The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, JANUARY 18, 1905.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1357, 18 January 1905, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, JANUARY 18, 1905.

"[The Rose o£ Riviera ” at His Majesty's Theatre to-night. Mosars Redstone and Sons’ Coast coaoh leavos town at 7 to-morrow morning. Busses leave town at two to-morrow afternoon for the Wainui beach.

Mails despatched from Melbourne via Brindisi on Deo. 14 arrivod in London on January 14. Captain Edwin wired yostorday : • ‘ Moderate to strong westorly winds ; glass rise ; tides good ; sea moderato.” Eaßt Capo reported yesterday morning a light N. wind, barometer 30.22, thermometer 68, cloudy sky, sea moderate.

Mr and Mrs W. L. Rees and the Misses Borker(3) returned from England by the s.s. Oroya, which roached Sydney on the 14th inst.

Tho usual monthly meeting of the Hospital Trustees will bo hold at tho office oi tho secretary, Mr T. A.. Coleman, at 2 p.m, to morrow.

Mr George Stephensons Musical Comedy Company, consisting of over 70 mombers, will arrive by tho Zealandia this afternoon, and inaugurate a four nights’ season at His Majesty's Theatre to-night. Messrs Redstone and Sons’ busses will run to and from the theatre each evening during tho Stephenson Musical Comedy season.

Mr Eric Christianson, who was badly injured by a fall from tho steamor Wanaka on to a lighter last week, is progressing favorably at the hospital. At the inquest on tho death of the infant son of Mr J. E, Dolman a vordiot was returned that the child was accidentally drowned by falling into a cask containing water.

Wo are requested to state that the entrance to the orchostral stalls at His Majesty’s Theatre during Mr George Stephenson's soason will be through the side-gate. This arrangement should bo a groat convenience to theatre-goers.

So as not to clash with the Turanga Church Fete, Messrs Common, Shelton and Co., and Dalgety and Co., have decided to altor tho date of their stock sale advertised for Thursday, February 23rd. Tho solo will be held on Wednesday, February 22nd, and clients are asked to note the alteration.

The Bishop of Durham says that boys do not now learn religion at their mother’s knee, and if their father, on a Sunday, is not on a golf course, he is away in a motor-car, while tho mothor thinks she has done her duty well if she takos the family to one service, and that a very short one, too, on each succeeding Sunday.

The Gisborne Rifles and the Defence Cadets wont into cutup at Haiti on Monday evening for fc’ueir annual woelt’s training. Captain Beere is in charge of the Cadets, and tho Bifles are under Captain Warron, who has »Iho oommnnd of tho whole encampment. Staff Sergeant-Major Williams, of tho Defoneo Department, is also present. A small numbor of tho Mounted Bifles are taking advantage of tho camp to earn capitation. Tho following routine is observed -Boveillo 430 n.m,, morning parade 5, breakfast 6.45, dinner 6 p.tu., evening parade 6 30, guard mounting 9, lights out 10. A church parade will be hold on Sunday, ond tho camp broaks up on Monday morning. At tho Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning the caso of G. Humphreys and Son (Mr Chrisp) v. R. 11. and I*\ Shanks (Mr Bright), claim of .£OO 14s for repairs to traction engine, came up for hearing. Tho sum of £3B 13s was paid into Court. Tho defendants stated that tho work had beon badly performed, and that as no detailed account had been rendered they had made wbat they considered a liberal payment. Tho plaintiff’s hold that tho charges wore lower than tho New? Zealand Ironfoundera Assooiation’sscheduled rates. Tho work had been done thoroughly and only fair and reasonable prices were cher<?od. Evidonce was given by Konneth Humphreys, Edward Durston, Jos BrowD, and W. B. Mackie, anrj by the defendants ana R. Boag, engine driver. After hearing the evidence His Worship delivered judgment for the full arnouut of the claim and costs.

The ordinary meeting of tho Charitable Aid Board was hold last evening. Present : His Worship the Mayor (Mr J. Townley), and Messrs Johnstou and Clayton. The secretary of the Auckland Hospital wrote in regard to payment of fees for a patient who had been received at tho institution from the Auckland prison. The inmate in question, who had been sent from Gisborne, was undergoing a sentence of 12 months in Mount Eden gaol. His wife and family were still residing in Gisborne. After some discussion tho Board decided not to recognise any liability in the matter. A letter was received from a resident of Gisborne stating that a boy seven yeers of ago had been left in his charge by tho father, and tho latter had not contributed cowards his maintcnance f there being now £8 10s in arrears for hi ß keop. As he could not maintain the boy he asked tho Board for assistance. It was stated that tho father of the boy had also left a second of his offspring m care of another resident, and had himself left the district. -The Board decided to grant the applicant at .the rate o- J?er month until tho nest meeting. In the ease or an elderly woman'who applied Tor assistance, tho Board agreed to pay rent to the amount of 7s per week. The custodian reported that there were 15 inmates at present at the Home. He acknowledged gifts of plants from E. Ling and pagers from Mr Lissant Clayton.