BOWLING.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2003, 12 February 1907, Page 3

BOWLING.

DUNEDIN, last night. To-day the New South Wales bowler 3 played the Dunedin section of the All AVhite team which visited Australia. The match resulted in a victory for the local players by 110 to 88. > A SAB CASE. AA’ELLINGTON, last niglit. The adjourned inquest on the body of an infant buried in the bush near Otaki last Thursday was held to-day. The alleged mother or the child, Matilda Morris, was present. She is under arrest on a charge or murder. The evidence given showed tho. the mother left the place she had been living at one morning with the child, and arrived that evening at another house without it. Suspicioiis were aroused, and it being found that the mother’s story was unsatisfactory, the police were communicated with, the result being that the mother showed where the body was buried. The medical evidence was indefinite, and the jury returned the following verdict, that Albert Morris met his death on January 21, but there not being sufficient to show tlie actual cause of death.”

band contest. Press Association.'" -j CHRISTCHURCH, last night. ] The Exhibition Band Contest be- : ean to-day. Ten men entered lor tile B flat bass, viz., Barton (Den- ( niston), Fraser (Dunedin Navals) 1 Smith (Mornington), Frostlv (First s Infantry, Auckland), Allan (Tarana- . ki Garrison), Webster (Kaikorai), Gallop (AVoolston). Scratched: King : (Oamaru Garrison), Brown (Inver- i cargill). There lis beautiful weatll^;o test selections will be taken ; on Tuesday and Thursday, and The ■ ciuick-step competition on Saturday. On Tuesday the full bands will play iff the concert hall, and on Thursday on Saturday on the Exhibition sports ground. The solos, quartettes, and trios will be .iudged on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, by Messrs King and Schwartz, and the! full bands will be taken by Lieut. Bentlev, of Sydney. The band contest this tnoining was in the nature of a preliminary • trial to select the best players for - more severe judging later on. Barton (Denniston), Fraser (Dunedin Navals), and Gallop (Woolston) were solocted to compete in the final tonight at' seven o’clock, the ]udge._ be?ng Messrs. King and Schwartz. Tho baritone competition began at 11 o’clock. There were 29 entiles and 21 performers appeared. The Exhibition Band Contests started to-day. The proceedings opened at 9 a.m. with the B flat has. preliminary competition, eight play- , ors taking part. The most popular pieces with the competitors were b Cliriscuh in Cellarto. _ The follpwl„h is the order in which the soloists appearedT. Barton (Denniston), C. Clayton (Gisborne), E. Fraser (Dunedin Navals), C. Smith (Mornington), W Crosby (Ist Infranty, Auckland). N. Allen (Taranaki Garrison), C. Webster (Kaikorai), and C. G.G.lop (Woolston). T H. King (Oamaru Garison), and L. Brown (Invercargill) did not appear. The .pulge (Mr W. S. King) selector. Messrs. I. Barton (Denniston), E. Fraser (Dunedin) Navals), and G. G. Gallop (Woolston) to play off for first and second places. The three epmpetitois named performed most satisfactorily. Gallop being particularly successful. The baritone competition was then commenced. There were 29 entries, and of these 21 appeared to take part. They wore, as follows: R. lieriiey (Rualiine), E. Gilbert (hirst Infantry, Auckland), S. McArthur (Jupps), V. Knight (Taranaki Garrison), .1. J. Cosgrove (Rualiine), W. Weir (Tuapeka), Highman (Derrys), Fielder (Masterton), A- Martm (Derrvs) .1- S. Barton (Woolston), AA • Warrinfgton (Timaru Garrison), A\. Rennie (Invercargill), .7. Doig (Dunedin Navals), R. Little (Kaikouia). C Greening (Wellington Garrison), R May (Hastings), W. Yeomanry (Dunedin Navals), G. Jensen tanui Garrison). W. Munro (Greymouth) W. 'Colquhoun (Kcwcastle City), and A. Hall (Mornington). The following players were selected from tho baritone contestants to play in The final: E. Gillard (First Infantry, Auckland), Highman (Derrys) J. Elder (Masterton Municipal). A. MarrtlnWrvs) J S. Barton (Woolston), Gaflop S VvoMs\ S O n) B 90 a pointe, 1;. F “ ; w rttTes- J S. Barton (WoolsBantones- J 1; a. Martin riflO- v dJ R « P points, 2; J. Elder (Ma'sterton), 86 points, | > H man (Derrys), 83 points each, tied for sth and 6tli Maces. B flat cornets: G. Buckley (AA a ganui), 95 points, 1; T. .Goodall. (Grevmouth), 90 points 2; J. R. Swindon (Wellington), 82 J?° ,n £ ’ 5’ J. Humphries (Invercarg l G-un-json), 78 points, 4; J.. ® a, l e V Me edin Citizens), 7/ points, o, F. Me Lean (Kaikorai), 76 points, C. ywenty-two golpists competed, -:

