DELAYED TELEGRAMS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2061, 23 April 1907, Page 1

DELAYED TELEGRAMS.

Press Association. AUCKLAND. The General Council of the National League of New Zealand has decided to endeavor to secure Government assistance towards the establishment of miniature rifle ranges. Very satisfactory reports were received from Major .Smith, the League’s organiser, who is now in Tara-' naki. At a meeting of the Auckland Methodist Mission, it was stated that an offer had been secured of the use of an island with n substantial area for the establishment of an industrial institution for the treatment of inebriates. It was decided to secure the option for twelve months, to allow a thorough investigation into the matter. The auxiliary schooner Httia lias left Kaipara under the charge of Captain I). McKenzie, to make an attempt to recover tho balance of the bullion lost in the wreck of the Eliiigamite at tho Three Kings on November, 1902. Mr. Leigh, of Wellington, has been ' engaged as diver. Captain Willis superintends tho operations. The expedition "s financed by Captain Geo. McKenzie, of Auckland. The Hon. Mr. McNab addressed a large audience at Paeroa on the Land Bill. The meeting passed unanimously a hearty vote of thanks to the Minister, and continued confidence in the Goverment. Replying to an influential deputation which represented tile damage caused by mine depositing tailings in the river, the Minister said there was only one cure to prevent people putting any solid material at all into the, rivers, but how that could he effected was a matter for careful consideration. He

assured the deputation he had every sympathy with them, and that was not just a bald statement, for his action would lie equal in intensity to his sympathy for those who, through no fault of their own, found their farms unproductive, and some even likely to have to be .abandoned. He assured them he would bring the matter before tile Cabinet himself if the Minister of Mines, did not, as there was a menace to the prosperity of a very large area of lands of the country.

Tho Lauristou estate of three thousand acres at Tauta, near Morriiisville, owned by Mr. J. A. Laurney,

has been sold to Clepliane, a South Canterbury farmer, with its live stock, for £25,000.

A gentleman who is described as a keen judge, whose business interests brings him into close contact with the farming community, and who has recently travelled over the greater part of the colony, said to a News reporter that at present ruling land prices, Southland offers the best value

a New Zealand for settlers. The past fortnight is said to have

been a record in the district for sales of stock. One firm sold 25,000 sheep during that period. A writ has been served on the Southland Times at the instance -.if Nurse Hall, claiming £2OOO damages

for libel in connection with certain statements published regarding Miss Howell’s death. Messrs. Hall, Stout .and Lillicrap, solicitors, have received a cable stating that judgment has finally been given in favor of the Sutton family against the late ,T. A. Dowie, to whom Fredk. Sutton willed his estate, valued at £IB,OOO. Costs were given against Dowie’s estate. HOKITIKA. Great indignation exists throughout this district with the threat of the Government to close the railway and traffic bridge over the Hokitika river for vehicular traffic. The Pub-

ic "Works Department demanded

about £3OO per annum from the local authorities, which they have refused to pay. At the Borough Council meeting ,the action of the Government was spoken of as arbitrary and

inconsiderate. The. Mayor is being urged to convene indignation meetings if the order to close the bridge is not withdrawn. WELLINGTON. Regarding tbe importation of bonedust into Western Australia, the principal medical officer at Perth has notified that a certificate is required which must show that disinfection of bonedust under steam lias been done in the presence of a Government inspector, whose signature must he inserted on the document.

The following police changes have been decided upon : —lnspector Kicrly, of Wanganui, is to have charge of the new Thames and Bay of Plenty district. He will be succeeded at Wanganui by Inspector Wilson, of Greymouth i Sub-Inspector Black. Dunedin, has been made an inspector and will be transferred to Greymouth; Sergt. Norwood. Christchurch, is pomoted to sub-inspee tor, and to lie transferred to Dunedin ; Sergeant Johnston, St. Albans is to become station sergeant at Christchurch; Constable VS illis. Motueka, has been made sergeant, and will do duty at Dunedin; Sergeant Donovan is to he transferred from Christchurch to St. Albans; and Sergeant Barrett from Dunedin to Christchurch. a

Following are the results of the final firing by school cadets for silver medals , and marksman’s badges. The shooting as a whole was very good, and keen interest was taken in it. The ranges were 100. 150, and 200 yards, and the possible was 84: Auckland, Bugler L. Chamberlain. Paoroa, 76; Hawke’s Bay, Color.Sergt. Wall, Hastings, 75; Taranaki. Col.-Sergt. Learnet, Stratford, 68; Wanganui, Bugler F. Soler, 81; Corpl. 11. Hunt, with 79, gets the gold badge; 'Wellington, Sergt. Roll Roy Macgregor, 76; North Canterbury, Sergt. Rountree, Hanmstend, 69; South Canterbury, Col.-Sergeant Hurst, Waimate, 79; Marlborough, Private Gardiner, Ohnramia,. 72; Nelson, S'ergeant G. Johnston, Springgrove, and Gorp. R. Sutton, 69; Otago, Corp. C. Lontug, Kaikorai, 77; Southland, Private G. Beattie, Gore, 72.

