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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2086, 22 May 1907, Page 2

A sitting of tho Nativo Land Court will bo hold at Tolaga Bay on Tuesday next.

An advertisement regarding tho location of tho annual training camp of tho E.C.M.R. appears elsewhere in this issue.

Tho passengers and cargo who were ovorcarried by tho Victoria on Saturday last will arrive in Gisborne by tho Zealandia this afternoon.

Tho City Band was present at the function at Road’s Quay yesterday, and enlivened tho proceedings with a number of selections.

Tho Post Office reports that mails despatched from Auckland via San Francisco on April 18tl. MxivoA in London on May 20th.

Mr J Peckovor desires to acknowledge' the following subscriptions on account of the Friends Russian limine Fund —Dr. Scott £l, Sympu--thisor 2s, A Friend £l-

The Gisborne Slioopfarmcrs’ Frozen Meat Co. announce in this issuo thatthey are now landing 500 tons' of Newcastle coal, which will bo sold at a low price at the vessel’s sido.

Tho Makaiiri railway goods shed is sadly in need of a thorough scraping and washing. Tlio front side is discolored and almost completely covered with bird droppings.

The Post Office reports that the Gisbornc-Wairoa coach, via Moron?, did not leave yesterday morning owing to tho bad state of Stewart’s Crossing. Tlio coach will leave tins morning.

Speaking at the Mayoral dinner last night tho Governor said that as a general rule Governors were preceded by two mounted policemen; but on his rocent trip through to Gisborne two men with long-handled shovels had gone before him.

The first inspection parade of the Gisborne Rifles will be conducted on Friday evening by Colonel Davies, Inspector-G'oiieral, who will be accompanied by Lieutenant-Colonel Bauchop, Officer Commanding the district.

Owing to the time being limited the whole of the prizes for the Gisborne Rifles were not presented by His Excellency the Governor yesterday, and the remainder will be distributed on Friday evening next at the inspection parade.

Of, Miss Marie Hall, tlie violinst , who is shortly to visit Now Zealand, Der .Underlain!, The Hague, says:— The easiness with which she played Bach’s Chaconne, her . silvery tones and purity of rendition, are proofs of the high degree of perfection she lias reached.

“I am as old a man np are, rv'ad if I get a shot at you I will knock the wind out of you I” was a remark made by a committeeman at a Korokoro (Hurt Valley) School Committee meeting, in reply to another member’s uncomplimentary remarks.

Lord Plunket said at the Mayoral banquet last night that lie was an Irishman, and that it seemed that everywhere lie went ho must meet Irishmen. On his recent trip through the district he tried a large number of men, by saying, “It’s a soft day,” and in very many instances tho answer was, “It is, your honor.”

Tho officer in charge of the telegraph office stated last night that tlio w-ire was at earth aud_ unworkable, tho other side of i.uarerata. A lineman is to be dispatched at 8 this morning. to look for the fault. Gisborne was thus isolated from the outside world.

Mr. Graham, S.M., Dunedin, when hearing a ease of theft from the door of a draper’s shop, at the Police Court, saitl: “The habit of hanging goods outside shops is a very bad and dangerous practice indeed, and only tempts people to pilfer small articles.” He bad no sympathy with tradesmen if they difcj lose goods which they put outside their doors.

Captain Burton, of tho s.s. Arawa, told tho Timaru Herald that Sir Joseph AVard’s proposal that the Suez Canal charges should be reduced in the interests of New export trade must have been founded uiion a misconception of some sort, as the Cape Horn route is absolutely tho shorter route of the two', and lias other advantages over the Suez route for the New Zealand trade.

It is reported that a narrow escape from drowning occurred at tlie ford of the AVaipaoa river, at Te Karaka, on Monday night. A native rode in from AVaikoliu during the afternoon and successfully negotiated the crossing but upon returning that evening, he was separated from his horse by the strength of the current, and after a struggle managed to got ashore oil the Karaka side. The horse however, landed on the distant bank.

AVliile inspecting buildings in Auckland the health authorities came across a deplorable case. In a delapidated building two old women, aged 76 and 80, were found in a half-de-mented condition, covered with filth. The place in which they lived was in a dreadful condition. Their removal was ordered. They resisted and fought desperately to remain. It is understood legal proceedings wilr be taken with a view to getting the building destroyed.

It must be hard on sqme occasions to find something to say when one is put up to reply to toasts at banquets, but at the Mayoral dinner last night Air. AA r . F. Crawford managed to put together a few facts which were at least suggestive of the Navy, the toast of which he had to jnopose. One of his naval experiences was of an old gentleman who previously kept a ferry in Gisborne and who averred that ho was with Nelson at Trafalgar; and helped materially to win that great victory-—he was in fact a naval Bill Adams.

On the journey through to Wairoa to meet His Excellency the Governor, on Tuesday last, Mr. Noel Redstone had an exciting time. He was warned when he arrived at Stewart’s Crossing' that tliero was 6ft. of water in the river. He decided to attempt a passage and putting liis five horses at the swollen river succeeded in landing on the other side in safety. On tho return journey on the following Saturday he had a similar experience, the river still being in'a flooded state. As before Mr. Redstone decided to cross and after an exciting voyage, in which he. piloted the five horses and coach to shore with* skilful hands he succeeded in reaching terra' firma. Mr. Dedston.e is to be commended on the pluck and per.severance he displayed in tho public interest.

His eyes were red, his nose was blue, He couldn’t speak, he’d just say “Tclioo!” And everybody round they knew And pitied him, lie bad the “floo,” At last be gasped “AVhat shall I do?” And swiftly came the answer, too, For each one cried, “Oh, fool procure ‘ A bottle of AVoods’ Great Peppers' mint Cure:” ~

Farmers in tho Otahulm district complain of tlio miserably low prices obtainable for oaten sheaves. Ibis is largely attributable to tho iact that an immense quantity of Australian chaff is boing imported, which, compressed’ and mixed with bran, conies to Now Zealand undol\ the name of fodder, on which very little duty is levied. The contention is that clmff in bales should bo subject to tho same impost as chaff in sacks. This would give tho local article a better footing. Tho farmers say that witli tho high wages they are compelled to pay, and tlio numerous other disadvantages they work under, thoy are unfairly handicapped by the present regulations.