The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1907.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2064, 26 April 1907, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1907.

Mr. J. Sigley advertises a bookseller’s and stationer’s business tor sale. At the Police Court yesterday morning, a lirst offender tor drunkenness, who did not appoar, was fined the amount of his bail.

A new advertisement is inserted in this issue by Mr. H. Anderson, cycle builder. The Harbor Board holds a special meeting at. 2 p.m. on Monday next for the final adoption of the amended tariff and bye-laws, and anyone who wishes to lodge an objection thereto must do so before that time. Mr. Jas. G. Lilley, architect and sanitary engineer, who has commenced business in rooms in the Union Bank buildings, has a card m this issue.

Mr J. Somervell returns thanks elsewhere to the burgesses for his election to the Borough Council. Regarding Mme. Blanche Arral, who is to give concerts in Gisborne early next month, a Southern paper says:—-Maclaine Blanche Ana stands alone and incomparable in New Zealand’s experience. Her voice is as liquid and pure as a bird’s —perfect in quality, superb in timbre. The Tuatea went to the Ariel Reef yesterday and returned about eight o’clock after a successful day s sport, about 150 fish being caught. The meeting of the Outer Haiboi League, to have been held last evening has been indefinitely postponed owing to the indisposition of the chairman, Mr. W L Rees The League will meet before the next meeting of the Harbor Board, when a deputation will be appointed to meet the members of the Harbod Board.

Judgment by default was given at the S.iVl. Court yesterday morning in the following cases: Cornelius Neenan v. Isaac Sylva, £26 ss,and costs £4 4s; Clayton and NTsbet Mr Blair) v. James Graham, £1 Is. Jd., costs 55.; Maekrell and Colley v. Samuel Dolman, £6 5s 2d, costs Bs. In the judgment summons case, RImage v. Rangiwliaitiri, an order for £5 6s lid was granted,in default of payment six days’ imprisonment. On April 17th when the Napier trawling fleet were out in the bay the heavy southerly which came up so suddenly obliged them to make _ for port with all speed. They arrived after considerable battling with the heavy sea. Some apxiety was felt, however, at the Savii not turning up. This vessel liove-to off the mouth of the Wairoa, and weathered out the gale. On the sea moderating, she put down her trawls and secured 400 bundles fish, resuming her way to tho opit triumphantly. Four pupils for wood-working and tlireo for wood-carving were enrolled nW J diaS6bb4ieid,, v Sel),onJ^,iast„ingb.Y_ ing, and will be continued on each succeeding Friday. Three pupils were also enrolled lor a cookery class, but as many who had put their names down for the class did not attend last night, it was decided to start the class on Monday evening, so that they might have a chance of attending.

An invitation has been sent to the superintendent of the Old Men’s Home by Messrs J. and N. Tait. for the inmates to attend tlie matiiieo perfoimance of the Besses o’ tli’ Barn Band next Friday afternoon. Such a kindly thought will, no doubt, be greatly appreciated by tho veterans, amongst whom,' we understand, aro several old bandsmen. Air. Portus, tho Besses’ manager, is arranging special seats for the comfort of the old men.

A very successful eucliro party in aid of church funds was held at St. Mary’s Schoolroom last night, there being considerably oyer a hundred present. Mrs. Eel. Williams, assisted by Mesdames Flood and Rossbotham, was responsible for the arrangements. Father Lane, Mrs. Barry, and Mr E. AVilliams worked energetically for the success of the gathering. Miss Moran and Mr. J. Biernan won the first prizes, while the boobies fell' to Miss Parkeson and Mr. Gavin. Songs were contributed by Mrs. Barry, Miss O’Connor, and Mr. M. Doyle. On Saturday at about 8 a.m. an accident occurred in Marine Parade by which Thomas Rogers, shepherd at Tull aril had a leg broken. It appears he was riding from the bridge with his mate, and when opposite Matthew’s butcher shop the latter said, “Look out.” He swerved lus horse towards the river bank, and his left leg came in contact with the step of a trap driven by Mr. Johnson, of Huranuia. It was broken about six inches above tlie ankle. He was taken to the hospital where he is progressing satisfactorily.—Wairoa Guardian.

