The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, NOVEMBER 26, 1903.

Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 1057, 26 November 1903, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, NOVEMBER 26, 1903.

Harbor Board meet this evening.

Captain Tucker has been rc-eleeted Chairman of the Cook County Council. The appointment of William George Yardley, as Lieutenant of the Gisborne Rifles, is gazetted. ■An illustrated pamphlet giving particulars of the Wigan sections to be thrown open for settlement on Dec. 15th, has been issued by the Lands Department, and a copy has been received at the Times office. A Press Association message received from Wellington yesterday states that the Marine Department refuses to allow the yacht Kia Ora to leave the colony except she is in charge of a seaman with a foreigngoing certificate. Mr Buekeridge has only a coastal certificate. The yacht is to come on to Wellington from Gisborne to enable Mr Buekeridge to consult the -authorities there,

A sitting of the Native Land Court will bo held at Gisborne on toe 9th December. The Matawhero stock sales will be held to-day. A meeting of painters is convened for this evening at the Record Reign Hotel.

Jiis Lordship Bishop Lenihan arrived from Auckland by the Zealandia yesterday. It is expected that the Motu Dairy Factory will he opened on December

sth, when it is quite probable His Worship the Mayor will be present. The improvement of the roads and the increased number of passengers have caused .Mr ML F. Sinclair, of the Last Coast Coaching Company, 'to reduce the price of : bus tickets from 2s fid to 2s per dozen. The yacht Kia-Ora leaves at halfpast two this afternoon for London and St. Louis, via Wellington. The Waihi will follow the yacht down the harbor, the fare being two shillings. GnpUia Edwin telegraphed yesterday ' —“ Moderate winds from westward : glass rise ; tides moderate ; sea moderate.”

East Cape reported yesterday: light brer-zo; barometer, 80.19; thermometer, 70; blue sky; ordinary tides; smooth sea.” Dull weather was reported from between Gisborne and Christchurch yesterday, and at other ports the weather was fine. N.E. and S.W. wind 3 were prevalent throughout the colony. The pupils of the Convent School will entertain His Lordship Bishop Lenihan at a concert in the Academy of Music on Thursday evening.

The rainfall for Gisborne for October was 1.44 inches for 13 days of rain; for Patutabi 1.09 inches for 11 days and for Tologa 1.81 inches for seven days. A C*own Lands notice in regard lo_.the Wigan Settlement appears in tins issue. Mr T. Carroll, Matawhero, advertises 800 leeti of first-class timber for sale. 11 There is a valuable asset being ruth lossly destroyed, and it is a standing disgrace that we should permit such a state of things to exist year after your.—Mr J W. Whinvay on the Motu timber industry

Speaking of the Motu forest last evening Mr Whiriray said " Them liar, open a g,eao deal of scepticism shown for many years by residents of Gisborne. At one time it was even suggested that a straitjacket should be obtuinod for me.”

Mr W- S. Pascoe, representing the Aus tralian Manufacturing and Importing Company (Limited), is at present visiting Gisborne. Ho is staying at the Coronation Hotel, where he is showing an excellent collation of electrical goods.

Mr Leonard Davis, manager of the Hawtrey Comedy Company, arrived yesterday by the s.s Zsalonrlia to make arrangements for tho forthcoming season, which opens on Wednesday next, December 2nd. Mr, Hawtrey has decided to give a complete change of hill this visit, open ing with tho latest London society success ‘/The two Mr Weatherbys,” a piece that u highly spekon of by tho English and American press. Tiio box plan for the season is uow on view at W. Good’s jewel lery shop, where seats may be booked for the four nights.

A very oid resident passed away at the Hospital yesterday, in the person of Mrs Mary Roach Owen. The deceased lady came to the colony over fifty years ago, and had long been a ■resident of this district. The funeral will leave St. Mary’s Churoli at 3 this aftarnoon.

Mi D. Dwyer, the popular guard on the Gisborne railway, has been notified of Ills transfer to Dannevirke, whither he proceeds on. Sunday next. Travellers by the train will much regret the departure of the genial and obliging guard.

An unhappy case came before the Magistrate’s Court yesterday, when G. Id. Darton was charged, on the information of his wile, witli havingassaulted her. Mr W. D. Lysnar appeared for the complainant, and Mr Nolan for the defence. The evidence of complainant and her mother was taken on the one Bide, and of defendant on the other. The Magistrate imposed a fine of £2, and costs £1 Bs.

.The meeting of tile Cook County Council yesterday lasted from 10.30 a.in. until a pan..; A good deal of business was transacted, a large number of tenders being dealt with. Captain Tucker was re-elected chairman for the. ensuing year.

There has not been a breeze during the year, and I congratulate the Council on its present position,” remarked the Chairman of the County Council yesterday.

At the meeting of the County Council yesterday, the sum of £2U was voted towards the improvement of the Waimoko road. C-r Clayton spoke of the advisability of the Council helping those settlers who helped themselves, and in this case the residents in the district were spending a like amo.unt. Cr Murphy : if you follow that out,, the rich man will come along and take all our money..' In the present position of tlie Council, I do not believe in going on to the side roads.” Cr Richardson : “I vote against it because it will be £2O less for the Tolago riding.” Cr Harding supported tlie motion, because the. settlers themselves had contributed the sum of £2O.

Yesterday morning a committee of the BcJroiigli Council met Mr Hay, who is to report on the question of water and drainage for G sborne, and extended a welcome to him. The Mayor said the Council hoped Mr Ilay would be able to see the district thoroughly and ascertain- the best means .of meeting its requirements. They had decided to give him all the information they had, and to take him throughout the district. Cr Harding said he would likcJUr Hay to understand that he must not be backward in asking for any information, which would be willingly supplied, not only by the Council, but by others who had taken an interest in the matter. Cr Lysnar said he would like to see Mr Ilay take the matter, in lfand and consider the sources regardless of whether .they were pumping schemes or not. They wanted the best possible scheme they could get. They were not frightened with pumping, as long as they got an ample supply. On the question of drainage, he asked that the prudence of adopting the septic tank principle should be adopted. Mr Hay, in thanking the Councillors for their kindly welcome, said-he would do his best to put before them a scheme that he could personally recommend. I-Ie would avail himself of their offer for information. Whatever scheme he might suggest would be one 'that he could confidently recommend, and it would hot be one that would be suggested by any other reports. They had had some very good men reporting, but he would not allow himself to be influenced .by anything, they had said, or by anybody else.