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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2262, 6 August 1908, Page 2

Tho Now Zealand Cup winner, Star Rose, was submitted to- auction in New Plymouth on Saturday afternoon, but as there was only one bid of £ls, ho was passed in. Both in Munawatu and in the Foilding district there is a great demand for field carrots this season, and ono Feihling farmer who indulges in mixed farming, and had a few acres of roots, is reaping a profitable harvest. Tho postponed celebrations in connection with Arbor Day will bo held at the Kaiti School grounds on Friday afternoon. Tho usual tree planting will lie indulged in by the pupils of tho school, under the supervision of Mr. G. K. Darton.

For tho purpose of making final arrangements in connection with the Everilt benefit concert to be held m His Majesty's Theatre next Mommy evening, a mooting of tho comnuttoo will be held to-night at 8 o’clock in tho Cosmopolitan C.ub. A meeting of the danco committee of tho Poverty .Bay Rowing Club will bo held at tho Club’s shed this evening at S o’clock to make arrangements in connection with tho pi mi and fancy masque ball t 0 be held in iiis Majestv’s Theatre on August 20th.

Tho Maori Entertainers, who have boon touring the South under the charge ot the Rev. F. A. Bonnott, of Rotorua, passed through Gisborne on the way to Auckland by the AVaikare yesterday. The party, which numbers 26, came ashore, and paid a visit- to Te Rau College.

Mr. Akroyd yesterday received a letter from Dr. J. M. Bell, Inspector of Geologioal Survey, .informing him that Mr. J. H. Adams, of the Geological Department-, had, been instructed to visit the AVaimata mud springs, and to report as early ns possible.

This evening the annual social of the H.A.C.8.5., St. Patrick’s Branch, will be held in His Majesty’s Theatre. The music will ho supplied by the A r ita Bros.’ orchestra and Mr. AVoottou (piano), and a feature of the evening will bo tho Grand March, which commences at 8 o’clock.

Private accommodation is required bv school teachers attending tho Winder School in Gisborne during the third and fourth weeks in this month,' and those who have accommodation, are asked to apply, stating terms, to ■the AVinter Classes Committee, c/o Mr. AV. Morgan.

Unclaimed letters addressed to the following persons are lying at tho Post Office: Barbadoes —li. Babb; New South AVales—V. Bishop, H.AV. Catlierall, M. F. Dargnn, J. E. Hope, A\ . Liggins ; Queensland—fliss May ; United Kingdom—S. Stevens; Cape of Good Hope—P. D. Wakefield ; Dutch New Guinea —ALiss L. AVhite. At the Police Court yesterdaymorning, beforo Mr. AV. A. Barton, S.M., the caso of Police v. Hy. AAm. Hint was again mentioned. Accused was charged with disobeying an order of tho Court requiring him to provide for .tho maintenance of his wife. On the application of Sergeant Hut-ton, tlie information was withdrawn, as the money owing had been paid into Court.

“AA'.ish strongly, desire earnestly,” said Mrs. Besant, and a woman in tho audience whispered, ‘‘l want a motor.” Mrs. Bcsant’s beautiful voice rang out in unconscious reply, ‘‘but be sure you desire wisely. Otherwise your wish may turn to ashes in your hands.” And the listener, remembering what a perilously possession a motor-car might be, felt more content with her present pedestrian lot. , An inquest was held yesterday at-Ma-tawai concerning the death of Prank Kingston, who met his death while buslifalliug on Mr. lan Simson’s station. Air. H. Riddick, J.P., conducted the enquiry, and the following jury was empanelled: Messrs F. Buscke (foreman), A. AV. Spence, J. Doran, C.-Simeon. W. Bourke, and J. Rowley. After' hearing the evidence of the deceased’s man’s mates and Constable Doyle, the jury returned a verdict- of “accidental death.”

A conference of municipal councils and ratepayers interested in the construction of the new bridge to cross the Hutt river was held at Petone last- week to discuss the directions in. which the roads shall lead. It was arranged that the main road on the Day’s Bay side of the river be defined and dedicated by the land-owners, the Lower Hutt Borough Council and the land-owners’ surveyors to worn conjointly, and if the surveyors are- unable to agree upon the position of the roads, the Wellington City Council’s surveyor to act as arbitrator. In any case, the main road will divide the property of Gracefiekl Limited, giving it two frontages.

