The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. MONDAY, JULY 10, 1907.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2132, 15 July 1907, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. MONDAY, JULY 10, 1907.

The Post Office advises that the route via Fao for cablegrams to Europe is interrupted.

-The proprietors of the GisborneAVaimata coach have an nd'-ertme-ment in this issue giving the, timetable and a table of reduced fares:

At a meeting of the -A. and P. Association held last Saturday the date of the Annual Show was fixed loi October 22 and 23.

A fortnightly assembly will be hell at the Ormond Hall fortnightly, com mencing on the 1/th p.m. sliaip doors open half past 7.'

Additional private letter boxes are being installed at the post office Ilie new front will be parallel. Messi s. Queenin and Boland started tlie contract on Saturday. Customs returns at Gisborne last week were as follows: Customs duties £B6O 12s 7d 3 beer duty ioo, iiyii dues £l9 Is 9d, skipping toes 1/ s 3d, Harbor Board revenue £lB7 los iua , total £llO6 7s sd.

A grant of £lO lias been made by the P. B. Agricultural and lastoial Association, towards the scheme oi technical education, providing ;> g> •>'' antee is given that tho distnct. will be afforded, a fair proportion of the director’s time. Speaking of the recent incident in Parliament, Mr. Laurenson told Ins audience on Saturday that i 1 \ ‘ roll’s speech was as eloquent, as polished and as powerful a speech al,c had ever beard in Parliament liming his eight sessions. Mr. AV. LI. AVestbrooko, secretary of the Domestic AA’orkers’ Union, was asked bow tlie AVollington organisation viewed tlie advent ol servants who are expected to arrive soon Iron) England. “AVo are not, afraid a bit, ho replied. “In fact the. girls Iron: the Old Country are best at- sticking to the union.”

Napier is following the example of other towns in arranging a carni val week. It will eventuate m March next. A public, meeting recently a .pointed the Mayor anil secretary tii gather all possible information from other centres in which carnivals have been lield, and report at an early date.

Another modulate muster attended Saturday’s parade gf the East Coast Mounted Rifles, the dav not suiting the convenience of many members. Some fine mounted work was done among the sandhills, the display of horsemanship in rough countr— being hi-’-lv creditable to the corps. Subsequently the men were given dismounted work.

Following are the results of the teachers’ cookery examination held in Gisborne recently: Miss Cross, practical 98, theory 91, total 189; Miss L Morgan, 95 and 93. 188; Miss K. Morgan, 94 and 90, 184; Miss Brownlee. 86 and 94, 180; Miss Craighead, 82 and 85, 167; Miss D. Fyson, 76 and 90, 166; Miss L. Brooking. 74 and 86 160; Miss Stevens, 65 and 82, 147. The limit of marks was 100 in each case.

“There is room on the North Island Main Trunk Railway for all amdicants,” says the Labour Journal, in reference to unskilled, labour, “hut considerable difficulty is being experienced in getting suitable men for the work. Even after selection some of the men do not turn up at the works.” In the Auckland district 197 men were assisted to Government and private work during the month.

In reference to that- distressing ailment, chilblains a correspondent sup plies us with the following cure which has been found most, effective: —keei) the affected parts in water as hot as possible for about five minutes, and t-lieii rub all over the chilblains when thoroughly dry, the .puci of the cactus leaf, and allow it to dry The leaf should he split to obtain tin juicy surface. One or two applications should suffice. The practice of placing the date in pencil on telegraphic press messages led to a rise being taken out of a soil of the soil who was in town on Saturday. . He marched up to a window to see tlie press wire announcing the re suit of the football match in Australia. His rural optic glanced along the “flimsy” and caught sight of the line “Sydney, 13.” He waited for no more. “I’ve lost me quid,” he sorrowfully announced ns lie rejoined his mate, and they went for a “refresher.” Later on the error was pointed out to him and he was one of the most surprised men in Gisborne. Mr. Lniironsou, M.H.R., spoke, in eulogistic terms on Saturday evening of Gisborne’s progress and potential tics. Ho mentioned that he had had

a trip out to Karnka that morning in Mr. Sheridan’s motor car. “I went through 20 miles of as beautiful country as ever 1 have seen anywhere in New Zealand,” was his enthusiastic comment. He referred to the various sights fie had been shown and historical accounts he had heal'd, and wound up a descriptive narrative by exclaiming, in tho words of the Queen of Sheba to Solomon : “And the half has not been told me.” (Laughter and applause.)

