The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, AUGUST 27, 1903.

Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 979, 27 August 1903, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, AUGUST 27, 1903.

The Maritana Assembly dance will be held in the Academy of Music this evening. Mai's which left Melbourne via Naples, on July 2nd, arrived in London' on August 24th. The Stine-Evans Comedy Company oommence their season at the Theatre Royal to-night. Mr K. S. Williams, the selector of the Woiapu Rugby Union, is in town, and will remain until after the representative match on Saturday. A meeting of tho directors of the Gisborne Sheepfarmers’ Fr'ozon Moat Co. will be held on Saturdny morning next at 11 o’clock.

At a meeting of tbe Rechabite Tent last ovening, Bro. A. W. Kirk was elected to fill the vacant office of secretary, caused by tho resgnation of Bro. Nasmith. Owing to the half-holiday this afternoon the box-plan for the Stine-Evans Company will bo open at,tho Theatre Royal from 2 to 5, when scats can be reserved. A concert and dance will be held in Stevenson’s HalJ, Te Karaka, this evening. The proceeds are in aid of the Ormond Convent.

In view of the match with the Waiapu Union’s representative team on Saturday next, the Poverty Bay fifteen will play a practico match at Victoria Domain this afternoon against a team of allcomers. The concert and dance to be held at Matawhero on Thursday next promises to be a very successful function. Tickets are selling rapidly, and given a good night the schoolroom should be crowded. Lovers of literature should make a point of calling at Mr T. Adams’ shop this week. A thousand books published at 3s 63 are offered at Is 6d each, and a thousand published at 2s 6d are being sold at Is.

For tho convenience of country ptoplo desirous of attending the theatre on Saturday evening, tho 9.30 train will not loave until 10.30. The performance of “ Where is Cobb ?” will be concluded at 10.15 sharp. This will loave ample time to catch the train.

Tho alarm of fire which was raised yesterday morning proved to be a fire at Makaraka, a five-roomed house of Mr A. Olsen being burnt down. Tbe fire originated in the kitchen a few minutos to one o’clock from unknown caused, and in a short time the house was completely destroyed. Mr Olsen values bis house at .£2OO, and furniture, etc., at JllOO. The house was insured in the Phceuix office for £175. ■

The coming spring should induco those who are partial to soaside resorts and feel the want of a recruiting change, to visit Tatapouri, which is most charmingly situated and within such an easy distance of Gisborne. Tho hotel, which has been thoroughly renovated and comfortably furnished throughout, is now undor the capable proprietorship of Mr and Mrs Caulton, who are well and favorably known in this district, and judging by the excellence of tbe table kept and the attention given to visitors on such moderate terms they should merit a liberal support this season.

Tho point raisod on Monday morning by Sergeant Siddells in the Kaitaratahi Hotel case re one traveller purchasing liquor consumed by another is not a new one. Six years ago in Auckland, in the case Police v. Parker, the licensee of the Railway Terminus Hotol, for Sunday trading, the evidence disclosed that the party served with liquor were travellers. It was further disclosed that one paid for the drinks consumed. Inspector Cullen then raised the argument that it was not legitimate for one person to purchase liquor and be consumed fay another. Mr Hutchinson, S.M., dismissed the information on the grounds that a ruling on the point had never been given by the Supreme Court.

A sitting of the Native Land Conrfc will be held at Wairoa on September the 9th. A number of choice town and suburban properties are offered for sale by Mr Lissant Clayton. The adjourned meeting of the Hunt Club will be held at the Masonic Hotel on Saturday next at 11 a.m. The Poverty Bay Farmers’ Union Club hold their annual meeting on Saturday next, at 2 p.m. Two miners were killed by a fall of earth near Farina, South Australia, the other day. It is said that quite a religious war is being waged in and about Eugowra, New South Wales. A little girl was burnt to death at Melbourne through her flannelette dress catching fire. A quarrel between two rabbiters near Murrumburrah, New South Wales, resulted in a man being shot in the left breast. The estimato cost of the GisborneKaraka Kailway section is £'75,110, cost of opened line, and £3,412, cost of unopened

The medical staff at the Perth Hospital has protested in vain against the appointment of the lady doctor. Miss Ambrose, of Adelaide, to a position on the house stuff. The North Island Bacon Company’s works at Woodvillo are now working 'full time. A large shipment of bacon and hams is about ready for packibg for the South African market. A Sydney waggon-driver has boon fined 10s and costs, in default threo days’ imprisonment, for not driving his vehicle close to the footpath before stopping to unload his goods. At Lyttelton it is stated that a requisition is being numerously signed requesting the Mayor to call a public meeting to consider a proposal to establish a municipal bakery. The pea'rifle is a source of trouble in Stratford. The Settler says that two cows wore recently shot dead with pearifles, and the other day a young fellow deliberately fired at and wounded a dog. Two fishermen, named James McCormack and Hillaro Fluick, went to sea from Bussellton, West Australia, recently, with the intention of remaining out three or four days. Nothing has since been heard of them.

The Commissioner of Trade and Customs notifies in the Gazette that the cellar of a stone building, situated on Section 132, Peel street, is appointed to be a warehouse for the reception of goods under bond, and is to be Known as Sheridan’s bond.

