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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2346, 12 November 1908, Page 4

Mr. W. D. Dysnar will deliver an address in opposition to No-license at To Karaka at 8 p.m. to-day. To-night, at His Majesty’s Theatre, Rev. F. VV. Chatterton will reply to Mr. W. D. Lysnar, at 8 o’clock. A No-i icons© meeting will he herd at To Karaka to-morrow night, when Mrs. AY. Morris and Mr. AY. S. Black will reply to .Air. Lysnar’s statements. In connection with Mr. Clayton s meeting in the Theatre on bridiy night, the Manga papa ’bus will bo run to suit the convenience of residents in that district. Tho Gisborne Gas Go. notify that from the first instant all burners and lamps will be periodically attended to free of charge, material only being charged for. The next sale of wool, sheepskins, hides, tallow, etc., under the auspices of the Gisborne Wool brokers’ Association, will be he’d on Friday, December 4th.

A reward of £5 is offered for information leading to the conviction of the person or persons who defaced an advertisement on Air. Stafford’s advertising board, Ormond Road, AVhataupoko, on Tuesday night. Air. P. T. Kenway’s house, which was destroyed by fire on Tuesday afternoon, was insured in the National Insurance Company for £B2-5, and the contents in the same office for £320: but these sums will not nearly cover Air. Kenway’a loss.

The Gisborne Borough Council invites tenders for the erection of a bandstand platform on the AAaikanae beach. Plans and specifications may be seen at the Council office. Tenders are to close at noon oh Friday, Nov. 20.

The application of Air. AY. L. Rees for a .license for a tramway in the Aiotu district was adjourned by Air. Henry Lewis, J. P., yesterday, as the Alagistrate, Air. AA r . A. Barton, is at present in AA'airoa. In this issue appear manifestoes giving reasons why the electors of Gisborne should vote for the Hon. James Carroll and specifying various legislative and administrative actions which, it is claimed, entitle the present Government to the support of the people. A smoke social in connection with the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters .and Joiners will be held in A\ hinray's Hall this evening. The chair will be taken by Air. AY. L. Rees, at S p.m., and Air. AY. Aladdison, president of Tile Union, will give a shortaddress.

On Sunday evening list- a- sacred concert was given at Hastings by Mr. Harold Piper, of Gisborne, assisted by Mrs. E. B. Buckeridge, wellknown to Gisborne audiences. and Mr. Hector Spensley, a Hastings violinist. There was a large audience and each item met with a full measure of appreciation. Mr. Henry Lewis. J. P. presided over a sitting of the Police Court yesterday morning and fined a first offender on a charge of drunkenness, 10s with costs 2s, in default 24 hours 5 imprisonment. John Matheson, a second offender was fined a similar amount with costs. Both fines were paid. Mr. J. F. Sheridan writes: “In quoting returns of Invercargill for year ending 30th June, 1906, the .amount of New Zealand beer should have read 151,140 gallons, not 15,140 gallons, printed.- The total consumption was 190,395 gallons of wines, spirits, and beer, as printed.” The mistake was made inadvertently by Mr. Sheridan.

Some few weeks hick money (telegraphs the Auckland “Star’s”' Waihi correspondent) appeared to be very tight in connection with the Advances Department, a number of loans promised to Waihi workers having been held over for the time being. These are now coming forward, aiid it is understood that over £IOOO has been received within the last few days. The statement filed by Thomas tSlieau, bankrupt, sets forth the debts owing to unsecured creditors at £llß, assets( furniture) £l(), deficiency £IOS. The unsecured creditors are as follows: W. A. O’Meara £l7, McConnell and Co. £l2, It. Hill £4, W. J. Cox £4, Adair Bros. £2 10s, E. J. Chrisp £9, C. Duncan £5, J. Newton £3, It. Robertson 15s, J. Erskine £3, Common, Shelton and Co. £3, Grundy and Sherman £3, J. Galloway £7. Captain Tucker £lO, Martin £l, Edelstein £2, Fletcher £1 19s, Richardson £S, R. Mitchell’ £2, Teat and Friar £S, J. East £lO. J. Wliiiiray £1 16s. Tho contest for the Gisborne scat is becoming very keen, but the vigor of tho fight is nothing compared to that raging in Hawlce’s Bay. At Hastings the other evening Mr. A. E. J'ull had the stage of the Theatre prettily decorated with his colors, red and white. But Mr. H. lan Siinson went one better at- liis meeting an evening or two Liter. He had the stage elaborately arranged as a. draw-ing-room, with 'handsome furniture and pot plants hero and there, thief whole being draped in his colors, green and gold. To add further variety to the proceedings, ho had a brass band in attendance. Notwithstanding af.,l this elaborate attention to detail, both candidates had somewhat tnoisy meetings, the- audience apparently being less pleased with the candidates’ politics than with their tastes in tho direction of stage decoration.

The number of fadics exercising their votes at the election to be held this month was coni men tod on at lhe meeting the other night, hut through madvortence no mention was made of the ladies getting tracing wheels for fpurpence each this week at Parnell’s 9.vturctay Sales, fourteenth ingt, only-.

A Wanganui resident lias received , x. letter from a friend in the Old Country in which the following occurs: —“Will it be of any interest to you to know that we want to purchase a piece of New Zealand mutton or Jamb we have to pay 8d or 9d per lb for it, so that there is no ‘save’ by buying it 1’ ’

It was stated in the Anglican •churches on. .Sunday (writes a London correspondent under date September 27th) that the Anglican mission in New Guinea wus in debt, and that the retiring Bishop (Dr StoneWigg) had been compelled to pledge his insurance policies to tire bank as security for the mission.

Mr Justice Demi is ton at Christchurch recently made another reference to the amazing facilities which are offered to dishonest people to forge and utter cheques. “It seems to be tho, simplest thing,” he said, “for a perfect stranger to walk into a perfectly strange place, generally a piihlichouse, borrow a cheque, and fill it up, and go on to another publichouse and get it cashed.”

Undey the new “Improved” timetable which came into force recently passengers by the limited express will be carried from Sydney to Alelbourne in 16 hours 60 minutes, and from Alelbourne to Sydney in 17 hours 5 minutes. Those are _ the periods of time (says the “Daily Telegraph”) which will elapse between the startings of the trains and the arrivals at the respective destinations. Taking the faster journey for analysis, it will be found that the rate of progress from the starting to the finishing point is 31.68 miles per hour, or that all but a fraction less than luiin. -losee. is required to get over each of the 582 miles. That constitutes the highest effort in Australian long-dis-tance railway travelling. Britishers and Americans are quite accustomed to doing over a mile a minute in their trains. If we omit the stops which the train will make on the journey to Alelbourne an aggregate of one hour twelve minutes, we find that the train will do 37.26 miles every hour in which it is moving, at the rate of one mile in about lmin. 36sec.