Local and General.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 3980, 13 July 1915, Page 4

Local and General.

Heavy floods were experienced in the I’ahiatua district at the end of Inst week.

Mr. W. R. Lloyd Williams. Government’ Orchard Instructor, will give demonstrations of pruning, etc., at local orchards this week. Full particulars appear in our advertising columns.

A novel window display in the form of an exclusive war photo show can 1,0 S e<«n at Mr. H. A. Armstrongs (chemist) shop. This display consists of photographs Liken recently, and all are connected with the great European crisis.

A despatch from the Secretary or State for the Colonies to the Minister for Internal Affairs intimates that His Majesty has approved a request for the word “Royal” to be prefixed to the title oT the New Zealand feocietv for the Health of M omen and Children.

The Government has completed tlio purchase oi the Gorton Estate, situated four miles from Cambridge, consisting of 1028 acres (says the “Dominion.”). Ihe owner was Mi W. F. Sinclair, who is leaving for England to join the Royal l|U n S Corps. The Prime Minister stated on Monday, referring to the purchase, that the land was suitable tor dairying and mixed farming .

The following remit from the. Dunedin Soft Goods Employees’ Union is to he considered at the Labor Con-g,-oss:—“That, ill view of the fact that the four chief tent res have now endorsed by popular vote the principle of the Saturday half-holiday, it is incumbent upon Parliament- to pass such ie«isi-*»tion as will be best fitted to carry out the popular will; making Saturday the universal liaU-holidat throughout the Dominion.'’

Entries for the competitions in connection with the Scottish Society s grand fair and art and industrial exhibition will be received at the office of the secretary, Air F. R. Ball, 1 eel Street, up till 5 o’clock this (Tuesday) evening. The fair opens on Thursday afternoon, and attractions will include step-dancing, elocution, choir contest-, physical drill, military scenes, etc.

\n interesting and mstructiie lecture will be delivered at the Garrison Hall on Friday evening next, to the local Territorial company by Archdeacon Paeke. The subject ot the lecture will bo “Citizenship and Avar. Friends of the members of C Company and anv who are interested in the Territorial movement are invited to be present.

The Gisborne Harbor Board yesterday decided to hold the special and general meeting of the Board on Monday next. The- ordinary' monthly meeting was set down for Monday week, but the country members objected to coming down for three Monday meeting in succession, and consequently' it was decided to hold the special and ordinary meeting on Monday next.

The Commissioner of Crown Lands (Mr AAE H. Skinner) and the members of the Hawke’s Bay Land Board (Messrs R. B. Ross, G. AV right and A. J. Cameron) will pay a visit of inspection to the Government settlement at N gat apa to-day. The party will journey out by motor car, and will return in time to partake of luncheon at Mr Cameron’s residence at AVaorenga-a-liika. The afternoon will be devoted to inspecting closer settlement's on the flats.

A meeting of shareholders in the Gisborne Co-operative Building Society was held last evening in Bedstone’s Buildings. Mr Ambridge took the chair in the absence of the Hon. W. Morgan. After the preliminary business had been settled £SOO was offered by ballot. . Mr M. Nice Ison secured the money. £SOO was next offered for sale and realised £lO per £IOO. Another amount of £SOO (in No. 2 issue) was offered by ballot, and was won by Messrs G. K. Smith (£200), L. H'atlicrull (£100), M. Hanan (£100), and A. Jones £100). A further £SOO (in No. 0 issue) offered for sale realised £39 per £IOO.

Writing on his visit to the United States, Mr. F. M. B. Fislier says:— “I paid a special visit to See all the interned German steamers. The North German Lloyd Co. has a notice on the window to say: ‘Open daily from 11 to 12 until further notice.’ God Save the King, and may the devil fold the Kaiser tightly in one long and lasting embrace. I heard two American tennis players talking. One said: ‘I wish they would bring the Kaiser over here and" exhibit him in. a. menagerie.’ The other said : ‘Good God ;if they brought Jiim over here he would get shot in about two minutes.’ ”

A great mistake, madie by many investors, is to walk into ia land sale and indiscriminately bid for whatever is offering, a procedure which (anises many regrets afterwards. _ With regard' to the 53. sections being offered by public auction on July 17iih, by Messrs. Williams and Kettle and Mr. W. Lissant Clayton, the agents for the vendor arc anxious that all passible purchasers shall inspect the property. They court inquiry and investigation, as they are satisfied that- exceptional value is being offered, while the terms are so easy and generous that they will attract- the smallest investor.*

The special attractions at The World’s Pictures to-day are ‘The Irey O’Heart's” and “The Strikers XNJgntmare,” the latter being the best topical skit yet presented.

The Harbor Board spent the whole of yesterday afternoon considering the report of the Reorganisation Committee’s report in committee. Jhe report was finally agreed upon, and will he submitted to the special meeting of the Hoard on Monday next.

The draw for the art union in connection with the Public Service candi-date-for the Wellington Queen of the Carnival contest drawn at Wellington, was ::—Piano (No. JOSJI), Miss Id cock, Westland; Burns-Hliilip tour (No. 4093), W. Porter, Gisborne.

Over 1000 signatures of the leading business men ol the town, have been obtained to the petition that is to ho presented to the shipping companies, asking that the Sunday evenings launch be timed to leave the wharf at 0.30 instead ol 7.30 as at present.

Mr H. H. Metcalfe, C.E., of Auckland, is at present in Gisborne, gatlifiring further iniormsition in order to supply a detailed estimate and specifications for augmenting tlio water supply from the stream on Air D. J. Parker’s property at Waingake, also information for a report on the completion of the sewerage scheme.

