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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 61, 13 March 1901, Page 2

The last boat for the Waikare this evening is fixed for eight o’clock. Mr Thomas McGregor, proprietor of the Kiaora butter factory, invites tenders for the supply of firewood. Tenders are invited for felling five miles of fence line at the-Motu. Specifications can be seen at the Times Office. Telegraphic, local 'and. general news, and special articles appear on the first and fourth pages of to-day’s Times. The Frasortown-Gisborne cricket match commences at two this afternoon. The match will be played in the Victoria Domain. At the Police Court yesterday Joseph Geddis was fined £5 and costs for being drunk while in charge of a horse. His wife paid the fine. Our readers are reminded of St. Patrick’s social to-morrow evening. Elaborate preparations have been made, and the function promises to be a great success. Mr E. P. Joyce received a telegram from Mr Carroll yesterday that Trooper Trotter had been given a commission in the Seventh Contingent. At the Magistrate’s Court yesterday Mr Barton, S.M., gave his decision in the case Rees Bros, v. Allen, judgment being entered up for the plaiptiffs, £6 §s and costs £1 10s, j

Mr Mestayer, who is to fidvise as to the Gisborne water and drainage scheme, arrives from Wellington this morning. A special meeting of the Council is convened for 10 this morning to confer with Mr Mesteyer. The visiters at the Geyser Hotel, Rotorua, were alarmed by an outbreak of fire on Monday night. The flames were extinguished without serious damage. This was the third incipient fire recently. Incendiarism is suspected, The special meeting of the Harbor Board called for yesterday lapsed for want of a quorum, those who attended being Messrs Sievwright, Hepburn, and Macfarlane. The special business was to have considered what roll should be used for the forthcoming election. Another change in the proprietorship of one of the local hotels took place yesterday, Mr F. Stevenson, the popular landlord of the Royal Hotel, having sold his interest to Mr J. R. Quinn, of Auckland. The new proprietor of this favorite hotel is sure to meet with a continuance of the support accorded it in the past. At a meeting of the Gisborne Rifles, officers were elected to fill vacancies which had occurred in the corps through the resignation of Color-Sergeant Guise and Corporal Younghusband. Sergeant H. Warren was elected to the color-sergeant’s position, and Privates Franklin and Wakelin were elected to the position of corporals, Corporal Skipworth being elected sergeant in place of Sergeant Warren. The Wellington Free Lance states :

“ Here’s a pill for contractors, and it must be swallowed quickly. A regulation recently adopted by the Gisborne Borough Council ordains that tenderers for all local bodies’ work must state in their tender the amount of wages it is proposed to pay the men, and the number'of hours they are to wprk per day. Are you listening, Mr Mayor Aitken ?” Our contemporary is evidently unaware the Gisborne Council is sillily complying with the Act. Mr B, Moore, the well-known blacksmith, has, we are sorry to state, been compelled to dispose of iis horse-shoeing business on account of ill-health, In another column he thanks all those who I hd-ve fayored him with their patronage in the past, d_ n d solicits a continuance of their support for his bilpcessor, Mr J. Lee, who lip is confident will give tit?! 11 every satisfaction, Mr Leo has had a wide experience in the trade', and lias the reputation of being a thorough good workman. For some time he served under Mr H, Bye, veterinary horseshoer, of Melbourne, and during the last ten years he has been with Mr J. H. Ormond, of Gisborne. He should receive a fair share of public support,