The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, FEBRUARY 13, 1905,

Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1378, 13 February 1905, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, FEBRUARY 13, 1905,

The bos plans for the “ Garden of Lies” at Mr Miller’s at 10 this morning. A prohibition ordor was granted at the Magistrate’s Court on Saturday. Mr W. Douglas Lysnar advertises for a dark brown gelding lost from Whataupoko on Saturday. Tenders oloss to-day for the lease of Mr Raymond’s Central Mart, with fittiDgs and goodwill. The Fisk Jubilee Singers continue thet r season at His Majesty’s Theatre to-night’ when there should be a very large attendance.

Mr J. East has a notice to the Borough electors for the Harbor Board in this issue. His views are known to the electors, and he should make a progressiva member. The orickot match, Gisborne v. United, was played at- the Victoria Domain on Saturday, and resulted in a win for the former by 98 runs, For the winners Hodgkinson played a good innings for 43. Waerenga-a-hika forfeited to Taruheru, At the District High Sohool on Saturday an interesting lecture was given by Mr Hogben, Inspector-General of Schools, on “ Rural Technical Education.” Mr C. A. DeLautour presided. A full report is held over.

An address from Captain J. Kennedy to the Borough electors of the Harbor Board appears in this issue. Captain Kennedy is a very old resident of Gisborne and possesses an expert knowledge of the requirements of the port. Ho should bo strongly supported.

Mr Toner, of Gisborne, is taking a concert party through to the Waimata towards the end of the week. A very popular programme is being arranged, and the residents may look forward to a great musical treat. Full particulars in a later issue. Mr Toner also gives a concert at Talago Bay, the Motu, and finally at His Majesty’s. A demonstration class for plain cookery will be held every Tuesday afternoon at 2.30 at the Technical Sobool, and every alternate Thursday at 7.30 p.m. A practical olaßß will be hold every alternate Thursday evening at 7.30, and'demonstration class for advanced plain cookery every Thursday evening at 7.30. ~ The Shaw Savill steamer, Bangatira, arrived from Auckland at 6 o’clock lost evening, and commences loading from the Gisborne Freezing Works this morning. The cargo from this port will be approximately 18,000 carcases of mutton, 260 casks tallow and 250 bales of wool. The Bangatira sails for Napier on Wednesday evening. At the Magistrate’s Court on Saturday morning a young man numed Frank Bevan was charged with the theft of a Panama hat valued at L2. Ho pleaded guilty, and explained that he had been drinking and took the hat in mistake for his own. The magistrate said that drink was no excuse. When ba had found out his mistake he should have sent word to the hotel. Instead ho had gone to Napier and said nothing abont it. He was fined LI in default 48 hours. The Harbor Board election takes place to-day, there being four candidates for each of tho two vacant seats in the Borough and County. The candidates for the Borough are Messrs Jas. East, J. A. Harding, Captain Kennedy, and Mr Jas. Whinray ; and for the County, Messrs W. Cooper, D. Hepburn, A. F. Matthews and W. L, Bees. The poll will be taken between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., and tho contest should be a keen one.

■ circua and menagerie concluded their Gisborno season on Saturday night, when there was again a large and enthusiastic attendance. Pior to the performance Dr Gordon gave the swinglebar exhibition of strength, of which so much has been heard. Unfortunately the eager crowd gathered round the waggon and horses, and hundreds who bad assembled were thus deprived of the opportunity of witnessing the display. The ccmpaDy went Bouth by the Talune last evening.

At a committee meeting of the Poverty Bay Sheep Dog Trial Club on Saturday evening, the secretary, Mr C. Hellier Evans, took ocoasioh to thank the members for the very handsome watcb-chain f presented to him in connection with last season’s trials. Where he had shown the medal in tho South tho people had expressed on opinion that Poverty Bay must have a very up-to-date Dog Trial club, when that could give such evideneo of prosperity. Ho thought their club was as good as any in the colony, and he hoped that his services would merit the honor they had paid him.

The North Islßad bush settlers have been disgracefully treated, and for ten years Mr Seddon Pas listened to their appeals for roads with a deaf oar. Now, however, that Pahiatua has risen in revolt, and all the electorates have threatened to follow suit, the Premier intends to make a bigger appeal than usual, to the London money lender to help him out of the bog he imagines he will be precipitated into if ho does not insure f.or a continuous stream of metal going into : the country.—Oamaru Times.