Speaking on the question of agricultural education for Maoris before the Maori Congress, the Rev. R, T. Ivohere (Gisborne) thought- there was no need for a- separate institution of that character, for in Te Ante College, with its endowments of 4000 acres of good land, they had everything required, only the institution was not doing what it ought to do. On the other hand, the Hon. Wi Pore thought there was no need to teach anyone to work, for if anyone wished to*know he could soon learn. If he (the speaker) had his own way he would arm every Maori boy with an axo and get him into the bush, and after lie had learned to work, and had saved enough money and had grorvn grey .in years, then, and not till then, might he go to school.

Messrs Hull and Thorn, sharebrokers, of Auckland, were in Gisborne yesterday in connection with the floatation of tho Waihi Central group. This group of mines adjoins the Great Waihi mines, and has 7000 feet of frontage to that famous goldfield. The total area covered by the Central group is 288 acres, and several well-known auriferous reefs are thought to pass through tho property. To obtain some idea of the prospects of this group it is only necessary to remembor that the Waihi mine has produced bullion to a value of over £0,500,000, and lias paid over £3,000,000 in dividends, and has produced about £1,000,000 worth of gold per year, and pays dividends of £500,(W0 annually. -Mr. W. Lissant Clayton can give full information about tho Waihi Central group t 0 intending investors. In the Auckland football incident, on the occasion of tho departure of the British team for Sydney, in which footballers seemed to be tumbling into the water in a promiscuous and general kind of way, the Press Agent left one man in the water, with the police dragging for the body. It appears, however, that. the individual swam ashore. Tho reason for tho series of contretemps seems to be uncertain. The footballers were supposed to be shaking hands, and hung 60 long and tenderly over tho farewell that the teamor, as she moved away, either propelled a man off the ship or pulled one off the wharf, and either one or the other “got over the line” that time. In far away Invercargill or in the less distant Dunedin the good people were perturbed by the statement of Air. Harnett over the drunkenness of one community or the impurity of the other. Air. Harnett drop-kicked his maledictions the night before the steamer sailed. At this distance from the scene of the water football tournament there is no record of who the men wore who seemed to be taking headers into the Auckland harbor, but the Rev. Air. Ferguson, of Invercargill!, says the British footballers would have scored more “points” if they had paid less attention to the “pints.” There is only the difference of an “o” in this statement, hut it is a very material difference if it is true. It is a matter for congratulation, however, that no one was drowned in Auckland harbor,« whatever the reason for the men leaving the wharf or the steamer in such a precipitate fashion,

A portion of tho shipment of maize from Fiji, which was discovered on arrivul at Auckland to bo a Hooted with tho Angoumois grain moth and placed in the “freezer” for less than a fortnight shows thut the will not survive in intense cold. There wore no traces of Jive infection after ton days’ freezing.

■Mr A. G. Simms, Government Politologist, states that at Rata, Mr H. M. Downs, a Native, has .planted on his farm 300 mixed fruit trees, most of thorn boing three years old. He intends to plant ail additional 100 acres this season. The soil is well adapted to fruitgrowing, and Mr Downs intends to givo his white brothers a lesson in this important industry. Mr J.ea cl ley, a prominent Ashburton grazier, said at the Farmers’ Union Conference on Monday that the signs of the weather wore all in the direction of a favorable spring and abundance of feed. Consequently there would be a tremendous demand for storo sheep to eat up tho Canterbury grass, and dealers might be expected to bo found shortly in the North Island buying up slice]) in thousands.

Thoro was a slump in the dog market- on Saturday (says the “AVellington Post”), when Mr. James Doyle offered at the destructor thirty-one lots of ownerless animals. They included many breeds, half-breeds, ami no breeds. The best price realised was 12s for an Irish setter. Some of the dogs were sent up country, others were introduced to the lethal chamber. Thoro are over 2200 registered dogs in tho city of AA’ellington. “Tho Americans are coming to New Zealand,” said tho Rev. F. A. Bennott, at tho Maori entertainment in the AVellington Town Hall, “and t-lioro seem to bo mixed feelings as to the kind of reception they are to receive; but 1 hope and trust and believe that their advent will do nothing to weaken tho bonds of sympathy which exist, and which are growing stronger day hy day, between flic Muon and the piikeha peoples. AVe do not want any color line introduced in New Zealand.

From all parts of the Dominion (6ays a AVellington journal) there comes good news of the crops and tho grass; good news of the condition of stock; and good news of the outlook generally. An unusually large number of sheep, including hoggets, aro in a very forward condition, and a few weeks’ fine weather will bring them

to the freezing works. Unless we get something unusually had in tlie weather department, tilings will be all right for the coming season as far as food supply is concerned. This applies to dairying a 6 well as to stockraising.

