The Gisborne Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2338, 3 November 1908, Page 4

The Gisborne Times . PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING.

uouontu cvcm murt rvirvu. IL -111 Jj ■ cate, etc., to a f airily large section, of the ICing Country coinnnmity, i would be ridiculous to expect till sly grog sellers or their friends t parade their grog shops and drunk before him. The grog shops do no carry big gilt signs, 'and the drunk inostly sneak home or are assiste* home when no one is about. If ther is a temperance lecturer about, the: are all the more careful 1 . The pal reals of these places will not giv them away. On the contrary the protect them. I remember on on occasion three men were sent to ga< for sly grog selling. When thei sentences expired, they were welcoro ed home by a social and dunce given in their honor. There was liquor o: the xiremises at that social, and a si; grog shop was in full swing nex door. These are facts I could ewe a

to. No-license sounds very nice am very feasible, land if anyone can prov ] to me tdiat it means prohibition o i that what I state is not correct I wii < vote for it. J3ut after what I haV t seen I can come only to one eonclus ion, aiwl that is that it- is a misei ; able, unholy failure.—l am, etc., : tj 4 X 2.”

I The -woodwork class •of the Technical School will meet, as usual, this evening. " "‘“Ministers are keeping themselves in power with your monoy.”:—Mr. O. Darton at the 'Theatre. 1 Mr. J. C. Field announces that he • is a can didate.tor the representation ; of the Waimata riding on the Cook j County Council. An inset with reference to Messrs ! F. Si Malcolm and Co.’s furniture " sale, to-day and to-morrow is circulated in this issue of the “Gisborne ■ Times.” I In Christchurch, last week, the ltev. J. S. Reid stated that lie did not , think the prospects of no-license boj ing carried in Bruce this year were 1 bright. In 1905 the reform had I failed by five votes, and under the I re-distribution of. the electorates a J portion of the Tunpeka district, containing six or. seven hotels, had been included in Bruce, and the outlook therefore was not hopeful this year. Of the four chief centres of the Dominion, Wellington has the smallest death-rate for the month of September. According to the last issue of the “Gazette,” the mortality rate per lUOO population of the capital was 0.63. Christchurch is returned at 0.74, Auckland 0.93, and Dunedin 0.97. The rates are based on the assummed population for January, 1908. These are given as follows: Auckland (and suburbs), 89,577; Wellington, 70,947 ; Christchurch, 73,462 ; Dunedin, 59,495. “Suppose wc oarried no-license in three-fourths of the electorates of New Zealand 1 ,” said. Mr John Lane, in Christchurch, a few nights ago, in •attacking the threc-frftjlis majority principle of the local option poll, “and then rested on our oars, but later woke to find that the liquor

party diad polled more votes than to had,, ".vould they sit, down and wait for a three-fifths majority? No! They would use all endeavours to bring about a bare majority, and it is what the No-license Party must do at present, but this election they must not divide it.” - During the discussion on the licensing question at the Anglican Synod at Christchurch,- the other evening, the Rev. C. Gordon Biddle, vicar of Lceston, incidentally mentioned that he had travelled the world over, and had worked for eight years in the London slums, and had never seen so much drunkenness —not to mention immorality—as had ta'ken place at the Labor Day picnic at Leeston. In spite of this deplorable state of affairs, however, it was a significant fact that not one conviction had been recorded on that date in the local Police Court.

There is a scarcity of intelligent farm laborers just now, and a good hand is highly prized. A Hutt Valley dairy farmer was just on the point of congratulating himself upon securing a, “good milker” the other day. He went to town on the strength of the added assistence, only to return home in the evening to find that the “good hand” had practically ceased operations with his departure for the city, after casually inquiring of the other man on the place if there was any allowance for a two hours’ nap at dinner time. He returned at dinner time—a little late, nearly 2 o’clock in fact—and then good-bye. A gentleman who has attained the rank of J.P., and endeavours to live up to his privileges, met with a. surprise in one of the suburban courts recently (says the “Sydney Daily Telegraph”). He had taken a on the Bench, not ft>r the purpose of adjudicating, but in order to listen to a case of some local interest. After a time he felt impelled to send to the reporters’ box a memorandum in which lie expressed a hope that the press would give full prominence to the case then proceeding. It was, lie said, affecting the interests of the

