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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2213, 10 June 1908, Page 2

The latest addition to tli© Telephone Exchange is 477, Mrs. M. H. McDowell, Star Laundry, Ormond Road. Amended: 32, Coker, Dr. A. P., Bright Street. At a meeting of directors of the Lynda Soapmaking and Trading Company last night, it. was decided to engage a secretary and traveller, and aii advertisement appears in this issue inviting applications for that position. The Poverty Bay Rowing Club hold an assembly danco at His Majesty’s Theatre to-morrow evening. -• Dancing commences at 8 and continues until 12 o’clock, to music supplied by Miss Ituth Moore. This morning, about 1 a.m., a mid-dle-aged man entered the Strand Cafe and took possession of a room without the knowledge of the proprietor (Mr. Douglas). Hig presence, however. was discovered, and he was arrested bv Constable Anderson. He will appear at the Court this morning charged with being found illegally on promises;

A special general meeting of the Poverty ißay Mowing Club was held list evening, when there was a full attendance. The question of the proposed new clubhouse was discussed, and it was resolved, that should sufficient support lie forthcoming, tiie erection of the shed Ibe proceeded with. A sub-committee was appo’nted to wait on the Council regarding a -site. A collection made in the room in aid of the proposed clubhouse i< suited in £l2 10s 'being donated. It is proposed, should the building lift proceeded with, to erect a two-storey shed, in size about 60ft by 30ft.

It is understood that during the French Revolution Napoleon insisted that the courtiers must exercise the greatest neatness in disposing of the attire not required at the usual court 'functions.. Such a proceeding is worthy of being followed in the ordinary course of life; this week it’s hat and coat hooks, with porcelain knobs, for twopence, at Parnell’s Popular Saturday Sales, 13th i-uet, only.

Attention is drawn to tho limelight display to bo given by Mr. C. h. Pom ton in tho Salvation Army, Barracks to-night. Tho display will be an excellent one, and there will bo no doubt a large attendance.

I rogrot to hear (writes ,n contributor to the British Weekly) that Mr F. T. Bullen has lost his only surviving son. He was apprenticed on board tho s.s, llazelmoor, and on Sunday, March 20, ho fell over a cliff at Ancoutt and was instantly killed.

There is ia general impression that questions aro allowed at rail political mootings, but a rule is, observed by tho Minister of the Crown not to answer questions from tho. plait form except within their own constituency. Sir Joseph Ward has observed this nulo when speaking in ot'lior places and will prolbably decline to be publicly questioned' 'after his address in the theatre on Saturday evening.

“Your committee recommends that the reading room he closed until such tinio as tho ratepayers request that the room be reopened, seeing that tho said room is so little patronised,” was (the context of a communication from the Reading Room Committee to the Devenport Borough Council last week. The committee f urther recommended that surplus papers, etc, bo forwarded to the Mental Hospital. The proposal was adopted without discussion.

At the Auckland Supremo Court last wet'k in connection with a civil action, Mr. Burton (counsel for plaintiff) intimated that a witness refused point blank, to attend tho proceedings. “Has lie been subpoenaed ? asked His Honor. "Yes,” was tho response. His Honor instructed an officer of the Court to at once telephone tho recalcitrant witness, intimating that if he did not attend immediately it would bo gross contempt of Court.

A very pleasant evening was j=pent at tho Strand Arcade (Auckland) last week (says Auckland “Sport”), when a number of friends assembled to say good-byo to Mr. Segedin, of the firm of Segedin and Ostoja, who nro making Gisborne their headquarters in the future. Tho Rev. walker occupied the ,chair, and in well-chosen words proposed the health of Mr. Segedin. Messrs Ferri, Wenzl Scholium, McGill, Jury (Barton, McGill and Co.), Grace, Nichols, Drew, Fields, Cullen, and Masters also spoke, and special mention was made of the fine manly qualities and business qualification of the guest. Mr. Segedin made an able speech in replying.

A plea for buildings of a uniform size along the waterfront was made by Mr. J. K. Kneen at last meeting of tho Auckland Harbor Board, in the course of a. discussion regarding an application for lease of an allotment. He thought the Board should insist upon uniformity, but Mr. A. J. Entrican .characterised the suggestion as ‘absolute nonsense.” Different businesses, he said, did not require the same size buildings. There were warehouses , founderics, and other buildings of a' more or less diverse nature, but it was not to bo expected that they would all be suited by structures erected oil a hard and fast dimension scale.

