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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 1973, 8 January 1907, Page 2

The steamer Waikare left Anclelaiul for Gisborne at 0 last evening.

Dr. Morrison is expected to return to-morrow morning after his holiday in the South.

Mails despatched from Auckland via Sait Erancisco on Ist December, arrived in London on tith Japuar.y. The meeting of Hospital subscribers will be held on Thursday evening at 7.30 ,to elect a trustee.

An adjourned complaint, under the Married Persons Separation Act, was called on at the Magistrates’ Court yesterday, and withdrawn by consent. In the report of the Nuhaka Slumtaken from the Waircu Guardian, the judge of the frqezer classes, Mr. ,f. Williamson, was mentioned as being connected wit]) Nelson Bros., whereas lie is now on the .staff of the Gisborne She,pp Earmefs’ Meat Ereezing Company,

Mrs, and Miss Seymour, Mr, and Mrs. Black, and the Misses jilaiik (2) leave Gisborne this evening by the steamer Waikare to join the Sounds excursion. Misses Johnson, Monckton, and Murchison ,and Air. Patullo have also left Gisborne to join in tho summer trip.

Notification is given to county electors in Tolaga ri/ling that votes in connection with the ejection to bo held on Eriday will have to he recorded at the Paknrae woolslied in place of .the Wpangiira schooihoiisc, that building;, as previously advertised, not being available'for a polling booth.

A special meeting of the Hospital Trustees will be held at the Hospital at 10 a.m. on Eriday next, the lltli inst., tlie business being “Inquiry into a complaint made by Air. John East, of inattention to his son, Gordon, while a patient iij the Hospital.” Air. E. H. Aliinn will represent Air. East.

The steamer Squall, which left at II o’clock last night for Auckland via Tolago Bay and Wliaiigarei. took about 550 sheep for the hitter destination. The sheep are the property of Air. AV. Richardson, of Waimata Valley, who is stocking hi Whangarei property from his lino Waimata flock.

It is stated that an ox-Patoa resident lias come ill lor a legacy ol' £SOOO. Messrs Euro and Ainbridgo, of tho kronoinic, are selling manufacturers’ slock o' shirts at wholesale prices. Captain Howe, of the Sailors’ Homo in Sydney, states that there is a great demand there lor sailors at the present time.

Sir Montague Nelson, in presiding at tho annual meeting of tlio Colonial Consignment Company, referred to the fact

that sheep arc increasing in Australasia, and he argued from that that in 1907 nun ton in this country was likely to bo in full supply, and to keep at a low level of price.

Air Remington, M.11.R, prophesies that tho measure presented to Parliament whom next it assembles will be a modified Hand Bill—that is, ono modified by the information and experience gained by Air AlcNab on his present tour.

In acknowledging a presentation, which was made him at Palmerston South, Air T. Alackenzic, M.11.R., told of a man who wont to a sheep sale to buy five ewes, and made such a capital selection that his friends discovered upon

his return homo that he had become the owner of five rams (Laughter.) The New Zealand wool sales during

the remainder of tho present season will bo as under : —January—9th, Christchurch ; 1 5th, Auckland ; 16th, Napier ; 18th Wellington ; 28ril, Dunedin ; 25th, Invercargill; 29th, Timaru. February 4th, Christchurch; 12th, Invercargill ; 15th, Dunedin ; 19th, Auckland: 20th, Napier ; 22nd, Wellington ; 28th, Christchurch. Alarch stli, Timaru ; 7th, Dunedin.

A farmer at Aorangi, who had tho misfortune to lose a considerable proportion of his land by floods, took the ■ wise precaution this season, to cut down | hush and cable it along tbo bank to counteract the action of the current. Imagine his surprise anti amusement tho other day at receiving a letter from tho Acclimatisation Society to the effect that he must not put any more hush in the rivor, as the work was detrimental to anglers. In his reply, he is going to invito the Society to take a run over the Styx.—Redding Star. The Chancellor of the Exchequer of Great Britain has benefited this year by the duties upon tho estates of no fewer than 15 millionaires, including that of Airs Lewis Hill, who left over a million, but whose will is not yet proved. The list is : Air George Herring, 11,500,000; Sir Charles Tennant, £6,101,974; Mr Alfred Beit, 16,000,000; Lord Griinthorpe £2,111,775; Air T. U. Smith £1,932,139; Air U.E. Walker, £1 598,177; Lord Nowlands, ,£1,504,278 ; Air G. Hatfield, £1,621,821; Sonator G. T, Fulford, I 1 1,611,000 ; Earl of Loven, £1,600,016 ; I Air E. Steinkopff, £1,247,022; Air Rapi hael, £1,103,247 ; Air W. Sturdy, ,£1,023,893 ; Earl of Alansfield, £1,021,520.