whole community, and he added other words of wisdom which undoubtedly fell oil stony ground. The reporters present were two flippalit youths, and shortly after an urbane police sergeant handed back to the honorary magistrate the memorandum, which now'bore the startling addenda : “Contents noted; matter will receive duo consideration—Alfred Deakin.” J( Approved.—George Houston licit! • (liis mark).” Some timo ago a considerable area between tilie north mole and the Moody wharf at Timaru was reclaimed, the material being largely shingle obtained from the beach to the south of the harbor, and, .in ,'order to facilitate the loading of the shingle into trucks, the Timaru Harbor Board’s engineer at that time, Mr. J. H. Baynes, constructed a shingle elevator by' adapting a Priestman crane to operate a bucket chain, with a side delivery into the trucks. At a meeting of the Board on Friday a letter was received from the Quertier Excavator and Ballast Filler Company, Dunedin, claiming a royalty of 4d per ton on 51,000 tons, for infringement of the company’s patent rights. The company alleged that the elevator was exactly similar in principle to that patented and sold by it, and, in addition to the royalty, .asked for an undertaking that its patent rights would not be again infringed. The Board? received the letter, and gave instructions that a copy of it. should. bo’sent to Mr. Baynes, who is now in Queensland, asking him for an explanation. Sir Robert Stoilt delivered a little homily to young men after an oratorical. competition in’ the Wellington Town Hall the other night. He exhorted them to* take a higher share in public life. In the earlier days young men did not wait so long before taking part ini civic duties. He himself at twenty-four had taken a prominent part in politics, .and at twenty-six became a member of the Provincial Council. The future of this young country rested with its young men, and he hoped l they would feel that the highest duty they could perform was to take an active part in civic life. It was all very well to be a good footballer, but it was not the highest function of "manhood to kick a piece of leather. There was more to be done than that. He hoped that _ young men would take an intelligent interest in political questions. If they would set truth first and patriotism highest, and think less of themselves than their country, lie believed that, inspired bv such ideals, they would have in this new nation the highest form of Government possible.

Another feature in regard to the small grazing runs yet to be explained, though as far as wo can learn no definite information can be obtained on the- subject, except that this week it’s stove shovelsi for fourpence each at Parnell’s Popular Satm'day Stales, sisth cufv.

“I claim that at the present attoinent the Natives are being epoon-ied in connection' with education; they have .mo right to be better 'treated than the Europeans.’ —Mr. Barton at the Theatre last' nighty Applications for the position of caretaker of the Garrison Hall) will be received till 5 p.m. on Friday next. Particulars and conditions may be seen at Captain Beere’s office, where applications may he left. A meeting of ladies witling to form a ladies’ section of the Gisborne Amateur Swimming Club, convened by the Mayoress (Mrs. W. B. Lysnar), will be held at 3 p.m. on. Thursday next, in the Gisborne School. Tho Rev. E. Whitehouse, vicar of Ashburton, will speak to-night in His Majesty’is Theatre on “The Effects of Nodicense in Ashburton,” and will answer tho statements that have been made with regard,to Ashburton. Tho following is the result in Class 95, milking cows, at the A. and P. Show, on. value as arrived at by test of butter-fat: —F. Bates’ Beauty 1, E. Toole’s Cherry 2, A. Tuohy’s Freetrade 3, H. Binnie's red cow 4. The highest teat was 4.8. A Press Association telegram states that a special meeting of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company yesterday confirmed a resolution approving of the sale of the railway to the Government under the,Act of last session.

The adjourned meeting V’ lh: Poverty Bay Co-operative (Supply Association, Ltd., was held in Townley’s Hall last evening, when it was decided to endorse the committee’s suggestion to borrow £2OOO at 7 per cent, for the purchase of the property now leased by the Association. Mr E. Ansell, who for the past four years has occupied the position of manager for New Zealand of the Welsbach Light Company, has been promoted to Fiat of general manager of the company for Australasia, and left Wellington for Sydney on Friday last to take up his new duties. A correspondent writes stating that some person has cut the rone from the life-buoy on tlie ..Waimata Road. As the buoy could not be recovered, for want of the rope, if thrown into the water the writer requests that the attention of the Harbour Board should be drawn to the matter. Mr. Geo. Barton on Government candidates: —I suppose our worthy chairman could tell a "tale in this matter. He wouldn’t,' I suspect, give an answer to the Government of the kind it wanted: they must have as a Government candidate one who will answer the whip las often as it is cracked. An ancient Maori witness at the Native Land Commission yesterday, in asking his grand nephew to speak for him:“l am getting old -and blind, and am losing .my teeth. I don’t, want to speak because I ant afraid of being laughed at.” “We never laugh at age,” said Sir Robert Stout in reply. Messrs F. S. Malcolm and Co., auctioneers, will continue their sale of furniture on account of various consignees at their rooms, Ha lien-stein's Buildings, to-day and to-morrow. Tho lines to be offered are all high-class goods, and will be sold without reserve. The sale commences each day at 1. o’clock.

• The Right Hon. the Premier, interviewed at Wellington, said that regarding the improvement of ihe Suez mail service, he thought it impracticable unless the Government provided a lirstr-class service. Regarding the connection to be made at Suva with the service from Vancouver and Brisbane, lie stated he was trying to arrange a service.

As an illustration of the efficacy of no-license an Oamaru, the Rev. R. J. Porter, in C'hrisbehureh the other evening, stated that the grass had grown on the paths -and over the gardens about the gaol. The gardens and paths were formally kept in good order by the prisoners, but under no-license there were too few prisoners to do the work, and the unfortunate policeman had to do it. With this morning’s issue is circulated an inset containing an article addressed /.to the business men of Poverty Bay by Mr. J. F. Sheridan, who has just returned front a visit to Ashburton, Tiniuru, Oamaru, Invercargill, and other southern towns, and who gives his experience /in Nolice use and license districts in the South Island.

