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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2088, 14 January 1908, Page 2

Tim Wellington-Brindisi mail despatch of December (sth arrived in London on the night of the 10th inst. The ballot for the To Ami sections will, ill all probability, take place at the end of February. The latest addition to the Telephone Exchange is:—4s3, C. B. Hundley and Son, Ltd., Land and list ato Agent, Lowe-street-. If is understood that Mrs. Cramp’s business in Gladstone-read; which was stated to have been sold, was purchased by Air. Douglas, of Napier. On Tuesday -next an evening course of instruction for officers and noncommissioned officers of the Gisborne Rifles will commence. There will probable be- an attendance of 28 or 30 at the class. Tho place of holding the class has not yet been arranged. The Rifles go into camp at the- Wainui on Saturday for a week.

Although codlin moth is very prevalent in the local orchards this season, not much infected fruit has been seen up to tho present in the simps. Fruit-d'ealers would do well to remember, however, that under the Act which is now being put into operation, tlio penalty for having niotli-iufeotcd fruit in tlieir possession is £2O.

What might have been a serious accident took placo at Miller’s corner yesterday afternoon. A cyclist was walking bis machine, crossing from the Masonic Hotel, and he somehow fell down and got tangled with the bicycle. A largo motor car came smartly round the corner, and pulled ip) just in time, and only a yard from the mail.

The secretary of the General Post Office announces that telegram forms embossed with a stamp of the value of sixpence, and bound up in books of twenty forms, are now obtainable at all telegraph and telephone offices, at a cost- of 10s per book. Should the telegram exceed the value of sixpence the additional cost may be affixed in ordinary stamps.

To-night, at the Salvation Army Barracks, Treasurer John Harris, of the Wellington Corps, will -deliver a special lecture entitled “Chit-Chat.” The Treasurer has' travelled extensively, and this lecture has been very favorably received where it has been delivered 1 . Vocal and instrumental items will be rendered at intervals throughout the evening, and a collection will be made, the proceeds of which it is intended to devote to a local deserving case. Mr. F. J. Wilson has received the following tenders for the erection of the new Garrison Hall, What-aupoko: —Tucknell and Cormaek, £4159 ; -v----ans, Yield, and Co.. £4274 ; Williams and Co.. £4387; Aitken and Wilson. £4414; 'Black Brothers. £4455: J. Cannon. £4000: Sheet- Bros., £4470: (4. Smith, £4-187 ; M. Haisman. £4475; J. Somervell, £5000; Mackrell and Colley. ‘£5599. With steel arch: Aitken ami Wilson, £5100: Tucknell ind Cormaek, £5147; Black Bros., £5205: G. Smith, £5487; Haisman Bros., £5635.

The quarterly meeting of the Freezers’ Union was held last night in Townley’s Hall. There was a large attendance of members. Matters relating to breaches of the present award wc-rc discussed, and it was decided that the Union take further action in the matter. The committee was brought up to its full strength by the appointment of three new members. It was also decided to call a special meeting of the union for next Monday night to further consider the advisability of the slaughtermen withdrawing from the freezers’ Union and registering separately as a Slaughtermen’s Union.

In connection' with the grazing run le ises under the old Act, many of which arc about to fall due, a great deal of uncertainty exists as to -the position of the present lessees when the leases terminate. The position taken up by the Hawke’s Bay Land Board on this matter is that the present lessees h ive the right ot renewal at a fresh valuation unless the land is 'required for closer settlement. The Board takes up the position that all the land is so needed, and all the runs which can conveniently he subdivided are to be cut up. In such •i case the original lessee will hwe the right .to renew lor a portion only of the original area. There appears to he some difference ol opinion as to the law on this matter, but the attitude referred to is that adopted by the Board, and its officials have been engaged for some time inspecting the runs in respect of which the leases aro about- to fall in to ascertain what action shall he taken concerning them,

Wliilo a party of young m«»» were rowing on the river yesteiduy . S shark, some Bft or 10ft long, »«; served loisuroly swimming nliouL m the river, .about 100. yds irom the end of tho breakwater.

Four commercial travellers left for tlie coast bv Bedstone s coach yettwday morning. Tins niakes sevemtum up the coast altogether at the pic sent time. Evidently thing. ‘ prosperous lip that. way. lheie < also about a dozen iu town.

Some anxiety was occasioned on Sunday evening at a local hotel by the disappearance of one ol v Jlebes, who left tho hotel . early on Sunday morning to see a friend oil by tho Waikaro. All fears oi a tragedy, however, were set at rest by the ioceipt of a wire from the young lady from Napier, stating that she had been over-carried, and that she would arrive buck to-morrow morning-

Considerable indignation, has been aroused in cricketing circles lociny by the fact that the pavilion on Urn Domain has recently been bro Ken oiien, and a number of pads, giovos, etc stolen. Several oi tho Clubs have .suffered in this manner, and complaints were made to the meeting of the Association last iig.it, with the result that tho matter is to be reported to tho polico authorities lor investiga’ ion.

Speaking to a reporter, a local fruiterer staled that periodically a Government inspector came here, but none bad been hero latol” and it seemed as if this district was neglected. Tho inspector’s visits were to see that the orchard pests laws were complied with, and that auction rooms and g adons were kept in a clean condition. Regarding profitable fruitgrowing, ho said that it a Tasmanian or Californian orchardist, with practical experience and a little capital, started business, ho would prove how it was done. Why, ho asked, should we not export apples with our line climate and line sour The industry would be secure with a Government subsidy. The industry only wanted energy being put into it.