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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2160, 8 April 1908, Page 2

As the next date of meetings of the Cook County Council and the Hospital Trustees fall on Good Friday, doth meetings will not be held until the following Friday, April 2-1.

The meeting of Dr. Williams’ committee, which was postponed last night, will be held at 7.30 p.m. tonight.

Owing lo a number of Councillors being unable to attend the mooting of tlie Borough Council last evening, further discussion of Mr. Alestayer s drill.nago scheme was adjourned. Tho following are tho latest nllora- } ous on tho telephone loxohango. Amended: 381, Barlow and Co, Motor and Cycle Works, Gladstone Road. Deleted; 307, J. Roland.

A’ery -winlery weather lias sot in (says our AVollington correspondent.). There was very heavy vain lrom the South and later in tlie clay tho weather was showery with a cold south heavily wind.

A meeting of Air. W. D. Lysnnrs eoinmitteo was hold in tho Farmers’ Club Rooms last evening; Air. R. AI. Bin-ell in tlie chair. Tlioro was a largo attendance, and satisfactory reports wore received from tho subcommittees appointed to canvass the district.

Tho Timnru Borough Council,as tho result of a report by tho captain oi the Timnru fire brigade and the local building inspector on the Timnru Theatre, has decided to ordor tho proprietor of tho building to carry out improvements estimated to cost about a £IOOO.

I)r. AA'illiams suggested at tho meeting of the Borough Council last evening that the disfigurement by tar on the Cook monument should be cleaned off. ‘’Chloroform, ea id the doctor, “is a good solvent.' 1 “Yes,” said Cr. AATiinray, “Chloroform it, and- it won’t feel the operation.” Tlie suggestion was adopted.

At tho meeting of tho Gisborne Borough Council last evening, Dr. AVilliams said that if a now lock-up was to be built in tho town, a place of euro for lunatics should Ijo provided. Tho Mayor said tho question of providing paddock rooms was being considered by tho Hospital Trustees.

Tho question of tho best sito for a prison was informally discussed at the meeting of tho Borough Council last evening, and it was decided to recommend a 6ito on Childers-ronu. The land is the property of Mr. A. Fordo Alutthows. Two other sites on the beach near tho lighthouses will also bo brought under tho notico ol Colonol Hume.

Tho Technical School is endeavorin<t to institute an art class, a cookery class for ladies, and ono for gentleman, and should a sufficient number of punils offer, tho classes will be proceeded with. A the enrolment ot pupils will be held at tho school this evening. -

On Thursday night Air. AA. Gd landers, national secretary to ti.o Y AI C.A., will deliver a lecture in the Baptist Tabernacle, the subject bein'’’: “Modern Methods of Y AI?C.A. AVork.” Tho lecture will commence at 8 p.m., and a collection will be made to defray expenses.

The Borough Council last evening decided to engage Air. R. Hay, oi Dunedin, to take the street levels for building purposes throughout the town. Mr. Hay is also engineer to the Council for tho waterworks. Iho approximate cost of tho work will be about £3OO. Tho work was discussed with Air. Hay on his recent visit last week.

Four objections to valuations within the Borough were heard before Air. AY. A. Barton, S.AI., at the annual sitting of the Assessment Court yesterday, and in three case reductions were made. In the fourth case tho objector came into conflict with the Magistrate over the propriety of a question and the valuation was sustained.

Early, yesterday morning some excitement was caused at Haiti by the fact tint tho wc-11-known steam launch belonging to Air. A\ . -Aliller had broken loose from her moorings, and was -in imminent danger of boing carried out to sea. The launch was first observed to bo floating rapidly down the river, broadside-oil, just above the Kaiti bridge. A number of willing hands were quickly on the scene, and by climbing down the girders of the bridge were able to arrest its progress, and to safely secure the launch and bring it alongside the wharf.

A meeting of ladies interested in tho candidature of Dr. AA’illiams, who is standing for the office of Mayor of Gisborne, was held in Townley’s hall yesterday afternoon. Considering the inclement weather there was a. good attendance, about a dozen ladies being present. Dr. AA’illiams was also in attendance, and after some informal conversation it was decided that those present form a committee with power to add to their number, and an adjournment took place until Thusday afternoon next at 2.30. when, if the weather is fine it is expected, there will be a larger attendance.

It is noticeable, writes, the- Grey River Argus, that tho emissaries sent sent out for assistance from tho Blackball mine and all their advocates are silent as to tho fact that thocrib-timo was fixed at their own request, and that they worked harmoniously under it for nino years, and would most probably havo continued to work had it not been for the advent of the disturbers of the peaco like Hickey and Fitzgerald, neither of whom appear to have any stomach for honest labor.

