . Instruction Depa rtnicnt ( sa v s the - Sydney Daily Telegraph) only" I per cent, receive more than £3OO a year O'" l ,cr Cent, are pair! over an/ f,S per cent, less than £l3O. This ’iftan-s, viewed in the light >1 the repent ro-gracluip; of the public service, furnished a fruitful source c.C discussion at a recent sitting of the I uhiio Schools Conference. The general feeling seems to he Unit the service was the last that any vomi" person of ambition should seek to eif\|r' i.' 't n ’° r a, ' s ;, of a colored diagram. J, J - J \ atts, the treasurer of the association showed that the posh tions of higher responsibility and emolument were few compared with the number of certificated teachers competent to fid them, and very depressing pictures were drawn of the ciid,instances in which the teachers of the majority of small country schools have to live and bring tip their families. Stress was laid on ’.- le RPt that although the occupation is a professional one, requiring in those who fill it more or- less high qualifications, the remuneration in the main is on anything but a scale oi professional liberality. Several speakers agreed that the new regulations for the training of teacherpractically closed the doors of the 1 hid neat ion Department on the children oi the pooi: yuan,

A t JJvistol-n London clergyman lias declared that his Giinday collection is on .so 0:0 occnsioi a not more than ojd.

.Mails. despatched from Melbourne via Brindisi on 23th November, arrived in London on the 23th December.

Two men were arrested .at AVJialatntu yesterday by Constable Doyle and brought in and placed in the town lockup, on a charge of having stolen a gold watch chain and other articles, the property of frank Lyons, on 21th December. The names of the accused arc James Jones and Harry Parker.

An extraordinary accident occurred to the liorso of a visitor ill tho house of Mr. W. AVaterson, son., at Dalefield (Wairarapa. There is a slight declivity near the house, down which the animal slipped. Tho vehicle to which it was attached did not follow, and the horse was hung up by the harness and choked to death.

Mr Charles Carter, a tenor singe l " from New Zealand, is still touring with the Moody-Manncrs Opera Company in their English provincial travels. His singing is very highly mentioned by various press critics, who seem unanimous in according him the highest praise for his impersonation of “Faust."

Tho late Mr Arthur Briscoe, formerly a partner in Messrs Briscoe and Sons, Australian merchants, has left an estate valued at £380,000, a large amouiit of which has been devised to charitable and philanthropic institutions (says tlie Financial Times). The house of Briscoe and Sons was founded by William Briscoe at Wolverhampton about the year 1700, if balance-sheet of the firm, dated 1700, being still preserved. Mr. Biiscoe traded first with South America, and subsequently with the West Indies. The West Indian businesses were eventually sold to tho local partners, while Mr E. C. Blytli, one of the employees, emigrated to Melbourne in 1852, and commenced business as a hardware merchant. In the following year William Briscoe and Sons took over tho Blyth business, out of which developed tho large interests in Australia and New Zealand, which in 1900 were taken oyer by Briscoe and Co., Limited, a private limited liability concern, with an authorised capital of £OOO,OOO. ,

A mischievous Chinese monkey wa s the central performer in a sensational incident which startled “ Grosvenor,’’ one of the big city boarding establishments, the other evening (says the Melbourne Argus). One of the maids had been trimming the lamps in a room adjoining the kitchen, and during the operation had noticed that “ Tommy, ’’ a monkey belonging to one of the boarders, had watched her with even more curiosity than usual. ' The maid lighted the lamps, and left the room with one of them. A few minutes later the whole household was startled by a series of strange shrill squea's issuing from the room which contained the burnished lamps. The proprietress, Mrs Wadley, rushed to the room to discover the reason of the din. She was horrified to see the monkey perched on tho brass well of an overturned lamp wielding in his right hand the pair of scissors with which the maid bad trimmed the wicks. The curtains- were ablaze, burning oil had escapd from the lamp, and was fast ■spreading over the carpet. Mrs-Wad-ley’s cries of alarm mingling wifh the monkey’s exclamations of delight soon brought a dozen boarders to the rescue. Mrs Wadley ran to tho telephone, but failed to call up the exchange. Meanwhile the rescue party had sot to work with buckets of 'water, and managed to extinguish theflames.before much damage was done. The monkey, impressed with the bucket brigade’s display, seized a jug of milk aqd scattered the contents about the room, While thus engaged his tail caught fire, aod he raced round 'he room screaming. A bucket half full of water was standing near the door. In “ Tommy ” plunged, and emerged a second later to continue his share of the fire-extinguishing.