The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1907.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2154, 9 August 1907, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1907.

Mails despatched from Wellington, via Naples, on 28th Juno arrived an London on 6th August. Additional subscription to the Cook Memorial Fund :—F. Grey Williams, £1 Is. A company lias boon formed in W>airon to start, a journal in opposition to the Wa.iroa Guardian. Mr. Barton, S.M., leaves for Wniroa on Monday to eonduot- a sitting of the Magistrate’s Court there on the 14tli and 15tli.

Mr. Partridge states that one does not see much stock on Queensland lands. ‘ This is because the sheep keep together in mobs, footling as they move from place to place. Mr. Waclisjnan (Dalgety and Co.) leaves this morning for Opotiki in order to attend the land ballot. The firm will represent 98 applicants a.t the ballot.

Entries for all events at the Poverty Bay Hunt Club’s race meeting, to bo lioid on Thursday, tlio 14th August, close on Saturday, lOtli, at 8 p.m. at Mr. M. G. Nasmith’s office. Tlio farmers of Queensland, according to Mr. Partridge, got a considerable fright from the draught of 1902, ami they are now putting by stacks of fodder in case such another poriod comes upon them.

For some classes of inspectorial work in connection with factories, the services of a lady inspector are found to bo more effective when dealing with female labor. Mrs. Hawthorne, who acts in this capacity, is now on a visit to Gisborne. It is rumored in Wellington that Mr. W. E. Goffe, of the Native Land Court, Gisborne, is shortly .to he appointed to the position of Resident a.t Raratonga, Colonel Gudgeon, the present Resident, having intimated that ho will retire ait an early date.

At tlio request of solicitors engaged in the cases, the proposed sitting of the Tai-Rawliiti Maori Land Board at Wairon has been postponed to September 4th. There will ho sittings of the Magistrate’s and Assessment Courts at Wa.iroa on the 14th and 16tli inst. One thing that struck Mr. J. Partridgo during his tour during his tour in Queensland was the number of hotels in the town. In Dalby, a town of 1000 inhabitants, there were thirteen hotels, and in Toowoomba, with a population of 1-5,000, there were thirty.

Miss Murcuitt bids farewell to Gisborne audiences to-niglit with a lecture on “Russia and its Island Prison Saglialien. This final appearance is described as a “special pay niglut,” admission to all parts of the theatre being one shilling. Admission is by ticket (obtainable at Miller’s) or by payment at the door. The .advance of the season is indicated by the reopening of the Gisborne Freezing Works on Wednesday. The slaiuditering rate is as yet slack, but supplies will commence to come forward as soon as the travelling conditions improve. Some of the roads are so bad that the manager is doubtful whether some sheep destined for the works will ho able to get through. Constable Mellsop, of Waipiro, yesterday notified the Coroner by telegram of the sudden death at Waiomatatini of an aged native named Hone to Kauru. The deceased had been subject to heart spasms. The constable has been instructed to make inquiries, and in the absence of any untoward circumstances an inquest will bo unnecessary,

“A great many people in Australia,” save Mr. Partridge, “are still of opinion that all' New Zealanders live on the tops of volcanoes, and are liable to be blown to atoms any day.” In a train one day a gentleman said, “I see by tho papers that your country has been blown up again,” and wlion Mr. Partridge sought enlightenment he found li.is Informant had been reading about the submarine volcanic eruption near Tongatabu! Mr. J. V. Balfe, ono of tho boarders .in the Kaiti residence which was destroyed by fire, had a very painful experience. Hearing the alarm he threw open his bedroom door, and the flames confronted him. Ho was partly dressed, and throwing a blanket round him made a dash through the blazing passage-way for the open. In his excited state it did not occur to him to gain exit by the window, otherwise ho would have escaped the trying ordeal. The result of his encounter with-.the flames were severe burns to the hands, arms, head, and face, his condition necessitating the use of the ambulance. Mr. G. Wildish and Constable Wales took the sufferer to Dr. Morrison’s surgery, where he was treated, and afterwards removed to the hospital. On inquiry at the institution last night a Times representative was informed that tho patient had passed « very wretched day, the burns being more serious than had been at first supposed, whilst ho was also suffering greatly from shock.

A. speoial summoned mooting of the Gisborne Jiechabito Tent was field in tbo Tent room last evening, Bro. L. Column, C.R., presiding. The chief business was to discuss and adopt rules for the establishment of a Hospital Benefit Fund. It was resolved that such a fund be established, and that oayments to the fund be compulsory- A levy i.s to be made on all members resident in the district who aro not otherwise paying into any other friendly society for hospital benefit, of Ik per quarter, payable in advance. This amount will cover a benefit of £1 per week for a member or his wife, for treatment in a public or private hospital. Any case wherein a member is ordered to the hospital, but is afterwards unable to he moved owing to being in a too critical condition, and has to call ill the services of a certificated nurse, shall be dealt with by tile committee appointed to administer, the fund, and the amount of hospital fee may bo allowed in such a case. The Tent has decided to put the scheme into operation immediately.

Further details of the fire at -Mr. Dailey’s residence, Haiti, show that the inmates had to make a very hasty exit, and could save very little of their personal effects. The alarm was given by Mrs. Dailey and her daughters, who were awakened by the noise and smoke, and they aroused the boarders, Messrs. Stewart (2), Roach, and J. V. Balfe. The lustnamed was the only one to suffer mjurv l>v the flames. A large crowd witnessed the conflagration in the early hours of the morning. The building, a wooden one, consisted of ten rooms, the frontage to the Haiti Esplanade being two-storied. In the absence of water mains nothing could be done, and the occupants had sadly to watch their home and contents disappear like matchwood before the flames. No definite theory is forthcoming as to the origin of the fire. Two fires had been alight that evening. one in the dining-room and the other in the kitchen, but everything appeared .to be secure when the household retired to resit. The house, which was owned by Mr. R. Little, was insured (including outbuildings) for £4OO in the State office, whilst Mrs. Halley’s furniture was covered by a policy of £2OO, and personal effects for £SO, in the Standard office. Neighbors kindly provided temporary accommodation for the homeless household.