Local and General.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 3988, 22 July 1915, Page 4

Local and General.

About 40 Gisborne members <-f the fitli X.Z. Iteinforeemoiits arrived on linn! leave by the steamer from South vesterdav morning. r lhoy will enjoy a week's furlough in Gisborne hr fort leaving for tin* front next montn.

A large audience attended the Opera last evening when the eighth instalment of “AMventures of Kaillicit” was screened. This interesting and exciting number will be screened again ibis evening.

The following ladies have promised !•> assist: in collecting on Bariiardo Saturday :—Mos/ames \\ byte, .). G.

Fast. Grundy, Akroyd, Malcolm, -I. (' Aickeii. Paisley, \\ ilkes, R. .Johnston. and A. Granain. also a number of '.null" l-'dies.

A concert is to be held to-niglu in the Mangapapa Presbyterian Church, in aid oi ihe Ladies Guild. A good programme has been arranged and several ladies and gentlemen from town will assist. Refreshments will be provided by tluc belies of the Guild and a most enjoyable entertainment, is antedpai ed.

The weekly onrado oi the Gisooi no Branch < i die N.Z. National Reserve, will bo ? lu ll! to-night at 7.3 U in the (I a rrisou I la!!. It is requested that ns main members as possible should Ik- present-. Tin* him. secretary. Lieut 11. del osta. will lie in attendance to enrol members lor "C," Cornpan v. receive subscription, etc. According to a heavily-censored letter received in Gisborne from Lieut. A. R. Kamarn. a member ol the Alaori Contingent at present in camp atAlalia, havonet lighting is being made a specially with "the Maoris. Kaipara adds: "The Imperial Army officers have complimented our men on ilu-ir physique and havonet- lighting. They are worthy successors of their grand warrior ancestors. ’ _\ sitting of the Arbitration Court will he hol'd at Gisborne on Saturday, duly 01, when disputes affect ing the following unions will he dealt with:Poverty Hay Painters’ and Decorators’ Union. Poverty Bay Builders. Contractors and Genera! Laborers Union, the Poverty Hay branch of the Amalgamated .Society of Carpenters and .joiners, and the Gisborne branch of the Auckland Tailors’ I nion.

Our Parliamentary correspondent slates that word has been received by tile Minister fur Defence that the Fifth Beinfori’i'iie ats. which lelt Wellington on .June 12. have landed their horses in India and have left-.again for their destination. The landing oi the horses in India was arranged before the: troops left, it being pointed out by tire imperial Government that it would not he uni-visa hie to take tk"in through the Kt d Sea during the height of the summer.

Particulars appear in our advertising columns oi five sections in the To" Rail estate which are being offered for sale by Messrs W llfiams and Kettle. Ltd.,' on Saturday next. Those an' all excellent building sites and. being handy to town. should meet vitlv'a readv sale. Some years ago the hulk of this estate was offered ny the same firm and everv section was sold under the hammer and proved a profitable inovstmciit to the purchasers. The reserves placed on the sections to he offered "on Saturday are very reasonable, and the terms should also suit intending buyers.

Hundreds of children are availing themselves of the V\ orhl’s Pictures free entertainment each afternoon this week, yesterday being no exception. During yesterday al ternoon s sessions Mr Rowley, headmaster of the Gisborne School, in a short address explained an oiler by, the World’s .Picture management, of prizes for a soecial competition lor school children, details of which will he published later. After thanking the World’s Picture management for their giving such a splendid treat to the children, Mr Rowley called tor cheers for the Worlds Pictures, and the theatre fairly sluSok as Iho youngsters most vigorously responded.

A most successful social was hold on Tuesday night at the Baptist Church, when the C.E. Society put on the following programme: Solo, Miss 1). Jordan; instrumental quartette. Misses Cochrane, Messrs T. Cochrane and H. Stitehbury; solo, Mrs Ingram; duet, Mrs and Miss Humbly; solo, Mr A. Day; recitation, Mr Hamlily; chorus, the choir: instrumental duet, Mr T. Cochrane Glide) ; Mr IT. Stitehbury (violin); duet, Miss D. Jordan, and Mr A. Day. All these items were much enjoyed. Refreshments were handed round, after which humorous experiences were related. This caused much laughter and i r joyment and all agreed that a happy evening had been, spent.

Messrs. Cadbury Bros., Ltd., wish to apologise to those, whose orders have not been filled during the past month, owing to .shipping disorganisation. ’ Full supplies of BnurnviFo cocoa are now 1 available. The price is still the same as before the war, although cost has so largely increased.*

Messrs AV_ D„ Lysnar .and J. 0. Field left for Wellington lust night to attend a meeting of the Bristol and Dominions Producers’ Association..

A middle-aged married woman was sent to the hospital about B.AO last night by Dr Reeve, ‘suffering from the effects of supposed corrosive poisoning. From inquiries made late last night-, tne patient was reported to be out ol danger.

The Maori Patriotic Committee at To Kara lea acknowledge the following subscriptions to the Nciv Zealand Wounded Fund:- —Mena re- Ruin £|> II iiuiona Kalipa fcl. Him Par a one. Cl, 'I u.tcari Kingi £ I, A. 11. Airey £1 Is,. J. Grab-m I Os. F. A. ,S wain.son £l, A. M. Turnbull As, 'IT Whiwlii Burn os, AVlmrepapa Tawliiao f>s, TV Kani te Fa L'l .* tarpaulin muster £1 14s: total LIU.

The ca.se against \\ - \an llaia.ii,. of Tologa Bay, who was charged with givim, a rce-int to the Hawke s Bay Fducation Hoard for COO, without stamping sumo, was called on again at the. Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning. Sub-In specter .Johnston pro-du > <v| an admission ol the offence, signed by <lefemlant, who said 1 he was not aware it was necessary to stamp sueji ;i receipt, i 1 is Worship did not think it was a c:i ■ - of a will ill attempts to defraud lit • revenue, and imposed a line of UK and 7s costs.

