PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, JANUARY 10, 1905.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1350, 10 January 1905, Page 2

PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, JANUARY 10, 1905.

Eftßt Capo reported yesterday morning : Light S.E. wind ; barometer 30.15 ; thermometer, 06 ; blue sky ; high tide ; swell. William Brown was yesterday fined £1 and oosto, in default four days’ imprison ment, for using threatening language in Gladstone road.

Prize money in connection with the Poverty Bay Horticultural Society’s late Bhow is now obtainable on application at The Beehive. New Zealand payti £40,000 a year towards the watohdogs of the British Navy, and it wouldn't buy now boilers for half of them. —Groytown Standard. At a Committee meeting of the (Poverty Bay Cal el lonian Society it :waa decided not to hold a concert tiiia year, but to hold a social on Burns’ Bay, January 25tli. Considerable interest is being manifested in the approaching visit of Mr George Stephenson’s Opera Company.. We underhand that the box-plans for the season will be opened on Friday, morning. Captain Edwin roported at noon yesterday : 11 Moderate to strong easterly winds ; glass little movement ; expect weather very close ; tides high ; sea heavy ; east-, orly swell after 20 hours from now.” Tangata Kino, a native who had boon using indecent language near Te Karaka hotel on Deoember 21st, was yesterday fined £3 and costs, in default a week’s imprisonment. Tho meaning of the culprit’s name is “ bad man." The erootion of about 70 chains of fenoing along the road through section 28, Waimata; also splitting, laying, and erection of about 45 chains, is to be let. Application is to be made to Mr O. Gray, Waimata, or to Mr A. W. Forsyth, section 58, Waimata. Notice is given by the Poverty Bay Road Board that a special meeting of the Board will be held at their office, Makaraka, on Tuesday, January 17!ih, at 2.30 p.m., to decide upon which working day the shops and offices within the Poverty Bay road distrust shall olose at 1 o’clock p.m. Assisted by good times, the State motor-car has bumped along with a prodigious rattle, anti the voice of prudence has been drowned in.the noise of the; whirling machinery. The jolt will come when the benevolen sly disposed money lender imagines that he, and not Mr , Seddon, Bhould apply the brake.—Oamaru Times.

.Tlia ; Hawko’a Pay, Highland Society hold their grankl annual Caledonian Sports on February, 22nd, at Which over £l7O will be given in prize money. The entries in the running and cycling events close on February Bth, anti the other Bvents on tho ground, 'lhe Secretary. Mr ,T. Parker, is at present visiting GiSrborne.

Aii accident happened shortly after 0 last evening in Bright street. Mr W. Nisbett was driving the horse attached ho Richardson baker's cart. The breeching broke, anid the horse taking fright the cart was tilted upwards, tlio driver being violently thrown, and the wheel passing over his lower Constable Dell witucssSed the occurrence, and Mr Nisbett was carried into that gentleman’s residence, and given every, attention. Dr Cole was called in and found that although Mr Nisbett had received a severe shaking there were no bones hro-ken. Later in the evening Mr Nisbett, was conveyed to his home in a cab. There has been a remarkable development in connection with affairs at the East Island lighthouse. Report was made to Mr W. J. Hawley, Col'eoior of Customs, ihat one of the staff was smashing up things, and had to bo physically restrained. The principal keeper asked for assistance. The Manuka, as arranged, stopped off the Island on .Saturday, but was signalled to prooeed. A boat manned by natives bronght the man oomplained of to Awanni, aud reports received in Gisborne are to the effect that the man is apparently quiet and inoffensive. There the matter remains for the time beiing*

Here ie a delightful sample of American “ Out West ’’ journalise : We desire to correct a slight error that crept into our columns last week, either through the stupidity or natural cuasednoss of one Jim Richards, whom out of the goodness of onr heart we bad taken in in his hour of need and gave a job as printer on this publication In an article announcing the appearance of a book o* poems by our esteemed townsman, Mr Rubio Crowiher, we took occasion to refer to the gentleman aa the leading literary light of Laurel Hill. Much to our regret, as we need hardly say, the word ,l weight ” was added to our remarks, making us, wholly with. out our knowledge and distinctly against our will, speak of Mr Crowiher 6? "the leading literary light weight ” of this oity. We have only to say that we have discharged the guilty party and reoommended Mr Crowtber’s poetry to all lovers of genuine literature. TVe would also say in this connection that our highlyrgifted and rapidly-rising ppet’s father, Mr G. Crowther, has just received a large supply of boots and shoes, hats, caps and-harness, whioh it would bo well to examine before buying elsewhere. Mr Crowthor is also paying the highest market price for butter . and eggs. See his ad. on page four. The Orowthera are able to trace their ancestry bapfe jn a direct lino to tee Mayfljwwi •

Tho hoaring of tho ohargo against Charles T. Ooopor, of opening a thoatro on Sunday for business, has boon adjournod to Saturday next. Touchers, liko tho dodo, will soon bo a thing of tho past if somo reformation is not made in tho mothods of troating them.—Oamaru Timos.

Karauria Tokina, an old offonder, was finod £5 yostorday for entering tho Coronation Hotel while under a prohibition order. An ultornativo of a month’s imprisoumont was given. Mr J. W. H. Wood, for over 20 years an offioor of tho Govornmont Insurance Department, and rcoontly accountant of tho Christchurch branch, has been apjointed to tho head of tho Canterbury iranoh of the Australian Widows’ Fund Life Insurance Sooioty, Limited, vico Mr O. J. Owen, who has been promoted to Auckland.