Accidents happened in two of tho races at the Auckland Racing Club’s Meeting. In the hurdle race Lo Beau fell.at tho first jump, and the jockey, Cress, was struck on the head by one of- the horses following, with the result that he sustained slight concussion of the brain, in addition to being badly shaken and bruised. After being attended to by Dr. Sharman, Cross was sent to Auckland Hospital, where lie is undergoing treatment for his injuries. The horses I .eon :i tor and Certainty fell almost immediately after tho start of the Newmarket Handicap, but the riders, AlcCluskie and" Peeley respectively, were fortunate enopgh t» escape serious injury-

Tlio following passengers have booked to leave for South by the .steamer Waiknre this evening:—For Napier: Misses Wachsinann, Perry, Wei Isted, Stonns (2), Mesdamcs Oxen* ham, JMciPhail, Aikinan, Steans, Frostiek, Wilson, Lawrence, Messrs. Frostick Wilson: AshwelJ, Oliver,

Oxenham, McFhail, O’Bnill'lie, I f ini. For Wellington: Misses Reynolds (2), Slierratt, 'Williamson, Clare, l)e Lautour, Mrs. Beynolds, File (2), Messrs. Bonrke, Webb, Troup, Clare, Langlniiii. and File. For Dunedin: Mrs? and Miss Sjeymour, Mr. and Mrs. Black (2), Mrs.' Sinjgon and child. For Lyttelton : Mrs. Stringer, Mrs. and Miss bfepnan and three children.

In the motor reliability test, Mrs. Crozier, who was the only lady competitor, drove a 10 horse-power Cardillac. Hers was one of the two ears that arrive dat Wairakei without any mishaps on the day’s run. Mrs. Crozier'drove her car throughout in fine style, without meeting serious trouble anywhere. She was, however,''a sufferer by the omission of the association to ssue ipaps of the route. Sho lost her way n Hawke’s Bay, and went 10 miles out of th eroute, with the result that she ran out of benzine and los points op. arrival at the next “control.” This car, by the way, had trouble lor two days, Avlnch is attributed to wiyter in the benzine. Ju Napier a welj-kpowp Wfiirarapa motorist }Vas deputed to investigate, apd he came tp the conclusion tliaf ip was an electrical difficulty, Thjs being so, the car will probably have to lose points.

A meeting of the Friendly Societies Conferen.ee was held last night for the purpose of selecting a representative on the Board of Hospital Trustees.. 'J’herp was a full attendance, and after discussion an adjournment was made at the request of some of the members for the purposo of heariug Mr Harding’s views on hospital management. Mr Harding ' attended and explained that he was in fayor of the appointment of a resident surgeon qnil Jieen for some years. He had been quietly advocating it. but he wanted a first-class' man at a ’goqd salary, and an honorary medical and surgical visiting staff, Jn jiho event of the' Board not agreeing to a resident surgeon the neyt course be would sug.-got-t wonld bo the appointment of two medical men, oue to nave control with the honorary staff. After hearing Mr Harding’s views he withdrew, and it was decided to support his nomination on the understanding arrived at. This practically means that there will be no contest fop tbp position of Trustee at Friday night's meeting of subscribers.

Saturday’s Auckland Herald nils) ids : David Irwin, a sailor on the s.s. Talune, pleaded not guilty to stealing an umbrella, value £l,' the property of George Oliver. The chief officer of the vessel said that Oliver

lift'd complained when going ashore at Gisborne iiiyt'iin qf his was missing. Witness had the fo’e’lse of the ship seachod, and the article was found under the accused’s bunk. A seaman said he saw the accused fiddling aboutewith his “hunk boards,” and hearing that an umbrella had been lost a"t Gisborne lie searched and found the umbrella lashed to the boards of accused’s bimk. The accused denied that lie had touched the i,m.il)i:elhf. Hr said that lie had not long had the blink, ami anyone could easily gain access to'where it

was situate:!. His Worship said lie was satisfied that the accused had stolen the umbrella. The offence was a sejiiq'ug one, aipf 'passengers had fo I e protected from thefts. A sentence of two months’ imprisonment was imposed.

Considerable interest was manifested iii Wliakatano township on the arrival, in tow of the steamship Manga papa, of the oil launch sent down by the Northern Steamship Company, for river service. This latest addition'to flip company’s fleet will servo a -useful purjiuSo ill purveying flax, maize, etc., .from Poropoi'u tu mo ship’s side. Her first trip was made on- tins afternoon of her arrival, when She -brought down' 27 bales of flax, only drawing about” 71rt. or ftm ol vvafor, The launch' call easily take about. 411 ] piles without' any appreciable increase in' fraught.." Sue is built on the pontoon" principle, fhe screw being situated about midships, working in a tunnel which is always filled with water, thus giving inpi eased power. A large number of residents watched the arrival of the first load of flax for sliijmieiit to Auckland, when the agent "of fhe company christened the new arrival the "Pukeko.” The launch has been sent down in view of the fact that the flax -industry is likely to be very largely increased in the near future, and the action of the Northern Com- ! pauy was warmly commended. '