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Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1371, 4 February 1905, Page 2

Moils for Auckland por s.s. Molcoia have boon extended until 7.30 to-night,

To day is the lust day of tho groat realisation sale at tho Molbourno Cash. On Monday last 2,500 shoop wore slaughtered at tho Gisborno Froozing Works.

Messrs C. Roaio and Co. have a Bpecial i i advortisomonfc in this ißsuo drawing at- J tontion to thoir groat disoount sale. I Captain Edwin wirod yesterday : Moderate to strong southerly winds, glass little movement, tides good, soa modorato. Mails close at Auckland for Fanning Island at 12.45 p.m. on Wednesday, 22nd 1 February per Nuvau. I Messrs Rodstone and Sons’ Coast coaches leave Gisborne at 8.30 on Monday morning. I Mr G. Walker is contemplating erecting a brick-kiln at Nuhaka. The clay is I reported to bo very suitable for brick- I making. Mr William Anderson is said to have spent JG2500 on tho production of ’’ Sinbad the Sailor ” bofore opening the doors of I tho now Thcatro Royal, Melbourne. “Struck Oil” and “Facing the Foe” I will be played by tho Rioo Dramatic Company at His Majesty’s theatre on j Thursday and Friday night. The Cook County Counoil invito tenders for eight separate contracts, specified 1 in advertisement. Tenders oloso at noon I on tho 17th. At Wesley Church to-morrow morning Mr Hounsell’s subject will be “ Liberty to 1 tho Captives,” and in tho evening “ The Faithful Saying.” A lecture will be given at 7. p.m. tomorrow (Sunday) in the Adventist Church, Palmsrston road, by Dr H. Kress, editor of the Australasian Good Health. A eurf boat race betweon the lightermen of the Gisborne Freezing Works and those employed by Messrs Kennedy and Evans will be hold next week and is attracting a good deal of attootion. The band concert programme will be published in the next issue of the Times, and should not fail to attract lovers of all classes of music. Miss Large arrives by the Mokoio to-day to take part la this concert on Tuesday night, when a bumper house Bhould greet tho City Band in their efforts. The Roman Catholic Country Services to-morrow will bo as follows : —Makauri (Mass) 10 a.m., Patutahi (Mass) 11.30 a.m. On the following Sunday service will be hold at Ormond at 9 a.m., and To Arai at 11 a.m. At 2 o’clock this afternoon Messrs Williams and Kettlo will offer for sale three Jersey cows and one Jersey heifer, the property of a client who is leaving the district. The carrier pigeon service from Lake Waikaremoana to Wairoa is now in full swing, as many as throe or four pigeons passing from Wairoa to Lake House and vice versa daily. The Union Co.’s s.s. Mokoia loft Welling ton at 8 last evening, and will arrive at Napier about mid day. The Mokoia leaves Napier about 3 o’clock this afternoon, arriving hero in the evening. The launch ia fixed for 9 o’clock in the meantime.

A fine opportunity to obtain the works of a well-known artist, Mr E. Fristrom, will be offered ot Messrs Williams and Kettle’s mart at noon to-day. The balance of Mr Fristrom’s oil paintings, pastels and Maori studios will be sold without reserve, as the artist intends leaving New Zealand. Much attention has been attracted by the grand concert to be given at His Majesty’s Theatre next Tuesday evening in aid of the City Band contest fund. A splendid programme has been arranged, including selections by Miss Lily Large, New Zealand soprano. The programme will appear in Monday’s issue. A very fine show of confectionery of local manufacture is to bo seen at the Sweeteries, Gladstone road, and is well worth inspection. The goods are of excellent quality, and superior to the English manufacture.

Mesrss Rodstone and Sons, coach proprietors, announce that they have made adequate arrangements for summer holiday excursions, the round trip ombraeing Te Reinga Fallsf Marumaru Caves, Frasertown, Wairoa, Lako Waikaremoana, and Morero Hot Springs. The Gisborne school re opens on Tuesday at. 8.55. In future the first bells will be rung at 8.50 and 12.55, and tho assembly bells at 8.65 and 1. Teachers are required at tho school on Monday morning at 9 o’clock. The biennial meeting of the District Council of the New Zealand Central District of tho Independent Order of Rochabites is to be held in Dunedin on the 14th inst. The local representatives leave on Wednesday next to attend the meeting. Mr J. Georgeson, secretary of the local Druids’ Lodge, leavos for New Plymouth via Auckland this evening for the purpose of attending the biennial meeting of the Grand Lodge, which Bits at New Plymouth on Wednesday. Tho Herald arrived at Te Araroa on Thursday afternoon, worked that port and arrived at Port Awanui at daylight yesterday. Port Awanui and Tuparoa were worked bofore noon yesterday, but no

further movements have been received. The Herald arrives bore on Monday, tranships to the Star of Australia, and proceeds south. Important sales aro notified for 1 o’clock to-day at Mr W. T. Raymond’s Central Auction Mart. A fine lot of furniture will bo offered on account of a client leaving Gisborne, and under instructions from a Southern client a fine lot of goods will be offered, including ten suits of clothes, thirty pairs of boots, and furniture. At 2 p.m. poultry, fruit, and produce will be sold.