A schoolgirl at Lee has been awarded a medal for a seven years’ perfect school attendance. All the mombers of the family—nine iq number—attended the same school, and not one of them missed a single attendance.

One of the officers of tho Mararoa was heard to remark tho other night that if the Young Men’s Christian Association had chosen the New Zealand footballers they could not have chosen a quietor and more orderly lot of men. Mr Stino, of the Stine and Evans’ Company, is delighted with New Zealand, which ho thinks goes about a 3 near the ideal as any country he can imagine. Ho thinks it almost unique in the possession of a true democratic spirit.

A notification appears in the Gazette’ under the Birds Nuisance Act, appointing the first day of the months of July, August, September, October, and November, in each year as the days on which the work of destroying injurious birds shall commence.

Motor cars are likely to be introduced into Kotorua during the coming tourist season, for tho purpose of carrying passongers to the various sights. It is stated that the roads, with the exception of the Tikitere route, do not offer insuperable difficulties in the way of the project.

The activity of the police in connection with the suppression of sly grog selling in the King Country is shown by tho fact that several prosecutions are to eventuate this week. The Te Awamutu Court will be occupied with the hearing of 70 charges against 24 defendants. Says the Bruce Herald : “ During the last week or so Canterbury buyers have been engaged in this district purchasing sheep for freezing purposes. As a result’ the railway has been kept busy railing sheep to the northern province. Several thousands have already gone forward.” , A most successful rehearsal of “ lolanth-e ” was held in the Theatre Royal last evening. The numerical strength of the Company which will stage the opera will be 100, including the orchestra. Mr A. P. Kennedy, the stage manager, is confident of a highly successful performance. The West Australian Commissioner of Police has arranged for a conference to take place eithor in Sydney or Melbourne between the heads of the various State Police Departments, the principal object being to secure uniformity in regard to the various forces. Tho conference will probably meet in the middle of Ootober.

The Gazette gives the following railway returns on the Gisborne Karaka section, for the four woeldy period ending July 18th, 1903. Revenuo from passengers, £IBO 17s lid ; parcel luggage and nails, Ll 5 14s 7d ; goods, L 125 14s 5d ; miscellaneous, 6d ; rents and commission, L 4 4s ; making a total of L 326 11s sd. The total for the corresponding period of 1902 was L 139 16s Bd.

There are in Auckland at the present time no less than eight theatrical organisations, some playing in the city and others on their way to other centres of the colony on tour. At a rough estimate these companies comprise a membership of over 170. This is said by members of the profession to constitute a record.in theatrical annals, as never before have so many professionals been together in any city in New Zealand. At the Tumberumba Police Court, New South Wales, recently, T. Essell, representing the Amalgamated Miners, sued R. Fricke for damages caused by him cutting a raco and diverting the water into his own race. Nearly the whole field of miners

now depends on this water, and watched the caso with keen interest. The warden fined Fricke £3, with £5 8s 6d costs added.

A shooting affray is reported from Boulder Block, West Australia. It appears that the aid of one of the oonstables on duty in that locality was sought to quell a row among tho aboriginals in camp. One of their number named Jimmy ran away to evade arrest, and tho constable thereupon drew his revolver, and Bhot the native in the leg. The black-fellow is now under treatment in the Kalgoorlio Hospital. The police keep steadily adding to their stock of liquor at tho police station, states the Gore Standard, and affor the prosecutions that are to come on, if convictions are recorded, the question will be what to do with it. The usual procedure is to destroy it, but some are inclined to regard that as nothing short of pure vandalism, and suggest a clearing sale, controlled by the police, on cash principles, as the most profitable and common-sense course to follow.

The glove fight betwoen James Jeffries, the holder of the title of champion pugilist of the world, and James J. Corbett, the ex-champion, took place in San Francisco on August 14, when Jeffries won. Corbett made a determined fight until the 10th round, when he was felled by his redoubtable opponent, and failing to rise in time, was counted- out. Jeffries thus wins a purse of £SOOO sterling, and retains the title and honors of the world’s championship. Says the Sydney Bulletin : “ The thoroughness of M.L football methods is demonstrated by the code of signals to which the team answers. Getting tho hang of these has badly baffled many Australian skippers, for the whole of the side is so well managed that directly the signals are given each man knows exactly what is expected of him. Hence the effectiveness of the combination and the machine-like manner in which it operates. When Australians play on such thorough lines they may have a chance with M.L., but not till then,"

Tho New Zealand Grand National Steeplechase winner, Awahuri, was shipped to Sydney by the s.s. 'Victoria in order to fulfil his engagements at the Australian Jockey Club’s Spring Meeting. Sydney papers to hand show that Awahuri is engaged in the hurdle races and steeplechases which figure on the A.J.C. spring programme. A terrific peal of laughter rent the atmosphere in a South Island theatre the other night. During the play, a boy in the front row of the gallery let' down a miniature grappling-iron, with a string, and anchored it to the top covering of a golden haired gentleman in the stalls. The laugh came in when the youngster, hauling on his IiDE, rapidly drew unto himself a flaxen wig, leaving tho owner of an aggressively oald head purple with anger. The boy was arrested.