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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2181, 4 May 1908, Page 2

Mr C. B. Bloorc has been appointed Gisborne agent for the Standard Fire and Marine Insurance Co. of New Zealand, Ltd., and is prepared to accept town and country risks.

iMr A. F. Kennedy invites the friends of the Mayor (Mr John Townley) to meet at the Turf .Club rooms. Masonic .Hotel, this afternoon at half-past three. A targe attendance is requested.

Two inebriates, who were 'unfortunate enough to fall into the hands of the police, were brought before Mr W. A. ‘Barton, S.M., on Saturday morning and, as it was their first time in trouble, were fined 5s each, in default 24 hours’ imprisonment.

.A youug married couple recently took a contract for grubbing gorse in tile Kai I-w-i district, and may now be seen working side by side. They live in a tent. Thus are husband and wife commencing the work of establishing themselves on the land.

Mr W. F. Massey, leader of tlic Opposition Party, who remains hi the district until Wednesday next, will motor to several of the country districts to-day and to-morrow. Mr Massey nad party will call at Ormond this morning and will be pleased to meet settlers there. They will lunch at Te Karaka and will be at Patutahi to-morrow,

A largo number of tlio new sottiers on the To Arai estate are going in for dairying and next season will probably soo u larger output ol butter in the district.

■Saturday night was one of tho quietest nights experienced in Gisborno for some time, everything being very orderly. Contrary to the usual state of affairs, there was only one arrest for drunkenness.

Tho attention of those intending to take lessons in drawing in any of its branches arc reminded that the class initiated at tho-Technical School under the instruction- of Alitjs Cumnving will commence to-morrow, luosday evening. There is room for a few more pupils.

Tim practical examinations of tho Associated Board of the Royal Academy of Aluisic and Royal College ol Made will this year he conducted by Air. Thomas F. Dunhill, who :is already very favorably known in New Zealand, having carried out a portion of tho work in 1905-G. Tho date of his arrival will ho announced m due course.

As tho result of tlm 1907 practical examinations, Air. Henry AV. Norris, a violin student of Invercargill, has been awarded one of the exhibitions offered annually to candidates at tho Board's examinations in Australasia, Atr. Norris will accordingly receive a free course of tuition, of at least two years’ duration.at the Royal Academy of Alusic, London.

A householder at a Canterbury School Committee election referred to tho fact that, during tlm previous year, the school library had been augmented -by a number of volumes presented b.v an anonymous* .giver. “I intend to make an anonymous gift of of books this year,” he pursued, “and I hope there are others present .who will do the same.”

Tho return of tlio revenue collected at tho Grisborno Post Ollira for tho three months ending March 31st hist amounted to £29o6—including private box and bag -rents £V-'7, stamps £395, and telegraph messag ■ £2083. Six hundred and twenty one accounts were, opened at the (Savings Bank and 377 closed, leaving 3997 doposits covering £01598 still on hand.

A round was made of the Napier land and estate agents on ,Saturday by a Pres.': representative in the search for a house, not for himself, but simply to know if such a -thing could bo got. The first agent called on said : “AVe have from six to nine people in here every day searching for hollies to rent, and there if. o" an average .about one house a month to let them have. Three people have been- in this morning.” Another agent gave it -as his opinion that if 100 cottages were erected to-morrow he could let them in a -week.

Ail adjourned meeting of the licensing Bench was held on Saturday. Present: Air. AV. A, Barton, S.M. (chairman), J. Somervell, and D. Hepburn. The application of C. Neenan for the renewal of his license, which had been adjourned from time to time pending the completion of the new premises, was granted, on condition that several small alterations were attended t-o, as .the building was now ready for occupation. An application for leave of absence by IAIr. J. B. Hollier was granted. Mr. AVray Nolan appeared for applicants in both cases.

In conversation with a “Times” reporter on Saturday Mr- AV. Jaques, Government canning expert, said that during his stay in Gisborne lie had a good many conversations with fruit growers and hoped that the industry would be pushed ahead in the district. The growers seem very willing to accept any advice from the Department, and they may rest assured the Department -will do all it can to further fruit-growing here. “I only wish there was .production enough to justify starting a canning factory,” he said in conclusion, “and the growers would soon see how the business pays.”

An incident was narrated by Air. F. AV. (Lang, ALP., at- his meeting at Onehunga. He said that not long ago .the Government by mistake, erected a small building on some private property in a country district. The owner of the land offered to grant tho .department concerned a lease of the land on reasonable terms, but this offer was refused, the Government desiring to buy the land. The owner, Air. Lang said, was informed that if lie did not agree to sell the land it would be taken under the Public Works Act. ISuch., he said, was the consistency of their leasehold Government.

In common with other parts of tlio district, the To Aral settlement is looking at its best- just now, ami the new sottlers are well pleased with their lot. There is an abundance of feed and tho areas along the main road are heavily stocked with sheep and cattle in first class condition. The new-comers have wasted no timo in .getting to work and already quite a lot of fencing has been done and building operations are in- full swing. The settlers roeO-gniso that every, day just now is worth a week -in winter to them, for whilst the main road is satisfactory at present the first few days of rain will transform it into a quagmire quite dmpassablo for heavy traffic.

