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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2364, 3 December 1908, Page 4

“The persons that supply prohibited men with liquor are. worse, .and more to blame, than they who receive it, and when they come before me I intend to deal severely 'with them,"

was the remark of tile stipendary magistrate during the hearing of a case in the Police Court yesterday morning.

Airs. T. H. AVood’s fairy extravaganza "A'iolctte and Isidore” is to be performed' in His Alajesty’s Theatre to-morrow evening by a large party of children and young people. A full house is expected to witness the performance, wliicli is in aid of the building fund of Holy Trinity Church. A young man named George Rowley. a carpenter, employed by Air. Haismau, met with a rather serious accident yesterday afternoon. AVith some other men ho was engaged in the removal of a building in rey Street, when ho slipped, and a heavy roller, bearing the whole weight of the house, passed over 3ii s log, causing a severe compound filicture close to the ankle. The injured man was removed to tlio Hospital, where he is progressing as well as can bo expected. A •_

At a sitting of tho Juvenile Court yesterday .afternoon, before Air. AV. A Barton, S.AI, a half-caste negro lad, aged 10 years, and residing at K*iiti, pleaded guilty to a. charge of wilful damage to, and theft from, the shop of Airs. Rowan, opposite the Kaiti School. After hearing tlio evidence and the police report on the character of tho lad, His AYonship severely admonished him, and committed him to the Burnham Industrial School, at the same time issuing an order against the mother of the lad for a payment of 4s weekly towards his maintenance.

This evening, in His Alvijesty’s Theatre, the Gisborne Harmonic Society will produce Gaul’s sacred cantata “The Holy City.” Tho soloists will be Alesdames Barry (soprano) and Shier;:aw (contralto), and Messrs Ivissling (tenor) and Kimpton (bass). The chorus consists of ■ about thirty-five voices, and will he .assisted by an orchestra, of seventeen, instruments. The cantata will be produced under the baton of Air. AI. E. Foster and, judging from the final rehearsal lust night-, the performance should be most successful. Tlio box plan is open at AliLlor’s.

According to the “Dunedin Star” there is every prospect of a record crop of soft fruit from New Zealand orchards. The indications of abundance are particularly promising in Central Otago. Already strawberries and cherries are coining in freely to the* market places. Trices, however, arc still stiff enough to make these fruits, to people who cannot afford to pay Is per lb, like the grapes the fox could not reach. The weather lias been very favorable for the growth of soft fruit. According to Dunedin fruiterers, the New Zealand . apple crop promises to be lighter than in former years. No reason is given for this, further than that one merchant has noticed in bygone times that one season out of three apple trees appear to take it easy.

- In these degenerate days, says the Auckland “Observer,” when chivalry is a. fast vanishing quantity, the mere man who win give up his seat in a crowded tramcar to a- lady is a rara avis. The Hon. George Fowlds, however, is one of those"chivalrous gentlemen whose hump of consideration for the fair sex is very strongly developed. Besides, members of the fair sex have votes. Shortly before the elections, the Hon. George occupied a seat in a crowded Grey Lynn oar. Noticing a lady wildly clutching ail erratic strap, the Hon. George arose, and with Iris very best how, handed over his seat to the tlady. At that precise moment, the conductor, who must have been a Nicliolsonian, suddenly discovered that the car was overcrowded, and informed •the Hon. George Fowlds that, he would have to' walk. The Hon. George protested. Had lie not, at the expense of his own comfort, given up his seat to a lady? “Have you got your ticket?” demanded the conductor. “I have not,” replied the Hon. George, “Then out you go!-” retorted He-who-must-be-obeyed. And outthe Hoit. George- had td gd*

' The weather report for the weclc ending December 2 appears on page l of this issue.

The additional by-laws adopted by the Gisborne Harbor Board _ J) ; re^ 11 , d to the harbormaster s fees axe publitOied _An this issue. They ai e to oomo into force yn January 1, LJvj.

A spocal -general meeting of the Poverty Bay Cricket Association wd bo hold 1 in the British Empire Hotel at 8 p.m. on Tuesday next to oonsulei suggested amendments to the rules.

The inmjates of the . Old Men s Home by’ invitation of the Hospital .Kl’Committee, attended the entertainment on Tuesday night m the Garrison. Hall, and. spent u voiy pleasant evening.

The second concert of the lurfc>i&>Musical Society this season is be given in the AWicrcnga-a-hika I üblic Hall tliis evening. Through a mistake the concert was advertised and announced t<s be given at Patutnhi.