A standing grievance of many local bodies throughout the Dominion is the refusal of the Public "Works Department to authorise the expenditure of certain grants. . The matter, (says the Auckland “Star”) is one that especially affects the AVaitemata County council, and came in for some discussion at yesterday’s meeting of that body. The trouble arose through the Department refusing to authorise the expenditure of £l5O for repairs to Orewa bridge, although the money lias been voted for the\ last three years. The Prime Minister had been informed of the position, and of the fact that the bridge is on the route of a mail coach road, and unless some assistance was forthcoming it would have to be closed. Thereupon, Sir Joseph AVard intimated that he would endeavor to get the Minister , u?iiievK'

moneys voted for one riding being appropriated for another.

In connection with the tenders for the 16 electric cranes, which the Auckland Harbor Board has decided to procure, it was urged by Mr. J. B. Macfarlane at the last meeting of the Board, that tenders should be invited locally, as well as in' England. It was stated that in any case the cranes would have to bo obtained at Homo, but Mr. Macfarlane said that this was not the Board’s concern. The local firms claimed that they should be given an opportunity to tender, and He thought that the request should be complied with. Mr. W. J. Napier said that he had been informed by the Minister for Public Works that some private firms in New Zealand were able to import certain goods cheaper than the Government could import them, and in any case, by calling tenders locally, they would only bo giving merchants, who paid dues to the Board, an opportunity of doing merchants’ work. After some discussion it was decided to adopt Mr. Macfarlane’s suggestion, all tenders to bo made returnable to the Board’s engineer (Mr. "\V. H. Hamer) in London.

Tho total quantity of butter stored at Auckland on Friday last was 20,110 boxes, or 502 tons, roughly valued at £40,000. During the week, 200 boxes, or 5 tons were shipped to South Africa,' and the quantity received during the week from factories was 430 boxes, e-ual to 10 tons. According to tho Npw Zealand “Herald,” the butter is now coining to hand in very small lots, only about half a dozen factories being still working. A quantity of milled butter is being received from farmers. The season which _ has lasted for such a phenomenal time, is now practically closed, but the butter in store is a long way more than will ever be required for the local markets during the winter, and tho consumers' are freely expressing the opinion that, prices should fall proportionately instead of remaining at a figure, set by drought conditions early in tho year, when supplies were short.

A telegram .to tihe Associated Press from Pekin says that a plan for tho possible enlistment of foreign, and particularly American, capital ill Manchuria has been disclosed 'by the premature publication of a rescript, issued last March, by which --the Throne grants to tho Governor of the Mukden Province authority to contract a loan of 20,000,000 taels '(about £3,000,000) for the purpose of financing the 'administration of Manchuria. It is understood that an attempt is to he made to negotiate the loan on the guarantee of that portion of the Boxer - indemnity which till© United •States has declared its intention to renounce. It will alsr, secure the power and influence of the United States for the conservation of Manchuria by China. The plan would appear to embrace the participation of Powers which are China’s partial creditors, such as cl Grea t Britain, France, Germany, and Japan.

If the Licensing . Bill should have the effect .upon the price of liqiuor which is apprehended (says. St. James’s (Budget), there may be a desire on the part of the mail whose thirst is deeper than his pocket to emulate that Lord Pembroke of whom Lord Palmerston told a deputation oil the liquor question. “I hope you lilted my wine,” said his lordship to his guests after dinner. “I did my best to please you. As a member of the Government I ought not perhaps to tell you that I got mv claret and Champagne direct through a smuggler. As -for the port, I am answerable for that, as I made, it myself.-” But there remains the possibility that liquors mi ado on the premises may not bo such as the palates of a man’s guests will approve. “Pam” had experience of another wins of which his host spoke with enthusiasm. The statesman get clown his glass with a wry face. “Now I understand what Pindar meant Aihen ho said, ‘W'ater is best,’ ” was his only comment.

For Children’s Hacking Cought at night Woods’ Grea,t Peppermint Cure. Is 6d aa4 2s P J -