COMMERCIAL. THE LONDON MARKETS. Press Association. AV ELLINGTON, last night. Tho Department of Industries and Commerce has received the following cable from tho High Commissioner, dated London, February 9th: —Hie mutton market is dull, and there is a limited demand for all qualities. Very low really prime carcases of mutton have boon marketed lately. There is no dhango to report in prices. Tho lamb market is quiet and unsettled, on account of tlie conflictini'- cables regarding the dry season now prevailing. Australian lamb is in large supply and of good quality. This season’s New Zealand lamb is quoted at 61 d for Canterbury brands and other than Canterbury brands old per lt>. There is a hotter demand for beef. There is a largo supply of chilled beef on band ot irregular quality. Tho. average price of Now Zealand boot is djd and 23cl fox hind and fore-quarters respectively. Tho butter market is overstocked and depressed. Some holders of butter are forcing sales, while buyers are holding back, expecting prices to go lower. Retailors are catering for tho shilling trade, which affects .the market. Tho average price of choicest N.Z. butter to-day is 103 s per cwt., Australian 98s, Danish 114 s, Argentine 101 s. . r , The cheese ninrkot is very firm, and the stock is moderate. There is a general and active demand. N.Z. brands are quoted at 65s per cwt. Tho hemp market is quiet but firm. Prices of hemp are: Good to lair, AA’eltington grade, on spot, per ton, £39 10s; January to March shipments, £3B 10s per ton ; Manila, fair current grade, on spot, £42 per ton. The cocksfoot seed market is quiet but prices are firm. The average price for bright, clean N.Z. cocksfoot seed, weighing 17tbs. per bushel, is 4Ss per cwt. . , New Zealand short-berried wheat, ex granary, per quarter of 4961b5., is quoted at 29s 6d on a firm market. N.Z. short sparrow-bill oats, ex Granary, on spot, per quarter of 384 lbs., are quoted at 255; N.Z. Danish oats, ex Granary, on spot, per quarter of 3201b5., are quote dat 18s. Tlie stock on band is small,, but the mar-

ket is firm. Now Zealand beans (old crop), per 5041b5., are quoted at 325. Tlie market is quiet. N.Z. partridge peas, per 50-Llbs., are quoted at 40s; N.Z. ter of 3201b5., are quoted at ISs. The 355. The market is firm. Tho wool market is firm, and business prospects are good. Current quotations for Bradford tops are 30s, low crossbreds. Is -l 91 per lb ; 40s, low crossbreds. Is 54d; 445, medium crossbreds, Is 6d; 50s, half-breds, Is lOd; 565, quarter-breds, 2s; 60s, merinos, 2s 3d.

