The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, MARCH 22, 1901 RISE IN WOOL.

Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 67, 22 March 1901, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, MARCH 22, 1901 RISE IN WOOL.

Two important items of information came to haud last evening, one being .of a depressing and the other of a cheering nature. One message reports that there has beon a further fall in the price of meat, and the other message, received per favor of the N.Z.L. and M.A. Company, announces that there has been an average advance of five per cent, in the price for medium wool, ruling at the close of last series. The price of wool has gone down so steadily that the increase will not make up for the loss, but it will infuse new hope into the district; and, coming at a time when the price of frozen meat is on the downward tendency, it has a very pleasing effect. A riso or fall in the price of wool or meat is of great importance to this district, which stands to gain or lose much by the fluctuations. The five per cent, advance mean thousands of pounds to the district, and the low price has a correspondingly bad effect. It has been rather tantalising to note the press cables, regularly noting that the market is spirited and bidding brisk, but generally it so happens that the class of wool in which this district is specially interested is on the] downgrade rather than showing an increasing tendency. The hope now must be that the slight increase in price will soon become a much larger one, and that the five per cent, advance reported will ere long be converted into a fifteen per cent, advance.

The annual meeting of the Ladies’ Golf Club takes place this afternoon. A meeting of the Girls’ Hockey Club is convened for to-morrow afternoon.

A total of .£3,600 was allotted in loans during the 18 months of the Co-oporative Building Society’s existence. A meeting of the Poverty Bay Sheep Dog Trial Club is to be held on Saturday afternoon.

Captain Edwin wired at noon yesterday : “Strong westerly winds; glass rise : tide good.” The Federal Treasurer, Sir George Turner, states that the Federal expenditure for the month of February, including the Governor-General and Ministers’ salaries, totals 4)1800. At Tolago yesterday a young native named Teke Teke Maitai was arrested by Constable Donovan on a charge of having stolen a pair of trousers from Mr W. Tulloueh, tailor, of Tolago Bay. The accused is a youth, who has just served a month in gaol. Mr Chas. Bishop, the engineer sent, by the Government to overhaul the locomo, tive for the Gisborne-Karaka railway, is, we regret to state, laid up with illness. It is likely to be six weeks before the locomotive is ready for active work, all the parts having to be tested. On the morning of the Tolago races a Gisborne resident made a startling discovery. On the public writing desk at the telegraph office there was a bulging pocket-book, which, on examination, was found to contain a large sum of money. The' pocket-book was handed over to Constable Donovan, who, on arrival at the course, gave it to the owner, the latter up to that time not being aware that he had mislaid it. He was naturally greatly surprised on the pocket-book being handed to him., and offered a substantial reward, which the officer declined. At the Magistrate’s Court, yesterday, judgment went by default in the following cases, Messrs ‘J. ‘Tpwnley and Vincent Pyke, J.’sP., presiding : A, F, Bridges (Mr A. Bees) v. Patrick Mooney, claim 4)8 ; costs £1 4s 6d. G. How Chow (Mr Jones) v. James Hanlon, claim 16s ; costs Vs. August Zenker (Mr Lysnar) v. Hereate'ra Bonga, claim £l3 17s ; costs £3 2s. Adair Bros, (Mr Lysnar) v. Erutera Rangiwhaitere, claim £3 17s 3d ; costs £1 2s. —In the case Kennedy and Evans (Mr Chrisp) v. Peti' Kere Here (Mr Rees), claim £4 7s 7d, the defendant had tendered £3 7s 7d, being under the impression that he was tendering the full amount. This was refused, as the claim was greater, and the summons had been served but not issued, Judgment was given'by consent, with costs 18s, There was a great chase at Tolago on Wednesday night, lor a suspected thief. The local tailor had lost a pair of pants, and on missing them he set after a Native youth who was found to have them in his possession. The owner obtained the parcel, and afterwards informed the worthy local police officer, Constable Donpvau, who set off in pursjiit of the culprit. The offiaor was after the supposed thief for about three h.Qurs ? .but could not sight the runaway -in the dark. The chief pursuer had some exciting adventures, including an entanglement in a barbed wire fence, which it was too dark to see. The officer’s handsome uniform fared badly, and thereafter was not presentable. Next morning the search was renewed, and the Native, who had slept out among the rushes during the night, was found among his fellows, who handed him over to custody.

The A and B teams of the Gisborne Crici 0 * Club were to have met in the competition f?r the Thursday Shield yesterday afternoon, bui "1 -the timo^ arranged for starting play only about eigtu A representatives and two or three B men put in an appearance. Although the weather had been disagreeable all day, it cleared up about 2 o’clock, and the remainder of the afternoon was quite fine enough for play. It says very little for the interest taken in’ {he competition that "the match was allowed to fall through. We would throw-out a suggestion to the local cricket; authorities that a match Town v. Country' should be arranged for, say, Saturday week as a. fitting termination to the present season. Two strong elevens could be pitted against each other, and local players could enjoy one more really good afternoon’s play before oiling their bats, and laying'them aside for the season.

Tenders are invited for building a billiard-room at the Poverty Bay Club.

Messrs Parnell and Co. have an important announcement in another column with regard to the shooting season. Mr D. D. McKenzie, a settler, who was well-known in various parts of the North Island, passed away at Palmerston North on March 15.

At Burnside (Dunedin) yesterday, tho top prices for medium sheep fell from 17s to 15s 9d, and for medium ewes from 15s Gd to 13s 9d. Other qualities' showed a corresponding decline.

A Dunedin resident has patented an article which should be welcomed by ladies. It will be no longer necessary to fasten the hat by means of pins (always dangerous), as the new patent is specially intended for the fastening of'ladies’ hats. The headgear may be put on or taken off without disturbing the apparatus. According to “ Winnower,” the agriculcultural contributor to the Hawera Star, there is amplo evidence that land is at a high figure in that district. Only a few weeks ago a farm near Manaia changed hands at £2O per aero, and last week for another property a short distance from Manaia over .£2O an acre was asked. The price of cattle shows no sign of declining ; in fact, the rates ruling before. Christmas ware rather lower than are at present being obtained.

A jewellery robbery, under peculiar circumstances, was reported to the Melbourne police recently.' John Langdon, a traveller for a city firm of jewellers, on his way borne to North Carlton, at two o’clock in the morning, was carrying a bag containing jewellery to the value of £175. He states that being exhausted by the heat and a hard day’s work, he sat on the kerbstone and fell asleep. When he awoke the bag was gone. At the bowling green yesterday afternoon Nicholas, O’Meara, Robertson, and Ponsford (skip) were defeated by Lewis, McGowan, Wallace, and Sidebottom (skip) by 26 to 24, nfter a very close game. Adair (2), Rosie, and McMastor (skip) played Pettie, Colebrook, Orr, and Gaudin (skip). The score stood at 12 all on the nineteenth head, but McMasters’ rink getting in seven in the remaining heads, won by that number of points. The final matches in the Handicap Singles will bo playod this afternoon.