The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, JULY 22, 1903.

Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 948, 22 July 1903, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, JULY 22, 1903.

The .Empire Skating Rink will be open again this evening., Mr Palmer, who is to act aa judge at the Poultry Show, arrived from the South this morning. The monthly stock sales at the JVaerenga-a-hika yards are to be held cm Thursday, July, 20th. The clever Professor Lewis and his talented Company closed their .Gisborne season last evening. A meeting of the East Coast Railway, League is to he held at 4 this afternoon. ' At-the Borough Council meeting last night' leave of absence was granted to Or Miller, owing to indisposition. , A ' meeting of business people is convened for to-morrow, evening* to consider the Shops and .Offices Bill.

It •is anticipated that the East I Coast Mounted Rifles’ Ball will be a great success. The committee have all the arrangements .Well in hand. East Cape reported yesterday ; —" S.E. fair breeze, barometer 29'95, thermometer 68, overcast sky and rain, good tides, moderate sea.” • Captain Edwin wirod yesterday “ Strong winds from between north-east and north and west, glass fall, tides decrease, probably rain after 16 hours from now." ■ ,v; ' The Tai-Rawhiti Maori Land Council meets this morning at IG o'clock. Members Pen’e Heihi and Wi Potae, together with Mr A. T.Ngata, arrived from the coast yesterday. At the Borough Council meeting last evening Or Somervell stated that he had never been to Waihirere. Cr Lysnar: I will drive you up there any day you like. (Laughter.) By the Tarawera this morning, Mr D. Hyde, of the Government Poultry Department, arrived from Wellington, and will be present at the Poultry Club’s show. Mr Hyde will deliver a lecture on Friday evening. ' ■ - . - . . The annual show of the Gisborne Poultry- Fanciers’ Club, to be held on. Friday, and Saturday, next, promises to be a great success. Birds must be delivered ae the hall tomorrow evening. The result of the competition for I the prizes offered by Mr C. Morse for the most cigarette packets bearing his stamp, collected in a given time, has been announced. Mr P. Sheridan was first, with 780, and Mr I W. Charles second with 510. Messrs Kennedy, Evans, and Co: desire that all accounts due to them I in connection with the Central Timber Yards be paid by the 31st inst., in order to facilitate the settlement of co-partnership accounts. Payment I may be made at the office of Messrs Evans, Nield, and Co. I The New Plymouth Harbor Board decided, by, five votes to three, to introduce a Bill into Parliament authorising a loan for the extension of the harbor. The loan proposal is to borrow' £150,000, spread over six , years, so as to give accommodation to ocean vessels. I, The local Girls’ Hockey Club have . received ‘an invitation from the Ma- i rora Girls’, Hockey Club, Napier, ] .to pay them a visit and play, .a .! match on Friday, July 31st. Each [ member of the Napier team will be able to put up a visitor. A meeting will be held this afternoon at 4 p.m. in Holy Trinity, schoolroom to consider the matter. |£

A very successful Band of Hope meeting was held last night. . Wesley Schoolroom was packed to the doors, and the programme was of a high order. The following items were gone through Two orchestral selections by Mr Ball (pianist), MiBS Hawkins and Mr Yeoman (violin), F. Wilkinson (cornet), G. Riohards (trombone), and V. Wilkinson (flute); recita- I tionß by Daisy Peters, Miss M. Doleman, Oswald Church, J- Parsons; pianoforte solos fay Mr Ball and Miss Solvander. A mirth-provoking dialogue was given by some friends from Ormond, and elicited warm applause. The Rev. Mr Rothwell I presided over the meeting. There was one very special “ dead snap” on the opening day at Gisborne (writes Judge in the Sporting Review), and that was Croupier, who had been fairly thrown into the Flying Handicap with 9st 91b. How he came to receive that low weight I: am at a loss to conceive. Auckland sportsmen, who saw the brown son of Monaco performing at Ellerslie, were on him to a man, and I am told a very fair 1 amount of money was won. That the ] ability of Mr Clark’s gelding was nnder- j estimated by the handicapper was amply * proved, for Croupier not only won the £ Flying Handicap with the utmost ease by £ three lengthe, but on being pulled out 1 again in the Winter Oats fairly lost the ? field, ; t

