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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2192, 16 May 1908, Page 2

Oil a farm in North Canterbury there is at present a 40-acre paddock of oats which are just shooting out- in ear. iMr Drummond sowed the oats as a means of providing winter feed for his sheep.

Tlio Rev. J. A. Asher, 8.A., of St. Pauls, Napier, preaches in fit. Andrews Church to-morrow morning and tho Rev. P. Ramsay, the Moderator of the Presbytery, in the evening.

Tho canning industry in the fruit districts of tho United States is becoming a most important one. Tho motto of every successful fruit-grower there is “Sell all you can, and can what you can’t.”

An expenditure of about £SOO is to be made on the ’Wellington Opera House, of which Mr J. C. Williamson is the head. There is to be an alteration of the seating accommodation in tho gallery, the whole of the seats in the stalls are to he re-upholstered, and a drop-curtain of old gold plush is to replace the one now in use.

“We were very tight about Christmas time,” explained a reverend member of the 'Wellington Presbytery to an audience which affected to be considerably startled. He hurriedly added that lie only referred to finance, and that everybody connected with liis church was a prohibitionist. The reception of the little slip indicated that it, is quite a libel on Scotchmen to say they cannot see a joke.

According to the Rotorua “Times” there is a somewhat humorous story afloat at present about a certain fair visitor to Rotorua whoso blooming countenance is not wholly tho work of nature. She visited a certain chemical batli therein, and was not glad, for in spite of all advertisements t 0 the contrary, the colors ran; and now it is a case of purple patches. “Not at home,’ is tho standing order to the maids.

So well pleased are the Wellington cooks and waiters with the success of their venture in organising into a strong union their fellow-workers in Christchurch that they are now tempted to go further afield, and to, endeavor to bring the Auckland hotel and restaurant employees into line. The question was thoroughly discussed at the half-yearly meeting of tlio union on Monday, and the committee of tho union is to report on tho matter at the next meeting.

Last evening the staff of the “Gisborne Times” met to make a presentation to Mr W. P. Porter, who has left the employ of the Company to commence business in this town as a commission agent. The presentation, consisting of a brief bag, silvermounted and engraved, was made by the managing editor, Mr T. Clarkson, who referred to Mr Porter’s many good qualities and wished him success in his new sphere. The heads of the various departments also made brief speeches and Mr Porter mado suitable response.

Mothers will require to exercise considerable caution in the use of foods for very young children (says the Wellington “Post”). At an inquest the other day oil a child who died aged three and a half months, Dr lE.yffe, in giving evidence, said he did not think the patent referred to in the enquiry was tho proper thing to wean an infant upon, as certain children could not digest if. A child of the age of three and a half months should be weaned on pasteurised or boiled fresh milk in the proportion of five tablespoousful of milk to seven of water, with a teaspoonful of sugar and limewatcr.

Speaking to a “Times” representative on Tuesday, Commander Hooper, of the'Government training ship Amokura, said that his boys had now really learnt to work a ship at sea, and many of them felt- that they were full-blown sailors, and desired to take to the sea as a profession. The trouble was that there are so many potential sailor boys and such a little ship. Even though there should never be a larger ship for training purposes available, developments might some day take place that would lead to the establisinent of a training station ashore.

A. sitting of the Native Land Court is to be held in Gisborne on 27th of this month when close upon six hundred cases have been set down for hearing. 'To Kopa-a-tuaki (Waimata) block, which has been advertised in several previous Gazettes, is amongst the number. (This is the block which caused So much disappointment on its being withdrawn from ballot some months ago). It is understood that the Government will endeavor to arrive at some settlement of this longoutstanding case at the present sitting, and that the Crown agent will arrive in Gisborne to conduct the case on behalf of the Government on the opening day of the Court, so that the alleged grievance of the Native owners may be enquired into and the case settled before Mr Wi Pere’s legislative duties call him to Wellington.

Nee-dless to remark when Euclid, one of the greatest mathematicians the world has ever seen, laid down as one of his axioms that the definition of a straight line was tho shortest distance between two points, he was not aware than this week it’* fifty feet clothes lines for eight pence at Parnell’s Popular Saturday Sale.

During the past two weeks over 100 tons of canned fruits were sent away from tlio Frimley works, Hastings. Tho manager of tho works cstnmtes that next season the works will put through nearly 1000 tons of fruit.