A peculiar incident in natural his torv is related by a Wellington resident. AA’hile watching some gulls -.A low tide near the - artificial >\vster .beds in the harbor, lio noticed that a small bird down as if to pick up something from the water, but failed to' rise again. A bather attracted bv the struggles of to bird, wont to the spot, and found that the gull’s beak was held in the grip of an oyster, which it had sought to capture, Imt which had closed fast upon it. AVith a penknife he released the bird. Had 1m not done so, it is probable that the oyster would have retained it hold until the bird was drowned by tho rising tide.

A man in from the. back-blocks says that if the people in tho vicinity have cause to grumble about tlie state of tlie roads, what about the country settlor? He says lie would bo in Wairoa every week if lie bad a good road and so would bis i neighbours, but the expedition is such nil undertaking with tho roads in tinstate, they are that they suly malm the journey at long intervals. Some of the. hack roads arc in a fcarfid condition after the recent continued rain, and some of the far backbloekers will be isolated as effectively Vdiis winter as if they were on a desert island, and probabfv be red licet to pigeons and ka-kas for food, as the settlers in Inland Taranaki used to be. —AVuiroa Guardian.

The Pioton Press is responsible for the following story : —“AVliile a party of natives was engaged in gathering mussels at tho (trove recently they spied a large shark swimming about near the shore. AVith more pluck than caution a lad named Moses Love dived underneath the. monster and grabbed it revmd the tail. After an exciting struggle. Love succeeded in dragging the fish which is said to he an exceptionally large one —into shallow water, and with the asistance of his companions, landed it high and dry on the beach, where it was killed. The incident naturally created a great deal of excitement amongst the members of tlie party, to whom we are indebted for details of the encounter.” The Wairoa Guardian remarks as follows regarding dogs: Where is the Registrar of Dogs? He surely cannot have secured the registration of all the canines that prowl around this town and make night hideous. If so the resultant revenue should be sufficient to pave our streets from end to end.- There is too much dog in this town, enough to supply several towns. A few hundred of these howling mongrels should be weeded out if residents are not to become victims of distraction, under tlie insidious effects of constant insomnia. Every dog not registered should have short shrift. . AVith rope tlie price it is. and a river handy, there is not much difficulty about it. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure for Coughs and Colds never fails.—ls 6d and.2s Gd.

An advertisement convoying thanks to the burgesses is inserted elsewnoio. by Mr. J. Whinrny.

A cynical correspondent writing to tho Wairoa Guardian, says: It. ■ surprising that no one has stait'd a second-hand shop in Wau’O. annual liconso is only hyo sin I lmg. , and there are enough thieves in tin place to keep it going. Men for bushfelling work in ’l’ar|inaki’s hinteriand are difficult to obtain, indeed, tlioro has been a senicity of this class of labor tor sonic time past, despite advance in tho i ate per acre from 22s fid to 2os and (id. Those who do proffer thoir seivices aro careful, too, of tbo class of work tlioy undertake, or rather, oi the character of the means oF access to the sections. Recently tlieie an advertisement in a country paper

for busli fullers at 35s per acre. Tho Lyttelton Times thinks that the decision of tho Auckland citizens in the matter of celebrating Finpuc Day might very well ho endorsed by tho rest of tho colony. It points out that, at present there is .no uniformity in tho observance of tho late autumn holiday, and concludes: l»o should be glad to see the question discussed and finally settled in Christcliuicli. The patriotic arguments in favor ol tho proposal arc admittedly stiong, and there are no practical objections to it, so that wo should have no difficulty" iu falling into line with tho rest of tho Empire m tho matter.”