\ most enjoyable evening was spent, at the .Masonic Mali last night when the Cre-he committee held their biweekly d-ii.e. -Ml- Watson ur'Chied at the piano, and Mr Uhristopnlo officiated asM.C. About thirty couples took the floor, which was m excellent order. Supper was serve<l ->v the ladies' committee and was greatly enjoyed. During the evening the M-C. made the announcement that a social would he held in the Alasonic Hall on Tuesday night to farewell the Gisborne members of the iSixtii Reinforcements, who are now in Gisborne on final leave.

■'|'|ii 1 <-ase of Jo!in Sheridan, merchant (Mr. F. v>. Nolan) v. W. J. Mossmari. sheepiarmer (Mr. T. Alston Coleman;, a claim lor C’lb-f 15s bd for carting building materials for the new Waeivnua-o-kiiri Hotel, was called on at the 'Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning. In opening AitNolan said the man who had been the driver of plaintiff's motor lorry, and who was a material witness, had gone to work' at Matawai, and it was not till vest.- rday morning that it was ascertained the. witness; would not Ic available that day._ It was agreed to adjourn the hearing until .Monday next to enable the witness to be present. The question of defendant’s costs for yesterday was reserved.

In these columns recently reference was made to the disadvantage many troopers at the Dardanelles have been laboring under on account of the dearth of writing materials. An instance was cited of a Tokomaru Bay trooper who improvised a - post card out of a piece of packing case. Air Withers, of the N.Z. Shipping Co.’s staff has now received from Corporal Harry Jordon, who left with the Jrd Reinforcements a post card in the shape of a disc cut out of a sheet or cardboard. It is likely. It would seem, that ihexe ne cos. of card, aboutfive inches aero.--, were issued to large numbers of the troops in lieu of more suitable material for the purpose or communication with their friends. Corporal Jordon reports: " Still alive am! enjoying good hen lth.”

The divi rting spectacle of a carriage full of sneezing men making noice enough to drown the groanings of the AVhakarire might have been not-d by wayfarer.- on the Hurt- react the other evening, while one of the local express train- was prilling out from the city. At Lambton a- dusky descendant of Maui hoarded the train, arid having apparently partaken of something, promptly f.-fl asleep. The guard could not wake the native, and others who essayed the task had no better success. Then someone passed through and scattered a powder about promiscuously, with startling effect. The Alaori awoke with a sneeze, and continued sneezing. All the other passengers started sneezing also,, and the guard was so overcome by the infection that lie could hardly collect his tickets, and the caeehmuttons or the travellers had barely subsided when I’etone was readied. According to the weekly reports received by the Labor Department ;n the various tent res. there is still certain ninrai " of nr.employin. ::t. During the v. . ended July Ukh, 107 married and :.M .-ingle men applied for work in Christchurch, and 22 married and 10 single men were placed, leaving a surplus of 109. A lost of these are laborers. In Auckland, 120 men r. pout'd during the same period, ami work was foun,d for 28. There, is some unemployment- among painters in the northern centre, but the majority oi "nut-el-works’’ consists of general laborer-. \ aeaneies eixst for 2< of fb-'-e men, and Government work will shortly be available for LOO more. Hi Dunedin there were only 10 applicant.; for work, and six of these were placed. In Wellington work was found for A! men out of 140 applying. .Most, oi these belonged to the unskilled labor class, but 25 painters are also seeking employment.

‘‘lf he would only take my hand and call me mother!" Such was the lament, of an elderly woman who had gone aboard the "Willoclira to see her son —one of the men who returned wounded from the Dardanelles. It. was rather a pathetic incident-,, which moved to feelings of compassion all who knew of it. The man, lying in one of the wards, refused to recognise the woman who claimed to be his mother, and who bad travelled a long way to’ speak to him. A bystander sought, to reconcile them, but bis overtures to the wounded man were met with the stern command: ‘‘Don't you mention my mother’s name. - ' Sobbing, the woman watched the attempts to soften her son's resolution, .and was only induced to leave the ship by a promise that further efforts would be made, ami she would be informed if they were successful.

A young man named Leonard Betteridge pleaded guilty at the Police Court yesterday morning to a charge that on January 6 last lie did attempt to commit suicide by cutting his throat with a razor. Senior-Sergeant Mutton said prior to Christmas accused was a. taxi driver. When working at Waorenga-o-'k'uri he met with an accident to his leg, and was admitted to a private hospital. While there-he became frenzied with pain and agony, and seizing a razor inflicted a gash in libs throat-. He was admitted to tho public hospital, where he had been ever since, and expenses to the amount of CIS 12s fid had been incurred. Mr Barton, S.M., said no doubt accused bad not been accountable for his actions, and it was not- a case in which he should inflict a term of imprisonment-. 'He would bind accused to come up for sentence when called upon. Accused said he would be able to return, to work in about a month. Senior-Sergeant Hutton said accused would always have a- stiff leg. His Worship ordered that £7 16s, the cost of attendance, and 7s 6d for cab litre, be paid! by January 1 next. He did not makei an order in respect, of the hospital expenses, £4O 9s, but told accused it was bis duty to pay these expenses as soon as he was able.

The latest engagement announced is Miss Choice Design to Mr. Splendid Value. IT. J. Grieve, jeweller, lias just landed a beautiful selection of engagement rings. Size cards free.* To fit any finger, small or large, at any prioe to- suit all purses, are. claims made by Grieve, jeweller, for his new stock of engagement rings.*