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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 138, 21 June 1901, Page 2

To-day is the shortest day of the year. The Government have made presents of gold nuggets and greenstones to the Duke aud Duchess. At the meeting last night it was decided to hold the annual poultry show on the 26th and 27th July. The memorial service at Holy Trinity Church on Sunday night is to be conducted by the Rev. Canon Webb. Tho Rev. Father O’Connor returned to town yesterday after a five days’ tour of the district out Waerenga-o-kuri way. Messrs Common, Shelton and Company announce the arrival of their first shipment of seed potatoes and vegetable seeds. Fresh tenders for the station buildings contract for tho Gisborne-Karaka railway will be received until noon on Monday next.

Mr Cornwall was the name of a gentleman suggested at the poultry fanciers’ meeting last night as a judge at the show next month. Captain Edwin reported yesterday : “ West to south-west and south gale ; glass rise ; tides high ; sea heavy outside, and much colder weather.” Poultry was tho subject last night among the fanciers, and one gentleman affirmed that a turkey on the Haiti some years ago had a brood of 36 chickens. Mr W. F. Hatton was the successful tenderer for the lease of the Education Deserves, Sections 95 and 76, Qrmond, containing 202 acres, advertised in these columns. Mr Herbert F. Gush has a special advertisement in this issue with regard to the Federal bicycle. He is prepared to undertake repairs in all branches of the trade. Owing to the repairs that are being done to the Homan Catholic Church at Ormond there will be no mass at Qrmond at 11 on Sunday, but there will be mass at'Wae-renga-a-liilca. A cablegram from Melbourne states : In the Federal Parliament it was stated that it would require 57,000 Lee-Enfields, costing £284,000, to equip the Australian volunteer forces.

Though -» all the Borough Council schemes so far have only got to the extent of a hand cart, the streets are now being kept in excellent order in regard to cleanliness, the Overseer having Mr Stuckey in'that department. Mr G. Smith, hairdresser and tobacconist, Gladstone road, has a change of advertisement in this issue. All the best brands of cigars, cigarettes, and tobaccos are kept in stock by Mr Smith, as well as a first-class lot of such goods as are usually kept by tobacconists. The Chief Postmaster advises us that the Gisborne portion of the San Francisco mail, ex Mariposa, was kept at Auckland for despatoh by the Star of England, which was advertised to sail yesterday, but has now been postponed until noon to-day. It will therefore reach Gisborne to-morrow evening.

Owing to an unfortunate error, it was made to appear that the rehearsal for the memorial service for next Sunday evening at Holy Trinity Church was to have been held last evening at the church. As will be seen from our advertising columns, the rehearsal is this (Friday) evening at the schoolroom, and it is to be hoped that there will be a full muster of both bandsmen and Orchestral Society members,

The East Coast Acclimatisation Society is offering sixpence a pair for hawk’s feet. A notice with regard to the horses impounded at the Ormond pound appears in this issue. The Moura, whim left Gisborne 3 Wednesday morn> •did not arrive at Auckland until 6 1 night. The owner of . bay mare trespassing on Mr F. Smith’s property is notified that he can have the same by paying expenses. Mr M. Stopford will aot as supervisor at the pupil teachors’ examination, which commences on Tuesday next, 25th inst. Gisborne is stillboing favored with beautiful weather, of which we have now had a long spell. Deciduous trees are still in leaf, and many trees are already showing signs of spring. Mr W. Pettie announces a 25 per cent reduction sale of macintoshes, coats, etc. The goods are all now, and of a fashionable kind, and should meet with a ready sale.

The tender of Mr W. Good has beon accepted for tho section at the corner of Gladstone road and Lowe street, on which Messrs Johnston and Co., Mr Good’s shop, and the Littlo Dustpan arc situate d. Tho following will represent tho City Club in tho football match against Haiti on Saturday ;—Ryan, Burns, Loomb, Samson, Sargisson, Primrose, Morse, Quinn, Jones, Ivenson, Webb (2), Duggan, Steele, Dixon, McGillivray. At the Magistrates’ Court yesterday morning Mr H. Lewis and Captain Chrisp J.P.’s prosidod. Judgment was given for the plaintiff with costs in the cases of Common, Shelton and Co. v. E. C. Whitlock, claim £3 3s; and same v. Frank Mitchell, claim £lO, costs £3 4s. Tho Borough Overseer (Mr M. Morgan) was engaged yostorday taking the lovels of Peel stroet for tho purpose of reporting to tho Council on the cost of the forming and metalling of tho street to tho west of Gladstone road. Peel street will soon bo a very important thoroughfare, being in tho main lino of traffic to the railway station.

Ladios who crowded to the Government House reception are much concerned about tho stato of their drosses. There was not sufficient accommodation in Government House, and after they had been presented they were turned out in the rain on to the lawn, which soon became a quagmire. Many beautiful costumes obtained specially for the occasion were ruined. A strolling band of musicians gave an open-air concert in Peel-street this morning, and attracted a good crowd. One of their number, who possessed a fine tenor voice, sang several of the latest operatic numbers, and was listened to with much attention. They got from one song to aiiothcruntil they came to “Good Old Jeff,” and just as the gentleman who was taking the solo reached the line, “ Disturb him not but let him rest,” a couple of policemen arrived on the scene and broke up the happy party. A lady residing in this district, whose son went South with the Mutawbero Cadet Corps, wrote as follows to a local firm of drapers:—“ Mr Marshall, of Matawliero, sent word last night that ho would take my boy |with his cadets to Christchurch to-day. Could you get his khaki pants ready by three o’clock'? If you are too busy, get them made by a tailor.” The writer concluded : “It took six days to make the world, and surely it is not impossible to have a pair of khaki pants made by three o’clock.” Needless to say, the boy’s outfit was provided in good time.

A correspondent writes commenting on the case of tho boys who have been charged with annoying Thomas Cummings, but as the case is sub judice the comments are not allowable. The correspondent says that “it is about time some steps were taken to prevent the rough boys of Gisborne from annoying the man Thomas Cummings. Many a night when I have been passing this spot I have noticed about a dozen of them knocking this man about. They do all kinds of things to him ; for instance I saw one of them pick up a lump of iron and throw it at him.”

“It is a disgraceful state of affairs,” said a person who called at the Times office last evening, “that thousands of pounds are being wasted on the Ducal celebrations, while here we are without roads fit to travel on more than a month in the year. Look at the Karaka railway 1 I No funds ’ is _thc cry when it is asked why it is not more quickly pushed on; yet men and boys are being taken from all parts of New Zealand for a picnic in Christchurch at the taxpayers' expenso.” No doubt, there are many who will agree with the speaker. The Liberal Government’s liberality with the people’s money is becoming positively shocking. The policy seems to be drifting in the direction of all play and no work. But when tho bills are due, in the words of the song, “there’ll be a hot time.”

Roman Catholic Church Services, Sunday next—Gisborne: Mass Band 11 a.m.,Vespers 7 p.ra. Makaraka: M ass 9 a.m. Waerenga-a-hil-:a: Mas 311 a.m.—Rev. W. J. O’Connor.