The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING GISBORNE, JULY 31, 1903.

Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 956, 31 July 1903, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING GISBORNE, JULY 31, 1903.

“ The Spectator’s ” letter .will appear to-morrow. 11 The schooner Aotea loaves for Coas ports and Auckland to morrow evening. The Woolbrokers’ Association hold their next wool and skin sale on Friday, 7th August.

Mr T. Adams is offering special values in the way of ping-pong sets, fancy goods, and literature of all kinds.

Captain Edwin reported yesterday:— Gale from between East and north and north west, glass fall, tides moderate,-sea heavy off shore, expect much rain. The juvenile Beebabifces have decided to hold a social gathering amongst the members and their friends in Whinray’s Hall in about a month’s time.

East Cape advised yesterday : S.E. moderate gale, barometer 29’49, thormometer 49, gloomy, good tides, rough

A general meeting of the Liberal Association will be held at 8 o’clock this evening in the rooms over Dalrymple’s, when railway v. tramway will be discussed.

The Empire Skating Bink will be open on Saturday afternoon and evening. There are plenty of new skatos ■on hire, and a good band will be in attendance.

The Poverty Bay Hunt Club advertise a meeting to be held at the Masonic Hotel to-morrow. All accounts against the Club must be rendered before then, addressed to Mr T. Holden, President. The Kia-Ora Co-operative Dairy Co. ad. vertise in another column for tenders for twelve months, commencing on the Ist September, for carting cream from their creameries to their factory.

Messrs Kennedy, Evans and Co. request that all accounts due to them be paid by to-day to facilitate a settlement of copartnership accounts. Payments may be made at Messrs Evans, Nield and Co.’s office.

Despite the inclemency of the weather yesterday afternoon the Gisborne girls’ hockey team went from Napier to Hastings, and played that team. The game resulted in a win for Hastings by 3 goals to nil. The team will play Napier to day, when it is hoped they will make a good stand,

Mr W. Douglas Lysnar Las been indisposed for the past few days. A smart boy to run papers is advertised for.

Mr E. G. A. Reynolds is offering substantial presents from bis emporium. See u Ivsrtfsnnent. Au impu.m-'iog in ' connection with the Matawheru p.uuU appears in this issue. The Pacific cable advises that communication with Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, is interrupted. At a meeting of the Rechabite Tent the other evening a very hearty vote of thanks was accorded to the committee which had brought the recent conversazione to such a successful issue.

The County Council meet at noon today to discuss the proposal for the construction of a tramline from Te Karaka to Motu. At half-past two the Council will meet members of the Railway League. Several new shipments have just been opened up by Messrs Hallenstein Bros. (New Zealand ClothiDg Factory). Special value is offered in men’s and boys’ clothing.

At the meeting of the Harbor Board yesterday the salary of the craneman of the dredge was increased from £l2 10s to £li, the increase being made on the recommendation of the dredgemaster. Members of tbe Railway League are reminded of the adjourned meeting which takes place at half-past two this afternoon at the County Council Chambers. As the question of the proposed tramline is to bo discussed it is to be hoped that there will be a large attendance. The Maritana Assembly held a most successful dance in the Academy of Music last evening. There was a good attendance, and a most enjoyable night was spent. An excellent supper was providod by the ladies. Dancing was kept up till au early hour this morning. At Hamilton on Monday Mrs Corcoran,

of Harapipi, was admitted to tho Waikato Hospital suffering from a gunshot wound in the face. It appears that one of her sons had been out shooting on Saturday, and, on returning home, proceeded to draw the cartridges from his gun. The cartridge exploded, striking Mrs Corcoran, who was passing some 15 paces away. Tho wound is a very nasty one, but fatal consequences are not anticipated.

The caps and banner for which the junior football teams are competing, are at present on view in Messrs Hallensteins’ (New Zealand Clothing Factory) window, Gladstone road, and are attracting much attention. The trophies were manufactured to order by Messrs Hallenstein Bros., and the excellent workmanship reflects great credit upon the firm. The caps will be worn by tho Poverty Bay juniors in the match against Hawke’s Bay to-morrow.

. When the subject of office accommodation was before tho Harbor Board yesterday, Mr Matthewson urged that if a change was made the new offices should be located nearer Gladstone road. The Chairman : But we have our own section here. Capt. Tucker: Somehow they squeezed me out of this section. They got it on the pretence that it was required lor a sheep dip. Somehow or other i lost the ground altogether. Mr Harding, smiling : Then they must have been very smart, Capt. Tucker. It must have been when you were down in the Islands. (Laughter,) Captain Tucker assured the meeting that he was not in the Islands at the time, but he nevertheless lost the seotion.

At the Magistrate's Court yesterday morning judgment went by default in the following cases :—Robert Golebrook (Mr Bees) v. Peta Eauopia, claim £5 5s sd, costs £1 11s 6d; S. Noble-Oampboll (Mr Bees) v. Annie Boyle, claim j£l 12s, costs 5s ; Whataupoko Eoad Board (Mr Bees) v. Mary Arthur, claim £2 19s 6d, costs 10s. In the case of Mare Whati v. Wareta Taihuiha, being a claim for the recovery or value of a greenstone pendant, Mr G. H. Lysnar appeared for defendant, and asked for an adjournment owing to Mr W. B. Lysnar being indisposed. Mr L. Bees, for plaintiff, opposed the application. The adjournment was granted on the payment of costs, 19s 6d. The case will be heard next Thursday. The Harbor Board intend going in for better office accommodation. Notice of motion to this effect was given at the meeting yesterday by Captain Tucker, who referred to the poor and shabby building that the Board at present occupied, “It is nothing more than a mere shanty we are on,” he remarked. “It is the poorest and meanest accommodation possible, and we are almost trespassing on other people’s property. We ought to have a decent two-storeyed building. If the Chairman and members are to receive no honorariums they should at least be entitled to be decently housed. We ought to do that for the respectability of the port its£>f. and whilst making a change let us make a gufih one.” Mr Matthewson i I think the Napier office isjts large as this one. Captain Tucker : Then it is high time Napier made a change. This building would not be regarded as fit for a dogkennel for the Wellington Board. Members expressed themselves favorable to the motion, which will be discussed at the next meeting, ,The mail coach which left Kempsey, N.SAV., a few days ago was bailed up when half-way; between the Nambucca and Bellinger Heads. The driver, Drinkwater, who was accompanied by a passenger named Donovan, states that two men on horse hack stopped the coach, and demanded the Sydney mailbag. The driver replied that he did not carry any mails. The men then fired two shots, both going through the hood of the coach, within six inches of the driver’s head! The driver and passenger both jumped off the.coach, and made for the scrub close by, the men firing a third shot shortly after The driver caught one of the coach horses galloping along the road, and, procuring, a saddle from a settler he proceeded to Bellinger Heads, and reported the matter to Constable Southwell, The constable, accompanied by the driver, went back to the scene, and found the coach capsized over a cutting ’and considerably damaged. The mail bags were intact, the only article missing being a small parcel. The driver gave ■a minute description of the men who shot at him, and averred that he could readily identify, tlieinj