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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2414, 1 February 1909, Page 6

A sitting of the Tai-Rawhiti Maori Land Board will be held at 10 o’clock this morning. Two charges of drunkenness and one of vagrancy will he dealt with at the Police Court- this morning. \ * Entries for the proposed Marathon race will close with Mr. W. Howard nt 9 >p.m. on Saturday next, February (J. Mr. W. Lissant Clayton’s election expenses have been returned as follows: Expenditure £137 14s. receipts £96 16s. The annual picnic organised by the Motu branch of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union is to bo held on Friday, at Motu. Sympathetic references to the death: of the late Miss Dora Alice Griffin wore made in various wavs in different churches yesterday. It is signficant that of the National Scholarships awarded to the Hawke’s Bay district this year, all three have been gained hy girl pupils. Tile following telegram was received on Saturday from Dr. Collins: “Finished southern tour, arrived Ashburton last night wot through, huthappy, after seventeen hours in the tain. Leave for Wcliiiuiteii to-night.”

The Federal Band has been engaged 10 play at the Gisborne Racing Club’s meeting on Thursday and Friday next. An attractive -programmme is in preparation, and will be given under the direction of Mr. D. MeKillop.

At tho Police Court on Saturday morning, before Mr. AY. A. Barton. S.M.. Henry Harris, for a second conviction of drunkenness within one month, was again convicted and fined £l, with 2s costs, or four days' imprisonment.

An outrageous act lias been perpetrated bv some person at the Kaiti School, where the four tanks containing the water supply have been emptied. Until a shower of rain replenishes the supply the children will be in danger of suffering from the pangs of thirst, and a great deal of inconvenience will be occasioned to those on whom devolves the daily duty of cleaning the buildings.

The nominations of 'Messrs J■ B. Kells and W. D. S. MacDonald as candidates for the county seats on the 'Harbor Board were lodged on Saturday. Mr. J. AYhinray has been nominated as a candidate for the representation of the borough. The nominations close to-day at noon. It is stated that Messrs AY. L. Bees, J. Townley, and F. Harris will he nominated as representatives of the borough, and Messrs D. Hepburn and C. J. Parker as candidates for the county seats.

A donation of £2 to the Kaiti School for prizes for the best girl and boy at the school, the prizes to be awarded on tlio inspector’s examination marks, has been made by Mr. F. Harris. It was announced at a meeting of the School Committee that the girl’s prize bad' boon won by ‘Ruby Baty, with a total of “109 marks, and’ Herbert Liddell, with 55-1 marks, bad secured the boy’s prize. The committee passed a, hearty rote of thanks to Mr. Harris for his contribution and for his interest in tlio work of the school.

It is eminently satisfactory from a local point of view that two out of the three Junior National Scholarships allotted to tho Hawke’s Bay district should have been secured by local pupils. The pupil obtaining the highest .marks was Alice M. B. Butterfiold, a daughter of the Rev. Matthew Butterfield, Principal of the Native College at AVaerengi-a-h. : ka. This young lady lias been attending the Makauri, School. Emily G. Scott, a .daughter of Mr.’ Jas. Scott, who gained second place, is a pupil from tlio Mangapapa School, and the position she attained is all the more cre■ditablo from the fact that she isstu,under 13 years of age, whereas the provisions' for the scholarship award permit all pupils to compete who are under 14 years of age. This young lady lias 'made remarkable progress with her studies recently. She passed from Standard 4 to Standard 5 at the beginning of last year, worked in Standard 5 until Aungust 4, and then given Standard 6 work. In this she made such headway that the headmaster (Mr. Cole) suggested that she should enter for the- junior scholarships. At the annual distribution of prizes she won Mr. AY. Bissaut Clayton’s special prize for the girl who not only displliyed satisfactory scholastic attainments, but was also popular with her schoolmates.

The Customs revenue for last week was as'follows: —Customs duties £716 11s 3d, beer duty £GO 6s 6d, light 'dues £37 2s lOd, shipping fees 6s, other receipts £1 ss; total, £Bl5 11s 7d.

Advice has been received from the Chief Engineer of Roads that as a result of bis representations authority to spend £4OO on the WainuiToioga Bay Road has been issued to the Cook .County Council.

Mr. W. Lissant Clayton has received word -from Wellington that shares in Graceficld, Ltd., will be listed on the Exchange as soon as the land is put on the market, which is 'being delayed owing to the unfavorable conditions at present prevailing.

The only tender received by the Cook County Council for the formation of. Darwin Road, Kaiti, was that of George Brocklebank (formation 15s per chain, Kaitaratahi gravel 8s Gd a yard). The tender lias been accepted up to a cost of £260.

