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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2228, 27 June 1908, Page 2

Tlio annual balanco-shoet of tlio Bank of Now Zealand is published in this issue, and will bo found oil pages 1 and 3.

Tho secretary of the Friendly societies’ Conference reminds members of tho various 'Lodges that oontributioiiH to tho Hospital Fund are due on July Ist.

At tho Police Court yesterday morning, before Air. \V. A. Barton, S.AI., Richard Solomon, for a third offence of drunkenness within a period of six months, was convicted anil sentenced to fourteen days’ imprisonment.

Mr. AY. Crump, builder, of Gisboruo, has been declared bankrupt. The first meeting of creditors will bo held at tho office of the Official Assignee (Mr. J. Coleman) at 2.30 p.m. on July 6th.

From all apnea ranees local bowlers are likely to have a record season this year iso far as the ploying period is eoneornted. The opening took place as far back as October, and tho greens at Kaiti, thanks to the fine weather, aro still in first-class condition.

On Monday evening, at 8 o’clock, the usual monthly meeting of tlio NoLicense League will be hold in St. Andrew’s Schoolroom. Jmportiaint business will be transacted, and all workers and friends aro invited to attend.

At tlio Baptist Tabernacle to-mor-row, at 11 a.m., the Rev. AY. Lamb will preach on “The Glory ofthe children of God,” and in tho ©veiling, at 7, on “The Tragedy of having a religion that cannot save.” A special invitation is given to those who have doubts to bo present.

At AVeeley Church to-morrow, Air. Grubb will preach in tho morning on “How to pray.” The Rev. C. Griffin’s subject in the evening is “AVhat value God puts upon man.” TheA r oung People’s Bible Class meets in tlio afternoon. Air. Griffin will conduct services at AYaihuka in tho morning, and at Ormond in tlio afternoon.

A meeting of tlio Trades and Labor Council will be held to-night in Air. G. Darton’s office ,at 7.80, when the proposed rules and constitution will como up for adoption. The question of appointing a delegate to the Trades and Labor 1 .Council Conference, to be held at AVellington next month, will also bo considered.

There will bo a special Church parade of the Publio School Cadets at Holy Trinity Church at ll a.m.tomorxow. Tho City Band will head tho march through the town, and a large number of cadets will probably attend. The vicar will officiate at the service. Parents of tho cadets and adults generally are invited to the service. The vicar will also occupy tho pulpit in tho Church at tlio evening service to-morrow.

Air. T. Adams, bookseller, lias again opened .up a large supply of tlio latest and best American and EngJHi- fiction. Among tlio American books to hand is a fine story of railway life by Frank Spearman, entitled “Whispering Smith,” and a. story, of Yirginian life.’entitled “The way of a man,” by .Emerson Hough. Both stories aro full of exciting adventure. are well written, land aro in the.; front rank of this class of literature. .

A t.'tliorfeliee Court yesterday morning, before Air. AY. A. Barton, S.AL, tho young man Edward Boniface, who was arrested in connection with tlio recent burglary at AA’aerenga-a-liika, was charged with having, at AYacreuga-a-hika, on April 22, broken and entered the premises of Ilobt. Colobrook, and stolen therefrom one tin cash box, containing £l9 in monon and £2l in cheques, also olio tin deed hox, containing sundry papers and a pocket-book. On tho application of the police, a remand was granted until July 3rd, accused offering no objection.