The fame of the Taranaki ironsand has evidently been noised very far abroad. From Peterborough, a small provincial town of England, a correspondent has written to tho New Plymouth Harbor Board asking for information with regard to proximity of deposits of coal, water carriage, and railage. Tho writer stated that ho proposed to come out during the current year if tho information was satisfactory. At tho last meeting of the Board it was decided that all the necessary information should be supplied.

An examplo of the value of young gorse ns foder for sheep is cited by Mr. E. Scott, of Havelock. Air. Scott has recently cleared a paddock of eight acres, part of which comprised an old orchard, and the whole very denselv covered with gorse. Ho had a goad burn,and after the young grass and gorse shoots began to show 40 sheep were put into "the paddock. None of tho sheep weighed over 3olb when turned in. but after remaining there during the whole of the severe drought, feeding on nothing but gorse and -moth-infected apple, there is hardly one of the animals that does not tip the beam at 601 b to 651 b. ‘l‘ havo been offered a position as clerk, but I do not want to engage in that occupation any more,” said an immigrant recently arrived from England, reports tiie “Taranaki Herald.” “There is nothing in that occupation. I have just arrived from London, where I held the-position, in a. largo firm, of clerk and junior town traveller. I was in that position for years, and it looked as if 1 should be junior town traveller until I readied the age of Methuselah. Tho old bands seem to havo a spite against the juniors,” he jocularly remarked, “and refuse to die off, consequently there is no prospect before the young elelment, and 1 decided to come to New Zealand to trv mv luck jn a totally now sphere.” Ho is about to begin work as a farm hand.

The Agricultural Department is satisfied that it took a wise step when it purchased Angora goats in South Australia for breeding purposes in the Dominion. The arrivals nave multiplied in a wonderful manner. A large number of goats have been sold to settlers in various parts of the country, and are proving invaluable in eating down tlio noxious weeds and shrubs. The demand for Angoras is greater than the supply. A pure : bred Angora male goat is worth from lo to 20 guineas. Sometime ago the department placed forty or fifty common goats in an enclosure in Pelorus \ at lev, infested with briar and blackberry, and it has been found that they eat the bushes with zest. An effort is being made to secure a larger area in order to further demonstrate the usefulness of the animals in clearing land of useless vegetation.

The Gisborne Borough Council last evening deckled to raise the salary of the overseer (Mr. Morgan) from £l5O to £2OO a year, with a house rent free. The Mayor, Crs. Whinray and AVilliams, snoko well of tho over jeer’s services.

In spilo of tho very inclement weather, tliero was a good attendance of members at tho fortnightly mooting of tlie Y.M.C.A.. held in SL. Andrew’s schoolroom last evening. Tho president, Mr. F. O. Berry, occupied tho chair. Ono now member was proposed, bringing tlio total membership at iresont up to 26. It was unanimousy decided to form a debating socioty in connection with tho association, and tho following wore appointed « committee to make tlio necessary arrangements for tlio opening; Messrs G. D. Malcolm (convenor), 13. Grubb, J. Dawson, mid N. Lambert. Tho visit of Mr. Gillandoru is being looked forward to with interest, and members aro hopeful that much good will bo done ns a result of his short stay in Gisborne.

Our Wellington correspondent telegraphed last night ns follows:—There aro now over four thousand consumers of electric light in AVollington. The number is increasing owing to tlie poor pressure of gas supplied by tlio local company.—A shipment of oranges by tho Tallinn from Fiji has boon condemned owing to tho presence of the fruit fly.—A fairly largo octopus was discovered in tho To Aro baths today. There aro quite a number of these creatures in tho harbor just now. This particular specimen got in through a gap in tho palings caused by tho recent rough ivoather. —Air. John Campbell, architect, is visiting Palmerston No.rth at present in connection with alterations to Mr. Stang’s residence, which has been selected for a vice-regal residence.—Colonel Collins, of the Defence Council, will attend the AA’ellington Easter manoeuvres, instead of the Dunedin manoeuvres as originally arranged.—Stock-Inspector Alillor, of Gisborne, who is at present in AA’ellington, says the To Arai settlors aro -i very like)v looking lot, and lie predicts a great future for tho district.

Tho hindrance to co-operative supply companies becoming immediately popular at their inception is that the general public do not realise that by becoming shareholders they not only obtain their goods at the lowest pneo they can be sold at commensurate with safety, but that they participate in any profits that may be made, by receiving a- bonus or rebate on the purchases at the end of tho year. Onco a householder becomes a shareholder, lie finds the benefits and becomes a life-long customer. The Assouan dam across the river Nile is one of the greatest engineering feats of our generation. Suppose it wero filled with kerosene instead of water, it is n mathematical problem to calculate how long it would take to pump it dry. This week it’s Kerosene Pumps, ab 7d each, at Parnell’s Popular Stan ling Sale.