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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2055, 16 April 1907, Page 2

The Matawhero stock. sales tako place to-morrow.

Colonel Porter purposes leaving on his visit to Rua on Wednesday or Thursday.

The members of the IJa«'ke , .|' Bay Land Board hope .to make “h visit of inspection to the land up the Coast during their present visit to Gisborne.

The Gisborne sitting of the Native Appellate Court concluded yesterday, and the Court adjourned to Port Awanui next Monday.

A meeting of hockey enthusiasts will be held at the Royal Hotel tomorrow night. All hocfkey players are invited to attend.

Messrs Kerr and Carter, land and commission agents, have for sale 800 acres native lease in Hangaroa district, and 17 acres first-class land utilised for a dairy farm.

Mr. Pcckover reports having - received on account of the Russian Famine Fund since last report :A. Richardson, Tarcwa, £2 2s; A. Hutchinson, Waihuka, £SO; Rev. F. W. Chatterton, £1; A Friend, 4s, 5s ; J. Mahoney, £l.

A meeting of members of the Poverty Bay Rowing Club is to be

held at tlie Club’s sheds to-morrow evening, for the purpose of further considering the matter of acquiring a new shed. The canvass among members for funds has been very successful.

Yesterday was the first day for receiving suggestions for the re-naming of Poverty Bay, in connection with the competition started by the Times, and letters arrived ill a steady stroam -uU-iUy. A good number were received, and it is oxpectcd that when the voting takes place tho public will have a comprehensive choice of names.

A meeting of the local branch of the Farmers’ Union will bo called for Saturday afternoon, when the question of passing a resolution concerning Mr. W. Maddison’s car-marking scheme will be considered. Some of the members want to know the details very thoroughly before coming t) a decision, but it is thought that a favorable resolution will be passed. The question would thou be referred to tho conferences sitting at Gisborne and Wellington. Supporters of Mr. W. ,0. Lysnar’s candidature for the Mayoralty met at the Farmers’ Union Club rooms last

night. There was a very good representative attendance. A main committee and sub-committees were set up, and it was decided that Mr. Lysnar should address a meeting at His Majesty’s Theatre next Monday evening. The meeting thoroughly approved of Mr. Lysnar’s policy. It was decided that meetings of supporters should lie held each evening in the Farmers’ Union Club rooms.

Two applications for a concession in rent under “The Bush and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act” were refused at the meeting of the meeting of the Land Board yesterday. The opinion was expressed that the Act was frequently misused, and that the only intention of the Act was to remit rent and rates on rough lands taken up by poor men whose capital was their muscle. Mr. Bartram said the section had been transferred at every meeting of tlie Board at Gisborne that he had attended, and there could have been no improvements since it was last transferred. He thought that when applications for concession of rent were made,, full information as to previous transfer transactions shoulkl be supplied to members of the Board. . Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure for Coughs and Colds never fails.—ls 6d and 2s 6d,

Among tho suggestions tor the renaming of Poverty Buy «'* have been received at tho “Times Offico was tho following informal ono:—“Dear Sir—l see in one o your issues you ask for some of your numerous readers to solid ill suggestions for a new name for Poverty Bay. Taking our Hnrlmr Board and other Council meetings into consideration 'forking Bay seems to ho just about fitting to fill , the situation. . I am ,otc., A Resigned Ratepayer.”

Mr. Kobt. Scott (says AVliakutano County Press), from Gisborne, spent a day in Whakatano this wools. Mr. Scott left by tlie Rotorua coach qu ..odnesday and intends returning in a day or two, to go through the district, with a view to purchasing land. Mr. Orr, from Hawke’s Bay, who was successful ill tho ballott for 1400 acres of the Rotorua block, passed through Whakatano on Wednesday. Mr. Orr is returning to take up liis rosidonco on his section.

At tho meeting of tho TaiRawhiti District Maori Land Board hold yesterday morning, the following applications to lease wore provisionally approved: Hauturn No. 2, from Mere Arihi Houkaman and others to Horomona te O Paipa; Taumatapatiti 18, from Ataroa • tc Awariki and others to Chas. Win. Forris, sonr.; Tarewnuru A2F2, to 1). J. Parker. The lease of Mangnoae 2D3 to James was formally approved. The’ application of Ellen Keefer to have the restrictions against sale on Rotokautuku GD removed was adjourned.

There was a narrow escape from drowning in the Ttiranganui river on Sunday evening. A company of a fishing trip and as their yacht ran up alongside one ofs the lighters moorod in the river one of tho number, Mr. S. Ollivcr, who was standing on tlie deck of tho yacht, was struck by something attached to the lighter, and was thrown into the river. He sank and rose twice and was carried a good distance towards tho mouth of tho river by tho current; but his companions turned tho yacht round and one dived in and rescued Mr. Olliver from his very dangerous position. A thorough drenching was the worst result of the mishap.

