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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2154, 1 April 1908, Page 2

All Fools’ Day. : .. , A gentleman's- bicyclo which has been found, an the . street, is lying at tlio Police Station awaiting a claimant. ■.

Messrs Alilleii and Craig held a successful clearing sale yesterday at tho Geisha. Tea Rooms, lately occupied by Aliss Cuff.

An opening social will bo held in tho new hall at AVaerenga-a-hika tomorrow evoning. A drag will leave tho Railway Stables for Waerenga-a-liika at 7.30 p.m. , ’

Tho following liavo been added to tho telephone exchange.: 458, F. Morico, privato residence, Harris street, ICuiti; 455, E. J. West, privato residence, Ballanco . Street. Deleted : 9, Sheet Bros, 403 C. A. Nielil.

,During the month of Alarch 37 births, 13 marriages, and 7 deaths were registered in Gisborne. ~ The birth rate is unusually high, and the death rate proportionately low for the month.

Tho Rev. W. Lamb, in continuation of his lectures on “The Lord’s Second Coming,”, will speak to-niglit in the Baptist Tabernacle on “The Blessings of tlm Millennial Kingdom.” Questions will lie invited at tho closo of tho meeting.

A team of 30 horses , concluded a very long anil todioiis journey when they arrived in .Gisborne: yesterday. They had been driven overland from To Ante, on behalf of Air. H. Campbell, formerly of Whatatutu. It is understood that they will bo sold locally. .

A gentleman who travelled from Tarewa yesterday informed a Times reporter that the- lpail to Alorero is now ill capital order, tho recent spell of fine weather following tlio rain having given a better surface' than lias been in evidence for some time. It is expected that at Easter time there will bo a large influx of visitors to the springs.

The body of tho bite Thomas Rodgers, who lost his life recently by drowning near Tiniroto, has been, recovered by some Maoris near tho To Reiiiga falls. CJ instable Dandy leaves this morning for Tiniroto, where an. inquest will bo held. Tho both' will, have to be carried about twclvo miles from where it was found.

A lengthy ride on horseback by a lady has to be noted. Aliss Ferguson, daughter of Air. John Ferguson, of Patutalii, was at Nuliaka when she got word on Monday that her brother was seriously ill as tlio result of an accident sustained last week. She immediately took horse, and, accompanied by a friend, succeeded in accomplishing the journey in quick time, anil arrived at Patutalii yesterday. A very low pressure of water drawn from the To Arai river was available at about four o’clock yesterday. It is hoped that a . higher pressure will be turned on to-day, as ma,uy of the houses in the outlying parts of tho borough are still unsupplied. This temporary intake will probably have to serve the town for some months, until a new survey has been mado, and tho pipes that were washed away again laid to the main intake. -

Cadet Wesley Grant, in charge of Brigadier Perry’s Biorama, .a:rriveil in Gisborne to-day, and will give the first exhibition of moving pictures in tho Salvation Army Barracks this evening. Alany fino pictures will be shown, anil a good entertainment is anticipated. To-morrow afternoon there will be a matinee at 3.30 p.m. and a further' exhibition tlio same evening. Adjutant Dickens is making arrangements-' for the inmates of the Old Men’s Home to be present at the matinee. .

The election for tho office of Ala-y----or of Gisborne will take place on April 29., anil the bye-election to fill the vacancy on the Borough Council caused by the retirement of Cr. Miller, will be held op the same dav. Already rumor lias it that two leading citizens will contest the seat, and probably other candidates will be announced. The Council does not go out of office this year, but arc elected bi'annually'. The next election for a full Council will take place in April 1900..

Attracted by loud screams in a local hairdresser's shop yesterday afternoon, and scenting good “copy”, a “Times” reporter entered and found a small boy tin the throes of a desperate encounter with a lusty barber who was fiercely brandishing a huge pair of scissors. The, lad, apparently, objected. t<> ! having his hair cut* and the excellent use he made of his hinds and feet was worthy of a scientific .pugiilrit.' Hie screams were loud and ilong anil his Objections wore so forcibly expressed that the hairdresser had finally to relinquish tile unequal struggle and tho boy left tho shop with a speed akin to that of a professional runner.

The lot of tho teacher when called upon to do relieving work is not always a'particularly pleasant one. Recently a young lady teacher in the employ of the Hawke’s Bay Board was called upon to take temporary charge of a country school some distance from AVaipukurau. This was during the dry season, anil when the time came to take charge she found that most of tlio settlers had been burned out by tljo bush fires, with the result that there was no local accommodation. Eventually slip had to accept lodgings at a homo four miles distant from the school, and over this distance she cycled night and morning, in fine weather tho journey was arduous, but when tho rains came it proved a most severe ordeal.

Tho monthly meeting of the Gisborne Drivers’ Union .was held lit Mr. G. Darton’s office last evening, Air, JSmith in the chair. Three new members were elected. Tli president, Air. R. Hargreaves, tendered his resignation, owing to his decision to start in business on his own account, and Air. A. AlcFarqnliar was elected to tlio office. The demands for a new award were discussed and approved, anil it was decided that they should be printed. anil copies sent to'all employers. A committee was appointed to meet the employes to discuss the demands, and, if possible, come to an agreement. Failing an agreement being arrived at, application will be made to the Arbitration Court for an award.

The East Const. Mounted Rifles will hold a mounted parade at the Abbatoirs on Thursday .next, at 2.30 p.m., and not, as previously l announced, at the Bark Racecourse. '

Information was received yesterday afternoon Hint a native of Tasmania, named Underline, who was engaged in buslil'elling on Arowhann Station, bad been killed. It appears that he was falling a tree, when a .limb fell and struck him, death resulting almost immediately. News of the fatality was brought into Wliatatutii in the afternoon by a shepherd from Mr. Ti(foil’s station. Owing to the roads having been rendered impassable by the recent heavy rains, it has been found impossible ,to send' a vehicle to bring in the body, and it will liavo to be carried for eighteen miles, anil .will probably reach AVliatatutu this morning. Deceased lias only been a fortnight in the Dominion.

.Speaking to a “Times” reporter yesterday, Air. J. W. Preston, manager of tlio Gisborne branch of the Union Steamship Company, poohpoohed tho suggestion that tho early arrival of tlio Monowai on Sunday was in any way connected with tlio fact that the Premier was on board. It was solely duo to the exceptionally favorable weather. As a matter of fact, owing to a heavy gale experionepd, the Island steamer with the Auckland and Southern fruit did not reach Auckland until Sunday afternoon, -otherwise the Monowai would not have been able to leave Auckland at such an early Oiour "on Saturday last. Mr. Preston was particularly indignant at the comments appearing in the “Times” on Alondiy morning, which he considered were unfair to his company, and were not calculated to advance matters which hail been under consideration for some time. The policy of the Union Company was a progressive one, and the requirements of Gisborne were not lost sight of of neglected in any way.

It is .interesting to look back on the various attempts of man to prolong the day by taking from the night. Indeed, so great is the contrast between the rash of light of our forefathers and the brilliancy of the artificial light of. to-day, that this week it’s candle sticks at Parnell’s Popular Saturday Sale.