By reason of its isolated position our country will remain the playground of the rich, that is when once it has established itself as such. It is therefore necessary that the class which can afford the expense of a trip should be specially catered for and appealed to, and Now Zealand should ;be advertised in the papers and magazines which they are known to patronise. This may not be pandering to the Trade Union, but it is business.— Stratford Post. The Kev. J. G. Paterson informs us that there is a possibility of the well-known missioner, Rev. Lockhart Morton, of Victoria, paying a visit to Gisborne during bis Now Zealand tour. Mr Paterson is in communication with him on behalf of St. Andrew’s Church. Mr Morton was for many years minister at Ebonezer Church, Ballarat, Victoria, in which city be also started a very successful rescue home for drunkards. Recently ho hep been in charge of Angos College, South Australia, a training institution for missionaries for India and China. The Rev. Mr Morton will probably visit Gisborne during the winter, and will be accompanied by his daughter, a vocalist of very high merit.. At the Police Court yesterday a young I Maori, named Whare Haonga, was charged with the theft of a purse containing L 4 in cash. Sergeant McKenzie stated that a man named McConnell left a pocket book and money among his clothes in bis room on Thursday. Yesterday morning he missed the purse and several other articles and informed the police. Constable Keenan arrested accused, and a search produced the pocket book and L 3 13s of the money. Accused pleaded guilty. Mr Barton said that accused had been convicted of theft on November 21st last, and imprisoned for six weeks. It did not seem to have (loos him any good. Accused was .convicted and sentenced to three months at Napier,

Variablo light winds wore prevalent throughout the colony yesterday, being S. at Auckland and Napier, E. at New Plymouth, and N.N.W. at Wellington. Cloudy weather was experienced at Auckland, Wellington, Now Plymouth, Titnaru, and Bluff. A slight swell was reportod at Napier, and moderate eca at Castlopoint. j The following team will roprosont the United Crickot Club in their match against Mutawhoro at Victoria Domain I this afternoon :—W. Gibson, Chisholm, I Gardiner, Hallamore, A. Dang, Sharp (2), I M- Sheridan, Ivesou, Hogg, and Ferris ; I emergencies, Pulling, Stool* and Brem* 1 nor.

At tho Police Court yesterday afternoon, before Mr W. A. 'Barton, S.M., a young man named William Honry Tozer was committed to stand his trial at the next sitting of the Supremo Court to be hold at Giuborno, on May Ist, on a charge of , unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl aged i 13 years and nine mouths. Bail was fixed 1 at £IOO, with two sureties of £IOO each. At Broken 5 ‘ill, .Now South Waleß, recently, two mon named Couch and Conroy wore conviofced of street betting, the former being fined .£25, in default six months’ imprißonmont, and tho latter £lO, or four months’ imprisonment. A stay of proceedings for four weeks was granted to onabletho defending counsel to communicate with Sydney, with a view to applying for a Supremo Court writ of prohibition. At the meeting of the Auckland University Council on Saturday Mr G. U. Peacocke expressed his regret at what he

considered was a lack of practical interest in educational work by opulent citizens in Auckland. “Our people,” be said, “do not appear to me to recognise their duty and privilege in connection with the Uni* versity College, as is done in Dunedin. | There they have subscribed £3OOO. I think the Government would be much more likely to help us hero if we did more to help ourselves.” Two carpenters, named Mulgrew and Sibley, employed at the Waihi Company’s battery, bad a narrow escape from meeting with a very severe accident on Saturday morning last. It appears that they were I working from a staging at the back of the I stampers when the cleat fastenings gave way, and the structure collapsed. Both 1 men were thrown to the floor, the fall I being about 12ft. Mulgrew suffered most, his back being injured, though it iB conI sidered not very seriously. Sibley, whose I fall was broken, escaped with a strain of I one foot, and a good shaking. At Melbourne on the 19th January, 1 at a very early honr in the morning, the I body of a man was found in one of the I streets of Williamstown. In his right hand I was a revolver, and in his right temple a I bullet wound. Deceased was about 40 years I of age, and was in possession of a number of references from persons in Capetown, I issued to H. A. Erutzen. A note in his pocket read : “ I am suffering from conI sumption. My right lung is in a state of I active inflammation. lam also suffering I from tuberculosis of the stomach. Am unable to work, and cannot beg nor steal ; I so I die. —H.A.E.”