Rugby football lias been a paying game of late years, according to the balance-sheet of the New Zealand Rugby Union for the year ended 31st March. The balance-sheet shows that tho union has a credit ol £12,329 19s lid. Tho sum of £Jb>o bus been advanced to local unions by way of loans, and an amount ol .-toobU ron fixed doposit. At the mirth vSouth Island match, placed in U ellington last year, the takings weir £4i9 13s Gd, and the net profit world ed out at £124 3s Mil. Intercsf earned on loans and deposits amounted to £453 12s 9d. The balance tithe credit of the profit and loss account for the twelve Months working is £302 3s Id. In the case of V. Johansen v. J. Roland for tho sum of £1 35., to bo heard in Auckland, evidence of defendant was taken by Air. \\ . A. Barton, at tho Magistrate s Court yesterday- afternoon. . Joseph Roland, cycle engineer, deposed that eight months ago plaintiff’s traveller asked lum to see his samples. Witness did so, and asked the price of,a small drilling .machine, which he required at that time, and was told 235. Witness offered the amount in purchase, but the traveller said he could not sell that one, but said he would wire to Auckland for one which would arrive the same week. This was agreed to. Witness waited a fortnight, and as it cjid not come, he bought another. Tho machine for which he gave tho first order came four months afterwards. A carter brought it, but witness refused delivery. Tho Wairoa Guardian states:-;-“The condition of the bridge is becoming worse and worse. If something is not done to it before the winter really sets in the passage from one side of the river to the other will be a hazardous experience. The whole superstructure appears rotten. The planks of the decking simply float m a mirv decoction and any weight upon them covers the pasengers with filth. The bridge at present is under the control of no local body. It wi.l be remembered the County Coiinci. -were going to re-deck it, when the now Town District Act came into force. But whatever local body takes control of the structure the proportion of maintenance b.y the local bodies is the same. It is a pity the County Council cannot put the bridge in a 'proper condition, even if it is to be taken over by the Town Board, and apportion the cost of sum repairs among the bodies concerned The whole superstructure requires a thorough overhauling. Again it is suggested that a crossing should be placed across the road approach on the town side, asphalt crossings arc required both in this place, and across to the town wharf from the Bank of New Zealand.”

The Mayor, of Wellington has accepted, on behalf of the city, the gift from Mr. D. T.'Stuart if a map published iu 1831, showing the States of Ancient Poland, indicating the limits before the first dismemberment of Poland in 1772, and its actual position since the dividing up of the-land in 1815.

The New Zealand Times save the ballot system is being clelibeiately used sis it men ns of •speculation, Jind gives an instance of a local tradesman who gave £4-,o for 317 acres un-

months sold the hind tor £ll2O. At another ballot he was offered £6OO to transfer, should he draw a certain section, but a speculative doctor secured it.

There is apparently some possibility of a peculiar development of the New Zealand meat export trade — namelv, the supply of “kosher” killed tinned meat to the poorer classes of English and alien Jews in Loudon. “Kosher” meat ,it may be explained, is meat that has been killed in' the manner prescribed hv Jewish ritual, and subjected as it is to the rigorous inspection of exports, it is probably the soundest meat in the world. The Tourist Department have obtained a complete apparatus for takin bioscope pictures, and it was used to obtain representations of scenes at' the International Exhibition. Pictures will also bo taken of the Wanganui river, the Rotorua dis_ trict, and other resorts, and some of the colony’s most magnificent scenery will he recorded in this way. The Department have obtained a projector, and will bo able to display the pictures before the public. It is likely that some of tho films will.be sent'to England and other countries.

It is three years now since a committee composed entirely of women was elected to take charge of the affairs of the ATildhurst primary school, says the Lyttelton Times. The experiment excited a good deal of curiosity at the time, and some rather cheap ridicule, but when it was seen »bat the ladies were not going to quarrel with the teachers or with the Board of Education or among themselves, they were allowed to go about their business without much notice from anyone outside their own little community. There have boon changes in the personnel of the committee since it was elected in 1904, but it still consists solely of women. This district (says a Raglan correspondent of the New Zealand Herald) has suffered severely in the past anil is still laboring under the burden of native lands. Recent legislation by making these lands liable for rates has somewhat eased the situation; but the relief is principally theoretical, as in practice it is found to be impracticable, if not impossible, to collect rates from properties where the interest is not represented by one name. In order to bring the matter to a crisis the Raglan County Council arc about to take a tost case to tho Supreme Court, and, if unsuccessful, the position will then be put before the Government. Mr. .1 iio. Ross, of the Christchurch Telegraph Office, has entered the arena of inventors. A demonstration of his invention —a temperature indicator for use as a lire-alarm, and for a cheek iipon cold storage rooms —whs recently carrirc! out sit Weilington in. the presence iff the Hon. J A Millar (Minister ol Mamie), ind Dr. MoArlGltr and Mr. YY. G. Foster (chairman and member respectively .of the AVool Fires Conn mission). The invention consists ol an instrument from the -centre of which there are wiles leading to every room or part of the building for which protection is desired. These are connected with a G-sliaped piece id metal, which is of so sensitive a i(nture that it must be set to make the central alarm hell ring if an increase of only one-luilf a degree in the temperature be recorded. II a greater rise than this is desired, there is nothing to prevent the alarm increase being made one, ten, or any number of degrees. The range of the indicator is from eight to one hundred and fifty degrees Fall., and when onto it has been set nothing hut the human hand can alter it. The instrument is eminently suitable for testing the temperature of holds o( vessels in which produce is being earried, and which is liable to deterioration by variation of temperature.