THE EXHIBITION. (By Telegraph Special Service.) CHRISTCHURCH, last niglit. Bandsmen and their relatives and friends to tlie number of some thousands formed a large proportion of the attendance at the Exhibition today, the principal event being the opening of the international band contest. This will he thro main attraction at the Exhibition during the present week. Tlie solo . competitions commenced to-day will be continued on AVednesday and Friday in tho concert hall, and tlie grand selections and quick step competitions will he held on the sports ground on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. In connection with the contests a grand torchlight tattoo will he held on Friday night, which should prove a most picturesque affair. It is suggested that the whole of the competing bands shall take part, together with the military, forces and cadets, the Maoris of the pa, and the Fijians if they are still here. The proceedings will commence With gun tire, and the playing of the “ first post” by buglers of the volunteer forces. The bands will then march on, accompanied by a torch bearer, and playing a quick step. Each band entry will be announced by the firing of a rocket. An exhibition of gun drill bv artillery or naval brigade will follow, and tlion tlie massed bands will play a march set for the contest, under tlie direction of Adjutant-Lieut. Bentley. An attack by military on the Arai-te-uru pa, which will be defended by Maoris, wlio will give a war dance of' defiance, will be the ..next event, after which tlie massed blinds will plav national anthems and gun-fire and the playing of the “Last Post” by the buglers will conclude the programme. Some of the arrangements have not yet been completed, but it is hoped that it will be found practicable to carry out the tattoo on the lines indicated. . , ~ , A record, both as regards attendance and cash takings, at concert hall, was established on Saturday night by AVest’s Pictures and the Brescians, when 1845 persons paid for admission, and were accommodated within the building. Tlie orchestral concert which was to have been held in the concert hall this afternoon was postponed till to-morrow, the band competition keeping tlie hall engaged for the whole of the afternoon. Tho sale of etchings and photographs in the British Court appears to have started in earnest according to the large number of these beautiful works which now hear; the legend

“sold.” , » Mr Munro, general manager of the Exhibition, lias received from the Bega fire-walkers the supreme gift of a whale’s tooth which they promised him before their departure from Christchurch. The tooth is unusually large and handsome. A similar gift has come to hand for Sir Joseph Ward. _ . Mr White, representative of Pam and Sons, London, has arranged to five a display of fireworks on Wednesday night next. There will be a double bill of set pieces, and the aerial work will be of an even higher class and more varied than on any previous occasion. . It is stated that an international football carnival on the sports ground to occupy a week or 10 days just before the conclusion ol tile Exhibition in April, is tho. latest suggestion in the -way of entertainment. It is pointed out that the sports ground would provide a splendid football field, with seating accommodation for 1800 people, and Moulding space for many thousands. learns could he attracted from all parts of the colony, and even from Australia, and sufficient players would probably arrive to allow the carnival to M continued for the suggested period without playing any team more than twice in a week. Attractive cups and trophies would of course oe proV *The Fijians who have been giving dances at the Exhibition, and whose stay is now very near its end, have won from the general manager, and sub-inspector Dwyer, in charge or hhe Police at the Exhibition, high cnconiums on their irreproachable behaviour during the entire period of their visit under circumstances altogether novel, and under process of public “spoiling” which might easily lave had bad effects. ~ Miss M. O. Stoddart, who is recognised as a line landscape artist ail'd tho best painter.of flowers in the colonv, and who has just returned from nine years’ study ol the art in England and Continent, when asked her opinion of the picture gallery at the Exhibition, said: I think on the whole the picture gallery is an exceedingly interesting collection. There is some very line work there. It would be unreasonable to expect perfection in a collection of the kind. 1 think the level of water colors is more, sustained than that of oils. ‘The Smugglers- by Napier Henry is one of the finest of Ins works I have seen. lam glad to notice Torrick "Williams lias sold so well because lie is one of the coming men’. Taken altogether it is a most interesting and instructive show, and the people of the colony are fortunate in having an opportunity of comparing many styles of painting.

NATIVE LAND COMMISSION. Press Association. NAPIER, yesterday. The Chief Justice and Mr Ngata, comprising the Native Lands Commission, formally commenced their work here to-day. The first business will ho to arrange the lines, on which the Commission shall set to work. At present it has no data before it, and part of its time here will be occupied in obtaining from tho District Land* Registrar particulars of native blocks in the district. The first sitting will not he of a public nature, and no evidence will be called at present. The work of the.. Commission is hampered by the tact that there is no record of native lands of the eolony, and * it is saul it would take six months to compile such a record. NAPIER, last night. The Native Lands Commission began its sitting to-day. . The sitting was" not a public one. Sir Robert Stout and Mr. Ngafca, at their first sitting, spent a good part of the day in inspecting maps and returns supplied by the District Land Office and the native department, with a view to ascertaining what blocks m the district it was possible to deal with. Thov propose to commence with lutira, Mohaka, and Waihua, these

being tlio only blocks of nny size which appear to lie unoccupied. ’1 hey will then go to AVaiiganiii, and take in hand some of tho river blocks and the King country, where there are largo areas to be dealt with, and from there, if time servos, to the East Cape. Tlio Commissioners cannot say definitely as yet what tlio order o! business will bo. but they have endeavored to block out the work which it is possible for thorn to overtake before Parliament moots. 1 hoy propose further, bolero going into any other work, to offer to arbitrate between the rival parties interested in tho settlement of the AVauiiarania block. They have not yet received intimation whether tlio parties will consent. If not tho Commission may find it necessary to investigate these lands for tlio general purposes ot the Commission.