A meeting of the Gisborne Freezers’ Union was held in Townley’s Hall last evening when delegates were appointed to meet tho employers to discuss certain matters in dispute previous to applying to the Arbitration Court lor an award.

A little titter rail round tho court (says tlieli Rotorua “Times”, in a recent issue), when a certain witness, asked how a party to the case was dressed at an early hour in the morning, replied :—“Oh, ho had his braces oik” Subsequent inquiry elicited tlio fact that the braces wore not unattached.

“Tho Boss” is ono of the brightest American stories that has yet reached Gisborne. It deals, in smart, crisp language, full of wit, quaint terms, and American slang, with tlio corruption of Tammany Hall, of which tho person speaking inthohook was once Boss. Air T. Adams, bookseller, Gladstone Road, has a large niimbor o: copies of the hook lresli to hand.

Mr \Y. D. Lysiiur lias given notice to move at the next meeting of the Cook County Council “that the necessary stops be taken to place before tlio ratepayers a proposal to borrow £IO,OOO in accordance with the recommendation of the loan committee, and that tho money be apportioned in accordance with the report after £4OOO lias ibeen deducted for loadmakiug plant.”

Tho Alhambra Club’s first social promises to bo a success. Tlio music will be provided by Miss Moore’s orchestra and tho supper by Mr Dustin. In addition to dancing a few musical items will be given. Tho social will bo held in Whinray’s Hall on Thursday next 21st May. Tickets for members anil friends are procurable from the secretary and tire custodian or any of the committee.

“I hope I won’t see you bo’.W ome again, and that you will leave vlink alone,” said Mr. W. A. 'Barton L.M. to a man named AVilliam Ferguson, charged with drunkenness yesterday morning. “As far as the police knows you are a first offender, and I will deal leniently with you, but should you como hero again you .will find the sentence more severe. You are lined 5s and costs in default 24 hours imprisonment.”

Mr Gordon Coleman, the . wellknown trance medium and lecturer, commences a series of lectures for tho Gisborne Spiritualist Society, in Townley’s Hall, Gladstone Road, on (Sunday, at 7 p.m., and at the conclusion of each address, will give psychometric tests from the platform. Mr Coleman is a very powerful magnetic lioaler and masseur, and has been instrumental in effecting some wonderful cures and brings testimonials with him from all parts of New Zealand.

The following unci aimed letters are at tlio Gisborne Post Office:—New South Wales: Mrs M. McMahon, E. Sterling, Mrs V. Thomson, J. Timmins, A. Voillcs, D. Williams; Victoria : E. P. Burns, N. P. Hansen, V. Moiser; Queensland: J. Byrne, Mrs G. Cust; United Kingdom: E. Campbell, Ridley Colebrook, J. W. Osborne, W. F. Richardson, A. Still, G. Wcll6, J. A. Williams; Natal: R. Hutson; Germany: C. J. S. Monteur; South Australia: T. J. >McLouglilin.

“Why are you so foolish? Why can’t you leave liquor alone?” said Mr. W. A. Barton S.M. yesterday morning to an old man who stood in the dock on a charge of procuring liquor during the currancy of a prohibition order. “It seems no uso lecturing you,” continued, his Worship, “and if you don’t leave drink alone I will have to send you to tho inobriates retreat for a couple of years. 'However, you have three previous convictions against you so I will sentence you to goal for three months on the first charge, and fine you £5 or six weeks imprisonment on the second charge, the sentences to ruu consurrently.

There was a large attendance at the Waerenga-a-hika Hall on Thursday night, the occasion ibeing a concert given by Miss Fishendeu’s pupils. The following programme was submitted: —Pianoforte solos: Miss Billie Hamon, May Hird, Winnie Habgood; Pianoforte ducts : Misses Hamon and O’Connell; vocal duet, “I don’t want to play in your yard, ' Misses Julia and Mona Hamon; little Miss Mina Hamon sang “There aiivv another Jfaddy in the world like mine,” and Miss Ivy Robertson sang “Lindy Loo” and “Yokohama Lady.” The Fisherman’s hornpipe was very prettily danced by Misses Nonio Hamon and lv. O’Connell. Master Frank Jones gave two recitations, “Grady’s Goat” and “The Bushman’s Chirstening.” The; comic farce, “Mrs Fizzy’s Lodgers,” caused much laughter. Master George liay and Misses L. Dane and M. Hay gave “Dolly’s Doctor” very prettily. Miss G. Lucas danced the Gypsy’s dance in good style. The concert was followed by a dance, the duties of M.C. being taken by Mr A. Thomson. Supper was handed round ‘by the pupils.

