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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 112, 21 May 1901, Page 2

Messrs Williams and Kettle’s next stock sale takes place at Matawhero tomorrow. A concert and social in aid of the Building Fund of tho- Catholic Church, Patutahi, will be held in the Patutahi Hall on Thursday evening, May 30th. Captain Edwin wired at noon yesterday : “ North to west and south-west gale after twelyo hours from now glass fall; tides highindications rain.” . All Kaiti residents are invited to a meeting, to be held at Mr Walker’s house, DeLautour Hoad, at 8 to-night, to consider the advisability of erecting a public hall, The New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club offers a purse of 75 to vs for the horse trotting a mile (at Christchurch) in 2.17 on Friday, the second day of tho Club’s winter meeting. It is understood as almost certain there will be soveral competitors. Mr W. P. Finneran, architect, has accepted tho following tenders for Mr A. H. Wallis’ house, two-storey, to be built on hill site, Kaiti: Mr W. 0. Skcet’s tender of 111597. For Mr Edward Murphy’s building on Kaiti: Messrs' Clayton Bros’, tender, £BBS ; and that of Mr Hall for plumbing work, £BS ; total, £970. Mr Edmund 11. Rockingham's pictorial exhibition and illustrated concert should attract a large audience at the Theatre Boyal to-night. The vocal items include “ The Toilers,” “ Ora Pro Nobis,” “ The Better Land,” “ The Little Hero,” “ The Holy City,” and “ The Lost Chord.” Mr Buckingham’s concerts have proved very popular in other parts of the colony. He holds the gold medal as winner of first prize for baritone singing at the contest at Dunedin Exhibition. Yesterday the Tpins special correspondent in Auckland made’’reference to the : serious accidents on the football fields on Saturday. A Press Association wire received yesterday states :—“ At football on Saturday, Doran, of Ponsonby, received a nasty wound above the ear. Taylor, of Grafton, received a slight concussion of the brain and a crushed oollar-bone, A junior b'f collar-bone broken, ana another had a severe cut on ibp forehead. Sandall, of Newton, had his nosebroken.” Mr C. R. Neale, Government veterinary surgeon, has now entered on his duties in this district. He is to be assisted by Messrs H. Cary and Ferguson, who will be chiefly occupied in meat , inspection at the Freezing Companies, and will assist Mr Neale in dairy inspection, i Mr Neale attends to stock inspection as - regards diseased animals. The dairy , inspection began yesterday. Mr Neale ( visited Ormond district yesterday in com- ] pany with Mr Campbell Thomson, stock , inspector, (