A largely-attended meeting of the Women’s Guild was held in Town,ley’s Hall yesterday afternoon-; Mrs. Scott in the chair. The following subscriptions were received: The Mayor (Mr, V. 1). Lysnar)- £2 2s, Mr W. liissant Clayton £2 2s, Mrs. Parker £l, and Mr. Zachariah’s counter box os. It was decided to send a telegram to the Hon. It. McNab thanking him for ■a gift of an acre of land' for a Maternity Home. The Guild intend to make arrangements to hold a sacred concert' in His Majesty’s Theatre at an early date. The offers of a ladies’ committee tq hold id social at To Arai and a Gisborne lady to provide an entertainment in aid of the Home were accepted. (Mrs. Scott was deputed to make arrangements t 0 hold a social in tlio new drill hull as soon as the building is opened. A iietitioner for divorce was under examination, before Mr. Justice Simpson at Sydney last week (says the “Sydney iMorning Herald”). iHis wife, ho said, had deserted him, and as ho was evidently well posted in legal procedure or “the law’s refinements, His 'Honor asked him whether anyone had suggested to him that he could get a. divorce on the ground of desertion. He replied, “No.” “Well, how did you come to know that you could get la divorce?” “I read it.” “You read the newspapers, I suppose?” Ye 6, sir.” “The divorce cases?” “Yes, sir.” His Honor then observed that a Judge at one time 6aid that almost every divorce granted brought about a desire on the part of other people to apply for a divorce on their own account, and he supposed there might bo something in it. Eventually petitioner was granted a decree nisi for the dissolution of the marriage. At Wairoa last week a largely-at-tended public meeting was held to consider the question of lighting the town by electricity. After considerable discussion, the following resolution was unanimously carried :—(1) That the time has now arrived when it is necessary for an up-to-date system of lighting the town of Wairou be considered, and it is the wish of the majority of ratepayers present that electricity generated by section power be installed, and that‘the Town Board be requested to give the matter their immediate and favorable considembiom - (2) That providing the Town Board cannot see its way clear to undertake the scheme, a local svndieate or an individual firm ho granted the right for a term of years? and on such conditions as tho Town Board may deem to be in the Lest interests of the ratepayers. An amendment as follows was proposed and rejected: That the Town 'Board communicate with the Napier and Gisborne Chambers of. Commerce to ascertain if they will join, in getting a scheme and in the event of their not agreeing, that the original proposal of allowing £SO he adopted for tho best system of lighting Wairoa, Also that the Government Electrial ’Engir neer he asked to report on the best system of lighting the town.

One of the most- amusing features at the garden "arty for children held by Lady Alcomon at her country house was a game of dipping for small coins in a bath charged with electricity. One precocious youngster to overcome the difficulty got a dipper to bail the water out, and this week it’s tin dippers for sevenpence each at Parnell’s Popular Saturday Sales, 27th inst. only.

A local slieopfarmor. after carefully investigating the facts, has como to the conclusion that iullv £500,000 of New Zealand money has gone to .Queensland within a recent period as tlio result of the land boom there.

It has been disclosed that Sir Thomas Liptqn’s three attempts to will tho America Cup have cost him for tlio yachts alone £IOO,OOO. The racing cutter Shamrock, just launched, will cost him £15,000.

It is understood (says a. F-rasortown correspondent) that Run has political aspirations, and would not bo averse to a soat in tho Upper House if it woro offered to him. In any ease, ho is almost certain to contest one of tho Maori electorates at the forthcoming elections.

Air Frasor, ALP. on defence.—“Tlio fortification of our ports is the most wicked thing this Government ever voted money for. Guns were imported from Homo which were absolutely obsolete when placed in tho forts. They would not tickle the epidermis of a warship.”

Scarlet fever is unusually prevalent in Otago ami Southland this winter. Up to Juno 22 forty-live cases have boon reported during tho present month. For tho whole of Juno in 1900 there were only nineteen, and in 1907 twelve. Last month there were fifty-nine cases.

Householders who have coppers built in in. the open would do well to protect their property (remarks tlio “Dominion.”) It was stated in tho AVellington Alagistrate’s Court that a number of coppers so situated have been broken up. by sneak thieves of late, and sold to doalers as old copper.

At tho Dunedin Fanciers’ Show Air Alt Cbughlan’fi Australian terrier slut Tess, valued at £lO, hanged herself. Apparently it was not a case of suicide. Tho little thing had been put on a bench and tethered with a rather long chain, and, venturing to the edge,, she toppled over, and died by dangling.

Tho waltzing competition at the Gisborno Private ißund’s social on Tuesday night next lias aroused a great amount of interest amongst thelocal dancers. The tickets have sold freely, .and tlio social promises to be very successful. The dress circle will be open for the convenience of spectators, while the s.uno excellent arrangements that mad© their last social so successful arc being carried out on this occasion.

The Friendly Societies’ Conference held their annual meeting last night in the Oddfellows’ Hall. Tho President (Bro. C. F. Lewis) presided, and all Lodges were represented': The annual report, showing a profit on the year’s working, w r as read and was considered extremely, satisfactory. Tho Conference Fund is in a sound position, and keen, interest was manifested last night in tlio affairs of tlio Conference generally; Bro. C. F. Lewis was .again unanimously elected President of tlio Conference and Bro. H. J. Bindlo vice-president. Bro. H. J. Alley was re-appointed secretary, and a small memento was presented to him in recognition of his past services to the Conference.

