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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2064, 26 April 1907, Page 1

A lad under the age of fifteen years ras before, the Dunedin Polio*Court recently charged with mioking cigarettes. The Station Sergeant said tlie boy evidently knew lie was doing wrong, for lie ran away wlicu caught, and gave a wrong name. “Why did you do that?” asked the Magistrate. Tlie bo.v: “Because I didn’t want my mother to know.” The Station Sergeant said that smoking by boys was becoming a very common practice. His "Worship discharged the lad with a caution on the understanding that his parent.--gave him a good thrashing.

“I notice a statement made by Mr. H. Knight, and published in Wellington last week, that lie had been officially informed that tlie Government. was not prepared at tlie pre--.pnfc time to set aside land for set tiers’ association purposes.” re a\iiked the Minister of Lands to a New Zealand Times reporter. “1 think Mr. Knight must, have been kiboring under a misapprehension. Tlie Government is -prepared to consider requests to form associations, on their merits, and it is certainly ■ new to me to liaye it suggested that no such associations are in future to be formed. There is one of these as sociations which 1 am considering at the present moment in connection with tlie fruit-growing at Hokianga —that is a case where the association waS formed with one specific purpose, namely, the cultivation of fruit.”

Mrs. George Kearney, of Gough s Buy, informs the Aharon. Mail that aim bus n pear tree, which blossomed three times this season, a crop of

fruit resulting in each case. The first lot are ripe, the second approaching full size, and the latest now as large as goose eggs, showing everv sign of coining to full ni> Inirity.

The new beacons recently erected at Napier in form-concrete have now boon taken over, and will be duly gazetted. 'The Napier llnrboiir Board is the first in the colony to use ferroconcrete for work of this description. The lights used are tlie Wigliain patent 31-da.v lights. A ship-master reported that- ho had picked up the lights some six miles o,nt, when entering the harbour about a week ago. Everyone, of course, is aware that it is from the Casino in Monte Carlo that the Prince of Monaco draws his ample resources. In 1898, when the gambling concession to the Casino Company was renewed, he received £'400,000 in cash, an annual salary of £IOO,OOO, tho promise of a further £600,000 in 1914, when the present concession expires, and tho undertaking of the Casino Company to spend 5,000,0001 T. a year on tho works of the Port of Monaco, and other sums for improvements, public works, charities, and so forth. Mr. Loslie Ward, the well-known cartoonist, recently explained to an ntorviewer why ho signs his pictures "Spy.” “When 1 first started drawing for Vanity Fair, tlie then proprietor asked me how 1 was going to sign my pictures. ‘You must have three letters in the' signature, at least,’ he said; and lie; threw me a dictionary with the suggestion that 1 might find some assistance in its pages. I did. On. opening it~the first letters that caught my eye on tho top of tho page, were Spy. ‘What about “Spy”?’ 1 said. ‘Excellent,’ aid the proprietor, and ever since it lias been'Spy.”’

Jim: “How d’yer like ycr now teacher?” Tommy: “Siic’s the. worst we ever had. She wears smoked glasses, so vor can’t tell which way she’s lookin’.” Ho: “Won’t you advise me? I’m falling in love with a lady, anil I’m afraid if 1 keep on 1 shall he miserable, because I’ll never have the courage to propose.” .She: “Is it that young widow you saw with mo to-day?” He: “No; it’s only tho lovely creature 1 saw with tho young widow.” “1 hear that young Thomas is engaged to Miss Short. Do you think no will make her a good husband?” “J’m sure she will make him a good husband!”