Further tenders in connection with the People’s Picture Palace have been dealt with as follows: —Steel work : Davys, Third and Mitchell £1492 (accepted). Niven and Co. £1598, Gisborne Engineering Co. £1777. Shop window fronts: E. Hall and Sons £355 (accepted). Seats: Three tenders for various kinds, and the tender of Chas. Taylor, cabinetmaker, of 22s Gd for dress circle seats, and 21s Gd for downstairs seats, was accepted.

Big developments may he looked for in connection with the Salvation Array life-saving scouts in England during the next few months. The movement, which was set afoot in April, 1914, has made encouraging progress, some 200 troops having been organised in differnt parts of Great- Britain. The movement is spreading to America and Switzerland. This is only one more of the many beneficent agencies which the Army is, establishing in various countries for the betterment of the rising generation.

An unusual form of accident- recently occurred at Dargaville. Two girls," aged' 10 and 13 years respectively, -were playing near a stand which supported two large tanks full of water. The structure gave way, and the younger girl was buried beneath the debris, her life only being saved by the material corning into contact with a slump. She sustained severe bruises, and is in a serious condition. The elder girl was overwhelmed by the water from the tanks, and was carried away some 20 yards. She also received painful bruises.

Air. George Andrews, a well-known yachtsman and motor-boat owner, of Redcliffs, Christchurch, lias been appointed officer in charge of the motor boats on the hospital ship. Air. Andrews, who is a son of Airs. S. P. Andrews, of Heathc-ote, has been a most enthusiastic yachtsman and motorboat ist for several years past. He has built and equipped several boats himself, and is at present- the owner of the forty-foot light draught passenger boat the Roamer, which has been on duty on the Estuary during recent seasons.

Commenting on the Governor's circular asking for assistance in equipping the hospital ship, the “Loco. Review"’ says:—‘While we would like very much to add our little mite to this worthy object, we are in a measure debarred on account of being freely bled by those controlling and operating the distribution of foodstuffs, and. further, we have been ignored by this Government for our increases to bring us into line with other workers when compared with Australian States and favorably reported upon by Railway- Committee in the House of Representatives.”

The outlook for the new Australian season has been ■ greatly improved, says the “Australasian Insurance and Banking Record,” by the good rainfall of the last few weeks. While the losses of stock actually sustained will affect the quantity of wool and butter that will be produced for export during 191-3-16, the wheat crops have made a start which should ensure, subject to the spring weather, a large harvest at the end of the year, eve".' effort having made to pin e re-

large an area possible under crop. The rainfall tame in Line to partially save the lambing, but even as it. is the aggregate result of the lambing

for the season will oulv be moderate. It is siiil early to attempt to estimate the inriheoming wool dip in Australia, but :t is expected that a further decline will take place succeeding that shown by the 1914-13 dip.

Figures recently published by the Government Statistician show that "Wellington is undoubtedly one of the dearest towns in the Dominion m which to live. Civil servants and others on fixed salaries have found this to be the case when transferred from other towns to the capital. Alarried men who have been “promoted" to Wellington, with an increase of salary of £23 per annum, have found the promotion to be merely nominal, the higher cost of food and of house rent more than swallowing up their increased pay. There is a pronounced disinclination on the part of many officers of the civil service to being transferred to AVellington. At least, one private company, with many branches throughout Now Zealand, lias allowed an extra 10 per cent, increase of salary to its officers domiciled in this city. This course was adopted after a consultation with the Government Statistical Ofii.e on the cost of living in the capital.

A high compliment was paid to Mr Dugakl Ferguson, secretary of the Gisborne Fire Brigade, at the annual meeting of.that body last night. The Superintendent (Mr J, Thomson) paid a high tribute to the manner in which Mr Ferguson had carried out- the secretarial duties during the past several years. Deputy-Superintendent G. Wildish followed in the same strain, and said that lie hoped the Fire Board would see fit to pay Mr Ferguson a salary commensurate with the able work be was doing towards fire fighting in the town. Mr Wildish said that as a member of the Fire Board and the Brigade ho had had ample opportunity of observing the work done by Mr Ferguson, and considered that lie had a great deal more to do than oven the secretary of the Fire Board. ’Without desiring to disparage the work done bv Mr Gumming in any way whatever, he had' no hesitation in saying that much heavier duties devolved oil Mr Ferguson, and Ju> considered he was entitled to more remuneration. Other members of the Brigade also testified to the great amount of work which the secretary of the Brigade had to perform, and it was unanimously agreed to vote Mr Ferguson a bonus of £5 5s as a. mark of the Brigade’s appreciation.-

This afternoon Mr G. K. Miller holds a clearing sale of bankrupt stock of boots and shoes in the estate of Mr F. Hayes, Gladstone road, commencing at 2 o’clock. DON’T SUPPRESS A COUGH. A cough is only a symptom and the cause is what you should relieve. The most common cause of coughing is a cold. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy does not suppress a cough, hut relieves it by removing from the throat and lungs the mucus which obstructs breathing and causes the coughing. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy opens the secretions and effectually and pormanetly relievos the cold as well as the cough.—Sold by E. D. Smith, chemist, Gisborno.*

Hani Ruru, the young man who fell from the train at the Gisborne railway station on Saturday night and was seriously injured, had his leg amputated at the Gisborne Hospital yesterday morning. Inquiries made of the Hospital late last night elicited the information that the patient was doing as well as could be expected, though by no means yet out of danger.

That there is still a strong demand for building sites in Gisborne is proved by the fact that Mr F. Hall, who purchased Mr E. Eure’s property at Kaiti recently, has already disposed of the property at a greatly enhanced value. Many people when Mr Hall bought the lot wore of the opinion that Tie had gone to the full market value. Aj>parently even the great European war is unable to shake confidence in the future prosperity of Gisborne.