A team of six fine draught horses, attached to a waggon, attracted some considerable attention from horseowners on Saturday. The team, driven by Mr. -J. Smith, had just concluded a twelve-days journey, via Wairoa, from the other side of the island.

At the request of Lieut. C. Hellier Evans, acting as secretary for the Garrison Hall Committee,, the Mayor on Saturday asked Sir Joseph "Ward to extend his patronage to the spectacular display, “The Birth of the Empire,” which is to be held in the Garrison Hall next week in aid of the building fund of the hall. Sir Joseph readily acceded to the request.

A public meeting was held in the Patutahi Public Hall on Saturday evening to elect the members of the Domain Board. The Land Officer (Mr. Brodrick) represented the Commissioner of Crown Lands, -who convened the meeting, and the following gentlemen- were selected for recorninnclation to the Governor as members of the Board : —Messrs Thos. Eadie, J. Bayliss, A. Tuohy, 0. Gallagher, and W. It. Robb.

The Customs duties collected at the local Custom-house during the mouth of. January amounted to the following:—Spirits £9BB 14s, c-igars £43 11s Id, cigarettes £3BO 12s 6d, tobacco £644 3s Ad, wines £BO 12s, beer £4l ISs, goods by weight £l9l 0s 2d, ad valorem £396 4s Bd, other duties £44 Is; total £2879 os lid; excise duty £194 os 6d. For the corresponding period last year the amount collected was £3200 7s Id.

Attention is directed to an advertisement of the Technical School Committee. who are inviting intending pupils to meet on Thursday evening iu*xt at- 8 o'clock for the purpose of forming classes in the subjects named in the advertisement. Should sufficient pupils offer, arrangements will be made to start- at once. Should any pupils offering want any other branch if possible arrangements will be made to comply with their wishes.

Mr. AY. Dawson, director of the Waioroiigomai Mines, Ltd., visited the property on 23rd inst., and reports as follows: Prospecting has disclosed another six to eight-loot- reef of heavy mineralised sulphide ore, and samples are now being assayed. The reef is situated about- 100 feet west of the "Welcome Lode, and parallel to that reef. An upper level is started below the Welcome, which will cut both reefs with about 110 feet of driving and giving <0 feet of backs. Stoning is m progress on the Bonanza reef, the ore to be sent to Ferguson s Mining and Smelting Company for treatment. The 18-moh reef _cut beyond the Bonanza before the holidays assavs for gold and silver £4 4s 9d. The “old Mary Queen drive is now being cleaned up, and sloping from this "reef will be at once commenced.

Two gentlemen, Messrs Jervyn and Bryant, who are on a walking tour ot the world, arrived in Gisborne on Saturday night, from Auckland. Air. Jervyn started from Capetown three years ago, walking through Beehuanaland, and east through the Transvaal, passing through Johannesburg and Pretoria to Portuguese East Africa. Front there lie journeyed south-west through Swaziland, where his partner died, and he continued the journey alone through Zululand to Durban, having completed 6000 miles in Africa. He then toured through Tasmania to New Zealand, where he was joined by Air. Bryant, who is tho champion club-swinger ot tho New Zealand navy, and who has accompanied him over 300 of the 1095 miles already travelled in the Dominion. Starting tat the Bluff, the journey was made through to Dargavillo and Bussell, and from there back to Auckland. Here the travellers made a start southward again, coming by way of Thames and Rotorua, and through by tho stock track to Gisborne, tin this journey they had some very rough experiences but averaged 19J miles per day for the distance. They will remain m Gisborne for a few days, when they will continue their journey through to Napier, via Morerc, and from thence to the Bluff. Here they will ship to Australia and walk through the different states there, and San Francisco to ALmcouver, across Canada and the States and Mexico are also included in the performance. The travellers 'also intend to attempt to walk through the Isthmus of Panama. and will be the first white men to complete tho journey it they succeed. They have already travelled 7370 miles, and their projected journey reaches tho largo total of 40,000 miles.

He was an universal favorite. Ho could cut oranges, with such devices as none-of us had an idea of. Ho could make a boat out of anything, from a skewer upwards. He could turn cramp bones into chessmen, fashion Roman chariots from old Court cards, make spoked wheels out of cotton reels, and bird cages of old wire. And this week it’s can-open-ers (with corkscrew) for sixpence each at Parnell’s Popular Saturday Sale, Saturday, 6th inst. only. A firkin, containing one hundredweight of butter, was recently dug up by a farmer in Pallaglierane bog, Co. Tyrone, _ Ireland. Although it had lain buried there for three centuries, the butter—of pale-yellow col-our—-was in a -perfect state of preservation.