POISONOUS FOOD. AN INDIGNANT CULPRIT. Press Association. AA'ELLINGTON, last night. Charles Henry Jones, manager of the Diamond Confectionery Company, of AVellington, was charged at tlio ‘ Magistrate’s Court to-day with having on November 14th in his possession 576 tins of condensed milk for tho purposo of preparation for sale for human consumption. Hie proceedings wore taken by tho Department of Public Health. Tho District Health Officer deposed that the majority of the tins were blown, and somo had burst, giving out an offensive smell. Tlio milk was unfit for human consumption, and eating anything made from it would bo attended with serious consequences, especially in the case or young children. Mo had proved the presence of anaerobic bacteria in the milk. These produced poisons generally known as ptomaines. No amount of cooking would kill those ptomaines. He did not find tlio poison. 110 presumed there was poison from tlie presence of bacteria. If tlie whole tiling was put into a finance the poison might bo destroyed. He could not say that poison was there because to prove its presence lio would have had to experiment on a human being and no ono had volunteered. (Laughter.) Corroborative evidence was given bv Drs. James and Hector. "The defendant stated that be bad seen milk used in England m much worse condition than that he had m his factory. He know fermentation was present in the bulged tins, blit had believed that tho temperature of 260 degrees to which the milk was subjected destroyed any germs. Tlie milk was used for caramel toffee. ■ Defendant was fined 5. and ordered to pay costs £ll 17s 6d . ; The Court directed that the milk should be destroyed . , I Defendant, on leaving the Court, i explained that the _ effect of tins j would be to drive him out of the J country. He denounced manner m ! which tho country was overrun by j inspectors, who nearly worried linn ‘ to death.

THE REGIONS BEYOND MISSION. SPREAD OF CHRISTIANITY. For three years and a-lialf tlie Rev. Grattan Guinness, D.D., director of the Regions Beyond Mission, lias been traversing t-lie globe, accompanied by Airs Guinness. They have been spending a few days in AA 7 cllington as tlie guests of Captain Blackburne. Dr. Guinness is a wellknown writer, lecturer, and preacher. For very many years be and bis family have been closely associated with mission work in foreign countries. His son, the Rev. Dr. Harry Guinness, who visited New Zealand about five years ago, is now conducting an industrial mission among the Incas,the original inhabitants of Peru, descendants of those people whom the Spaniards crushed so cruelly. During his present tour .Dr. Guinness lias visited various parts of America, Japan, China, the Philippines, New Guinea, and Australia. He lias been in Nelson for the last couple of months, and hopes to visit Christchurch, Dunedin, and Auckland. He is very much interested in missions to tho natives in various parts of the world, and is, therefore, anxious" to go among the Maoris, to see how they are faring. “As to our missions,” he remarked in reviewing the whole field,_ “we personally sustain about 60 missionaries in India, Africa, and South America (Peru and the Argentine). In addition to that we have, two colleges in, London for the training of missionaries, men and women. Just now wo have more than 70 in training, and altogether more than 1000 have been sent to 50 different countries. In Japan there is perfect freedom now for preaching tlie Gospel in. every place, and while scepticism is making advances, especially among the educated classes, tlie Gospel is also gaining ground. There are about 50,00!) Christians m Japan, in connection with the Protestant missions. In China the prospects of missions are bright. The Chinese make very strong Christians ; they propogate the Gospel, and are good evangelists. The native converts are able and willing to spread tho knowledge of Christian trust. The mission schools in Japan China, and India are a very important feature of the work. In Africa the progress has beep wonderful. The missions are making rapid advances there, notably in Egypt, Uganda, on the Congo, and m Cape Colony and Natal. Uganda is perhaps "the brightest mission spot m Africa, a record achieved in a few years.”