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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2076, 10 May 1907, Page 2

Mr. H. Kenway inserts in this issue notices to tresspassers on properties under his control. Mails will close to-day as follows: Napier, Wellington and South, 10 a.ni. ; Auckland, 1 p.m. ; Christchurch, Tiraaru and Dunedin, 4 p.m. An experienced general servant is advertised for this morning. By special request Madame Arral will sing Gounod’s “Ave Maria” tonight with violin obligato by Herr Paans. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure for Coughs and Colds never fails.—ls 6d and 2s 6d.

A lost lady’s gold watch is advertised for. Every lady attending Blanche Acral’s farewell 'concert to-night will be presented with a souvenir likeness of Madame with a fae similo autograph. A challenge in connection with a running match is published in this issue. Tho Nows complains that a sitting of tho Tnihapo Police Court was held last week in tho feed-box at tho polico station, instead of tho Court House.

Dr. Cole notifies elsewhere in this issue that ho lias changed his consultation rooms.

Tho latest official figures for the Wnimata Road Board election show that Messrs. Eiold, Twistloton,. H. Kenway, H. A. McPlinil and M. 11. Straclian were olectod.

An advertiser in this issue seeks a position as a clock.

'holographic business was intori ered with all day yesterday. At 8 a.m., tho lino was bad and proper communication was only gained about 4 p.m. At 0 p.m. tho messages being sent woro timed noon, but the quadruplex soon reduced the average and at 9 p.m. tho work eased down.

“The farmer accumulates money by going without such houses, furniture, food, clothing, amusements, education and social advantages as townsmon enjoy by virtue of a larger income than his.”—Mr. C. Lewis, M.H.R., at Darfiold.

Tho following letters received at the Post Olfico wore unclaimed at the end,-of March: J. B. Grant, from India; Mrs. J. Henson, New South Wales; D. Taylor, United Kingdom : Miss G. Thompson, Queensland; J. Thompson, New South Wales; TV. Williams, Victoria; J. L. Wilson, Victoria.

There is evidently a great shortage of storo sheep in this district, says the Ekotaliuua Express. Buyers of fats are only giving 17s, while at the sale tlie other day stores sold from 16s 3d to 16s -Sd. A line of twotooth wotliers brought tlie latter lirice.

A Press Association telegram from Napier states that Major Smith, organising agent of tho National League of New Zealand, addresses a public meeting on "Wednesday evening urging the necessity of some scheme for compulsory military "training. At the close of tho address a strong branch -of tlie league was formed.

At the Magistrate’s Court yesterday, judgment for plaintiff was given in tho case W. L. Rees (Mr. Bright) v. J. F. Geary, £49 10s Bd, nitli costs £3 Bs. Judgment summons, A. W. Lowis v. Selby Burson, order issued for payment of debt, and costs £lB 12s sr, or in default 19 days’ imprisonment.

An amusing slip was made at AVellington recently during an antiAsiatic discourse. Tlie speaker said there were 6088 naturalised Asiatics, from various countries, in New Zealand. The figures were: Germans, 164; Swedes, 1295, etc. No one seemed to seo the joke.

The Southland police have located the owner of a watch and chain which were found some weeks ago in the body of an eel captured in t-lie Pleasant River, near Goodwood. Tho man is employed at Alexandra, and Ills missing property has now boon restored to him.

A Press Association telegram from Wellington states that at the opening ceremony at the Jolinsonville post office the Hon. Dr. Findlay, referring to the Manawatu railway, agreed that one of the most urgent steps that lay before the administration was tlie acquisition of the Wellington Manawatu railway. This important step, he said, had pressed itself increasingly upon the Government.

Tho recent southerly gale left stranded on Petone beach a large uncom-mon-looking fish, best described as something between a shark and a porpoise, which was captured and exhibited in a local shop window. The fish is oft 6in in length, measures 23in across the tail, and weighs 196 lb. It was declared by Sir James Hector to be a specimen of tho auxis tribe.

A Press Association telegram from Auckland states that the agricultural department has recommended a campaign against noxious weeds, each road board being taken separately A'l offenders were prosecuted at Pukekolie yesterday. Forty-two out of f* tty-four were convicted and fined 10s and costs, with the exception of an absentee who was fined £2. The magistrate, Mr. Northcroft, expressed his intention of seeing that the Act is carried out, and trusted that the Government would, make no distinction.

Evidence was taken at the Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning in a case in which E. J. Wilson, architect, sued T. C. Fowler to recover balance of £l7 Is 6d, owing for work done. Plaintiff said that twice in Palmerston North ho did some work for defendant, the planning of two cottages. Ho called for tenders, and the contract was signed, but tho amount was still unp'iid. Gisborne costs were £1 Bs.