The Taupe correspondent of tho Auckland “Star” states that a lai'go tangi has just been concluded at Alokai over tlio hotly of Ahumai To Pae-rat-i, who recently died there. The deceased lady was a chieftainess of high rank and ivas famous in Alaori history as - taking part in the battle of Orakau/ in tho Waikato, against the British troops. After Itewi gave his defiant- reply to tlio British ultimatum to surrender, namely, ‘ ‘AYo will fight on for ever and ever and ever,” the officer (Alajor Alair) requested that the women and children should com© out of tlio pa, so as not to be killed. Then Ahumai Te Pae-rat-a, who was a young woman, jumped on tlio parapet and -also hurled the historical reply, viz., “Where our fathers and brothers tlio there we also shall die.” So Alajor -Main retired and the siege went on with fierce determination on both sides.- Ahumai had one of her fingers shot off. f Another bullet passed through tlio palm of -her band and two hi ore bullets pierced her body, yet she still fought oil -till tho British troops ultimately won tho battle after great loss. Ahumai was about eighty-four years of age.

ilLartlopool, England, has, says the London' “Daily Mail,” a six-year-old hero in Leonard AA’olkenberg, "the son of the Rev. R. L. AVolkenberg, curate of tho parish- of Holy Trinity. who has distinguished himself by saving his baby sister Marjorie from being burned to death. Marjorie, aged seventeen months, had been put to bed in the afternoon. Air and Airs AA r olkenberg were out, and Leonard and a servant were downstairs. Hearing tho baby cry, the servant ran upstairs, to find the baby’s cot ou fire and the bedroom full of smoke. (She returned downstairs for clotlis to put round her head -before entering the room, but-in the meantime Leonard ran to tho bedroom, lifted his little sister from her cot, -and carried her safely downstairs. Part of tho baby’s clothing was burned, but her only injury was a slight burn at tho back of the neck. The cot and bedclothes wero destroyed. The little hero appeared quite unconcerned over the incident. “I was just going for Alarjorie, he said. “I was not going, to leave baby.” By some means the little girl found some matches, and was playing with them in her cot.

(( The Alusterton correspondent of the dominion” states that the presence.oi mind of Mr. T. Wilson, engineUriver, on a recent evening nrobablv saved tlie Waipulnirau-J)ahnevirke tram from awful disaster. It appears tnat while the train was steaming down the incline to Piripiri, AVilson noticed far ahead a horse galloping along the lino towards Mangatera, As tile tram overhauled it the fugitive suddenly disappeared from view. For a . moment or two the enginedriver was at loss to account tor such a strange disappearanco, till the possibility dawned upon him that the .horse had run on the Mangatera viaduct and fallen between the sleepers. Realising that the horse would have inevitably stuck fast, AA'ilson applied the AA’estingbouse brake and pulled up the train iust a few yards from the bridge. Hi's surmise proved correct, as the horse was discovered firmly held between the sleepers, and in such a manner that, had tlie locomotive struck it, the train must - have been thrown to the bottom of the underiving ravine, several hundred feet below. Efforts to .release the animal in a live condition proved unsuccessful, and were abandoned, and the poor creature bad to be shot. A good deal of time was subsequently taken up in removing the carcase, and the train eventually arrived at Dannevirke an hour late. ORIGIN OF DISEASE. Nine-tenths of the principal diseases which to-day afflict the human race have their rise in a common, ordinary, little cold. The history of most cases of disease of this character is very much the same. The cold comes, and is neglected. It moves down from, noso to throat,from throat to bronchial tubes and lungs, and when it doesn’t end there, m consumption. Its after effects are sure to weaken the kidneys, liver, and heart. . This is all accepted, and taught in the medical schools of today. It is well for you to remember it. An equally important fact to remember is that the proper and only scientific treatment for a cold in any stage is Dr. Sheldon’s New Discovery for Coughs, Colds, ana Consumption. This medicine will cure any kind of a cold or cough, and will prevent all the dangerous after effects of lung and Throat Diseases. It is guaranteed to cure. Try it. Price, Is 6d and 3s. Obtainable at A. W. J. Mann’s, chemist, agent.