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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2172, 30 August 1907, Page 2

Tho first practice of tlie Cook County Curious Coons will be held at Robb’s Hall, Grey-street, to-niglit. . At the 'Native Land Court the AraiMatawai case is progressing steadi l - the Natives conferring, daily as to adjusting details. The E.C.M.11. held their ordinary monthly parade yesterday, the work done chiefly consisting of manoeuvres on the sandhills near the abattoir. On Friday evening after parade a meeting of the committee in charge of the arrangements for the annual ball under the auspices of the Gisborne Rifles will be held to finally arrange matters. Local builders are finding some difficulty in procuring carpenters and bricklayers. On their behalf the representative of tho Labor Department telegraphed to the branches of the Department in the-chief centres, but in each case received a reply to the effect that no men were available.

Perry’s Salvation Army Biorama Co. lias been beloro the Now Zealand public for some time, and tiie merit of the performance is well known. The company will opon a season in Gisborne next, week, and several novelties aro promised. Permission lias been "ranted to the Borough Council by the Railway Department to run water-pipes under tlio. railway line at Miikaraka, the work to be done under the supervision of an officer of the Department. The Borough will be charged a peppercorn ■rent il.

On Thursday next a service of song entitled “Uncle Tom” will bo given at the Salvation Army barracks. The band has beon in active practise tor somo time and will render the following selections: —“Alas Those Chimes,” “Sandon,” ‘‘The Lost Chord,” “It is Well,” “Sowing the Seed,” and “Dead March” in Saul. Itoms will also be rendered by the singing company of the corps. lo this performance honorary mombors of the band will bo admitted free. Tlio wants of sheep-farmers during the coming lamb season have been catered for by Mr. C. B. Do Lautour, who is agent for a table-top lamb tailor. This device is being almost universally adopted by practical slieopf.irmers for soaring. It is claimed for the machine that with it there is practically no loss of blood, as a result of which the lambs mother better and tlie percentage of loss is minimised, which to flock-masters is a big consideration. An advertisement regarding the dovico appears elsewhere ill this issue.

Interest in the meetings being conducted by the Rev. Janiieson in St. Andrew’s Church is growing, this fact being evidenced by the large attendance at last night’s address, under the heading, “Somo Reasons lor Not Being a Christian.” Musical items were contributed by the choir and the Endeavor Minstrels. In the afternoon Mrs. Jamieson gavo a further demonstration to young ladies of the game of basket-ball. Mr. Jamieson’smission in Gisborne will be concluded with an address this evening.

Tlio following letter has been sent by tlie Town Clerk to the head office of the Police Department: —“1 am directed bv the Gisborne Borough Council to communicate with you regarding the erection of a gaol on part of the eight acres of railway reserve at Gisborne, and have to state that the Council considers that it would entirely spoil the place as a recreation ground if three acres were utilised for a gaol, and X would jioint out that a very suitable section could he secured in Childevs-road, being section No. 219 a, cemetery reserve, containing 8 acres. As a cemetery cannot now be within a borough it would lie an easy matter to change the purpose of the reserve. Trusting that this will receive your favorable consideration.”

“The position of unionists is worse now than it has ever been before in the history of unionism in New Zealand. It is a position that has got to bo faced. There are 39,000 unionists in New Zealand, and they are not going to have the ground cut from under t'heir feet. If they cannot get a fair measure of protection from the law of the colony, thev will have to consider their position. I

say it advisedly—(they will have to consider their position.” Such was the declaration made by Mr. A. H. Hooper, president of the Trades and Labor Councils’ Conference, who was at the head of the deputation representing the conference which waited upon the Minister of Labor in Wellington.