Labor is organising more and more vigorously (says Saturday’s “AA’elliugton Post”). Copies of tho proposed •constitution for a Federation of Labor aro being circulated among the 310 unions of New Zealand and the Trades Council. As soon as tho Executive Council receives sufficient replies to warrant it calling the- Federation into existence it. will take prompt action. If tho Federation becomes an established fact, conferences of Trades Councils will bo things of the past-. In future there- would be a congress of representatives of industries acting with tho Federal Council which at all times would have a controlling voice in matters affecting the national and political interests of the Labor movement. Similar federations have been established in Australia, America, and Europo. Evidence shows that the opium traffic in New Zealand still exists. With the object of trying to detect any likelihood of smuggling, a number of Customs officials hoarded the Moeraki at AVellington on AVedncsday. Tho vessel was searched from stem to stern, hut tho raid was fruitless as far as the dicovory of opium w.i:, concerned. The regulataion that all dutiable cargo should be entered upon the manifest is said to have caused great commotion. It is said that some members of tlio vessel’s ferew' had neglected to comply with this requirement in respect to somo tobacco. The Customs officials seized

some quantities amounting to 61b, which did not appear in tho statement.

Tho Christchurch “Press” reports that complaints have been made by ship-masters' trading to Lyttelton regarding tho signal stations at Farewell Spit and also at Capo Campbell and the Bluff. It has been pointed out that on the Australian coast vessels are loported from every signal station, whether the master signals or not. AVhen the vessel does not

hoist her numbers the signalman, if lie cannot identify her, will wire a brief description of her, giving her rig and color, and, in the case of a steamer, the color of her funnel. This is in marked contrast with conditions prevailing on the New Zealand coast where, according to many ship-

masters, the men at the signal stations frequently fail to answer signals. An exception is made in the case of Cape Maria Van Dieman. “Not to be long delayed” runs the Town Clerk’s reference to the pro]Kisal to take cars straight through the Basin Reserve, the ton acres of greenery in 'Wellington’s grey centre.

To preserve this body of verdure intact citizens (says the “Wellington Post”) must lose- two or three minutes in a detour, and the rolling stock must suffer on the sharp curves. It is a utilitarian age, especially in Welling-ton—time-saving and money-saving before beauty culture. Therefore the sentence is to he pronounced; the body is to be dismembered, tho Basin is to bo bisected. One may regret tho inevitable, and pray that the host may he made of a “jog” which tho city’s need is said to justify. We would like to soo the remaining green preserved with the addition of flower pots to add ito the charm of that oasis in tho desert of buildings. Some men in Wellington grieve to see the Basin empty; they ache to fill it with bricks and mortar and stucco; some Wellingtonians, as well as nature abhor a vacuum. Even members of the City Council have suggested .that buildings should be put upon the people’s land when it is cut in half by the tramwav track, but the citizens should strenuously resist that desecrating scheme. The Basin is a playground much treasured by children in a crowded, in a crowded part of the city, and is a spot which gives good clieer to adults, even from the top of a car. 1 If the Basin must he cracked, 'Wellington people should watch to save the two pieces from misuse.

CHINESE IMMIGRATION. After October 23rd next the Chinese desiring to enter the .Dominion of New Zealand will he required to pass a reading test which constitutes the perusal of English print to he selected at the discretion, of tho Custom officers. It is believo the test will prove a considerable obstacle to all Chinese, and tho Celestial inflow will dwindle almost to cessation. The following circular has been issued to Collectors of Customs at the various ports of New Zealand by the Department of Trades and Customs;—“Chinese Immigration Act Amendment Act, 1907. Collectors will he good enough to note that- the above quoted Act comes into operation on the expiration of three months from tho date of the publication of the Proclamation appearing in the New Zealand Gazette of the 23rd. July, 1908. Unless amended the Act will apply to all Chinese whether first arrivals in tire

Dominion or not, who arrive alter the time specified, but. the Government lias a Bill under consideration to provide exemption from t-lie reading test for Chinese at present absent on a visit, or for those within the Dominion who desire to go abroad with the intention of again returning to New Zealand.”

Among the many attractions offered by the citizens of New Zealand to the American visitors at Auckland during Fleet "Week, nothing can. in any way compare to the possibility of getting jam sandwich tins for fourpence each at Parnell’s Popular Sat■inKv Sales, Bth inst. only.

No matter how _ delicate the stomach, Stearns’ “Wine always agrees with the patient. Thus it oan he used as a tonic when others would be useless. It is a great restorative.