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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2140, 16 March 1908, Page 2

Tlio Cook County Curious Coons are giving two concerts on March 26 and 27, in aid of tho funds of tho City Band.

The team which represented the Gisborne Rifles at the championship l'illo meeting at Trentham returned on Saturday morning.

One man, charged with being drunk and having used obscene language, occupied a cell nt the Gisborne police station last evening.

, A young man named Ronald Mac-Ginne-s was admitted to tho Gisborne Hospital on Saturday, suffering from a broken leg, caused by being run over over by a cart at To Karuka on Friday last.

Complaints havo boon received that largo holes have been left in the road on tho road to Tc Arai by workmen who have been employed in testing the water supply pipes. According to a correspondent, these are so bail ns to constitute a danger to the travelling public.

Tho manager of tho Union S.S. Co. reports that a good number of local residents took advantage of tho spocial rate charged by tlio company, for the return trip to Napier in- connection with tho carnival. Tickets at tho reduced rato will be issued for tlio Mnimka on Wednesday.

Tologn Bay is at present showing marked signs of progress, and is destined to bccomo an important centre. The Gear Company has secured a fine property of 1400 acres just across the river, opposite the racecourse, and it is rumored that they intend to open freezing works there. Tho Gisborne City Band played an enjoyable programme of music in- the Hospital grounds yesterday afternoon. Tho showery weather, no doubt, prevented a very large attendance of the public, as the crowd was not numerous. However, those who did attend, as well as the. patients, greatly enjoyed tho entertainment. Tho following havo been added to tho telephone exchange:—4ol, T. F. Crawford, Russell street, Whataupoko; 44G, T. Clarkson, Stafford street; 143, W. G. Crompton, Harris street-, Kait-i; 248, E. J. Chrisp, private residence, Lowe street. Deleted —4Ol, Mrs PI. Neilsen. Amended — 32, Dr Coker (night telephone) Bright street.

At tho Ylagistrate’s Court on Saturday morning before Mr W. A. Barton, S.M., George Rice avas convicted of drunkenness and avas fined 18s with 2s costs, in default twenty-four imprisonment. For a similar offence David Sutherland avas fined 20s with tho alternative of four days imprisonment. A prohibition order avas issued against a man, on tlio application of Mr J. H. Warren.

While travelling on the East Coast (says tho “Dominion’’) the Hon. G. Eoavlds found that- in the Gisborne electorate n good many people expected that No-license would be carried at the next election. There was one tiling certain, said the Minister, t-liey could not reduce the character of some of the accommodation houses by carrying No-license. Some of the hotels in those parts were the poorest ho had ever put up at in New Zealand. Tho best accommodation lie could get avas at unlicensed houses.

The accident insurance companies have lost about £6OO a year for the last two or three years through accidents to employees of tho Napier Harbor Board. As a result tliev have raised their premium from £2 per cent-, to £6 and £7 per cent, por annum, on the ground that the business is unprofitable. Tho Board intends to -approach- the companies to reduce their tenders -substantially, failing which it will form its own insurance fund.

The sneak thief is once more in evidence on Whataupoko side, and on Saturday evening a resident lost a quantity of clothing which had been hanging on t-lie line. In this case the thief or thieves cut- the line at both ends, and removed lino, clothes, and all. Another householder in the immediate vicinity, who had boon pleasurably anticipating his nice Sunday dinner, woke up in the morning to find that the depredators had forestalled him, having broken open the safe and abstracted the lino plump fowl that had been placed in it the previous evening.

The Hon. Noil Primrose told a good Burns story at the dinner of the Roscbiiry Burns Club in Glasgow lately. Just now, he said, tlio whole Englishspeaking race were patrons of Burns. He could tell them of one exception. About a year ago his father bought a picture of Burns ,and sent it to a shop to have a label put on it to show whose portrait it was. The picture carno back, and to his father’s great surprise, he might add, even greater amusement, lie found written under tho picture “John Burns.” This, says the Edinburgh “Dispatch,” must have happened in London. It was at a London meeting about- a year ago that an impassioned speaker interrupted liis oration to quote “A mail’s a man for ’a that.” “As Burns has truly said,” ho was about to observe, when the audience broke into cheers and cries of “Good old John.”

Tlio accommodation at Tohma during race timo was f ixed to tlio utmost. IJeds were at a premium, and lofts and tents were utilised to house the influx of visitors to tlio thriving coast centre. To make matters worse, tlio hotel, which was burned down some considerable timo ago, has not yet been re-erected. However, Mr. J. P. Murphy, the popular host, has provided sleeping accommodation for his guests in the Town 1-Toll, which resembled a largo hospital on Friday and Saturday nights, with its rows of beds throughout the entire length of the building. A large marquee did service as a dining-room. Though tlio primitive accommodation was redolent of tlio digging days, everything that tlio most fastidious guest could require was to bo procured, and Mr. and Mrs. Murphy are to he congratulated on t-lio excellent manner in which they catered for such a largo crowd, considering the disadvantages they were laboring under. The house was most excellently conducted.'

One of the greatest difficulties the New South Wales authorities encounter in dealing with the fruit pests is the number of small “orchards," often consisting of a solitary tree, in the back yards of suburban residences. These places are notoriously the most dangerous breeding grounds of pests such as codlin moth and fruitfly, and about Sydney they are a standing menace to the fruit industry, in spite of the most strenuous efforts that roiy be made to keen the regulation orchards free. Mr. Swinburne, Victorian Minister for Agriculture, recently stated that he found a similar trouble- around Melbourne. Suburban “orchards” were often, the most badly diseased, and he was taking action" to compel owners of diseased fruit trees to- cut them down. “There is no other way of overcoming -the- difficulty,” he said, “and we are therefore going to -insist- upon thedestruction of the- trees if the owners will not tajs? t-ho trouble to keep them clean,”

Mr. Ed. Williams will on Tuesday morning distribute tickets lor competitors at Thursday’s sports. A meeting of the committee in charge- of the ball to bo held in His Majesty’s Theatre on Thursdu-" was held on (Saturday evening, when it was renorted that- everything was in train, and that an enjoyable function was assured.

The half-yearly sittings of the Gisborne .Supreme Court were concluded before his Honor Mr. Justice Chapman on Saturday. A number of judgments on civil eases heard havo yet to be given, and these will probably bo forwarded from Wellington.

Something in the way of a record for quick despatch was accomplished by the “Gisborne Times” jobbing staff in connection with the printing of the race books for the second day of the Tologn races. The acceptances did not close ntTolaga until 9p.m. on Friday. The books were printed in Gisborne after that hour, and were available for sale on the Tologn racecourse at 11 o’clock on Saturday morning. Tologn Bay presented a busy scene on Saturday night after the races. The Hauiti and lranui, tho two oil launches, were crowded with passengers, and lent a picturesque charm to tho scenery as they came proudly puffing down the river, crowded to the water’s edge with their living freight. The town was crowded on Saturday night, giving it an -unusually -animated appearance. A couple of boxing and wrestling men provided a show under canvas, and this was the only entertainment available. Considerable interest is being shown in the To Arai ballot, which is fixed to take place on March 25. Yesterday between 200 and 300 persons visited tlio estate. The general verdict of many who were spoken to on tlio matter was th-it- the values fixed by the Government- were too high for lands that will have to bo used for sheep-grazing, -though dairying lots may prove more remunerative. At a meeting of To Arai settlers last week it was decided to approach the Government with a view to lnviii" a site reserved for a public hall. It was also decided to suggest that tlio creamery should be erected more in the middle of life sections than is at present proposed.