Even at this early date (says the “Dominion”), the forthcoming general election is arousing no small interest among tlio Maoris of the "Western Native electorate, and active electioneering has commenced. A manifesto, issued in the interests of Mr Hone To Ao, of Otaki, who will opposo the sitting member, Mr Henare kaihau, gives poetic salutation to the Natives “in the shadow of the west,” and states that the leading chiefs of the following tribes have agreed to support Hena Te Ao’s candidature: — Ngatiapa, "Wanganui, Ngatiruanui me Ngarauru, Muaupoko, Ngatitoa, and Ngatiraukawa. This would seem a very promising start lor Mr liena Te Ao, who is £i son of the late Mr Ropata Te Ao, who sat in the House of Representatives some years ago, but it is understood that the large "Waikato tribe will vote for the sitting member. There is said to he a split among the "Wanganui Natives, and the members of the other tribes will not necessarily follow, to a man, the example of their chiefs. _ One section of the Wanganui tribe_ is said to be in favor of a third candidate, Mr Hen lieu, of Taupo, and the Maniapoto tribe are putting forward a candidate of their own, Mr Pepene.

The Muriwai Native pa has been a scene of activity the last few days. In addition to the usual occupants there have been present visiting natives from Wairoa, Nuhaka, and Maltha and the total gathering numbered altogether some three hundred. On Thursday a monument to the memory of Komere Bartlett, third son of Mr Thomas Bartlett, of Muriwai, was unveiled. Those present, including Mrs Jas. Carroll and a number of (Europeans, were entertained by Mr and Mrs Bartlett to a most excellent lunch, the marquee being effectively decorated with llowers and evergreens. The unveiling ceremony was performed by Mr J. Townley during tile afternoon and Mr Townlev was afterwards presented by the natives with a valuable Maori mat and’two pilipius. The monument has been erected opposite Mr Bartlett’s house on the Morere road. Yesterday was a day of jubilation and speech-making in the pa. There was the usual spread and gifts were exchanged between the representatives of the various tribes. The visiting natives presented the Muriwai Maoris with an ancient and valuable patu, a block of greenstone and thirteen sovereigns. In return the local Maoris gave the visitors clothing, including •Maori mats, etc, to the value of about <£so, and £25 in cash. The gathering breaks up to-day when the visiting Maoris return to their respective homes,

The sorvico at the Baptist Tabernacle to-morrow morning "'ill bo conducted by 3lr H. G. Blackio, oi Auckland.

A meeting of the Dairymen’s Association was held in the 1‘ unset s Union Club rooms last evening when a set of rules was adopted and ordered to be printed.

The Minister for Lands (the Hon. It. McNab) has informed the Cook Comity Council that the request that a Band Board be appointed for the Poverty .Bay district could not bo granted.

The next Cinderella Assembly dance will .he held in Whim-ay s Hall on Tuesday evening the 19tli inst. instead of the following luesday as previously arranged. -Holders or invitations aro requested to accept tins intimation.

At Wesley Church to-morrow Mr Samson will preach in the morning, and in the evening tho Rev. C. Aitken (of Foxton) will conduct the service. The young people s 'Bible class will meet with the Gisborne Bible Class Union at 3 o’clock in Townley’s Hall. There will be no service at Waimata owing to an accident to tho Kev. C. Griffin.

A resident 0 f Waerenga-a-hika has shown during the season just closed that there is a good deal of pioiit to ho obtained from walnut trees, having sold no less than £29 worth of nut 6 from twenty-live trees, liiey are aIL full-grown, haying been planted twenty-five years ago, and being free from the natural pests that cause such great destruction to fruit trees, they give little trouble to their owner.

“Here, take tho lino out of tliisl cried a man at tho top of his voice, brandishing a dirt-stained bank note, when his mate, apparently a seaman, had been fined os for being drunk m tho Police Court yesterday morning. “Wait,” said the constable. Here, take the money and let him go, interjected the man. “Put that man outside,” commanded Mr. Barton, and as the constable proceeded to remove him, it became, apparent, although it was not yet eleven o clock that ho had already bent his elbow fin Hieiontlv often to make him unsteady on his legs, and he was marched off to the lockup to recuperate, and will probably have an opportunity to pay a fine for himself this morning.

