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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2086, 11 January 1908, Page 2

Mr C. P-alk will preach in St An- , I rows’ Church to-morrow both morning and evening.

\ special order regarding a loan lor work on the Waiau road is inserted in this issue by the AVarapu County Council.

The Gisborne branch ot the Farmers’ Union meets this afternoon, when several important matters will be discussed.

A meeting of the Provincial Executive flf the Farmers’ Union set down for yesterday, lapsed, as none of the members were present.

In this issue applications are callt d for by tho Hawke’s Bay Education Board lor the position of master ot the Napier Technical Day School.

At a*recent meeting of the committee of the Fire Brigade Mr. AYFr iser was -requested to hold tlie position of secretary until the -annual meeting.

In connection with the mob lambs driven from Pakarae on -Monday along the beach, it -appears that the map tent running into and out ol the wncm salt water caused the delicti of a sheep dog valued at £ls.

The building for waterside workers, which was authorised by the Harbor Board at its last meeting, has been commenced and the framework is now erected. It should bo ready for uso in a. week or so. The services at Wesley Church tomorrow will bo conducted by the Rev. C. Griffiin. The morning subject is “How Christ, deals with curiosity” and tho evening subject ‘ i lie only wav into tho Kingdom of God. The United Bible class meets m tlie afternoon. Mr Griffin will preach at Ormond in tho afternoon.

A carter named C. Dunn liad an extremely narrow escape from an accident ’ while descending Gentle Annie, AY acronga-o-ku ri, with a drayload of wood on Thursday. While turning a nasty corner the dray ran almost over the bank and it was with considerable difficulty that the horses and dray were extricated. A fall would ‘have precipitated the vehicle into a gully 100 feet deep.

Early this week Aliss lira Carter ■met with a nasty accident near the Kaiti bridge. While endeavoring to get out of the way of two approaching carts the bicycle she was riding skidded, -and Aliss Carter was thrown to the ground, receiving -a nasty wound on the temple. She remained unconscious for four hours after the accident, but- is now making satisfactory progress towards recovery. A lot- of stock are being moved justnow from all parts of tlie district and a lot of lals are coming into the freezing works, and stores are being shifted about. Two large mobs aro leaving for Waikato this month. This movement draws upon the supply of drovers, but notwithstanding this, plenty of men are available and no difficulty is experienced at the present time in getting them when required.

A reminder is given that the annual meeting of subscribers to _ the library takes place on Monday night. In the past these- meetings have not been well attended, a fact that- is probably -attributable to tlie satisfaction of the public with the management. The president, Air. L. T. Byrnes, -however, tikes -a- different view, and specially desires on the present occasion that subscribers will show -ail- interest -in their own institution by being present in large numbers on Alonday night -and putting some new blood into the management.

AYork lias just been commenced with rebuilding the main portion of the Ormond Hotel, which is to be somowbat enlarged during the process. Aleantime the licensee notifies that- sleeping accommodation can only be provided for drovers. This is curtain t-o prove an -inconvenience to many people, for the Ormond Hotel is one that -is largely patronised by the travelling public, who appreciate the excellent management of Ale. Ceil Keenan. One night Inst week no less than 32 spent the night there, and since September last there has never been a spare bed, whilst on occasions as many as IT have had to lie accommodated in a neighboring barn.

There seems no doubt that labor is scarce in this district at the present time. Yesterday a farmer passing the Ormond Hotel went up to a bunch of eight or u-iue men who were apparently idle, ' and offered them Is 6d an hour for harvest work. This meant los a day for the ten-lionr. day, but it did net tempt tlie workers, who had just come away from tho back country with their cheques, and -apparently required time to spend the money. At the present time -a local builder is in Auckland trying to secure men to enable him to keep pace with bis contracts, and it is -alleged that plumbers cannot bo gob ‘‘for love nor money.”

Tho mootings of the Salvation Army nil day to-iUiorrow will ho conducted .by Adjutant Dickens, assisted by a number of visiting Salvationists.

With regard to the vexed question of the spraying of fruit trees, tho opinion of a local grower is that given a modorately wot spring spraying seems to have an excellent effect. On the other hand, if a hot, dry season, such as the present one, is "experienced, no amount of spraying will ward off the diseases to which fruit is subject.

That white pine is possessed of durablo qualities i.s evident to anyone who examines the'timber in that portion of tho Ormond Hotel which is at present being pulled down. Tho studs are all of white pine, and wero put up 40 years ago, but although tho rot lias eaten badly into parts, tho timber generally is quite sound and good for -another 10 years easily. The generally prevailing; idea that the hold ay season at Christmas, time is tho time at which tho fruiterer reaps a bounteous harvest is evidently erroneous. A local fruiterer states that although Christmas Eve is certainly a big night with him, tho reaction afterwards and consequent loss which ho suffers -are great, and that tho few' succeeding days are exceptionally quiet, and that the takings on Now Year’s Evo only amount to about half tho proceeds of an ordinary Saturday night’s sales.

On Tuesday next a lecture will bo delivered at ihe Salvation Army Barracks by Tr< usurer Harris, of the Wellington orps. The title of tho lecture is “Chit-Chat,” and it will embody tho experiences of the Treasurer an many places. Ho has been endeavoring to visit Gisborne for tho 'past thirty years, but up 1o date lias not yet succeeded. What the Treasurer’s experiences have been can bo guaged. from the fact that recently in Napier lie was repaid a loan mado 25 years previously. Complaints continue to roach us from persons who allege various grievances against the telephone system as administered locally. One indignant subscriber states that on several occasions during the past few weeks he lias wished- to use the telephono shortly before 11 o’clock, and has found it impossible to get a reply front the exchange. Ho adds: It is surely bad enough that our use of the telephone should bo so greatly restricted without the officials making tho hours still shorter by clearing out before the proper time.