Messrs Teat and Friar have a -Jvecoomed house, with outbuildings, to let in Grey street. Two comfortably furnished rooms to let are advertised in another column. The fortnightly meeting of the •Amalgamated Carpenters and Joiners will be held to-morrow night. The last run of the season in connection with the P.B. Hunt Clul will be held at Wairakaia on Friday at 2 p.m. The local branch of tho Hibernian Aus tralian Catholic Benefit Society adjournec their meeting last evening as a mark o respect to the late Pope. At the Co-operative Building Societ; meeting last evening, Messrs B. Hird (on sharo) and Joshua Sigley (two shares were the successful shareholders in th ballot for £3OO, £IOO of which sold at £3 and the remaining £2OO at £3l per hue dred. This is the second time that M Hird has been successful.

The Star of Gisborne Lodge, 1.0.0. F., met last evening, when the officers for the ensuing six months were installed into their several offices by P.G. Bro. Colebourne, as folio ats :—Junior P.G., Bro. A. Wade; N.G., Bro. H. J. Bendle; V.G., Bro. E. D. Smith; P.S., Bro. R. Robb; Treasurer, Bro, Buscke; R.S., Bro. Jarman ; Organist, Bro. J. H. Gittos; R.S.S., Bro. A. Coleman ; Chaplain, Bro. Evans ; | L.S.S., Bro. Ngatai; B.S. to N.G., Bro. J. Robb; L.S., Bro. A. Williams; R.S. to V.G., Bro. A. E. Smith; -L.S., Bro. Sargisson. On behalf of the Lodge Bro. Robb presented Bro. J. H. Oolebourne with a Past Grand’s collar and jewel, and expressed the good wishes of the Lodge towards Bro. Oolebourne, aud their thanks for his work for the Order since its inception in Gisborne. Bro. Colebourne returned thanks for the handsome present and the kind things said of him. He had endeavored to do his best for the Order, and had always been loyally sup- , ported by the officers and brothers associated with him. The evening was concluded by a musical programme, to which items were contributed by Bros. E. D, Smith, Niccol, Gush, ahd Messrs Collinge and Neild, to whom the thanks of the j Lodge are due for the kind assistance. The Pride of Gisborne Juvenile Lodge of the same Order met previous to the adult I Lodge, and was well attended in Bpite of the inclemency of the weather. The president’s prize was captured by Bro. Becre. Special prizes for interest in the Lodge were offered by other brothers of the Star of Gisborne Lodge, and should evoke keen competition. This Lodge now has a good, Btrong membership, and bids fair to rival its parent Lodge, whieh has had such a successful career.

The big Tamworth Sydney Pigeon Shooting Carnival, opened on Wednesday, July Ist, and concluded on Friday, 3rd inst. From every point of view it was a decided success. Everything was favorable for good shooting ; the weather fine, birds good, and the whole management perfeet. The open event was the Optional Handicap, £3O stake money, which was divided between A, W. Eales and C. Urchson, with nine kills. The last day the sport was in aid of the Tamworth Hospital, for which £IOO was realised. The Convalescent Handicap, of £ls, was divided between Messrs A. W. Eales (31 yards) and T. Manchee (23 yards), with 10 kills each. The Hospital Handicap of £25, was won by Mr Blair (24 yards) with eight kills. The Invalids Handicap of £lO was divided between Messrs A. W. Eales (31 yds) and E. Mclntosh (29 yds) with eight Kills oach. Messrs A. W. Eales, T. Manchee, and Blair used the Colonial Ammunition Company’s 3-inch I " Blue Rock ” cartridges, loaded with 11 oz No. 6 shot and Amberite powder, throughout the meeting. According to reports, Mr Eales is now open to shoot against anyone in Australia for any part of £IOOO at 100 birds, 30 yards, or at any distance over that rise, and if anyone takes up his offer he intends using the Colonial Ammunition, which he prefers to any other make. Mr Eales also did some excellent shooting at the Newcastle Gun Club’s £IOO Pigeon Match last week, killI ing 28 birds straight from the 32 yards rise, gathering all the birds within 17 yards boundary ; again in this matoh he used tho Colonial •’ Blue Rock” 3-inoh cartridges.