This afternoon the Mayoress (Mis. W. D. Lysnar) will l open the All Nations Fare and Sale of Work in the Garrison Hall, in aid of the funds of the Church of England. In the evening a musical programme is to be given under the direction of Mr. A. F. Kennedy, with the assistance of Te Rangi Pai and other friends. The sale is to be continued to-morrow and on Thursday. In connection with a discussion at tlio Native Land Commission yesterday 'regarding a certain block of land, one of the owners, an ancient and patriachioal Maori, gave liis idea of the position. Gesticulating in characteristic native fashion, lie said, “The block is like the cow. The Government have hold of the head, the people who own the land hold the toil, and Messrs, (mentioning two gentlemen officially connected with the case) are doing the milking.” Referring to the destruction of timber in this district, the Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout), at yesterday’s sitting of the Native Land Comniis'sion, remarked “Gisborne people have the reputation throughout the Dominion of being shrewd and able, and a strenuous and business-like people, -and I cannot understand why, with such quantities of fine timber at their very doors, they allow it to bo burned and import timber from elsewhere. Timber is rapidly becoming more and more scarce ; and it seems to me that its wholesale destructipn is an utter waste and an utter absurdity. Twen-ty-three years ago in Auckland I spoke on this matter and my prediction then is rapidly conning true.” With the elections rapidly approaching tlio 'numerous political aspirants are hurrying round the many different corners of the various electorates, and they find it at times difficult to avoid a clashing of dates for meetings. A oaee in point occurred at Waimata yesterday when Mr. J. B. Gow and Mr D. Lundon, two candidates for Bay of Plenty, both mot to fulfill advertised engagements. Mr Lundon, however, was unfortunate in that he found the hall to bo already under engagement bo the Opposition candidate, but Mr. Gow, with creditable generosity, allowed Mr Lundon to speak, and the electors had thus the advantage of hearing both qx* the saine exQgiog,

t Mr. Bodgshun, dentist, his commenced practice in HalUenstein Bros’, buildings, Gladstone Road. A Press Association telegram from Wellington states that /the Government has granted Sir -Robert Stout twelve months’ leave of absence from March Ist next, to enable -him to *- Britain. A , . Messrs Miller and Craig announce that, under instructions from Mr. C. Taylor, cabinetmaker, .they will hold a sale of furniture at his Peel -Street premises to-day and to-morrow. Tho sale 'is to begin at 1 p.m. each day. The postmaster advises that the Waimata mail will be despatched three times a week, instead of twice, as formerly, and the Arakihi mail has been altered to Thursday, instead of Wednesday. The meetings of ratepayers appoin- _ ted to be held in the several ridings of Cook County in connection with ■he Patutahi tramway loan, have been postponed until further notice. it„ is expected that they will take place towards the end of this month. ' When moving a vote of thanks and confidence.to the Hon. -J. -Carroll at To Kanaka last night, Mr. Carlisle remarked that he had) always supported that gen tie- 1 mm in the past, but was .now going to vote for the Opposition candidate. He would, however, he quite prepared to change his mind were the Government nominee to give an; assurance that-he would strike " out the top line. At the -Police Court yesterday rnor,ning, before Mr. W. A. Barton, S.M., three charges of drunkenness were dealt with. Geo. Rice, for a second conviction within six months, was fined the amount of his bail, £2. John Callaghan forfeited £l, the amount of his bail,'.and Alexander Ferguson, for a fourth conviction within six months, was bound over in £5 to come up for sentence when called upon.

The danger of a candidate appealing to an audience in the confident expectation of being himself permittor to furnish his own reply to a given question was instanced at Mr. Barton’s meeting list night. The candidate, to illustrate the perils of drunkenness, put the query: “If a baby were to fall in that river there what would you do?” and ihe reply came prompt from the pit, “Throw it a rope.” At the fortnightly meeting of the Loyal Gisborne Lodge, 1.0.0. F., M.U., held ast evening, a letter was received from the trustees requesting the decision of the Lodge with regard to investing the Lodge funds. It was resolved to thank the trustees for their courtesy in referring the tnatter to the Lodge, -and to reply that the members were quite satisfied with the manner in which the funds were invested. Members will- still have the privilege of borrowing at * per cent, under current rates. A telegram from Christchurch states that Mr. J. A. Cassidy applied to Mr. Justice DemiLsion, sitting in Chambers, for a writ- of prohibition to set aside the conviction against G-. Rankin, assistant at Messrs Simpson and Williams’, for having sold a copy of “Anna Lombard.” The case has arisen in connection with tho recent prosecutions of booksellers for sellling a novel of an immoral character. His Honor decided to hear the application on November 11th. Mr. G. Russell appeared for the Crown.