The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, JUNE 3, 1901.

Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 122, 3 June 1901, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, JUNE 3, 1901.

Tho Poverty Bay Hunt Club hold a meet at Karaua to-day. A call of one shilling per share on members t of the Co-operative Building Society is notified. Capt. Martin, of the schooner Waiapu, arrived from Auckland by the Waihora yesterday afternoon. Tho vital statistics for Gisborne for the month of May are as follows: Marriages 3, births 24, deaths 12. The monthly meeting of tho -Hospital Trustees will be held at the Hospital on Wednesday next, at 7.30 pan. The Borough Council intend to enforce the by-law providing for footpaths being swept at least once daily. The Customs returns at tho port of Gisborne for the past month amount ,to £IOB4 12s 6d, and beer duty £57.' Our Frasertown correspondent, in his notes, describes a horrible method which the Uriwera Natives have of capturing pheasants. The American warship Brooklyn, the largest of her class that has visited New 1 Zealand, passed the bay yesterday, on route for Wellington. The big drapery sale being held .by Messrs Wyllie and Mason, on behalf of Messrs Stephen and Co., of Wellington, will be resumed at 2 this afternoon. Captain Edwin reported on Saturday afternoon : —“ Indications strong easterly winds ; glass fall ; tides increasing, and . probably rain ; sea heavy swell.” The debate at the Mutual Improvement Society, following upon Mr Lysnar’s address on the liquor traffic, will bo resumed this evening at the Wesley Schoolroom. The many friends of Mr and Mrs W. Sandlant will regret to learn that their only son, an infant, died last evening. The child had been ill for about three weeks. There were very largo congregations at the special services hold at St. Andrew’s Church yesterday by the Rov. T. Macdonald. Mr Macdonald will also hold a service this evening, and ono to-morrow evening. He leaves for South on Wednesday night. A new list of subscribers has been issued in connection with the telephone exchange. At the top of the alphabetical list the numbers of tho fire and police stations and of the medical practitioners are given—a thoughtful provision which shows how attentive tho Department is to details. A concert and dance will be hold at Waerenga-a-liika on Wednesday evening' next. A capital programme is in course of preparation, and the affair promises to be a great success. Songs, recitations, and dialogues will bo given by the school children, and many other attractive items will bo provided. " Wang,” the comic opera in which tho Josephine Stanton Opera Company opened at Auckland on Thursday last, is essentially an American production, and is not likely to take with colonial audiences. The latter are hardly sufficiently acquainted with Amorican “ slang ” to understand many of the points of the performance.

A number of new books have been added to the Library daring the past week. Tho Committee are doserving of tho thanks of the public for the manner in which they cater for their wants with regard to an up-to-date supply of literature. There are few places in the colony of the size of Gisborne that can boast of such a well-managed library. We arc sorry that we cannot say the same about the museum. ... A creamery or skimming station is to bo opened at Lavenham, Patutahi, a week hence. The creamery is to be conducted by Messrs Hair Bros., in conjunction with Mr Thomas McGregor, the enterproprietor of the Kia Ora Dairy Factory. Tho creamery has been erected, and. all is in readiness except the hoists for. lifting the milk cans. It is intended to make use of the hoists at the. Kia Ora factory, where steam is to be employed for a like purpose. Tho settlers about Patutahi should now take advantage of tlie additio&al facilities for converting their milk into cash.

The case in which Mouat, a commercial, traveller, and Winstanley, a telegraph clerk at Christchurch, were charged with having conspired to defraud Patterson 8r05.,, of Wellington, was rpsumed at Christchurch on Saturday. Edward Patterson.in his evidence declined to answer whether the amount of bet with Mouat was .determined by the totalisator dividend,. as he did not want to incriminate himself. Tho original telegram, which was alleged to have been handed in after the conclusion of the race, but timed prior to it, making a wager on the race, was put in. Counsel addressed the Court, and accused were committed to trial, Mouat’s bail being £2OO and one surifty of £2OO, and Winstanley’s £IOO and ono surety of £IOO.

On Saturday Messrs C. White (chairman), J. Clark, Jex-Blake and Morrison attended the meoting of the Te Arai Eoad Board, when correspondence from Mr Carroll was read on the subject of a promised subsidy to the construction of a bridge over the Te Arai river. Mr Carroll stated that the matter would be considered when the Estimates were dealt with. Mr "A. F. Matthews forwarded a tracing of two proposed sites for the bridge, and explained that the cost might differ according to the style and construction, of the bridge. He estimated that a suitable bridge would cost £I2OO. Further consideration of the matter was deferred. Mr Jex-Blake drew the attention of the Board to the state of the river crossing near Beay station, and was empowered by the Board to receive metal up to 30s, using his own judgment as to the quantity required. Four contract accounts, amounting to £406 16s 6d, for forming the 6ft track on Tokonui road were passed for payment. This money is paid out of a speoial loan granted by Government,