The Kaikoura correspondent of tho Lyttelton. Times states that a peculiar fish was washed ashore ill front of the township recently. It is flat, measuring 16ft 3in long, with a tailoring body measuring llin at its widest, and 3J inches thick. It lias two feeders three feet long under tlie head, one long fin along the back, and is of a beautifully mottled colour. It is supposed to be a ribbon fish. A Press Association telegram from Wellington states: The bankruptcy returns for the three months ended 31st March, show an increase in the amount of business in the districts of Wanganui, Palmerston North, Dannevirke, Paliiatun, Napier, Masterton, Blenheim, Nelson, Westport, Greymouth and Hokitika. There wore 27 bankruptcies, in this area and tho assets realised amounted to £5163 15s Id, as compared with 21 bankruptcies and £3418 worth of assets during the corresponding quarter of last year.

The character of Faust’s Marguerite is one that imposes upon its impersonator the trouble of considerable make-up, especially in the matter of tonsorial adornment, and few, if any, opera singers are able to do it without the aid of somebody’s hair besides their own. Madame Arral is, however, an exception to tho rule, an 1 sho always uses her own only, it being quite sufficient for the required adornment. The hackneyed blonde which always does duty for that part, in Madame’s case is her natural black.

The mortality rate in Christchurch has been high during the past month. 'Without any epidemic the deaths amounted to 100, as against 69 in Dunedin and 67 in Wellington. According to one medical man the recent dry summer is to blame. He declares that a wet season is healthier than a dry. In support of this contention it is pointed out that whereas in the first four months of the year there were 218 more deaths than in the corresponding period of 1906, the rainfall nvas 4J inches, as against 11 inches last year. Man wants but little here below When wintry winds commence to blow, W 7 ith sleet and rain and had and snow, Man wants but little here y.;u know. But that same little that he wants Must make him always feel secure. The wise man knows, so of? ho goes To purchase Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.

Tho manager ol tho State Coal Company reports that at present the Wellington branch is selling about eighty tons of coal per day, and that additions to the local distributing plant are now being arranged for. A motor waggon is to .be secured lor , tho work of bringing coal from the j wluirf to tho depots. Since last year tho accommodation lor coal has been ' increased by about 500 tons, so that there is now accommodation for over 2000 tons. It is intended to open depots in various towns of tlie colony during the present year. Institution of a depot at Wangamii is now complete, and it will bo ojened for business on Tuesday of next week.

After a lapse of six years, a married woman recently proceeded in tho Wellington Magistrate’s Court, under tho Destitute Persons Act, against a married man named James Scott, for disobedience of a maintenance order in rosjiect to his illegitimate child. The arrears, it was said, had amounted to £44, Mr. Wilford, on behalf of tho defendant, stated that tho child was born before either of tho parties was wedded. Tho prosecutrix married well, and now had a family. The defendant was a laborer, ami bad several children to keep. ILis Worship said he was not prepared under the circumstances to make an order. His Worship, besides refusing to make an order against the defendant, remitted the arrears of maintenance.

Adolph B. Spreckels, a prominent official of the Company, in speaking of the discontinuance of the Australian line by the Oceanic s.s. Company, stated: “The Company was losing money. It lost heavily for years because of the droughts in Australia. Lately the New Zealand Government took away the Company’s mail contract. The Congress, just adjourned, refused it a subsidy. The Spreckels agency had advanced the Company 2,000,000 dollars. It refuses to advance more, so a termination of the service was inevitable. What will be done with tho Company and tho steamers at this time I cannot say. No further policy has been outlined, save for the present to continue the service to Tahiti and Honolulu. I know nothing of tho French line, Chargeurs Reunis, putting on a line between hero and Sydney, calling at Tahiti. I would know if it were true.

Speaking to a Christchurch Press representative at Timaru, the ActingPremier (Mr. Hall-Jones) said that the Government had found the cost of carrying out a general scheme for the utilisation of water power for generating electricity for use in the various centres in the colony was so great that no satisfactory scheme could bo devised without a special loan being first' authorised for the purpose. The ordinary revenue for the colony could not bear such an enormous expenditure as would be involved in a work of such magnitude. It could not be dealt with piecemeal, but would have to be carried out thoroughly when started, and be made reproductive within as short a time as possible. Tho Government had pot drawn largely on the vote of £53,000 taken for this purjjose last session. All information in the way of surveys and cost of plant was now in tho possession of the Government.

The New Zealand Times states that the great brass cymbals that played such a prominent part in some of tho Exhibition Orchestra’s music—notably in tho Wagner numbers —are said to be Chinese instruments 380 years old. Mr Alfred Hill, the owner of the cymbals, states that they were “looted” from | the Llama temple at Pekin at the J time of the allied forces’ advance on • Pekin. They bear the sacred crest of tho temple to this day.. The person who secured tho cymbals was connected with tlie commissariat department, and when loot was tlie order of the day, he turned his attention to musical instruments. He secured several Chinese flutes and oboes, and three quaint drums, the ’whole of which he presented to MiHill in Australia some time ago, when Mr. Hill threatened to write some music especially adapted to the peculiar sound scale the instruments produce.