The P. B. Agricultural and Pastoral Association held a committee meeting last Saturday afternoon, when there were present: Messrs. Holden (President), F. B. Barker, \V. R. Barker, C. Gray, H. Tucker. A. J. Cameron, 1). Kirkpatrick, A. S. AVachsmari, G. Witters and AY. Bell. The President made feeling reference to the demise of tho late Messrs. J. A. Harding and A. McKenzie, who had been prominently associated with the Society for many years. A record testifying to the sense of loss sustained by the Society was nlaced on tho minutes. Mr. AV. ' I). S' McDonald was elected a member of the committee in place of the late Mr. Harding. Nineteen new members were elected. The date ot the annual meeting has been fixed for the 27th inst.

An Englishman, an Irishman, and a Scotchman wore one day arguing as to which of the three coiuitriuß posHOHSod tho fastest trains ‘Well,’ said t o Englishman, ‘l’vo boon in one ol our trains, and tho tolognvph-polos hat o been like a hedge.’ ‘l’ve soon tho milestones appear like tombstones, sai dt,ho Scot. ‘Bo jabors.l said I at, •I was one day in a train in my conntliry, anil we passed a held ol t'lj'h'PS anti a field of carrots, also a held " cabhago and parsley, then a pond of water; and wo were -oing that quii’k 1 thought it. was broth.

Another distracting dilhcidty hub been placed in the way of. the Bntmh Government by the decisive dctla tion of tho London Chamber of Commorco in favor of reciprocity anu Fiscal Reform. Until vory rocont days tho attitudo of tho chombor was doubtful, and its representatives, unlike others in tho. country, - mittod bo neutrality. Now, however a decision has boon forced by the Freo Tradors, who, not content with a voto at a mooting of two hundred members, insistod on a voto by p ir_ cular. Tho result may have astonished them, since it shows a majority ol more than two to ono m favor of Tariff Reform.

Employers of labor are to-day confronted with tho conundrum, AVliero shall wo find our girls i . U*° , ls an article of great value, in the industrial as well as the domostic world, and her sorvicos are sought as a tavonr. In Auckland especially, there is a big demand for feminine factory hands. Tho hoot and clothing trades are busy, hut employers complain of tho difficulty of getting girl labour,” says tho Labour Journal lor July. “The malinger of one firm. says lie could employ a hundred additional hands. Another firm is opening a factory in tlio suburbs in tlie hope that they will ho moro successful thoro than in town in getting workers.”—Post.

To see groat masses ,of vegetation floating down tho Brisbane River, which once was a beautifully cl 'ar stream, aroused the curiosity of Mr. Carruthors, Premier ol Now So tli Wales, during his recent visit to i tie Queensland capital. He tounil m enquiry that the foreign matter consisted of detachments ol that pew, the water hyacinth, cut free from the upper reaches of the stream to keep the waterway clear. The J rciniei was aware at the time that the water hyacinth lias become troublesome on some of tlie rivers of Northern N' South AValos, and what he saw in the Brisbane river was therefore somewhat. of an obiect lesson and a warning. The situation is likely to liecome serious unless the local bodies take early action.

There is hardly any other sentence that is repeated so often in the United States as “Have a drink with mo,” unless it is tho remark of the other fellow to the bartender '‘Fill cm up again.” According to tlie New York Sun,’’New York spends a million dollars a day for drinks. Ihe annual consumption ol drinks in the United States amounts to 1,400,000 dol. If all the beer drunk in the United States since 1876 were brought together it would fill a canal from New York to Deliver—twenty feet .wide, ten feet deep, and 1938 miles lonw The nation’s drink bill is one tlitiril more than the public debt, twice as much as the capital stock m the banks, a little less than the capitalisation of the trusts, one halt ol the value of the domestic animals, more than one-half the value of all the farm products, oiie-tliiril more tinin the total imported merchandise, anil one-twelfth more than the total exports.