A TRIP ROUND THE WORLD. Mr. 11. Oldfield, of Tolaga Bay, wlqj left on a tour round the world in" May lust returned to Gisborne recently. Ho travelled to England in a P. and O. Liner, calling at Marseilles and Gibraltar after leaving Port Said. Mr. Oldfield spent about four hours in Gibraltar, and was not very much impressed with it. • The streets aro very narrow and the shops are small and dirty. Arrived in

England Mr. Oldfield ran up to Bristol, his birthplace, and he and a number of Australians wlio wore travelling with him were greatly impresosd with the green hedges and the flowers in the fields, wlicli were quito refreshing to those accustomed to ugly wire fences and fields hare of all beauty. He was present, at the Henley Regatta, the chief amateur regatta in the Kingdom. The amateur status is jealously guarded and a man rowing against

men in a club on the basis on which Now Zealand clubs stand would become professionals. A Belgian team won the big 8-oar race,this being the first occasion on which it had been won by a foreign crow. Ile saw the finish of the race for tho Diamond Sculls which was worth going a long way to sec.

011 his visit to the. Dublin Horse Show Mr. Oldfield was struck by two

tilings. One was the Irish jump for horses. Tile hurdle is 11 little over four feet high and has a flat ."uirface of about three feet on to]). The horses jumped up on tho top of the hurdle and then jumped down the other side, the spectacle being very odd to one unused to this style if hurdling. The other thing worthy of notice was the number of fine men and women at the show. Mr. Oldfield states that in no country did he aver see so many fine women —not individual cases, but all the women at the show were well built and gift’d with a greater or loss degree of that is known as “beauty.” He admitted that tliey all bad their “Sunday best” on ; but Thackeray has told the world that the Irish women are beautiful in their working clothes. Tho men were also worthy of note, the number of them who were over six feet being very large. Mr. Oldfield saw the English Rugby team playing the South Africans, but the game was not worth seeing, consisting chiefly of line-outs and scrums. Tll football circles the hope was oxnresosd that South Africa should play Now Zealand, but New Zealand was held to lie the bettor team and absohitcl.v unbeatable on a wet ground. Mr. Oldfield was brought up at a school where the Asociation game was clayed and is a great admirer of it. What he most admired was the accurate passing, and lie mentioned

that in one game he was present at he saw a. hall passed seven times from the heads of the players. While in England Mr. Oldfield indulged in some motor rides. 011 one vim from Bristol to London the car must have had a speed of 70 miles nor hour when going over the Wiltshire downs, it being impossible to recognise a mail’s face as he passed. Two months were spent in India •vhero Mr. Oldfield visited two brothers in the Army. He had always imagined that Indian Army officers had an easy time, but he found that since Lord Kitchener had taken tilings in hand their work had been greatly increased. Mr. Oldfield also spent a fortnight in Ceylon where he visited a tea plantation 011 which the cultivation of india-rubber trees was being started. There was a good profit in rubber which cost the planter Is per lb and which was sold at os nor lb. The industry was now being gone into by large companies. While in Ireland Mr. Oldfield visited the Lakes of Killarne.v, and is onthusiistic about their beauty.

HORSE RACING. AVONDALE ACCEPTANCES. Avondale Handicap: Akarana 9.0, Scotty 8.2, Delania 8.0, Ulilander 7.13, Lucreco 7.11, Carl Rosa 7.9, Lord Seaton 7.8, Millie 7.7. Uenuku 7.5, Geortlie 7.3, Pearl Nedklet, Conductor, and Sir Gilead 6.12. Juvenile Handicap: Quadroon 9.1, Polmtu 5.12, Necktie 8.7, Haldane 8.0, Advocate 7.10, Denbies 7.1, Japan and Alma then 7.0. Pony Handicap: Octoroon 9.0, Mighty Atom 8.13, Manapouri 8.6, Storyteller 8.5, Glenora 8.1, Ruatamata 7.11, Cyrona 7.9, La Annie 7.4, Master Hippo, Bengola, and Wailiou 7.0. Handicap Hurdles: Shrapnel 10.13. Landlock 10.7, Hey wood 9.5, 80110miana 9.2, Loch Fyne and Fabricator 9.0

Chevalier Handicap: Hilcuai 9

Lady Crossy 8.13, Klondykc 8.11, Celerity B.G, Confide 8.4, Octoroon, Turbine, Aqua Regia 8.2, Crespinot and Frecbird S.O, AA’aihekau and AdofF 7.12, Lady Phashp, Flying Soud, Gay Paris, Cyronial, Apollon aris, Cymri 7.10.. Maiden Handicap: Hikuai 8.10. Paroquet 8.8, Aqua Regia 8.1. Frccbird and Crespinot 7.13, AVaihekau and St. Eyren 7.11, Star and Hardship 7.0, Cyreniac. Merrimanu, Poultana, Field Marshal, and Inglis 7.7. Oakley Handicap: Black and Gold 10.0, Discoverer B.l2«_Arlstoerat 7.11. Duart 7.7, Waitati 7.-5, Lady Cressy 7.4, Kola Nip 7.0, Engraver 6.13, Manapouri 6.13, Stromncss and Star 6.12.

Railway Handicap: Dolania 8.2. Uhlandcr S.O, Te Aroha 7.13, Tui Cakobau 7.7, Omati 7.0, Soultmaid 7.2, Sweet Alice 6.13. Annoyed 6.12, Miss Crispin and Duart 6.11.

The statement was cabled from London early in February that . Professor Matteucci, director of the Astronomical Observatory on Mount Vesuvius, had predicted that there would be a collision between the •arth and a comet in March. The cable message was based upon a letter published in Italy, the substance of which appeared in most of the leading newspapers of Europe. Scientists, however, did not take it seriously and their attitude was justified by a subsequent statement in the Daily Telegraph of February 2oth from its Milan correspondent as follows: “Professor Matteucci disowns the letter which appeared in an Italian newspaper over his signature, stating that a collision between the earth and a comet would take place during March, with appalling consequences. The distinguished astronomer affirms that he did not write the letter, which is supposed to he tlie work of a practical joker."