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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2081, 6 January 1908, Page 2

The Manuka made a good run from Napier“on Salurila.v. The vessel left at noon, and arrived at 5.30 p.ni.

Mr. F. \V. Rowley, Deputy Chief Jnstector of Factories, was a passenger South by the Monowai last, night. Nominations for the Gisborne Haring Club’s summer meeting close with tiles ecretary, Mr ,M. G.Nasmith, tomorrow night at 9 o’clock.

Letter-cards of a new design are on sale at the Rost Olliee. They are not. illustrated in any way, and tho quality of the paper is bettor. An elderly man was cut severely about llie face on Saturday morning, lie was on the Ratutahi coach, ami as it swerved lie fell off and received the injury.

The circulars printed by the Mungapapa people were posted on Saturday to all members of Rarliament, the newspapers, the Education Hoard, and the Health Oiiicer.

The yacht Ariki left on her return trip to Auckland on Saturday afternoon, and given fair weather and barring accidents should arrive there this evening.

On Saturday evening the wharf presented a very busy appearance indeed. Tho Tuatea arrived with the .Manuka's southern passengers at half-past 7, and then she went out at 8.30 with the outward passengers.

The bathing shed on tho Waikanao boach iB at present in a very dirty condition. With profit the Horougli Council might send a man once a week to clean it up a bit. Tho weather for the past two days has been somewhat cooler. On Saturday the thermometer registered 80 degrees, while yesterday was somewhat warmer, and 84 degrees about 1 p.m. was the highest reading. The shipping dealt with in the port oi Roverty Hay last year was as follows:—lnward—47B steamers, 012,OS'2 tons, 20,799 of crew; 129 sailing vessels, 14,816 tons, 826 crow. Outward—l 79 steamers, 612,171 tons, 20,810 crew; 129 sailing vessels, 14,799 lens. 818 crew.

The Magistrate’s Court re-opens this morning after the summer vacation when a number of remanded cases will be taken. Mr. \V. A. Barton, who is on ; a holiday trip South lias not returned and it is probable that the diffeient cases will be further remanded by the Justices.

Tho bakers’ cash system still requires perfecting in a number of details. Rurchasers of bread during tlie last few days in many cases havo been met with the request to let the odd hali'-penny stand over “till next time” and in one case a box' of matches was offered in lieu of change.

Very successful meetings were conducted by the Salvation Army yesterday. in the afternoon the Rand rendered an hour's programme at the Hospital, which was much -appreciated by the patients. On Tuesday night a farewell social will be given to Deputy Bandmaster Farthing, who is leaving for New South Wales. A u'Hcelkuieous programme will be rendered.

There are four typhoid cases in tho Hospital at present. Two are from the country and two from tho Borough. One of the latter, however, only arrived in Gisbonio a lew days before going to tho Hospital. Ono ol tlie patients is isolated and the other three are in the general ward. The presence of the water supply, without any adequato drainage, may cause i lew more cases than would otherwise result.

During the last year tho imports to Gisborne totalled €123,865, and tho exports were €993,367, an increase of €119,009 over 1906. The exports wore made up as follows: —Butter, 2277 cwt, valued at :€11,818; hides, 8459, €9lll ; beef, 43,094 cwt, £43,340; mutton. 260,291 carcases, £170,269; lamb. 7*8,861 carcases, £39,876; meat?; (other kinds), 3142 cwt, £3841; sausage f,k : ns, 889 cwt, £3582; sheepxkins. r '376.026. 4ALS9B ; tallow, 1278 tons, £23.289; greasy wool, 13)323,S2o)bs. €5*80,330; slipo wool, 1,326,76511 is. £60,815; scoured, 190,3741b5, £8661.

A number of emigrants from Britain ai lived by tho Manuka on Saturday morning from Wellington. They came out by the Atlienic, and the majority have gone on to Auckland. Mr. A. Donald, tlie Labor Inspector. had received no advice of their coming, and took no action in tho matter. Several were men with families, and pne was a young lady from Ireland, who came under engagement to a lady in the country. One man comes from the north of London. Ho states that he hid heard a lot about New Zealand and came out, leaving the family behind meantime. He expressed tlie* intention ot looking for farm-work. A very successful bazaar was held from December 31st to January 2nd for the* purpose of raising funds to extinguish tho debt of about £ll2 on the To Karnka Catholic church, the total takings being about £145. Tlie following bad charge of the various stalls :—Fancy stall, Mesdames Doyle ami Lewis and assistants; plain goods stall. Mrs. O’Connell, Miss Dunphy and assitnnts; toy stall, Mrs. O. Sandland ; fortune-telling, Mrs. Stephenson; refreshments, Mrs. Jacobs and Misses Delia O’Connell and Maggie Crimmins. The art uii’on:;. ably carried out bv Messrs Walter Lewis, Drummond' and Sefton. resulted in a hand-painted mirror, donated by the Rev.. Father Lane, being won by Miss K. Shields, and two painted panels, painted by Miss Sykes, Gisborne, being won bv Mr. O. Snndlnnt, Te Kara’ka. Tlie Rev. Father Dignan desires to express his thanks to his country parishioners for the effective manner in which they wiped off the debt, and to all those who directly or indirectly helped to make the bazaar a success.

“Rloughmen nowadays,” said a witness before the Conciliation Board at Timaru, “want a white shirt to go out in.” -Mr. Thorn replied that they were advancing along tho lines of civilisation.

Many people are glad that Christinas will not; come again for twelve months (remarks the Wellington Post). They are principally the folk whose slumbers early on Christmas morning were sacriligiously disturbed by irresponsible carollers of all kinds. Once the melodists were content to sing, and a. man would sleep through a song, but now they come with brazen instruments and abuudanco of insolence. These disturbers of the peace imagine that at Yuletide they have a license to commit almost any atrocity. Many cl them start their noise with the fortification of strong spirits, and as the night grows older they do not become more sober. They wake more than the welkin with their hideous uproar. If the recipient of the bombardment- of discordant sounds does not hasten forth with refreshments or cash they hatter at his door. Christmas is, of course, a time of peace and goodwill, but it is impossible to feel charitable towards the individuals who take so much pains to make niidit a horror lor everybody else. There is much more bad carolling than good; indeed it is questionable whether the citizens who go to bed very tired on Christmas Eve desire any carolling of any kind. They would mostly like to liavo this form of money-making forbidden by Act of Parliament.