Some years ago a firm of brothers cat rying on a flax-milling business in tho North Loburn district, Canterbury (says the Lyttelton Times), had, through misfortune, to take advantage of the Bankruptcy Court, and only paid a small dividend. The brothers went to the North Island, and eventually started A flaxmill in the AA'airarapa district, where they are now carrying on a highly prosperous business. .Recently they determined to pay off all their liabilities left at tlie time of tlieir bankruptcy, and recently a widow m Rangiora in indigent circumstances was agreeably surprised at receiving a cheque for over £34 for goods supplied to tlie firm by her late husband, and an old-age pensioner liar, his heart made glad with a cheque for about £IOO. A number of others about the district also benefited by (lie meritorious action of the mm.

For Children’s Hacking Cough at night AYoods’ Great Peppermint Cure. Is 6d and 2s Bd,

A report adopted by the Auckland Headmasters’ Association stated that the Association had advocated tiie principle of the annual examinations being replaced by inspection visits, and of promotion from standards being made as a rule in all schools at the end of the year. An Auckland telegraph messengm thus endorsed an undelivered message lor an At. lI.It. : “Gone to Paliiatua. outside Wellington. Will not guarantee payment, because lie is an AI.M.R.” The first sentonce is striking testimony to the amount ol benefit some hoys get from their schooling.

The'Otago Daily Times says: —‘If one may judge from much that was said during tho progress of tho Labor Conference, and from tbo proceedings at tho annual meeting of tbo independent Political Labor League, wo shall not have to wait long before a rule nisi for the dissolution of the allianco between the Ministerial and Labor parties in tbo colony is issued.”

Land speculation is at present rife on the route of the North Island Alain Trunk Railway (says the Pending Star). * At Waiouro, situated oil a bleak, desolate, tussock-covered plateau, within a few miles of the base of Ruapehu, and over 2000 feet above sea level, where the present edifices consist of an engine shed, cement shed, store, and acoinmodation house, sections a quarter-acre in area are being disposed of for over £4O. In many cases these sections have boon purchased by absentee speculators who know nothing of the locality and surroundings conditions. Quo such speculator, who in ignorance lias become the possessor of one of these £4O sections, came up to see his future town site, and then sought the advice of a local friend on lus purchase. “Well,” replied the latter, “if I were you I would erect oil it, all asylum for tile fools who have acted as stupidly as you.”

“11l looking for traces for the fruit lly,” says Air. French, Victorian ’ Government Entomologist, “tho first symptom the observer sees is a very "minute puncture ill the fruit. The mark is often so small that it cannot be discerned, unless with the aid of an ordinary pocket lens. Even then the puncture cannot be noticed a lew hours after the attack, as tho outer skin closes over, and assumes its normal appeal ance. Sometimes as many as 12 puncturesaro made on one peach or other fruit, and nearly -all the punctures contain an egg which will in time produce a lly. The decay of the fruit sets m with great rapidity after the fly lias deposited the egg, and usually within a couple of days from that time the close observer 1 can see a bruised qi pulp” appearance under the skin, m the region of the attack. If the fruit be touched at that spot a considerable area under the finger will lie found to he soft and decomposed. Tho Evening Post says: “Oil Thursday afternoon a party of business meij were interested in the first trial of an engine invented by Air. Peter Ellis, of the Harbour Board s staff, wliich- is thought to have great possibilities. The new engine, which is of four liorse-power, was constructed l)' - Air. Ernest Alanthel, ol ..Messrs Andrews and Alanthel, under the direct supervision of the inventor, and the trial was conducted in the workshop of Alessrs. Luke and Sons. The principle of the. Ellis engine is entirely novel, differing from both the reciprocating engine and the Parsons turbine. It is a rotary engine with a positive pressure drive, having tlic striking peculiarity of its case revolving together, with the motor, which alone makes it a thing apa.it from all other rotary engines. The case, like that of a watch, explains nothing, all the works being hidden. Tho case of the motor forms its flywheel, and, running in the same direction as the internal mechanism, is easily reversible, and, it is said, reduces' the friction to a minimum. It is claimed that the advantage of Mr.' Ellis’s invention over the turbine is that the -Wellington patent reverses without having a second engine for this special purpose. Air Ellis is hong supported in his experiments by a locally-formed company.