When the Haupiri arrived ill the Bay from Auckland yesterday morning three of the crew were brought ashore for medical treatment. At Auckland a man named Jones joined the ship. He had an injured leg and unfortunately made the mistake of applying, as a liniment, carbolic acid instead of carbolic oil, the result being a severe burn which almost disabled him. While working at Tokoinai'u a seaman named J. Martin had his fingers badly crushed between the jetty and the surf .boat, and while hauling up tho ancor at Waipiro yesterday another member of the crew got entangled in the winch, and had two ribs broken. The injured men were attended to by Dr Collins and, on his advice, the' man whose ribs were broken was removed to the hospital.

The London Times on Alcohol in 1852: “It is a peculiarity of spiritdrinking that the money spent upon it is, at the best, thrown away, and, in general, far worse than thrown away. It neither supplies tho natural wants of man, nor offers an adequate substitute for them. No w r ay so rapicl to increase the wealth of nations and the morality of society could be devised, as the utter annihilation of the manufacture of ardent spirits, constituting as they do an infinite waste and an unmitigated evil.” *

THE FARMERS’ MUSEUM. In the place where men once moved briskly to and fro, fitting themselvesfor their country’s defence, bottles and other things are to stand still—also for the country’s defence and advancement (says the "Wellington “Post”). The old Drill Hall is to be converted into an Agicultural Museum, and the" news will be very pleasing to farmers in all parts of New Zealand. When Mr T. W. Kirk, Government Biologist, began collecting specimens he hardly realised the dimensions the institution would attain. The bottles and tlie eases increased and multiplied till they commenced to overflow all the space that could bo spared fo them. Then there was talk of stowing away the exhibits for a time, and then men on the land at once urged the Government not to put the treasures out of sight. Now the fears of the farmers are dispelled, for the specimens are to have ample accotnmouation. The museum is not merely an assortment of freaks, though naturally it includes a few oddities. It is really a school, and a valuable one. At a glance it enables tho agriculturalist to see tho good done by his friends -and the evil wrought bv his foes. The many pamphlets which are issued from the Government press do much to enlighten the farmer, and tho museum greatly assists to make the lessons sink in deeply and profitably.

THIS NORMYL TREATMENT. The association of clergymen, magistrates and others which was formed, in London in 1904 to promote the adoption of the Normyl treatment for alcoholism has been receiving the progress of its work. In the interval of four years, 6600 inebriates have undergone tho treatment, and out of this number the “failures” have not amounted to 8 per cent. Tho secretary states that in nearly every unsuccessful case the patient admitted that the conditions of the treatment had not been faithfully carried out. The treatment itself (discovered by Mr. Hulton Dixon, a Canadian chemist) is a. combination of vegetables dru"s. They are guaranteed to be innocuous, and are taken “once m every waking hour for 24 days. It is said that the craving for alcohol nearly always disappears after the first few days, and the rest ol the treatment counteracts tho previous effects of alcohol and renews tho willpower.

LABOR v. LABOR. The House of Commons offers nomore inspiring in these days than o the .spectacle of Mr John Burns tearing the case of a Labor opponent to pieces, and then figuratively dancing on the fragments (writes the London correspondent of the “Age.’ ) Thackeray once said that it- took an irishman to hate an Irishman. But the Irishman is temperamentally variable; his hates and loves are pften transciont. His sense of humor may intervene at any moment. In the House of Commons humor is scarce at all times, especially among the Democratic champions, and it has become clear of late that it takes a Labor man to provoke a Labor man to the most exquisite point of exasperation. The process is not a delicate one as a rule. In Mr Burn’s, method of dealing with persons who, remind him of his former Hyde Bark and Trafalgar Square sentiments there is a rich medieval fervor, which is highly comic to the onlooker. The “Right Honorable John,” as the Socialists call him in an effort to be sarcastic, is always well armed with facts, and takes the offensive at once •with great zest. "When he has a good tiling to say, he imparts it after the manner of the gimlet. If Mr Crooks, who is developing a mortal dislike towards him, shows that lie lias had more than enough of a certain unpleasant argument, the Labor Minister calls out across the gangway to him, “I hope the lion, member for "Woolwich will give his particular attention to this”—and then the same point is illustrated and emphasised anew. Mr Burns is greatly admired by his colleagues in the Califnet, for he has done much for the Government by his splendid energy and fearless administration, but some of them wish that he was less ready to make enemies.