Messrs Common, Shelton and Co. cid .ay offered at auetaon the goodwill of Mr. Butene Jackson’s property, containing 3089 acres, at Manga tu. lhe propertv was knocked clown to 31 i * M. McKenzie at £I2OO.

Tho Christmas number of the “New Zealand Farmer” has reached this office, and it is. as usual, a very line issue. The illiistmtions, of winch there are a number of the Poverty Bay A. and P. iShow, are o' a high order, and the letterpress is both instructive and interesting.

The Cook County Council calls for tenders, to be received till noon, tomorrow, for the formation of 92 chains of bridle track on the Botorua stock tilde. The Council is also calling for tenders, to be received until Fridav, December, 18, for the erection of a ~ traffic bridge at Mangalieia, Tologa.

The annual report for 1908 of the Department of Agriculture is contained in a bulky volume. The report itself is of small dimensions, but the appendices, which deal in a modern manner with practically every branch of agriculture, cover about 000 pages. The publication is an excellent handguide for the stockman and the farmer, who should ail endeavor to obtain ,i copy.

A sitting of the Native Appellate Court, commences in Gisborne this morning before Judges Seth-,Smith and McCormick, who arrived from north by the s.s. Victoria yesterday afternoon. Nine appeals are set down for hearing regarding six decisions of the Native Land Court-. _ Four of the •appeals are in connection witn the determination of the owners in the Arai-Matawai pase.

The annual meeting of the Gisborne Auxiliary of the British and Foreign Bible Society will be held this afternoon, in the grounds of the Yen. Archdeacon Williams, Te Ban. Ladies interested in the work oiHhe Society will provide afternoon tea at 3 p.m. The meeting is to be held immediately after. There is to be no charge for admission, but a collection will bo made in aid of the Society’s funds.

Tho mining market is reported to bo somewhat "dull. The following quotations were received by Air. AY. Lis-:i-ilit Clayton hast- night:—Brilliant Block, con., sellers 2d; do do 6d paid, sellers 3d: Karangahake Ltd., buyers Is od ; sellers Is 7d iKomata Reefs Ltd., buyers Is 2d; Talisman Consolidated Ltd., buyers 435, seller s 445; Tairiii Conqueror 3d and sd; May Queen Is id and 2s Id ; AA ailii Ltd., £8 16s 3d and £S 16s 4d.

We have received through Messrs. Gordon and Goteli the current month’s issue of the “Lone Hand” which is a publication of considerable merit. There are several short stories and miscellaneous articles on a variety of topics, ranging from “The Asiatic Menace” and “The Commonwealth Crisis” to a couple of sketches dealing in an interesting manner with Burns and Johnson, who arc to fight for the World's championship on Boxing Day. There are a number of short poems, “Betliesda,” by Victor Daley being worthy of special mention. whilst the illustrations arc of a high order. A very fine specimen of the harnessmaker’s art is on view at the shop of Mr. AY. J. But time re. saddler, Gladstone Road, being a heavy van set of harness specially made to order by Mr. Buttimore for Messrs Langford and Hogan, carriers. The set is artistically mounted throughout in solid nickel silver, and the loops are also of solid nickel instead of leather. The winkers are of IXL pattern, with a highly-mounted shaped face-piece and winker-stav. The respective parts are connected by nickel D’s, and the car-drop is connected with a- nickel chain to the throat hand. .The collar is also of very handsome design, with nickel liaraos and handsome patent leather top, hearing the monogram “L.H.” in nickel studs. The collar is so made that it can ho opened from cither side. A four-drop breastplate with a horse’s head within a horseshoe, on black patent leather, with a lay-on of red, white, and blue., further improves the appearance of the collar. Tho saddle is of black patent leather, with long panel scroll stitched with white thread, and is in exact keeping with the rest of the set. The most striking feature of the breeching is the new design of the hip strap, which is cut all in one piece, with a lay-on of black patent leather, and bracketed together above the beard's with a rosette of red, white, and blue in patent leather, with nickel ornament in—the centre. Tho hearers are safes of black patent leather sewn in white thread. Nice loin and trace bearers, in keeping with the breast-plate, give a liandsone finish to the breeching. The work is -hand-sewn throughout and of the best English and Colonial leather, and is well worthy of inspection as something quite out of the ordinary in the way of harness-mating.

In spite of the accusations stated to have appeared in articles in the German press that Britain is privately prompting the Turkish boycott of Austrian goods, and warning the Young Turks- to beware, this week it’s cold handle pokers for scvenpence each at Parnell’s Popular Saturday Sales, fifth inst ; only,