The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY CORNING. GISBORNE, FEBRUARY 1, 1905.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1368, 1 February 1905, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY CORNING. GISBORNE, FEBRUARY 1, 1905.

The Gisborne Raciog Club’s acceptances and entries close at 9 o’clock this evening. The Harbor Board elections on the 13th February will bo beoteen the hours of 9 a,in. and 6 p.in. A case of horse-etoaliug at Waipiro will be investigated at the Police .'Court this morning. Messrs Redstone and Sons’ coach leaves for Morere and Wairoa at 7 o’clock tomorrow morning. A couple of old age pensions were renewed j'csterday. bv Mr Barton, S.M. Tho damaged iron, being salvage of school buildings, Derby street, will be sold by Messrs Williams aod Kettle to-day. Mails despatched from Melbourne via Brindisi on December 28th arrived in London on January 28ib. Messrs W. D. Lysnar and A. F. Kennedy return to Gisuorno by tho Mokoia on Saturday afternoon, after their excursion to the Sounds. Captain Edwin wired yesterday : “ Strong winds to galo from between south and south west ; glass fall slowly ; tides high ; sea heavy ; rain probable.” Tho swimming carnival in connection with the opening of tho Young Men’s Club will bo held to morrow afternoon, and promises to attract a largo number of spectators. Messrs Common, Shelton and Co. and Dolgoty and Co. hold their annual sheep sale at Mr W. Hutchinson’s yards, Pubatikotiko, on tho 14th inst. The present entries comprise 5000 sheep. Mr W. T. Raymond, under instructions

from Mr HarrisoD, who is leaving the district, will hold an unreserved clearing sale at the corner of Cobdon and Berry streets to-day at 2 p.m., of household furniture and effects. Messrs Williams and Kettle hold their first sale of stock at their new yards, Te Karaka, on Friday next. Tho catalogue contains 5500 shoep and 400 head of cattle. The sale will commence at 11.30 a.m., aod luncheon will bo held at Allen’s at 1 o’clock. Mr G, R. will be tho I auctioneer. The following is the statement of the Customs duties for the month of January— Spirits L 964 4s lOd, cigarettes L 122 10s, I tobacco L 248 13s 6d, wines L 55 5a lOd, I ale and beer L 53, sugar, mollasoes and I treacle L 247 6s Bd, goods by weight L 866, I goods ad valorem L 414 4s, goods preferen- I tial tariff L 8 Bs, other dutios Ll 5 19s, I total L 2187 18s 4d, beer excise duty L 75 I Bs. I Mr T. G. Lawless, land and estate agent, [ is offsrfng for sale on exceptionally easy I terms the part of Montrose block now I called Mildura township. Fifty-three see- I tions are offerod subdivided into suitable I building allotments of £ acre, £ acre, and I acre areas. The property is a mile and I a quarter from the post office, nioely I situated along the main Wainui road. A I shop and dwolling are already being erected on one of the sections, which will I indicate how vuluable they are likely soon I to become. An excellent opportunity is | offered for a good investmi nt in suburban I land. I i

A yo<ung lialf-castc named Borti® 3 Lyons, remanded on a charge of forgery, .was brought before Mr W. A. ‘Barton, *S.ill., at the Police Court yestorict'ay. Sergeant McKenzie said l-h® accused was charged with altering a cheque by adding to it the name of the drawer, which had 'been omitted. The facts were that accused had sold' twine cattle to Tele ,Goldsmith, sbeepfarm-er, Port, Awanui, who had given accused a cheque for £1 and 5s in silver. T-he price of the cattle was £5 15s. Goldsmith remembered that he had forgotten to sign the cheque and stopped payment. Some time afterwards the cheque, signed, was presented by Lyons to Mr Jamieson, iTokomaru Bay, and .was cashed by him. .Upon the cheque being presented at the bank it was. returned marked “ Payment stopped.”- Evidence was given by Tele Goldsmith, George G.old smith (his sore) 1 , James Jamieson, and Detective Nixon. Accused pleaded guilty, and was committed for sentence to the Supreme Court at Auckland, bail being allowed in one sum of £SO and two sureties of £25 each. Accused was further charged with stealing -a cow I and three calves at To Rahul, the I ; property of Tamat-i Kiawai, valued : at £5 15s. Accused pleaded guilty j to this charge also, and was committed for sentence.