Now Zealand was proclaimed a Dominion on September 26th, but it will ho a month or so before the school children receive the promised commemorative medal. The selection., of a suitable design, -and preparation of the dies could -not be -hurried, and one fact alone which should compensate for the delay is that the very creditable production is entirely of New Zealand manufacture. A little larger than a shilling, and made of magnaliuui, it is remarkably light, weighing about as much as the .mock coins of cardboard to which children are accustomed in the schools. The metal' is hard and bright, a good improvement upon pewter, and really better in appearance than -aluminium. Its inscriptions have already been published.

.A lady teacher in the (Marlborough district, who lias .been appointed to an aided or “household” school, has resigned because she avas expected by those with whom she was living to scrub floors and do other menial work scarcely suitible to her position. Mr. Conoiiy,! a member of the Marlborough Education Board, stated at a meeting when the resignation was received that lie had heard many complaints of a similar character in connection with aided schools. Other members said they had heard complaints. 'Mr Header said lie had heard of a teacher being “chucked” a good heap of stockings and being asked to darn them, while others had heard of teachers being 'asked to milk cows. The Board has decided to issue a circular to all interested in aided schools, pointing out that there is a regulation dealing with teachers’ conditions of life, and that the‘Board discountenances any imposition on the teachers.

'Our Frasertown correspondent writes: The gap in the Waikaremo-ana-Rotorua road, between Hupurualiine and Ruatahuna has 'been taken in hand by the Government and a bridle track, 6ft in width, is being formed to connect- these two points. Four parties of natives under Mr Warbrick, the well-known Rotorua guide, are engaged on the work. On one section of the road from R-uata-liuua to P-apatotara, where the Gis-•borne-Rotorua stock track via ■Df-au-•ngapowhatu junctions, a distance of about three miles has been completed. Another section of the road between Papatotara and Oringitutaetutu creek is now in hand, and when that .is completed the section between the last named place and Hivpuruahine- will be proceeded with, thus connecting the two ends of the coach road. 'That portion of the formed coach road he- ; tween Lake -House and Hupunvahine ; w-hioli has been allowed to fall into disrepair will be opened up for traf- . fic. It is liowed the -road will be com- ! pleted in t-imefor-n'est tourist season,

A supposed (holt of a saddle from tin) horse bazaar was reported to the police on Saturday morning, but it was returned yesterday by an individual who stated that it had been placed on his horse by mistake.

A meeting was held fin Auckland last week to consider the advisability of organising a farm laborers union to take in all the workers from Gisborne to the North Capo. It is likely that a union will be formed and the Arbitration Court asked to fix tho wagon and hours of labor, etc.

Tho rather unusual sight of a cricket match and a football match being played simultaneously, was witnessed on the Victoria Domain on Saturday, when To 11 an and Wanderers were lighting out the final of tho Club Cricket Championship on ono ground, whore the Maori and Pa’keha footballers were trying conclusions on the other.

Speaking at a meeting last week of tho New Zealand Farmers’ Union Provincial Executive, .Mr iS. Scruby, of Wade, urged the union to take .an active part m politics. Either they had to make up tlicir nuinds that they were going to govern or be governed. He said that it was quite time the order of things was changed, to that tho farmers would not have to go cap in hand, and crawl upon tlicir knees for what they wanted. “AVe must make up our minds to move to-day,” he added, “for to-morrow may be too late.”

Though chess players “follow the book” a good deal, they completely ran riot with tho rules governing public meetings when they had their “wind-up” social alter the congress in Wellington. Toasts were proposed in a haphazard way by various gentlemen, who omitted to wait until previous items of the kind had been cliily acknowledged, so that some awkward double-banking occurred. The climax came, however, with the toast of “The Chairman.” It was accorded musical honours, and Dr. Fitchett was loudly called upon to respond. “There are greater charms in chess than I imagined,” he commenced, and then he told his hearers, in whom feelings of astonishment and amusement struggled for mastery, Fiat only five minutes before he had a- 1 ed someone near him who was chairman? Tho reply was, “the ’8® 11 " tleman on your right,” so that the toast in his honour was a revelation. Then the oschest-ra got out of hand, and played “God Save the King prematurely, the National Anthem bejjscf ip consequence the cause of as much amusement as the pantomime ditty, “After you with the Soap.'

In a smaller way the big canker which lias divided the 'football world into amateur and professional seems to be attacking New Zealand chess. Usually the prizes at the annual championship tourney are trophies, the first prize being worth £2O. lms year, however, the players met at the beginning of the congress and passed a resolution in favor of the cash system. Apparently the governing 'body, the New Zealand Chess Association, did not troulhie much about it, or had no settled policy, for the players decision was followed, though not without some protest. iMr J. it! Connell, the Wairoa delegate, told Ins fellow players at their social gathering that he regarded chess as -a fine mental discipline. It was to tlie mind, what athletics was to the body, and there must be a balance. He hoped chess would never become professional, and lie. would not care to see anything but tho amateur system pure and simple. Chess would exist on its own morits without .any outside inducement. Mr Littlejohn, a vice-presi-dent of the Wellington Chess Club, also referred t 0 the cash prize system. He did not wish to introduce a discordant note into a pleasant gathering, but the cash system, or, as he preferred to call it, the professional system, would have to be dealt with.

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