Tho Education Department has (says the Hawera Star) called upon Captain Struck to pay into the public account the cost of return railway tickets from Wellington to Hawera, because tlie Hawera cadets stayed in Christchurch three days longer than tho rest of the battalion.

“A pleasant feature of the present scheme of reconstructing bridges inaugurated by tho sitting Taranaki Council is the introduction of tho ferro-concrete structures which are so far acting admirably, the initial cost being no greater than steel,” said the Chairman at a recont meoting of the Council.

, It is noted that at tho Manchester Hotel, in Aldergate street, there can now be seen a wonderful collection of football curiosities (says our London correspondent). Mr. Ilarscombe, the manager, says that the New Zealanders’ ball, made in the Antipodes and signed by the all-conquering “All Blacks,” is the most valuable Rugby football in existence, and it is in his possession. He also has tho South African’s ball, signed by the Springbolcken; this is one of the half-dozen with which the team practised on their voyage to England.

An incident which is worth mentioning, as showing a kindly spirit and thoughtfulness in school children occurred during the visit of some forty pupils belonging to the Lawrence District High School to tlie Exhibition. Ono of the little ones had the misfortune to give a half-sovereign instead - of a sixpence to one of the side shows. Rather than allow this to spoil the boy’s visit, the other children clubbed together and subscribed threepence each, making up the loss sustained.—Press.

nV-The Opotiki Herald states: The untrutlifuluess of certain witnesses at the bridges commission has heen amply demonstrated. They contended that Opotiki settlors were severely handicapped through want of transit facilities for their stock. The worth of this contention is shown by tho fact that, in response to their offer of a special steamer, tho Northern S.S. Company only had one application for space. Opotiki people are not hankering so much after communication with Rotorua; it’s Gisborne they want.

Mr. Wal. Wood (states the Rotorua Times) has 3500 sheep coming through from Gisborne to his fine property at Waimunga. As everybody knows this property is only seventeen miles from Rotorua, and is mostly fern country, well watered and in splendid grass. Here is sufficient jiroof that tho time is not far distant when this district will he second to none as a' producer. Tho present 21 years tenure is bad however for anything like rapid progress, as unless properties are practically made like the above, nobody will invest money on virgin lands on so short a lease. Tlie Commission now sitting should solve this question however before next session is over. We hope to pay Mr. Wood’s property a visit shortly, and will give it a special article.

Mr. G. V. Hudson writes from Karori:—“l picked up tho comet discovered by Mr. Grigg, of AVailii, on tho Bth inst., at a quarter to 8 last evening. It is now in the constellation Lopus, in the trapezium of stars above and to the south of Orion. Right ascension five hours forty-two minutes, south declination 21 degrees 45 minutes. The comet is very faint, and invisible to the naked eye. It is diffuse, with no defined tail or nucleus. Its substanco is extremely attenuated, the faintest stars shining through the mist of it. Its motion is very rapid. The change in the position relative to the surrounding stars was visible after fifteen minutes observation with a low power. Its apparent movement across the sky is about equal to that of the moon. As the comet is so very faint and its motion so rapid it may be reasonably inferred that it is a very small comet, and probably in close proximity to the earth.”

The proposed tour of Parliamentarians to the North Island trunk railway, which is being organised by Mr. T. M. B. Fisher, M.H.R., will he made in the first week of May. The party will leave Wellington on a Monday, reaching iVnioru that night, and next day Ohakune will be visited, and a stop will be made at Raetihi. On Wednesday morning a trip will be made from Raetihi by Rochfort’s road to Raurimu, and the spiral section of the railway will be inspected. The party will stay at Taumarunui that night. According to the wishes of the party, a division will take place at Taumarunui, some leaving overland for Auckland, and others taking the river boat to Pipiriki and Wanganui. If they so desire, members of the party may also return direct from Ohakune. The Minister for Public Works (tho Hon. W. HallJones) has announced his intention of making the trip if he can possibly do so.

If a laddie gets a wetting Coming thro’ the rye, If ho has a cold upon him, Need the laddie die; He can laugh at all chest troubles

If he can procure The proper stuff, and plain enough, It’s Woods’ Great. Peppermint Cure,

Tho turnip disease in the AVuirarnpu district lias boon identified by tho Government biologist as pliornabrassieoo ros, first described ill 1893 as destructive to crops in Denmark Spraying is said to bo tho only course open ,and little confi-

dence is folt that it will do any good as a euro once tho disoaso has shown itself, hut it will ho a moans to provont tho disoaso spreading.