The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, FEBRUARY 23, 1905.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1387, 23 February 1905, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, FEBRUARY 23, 1905.

Ladies ate reminded of the cookery class this evening. Messrs Common, Shelton and Co. have a change of advertisement in to-day’s issue.

The programme for the "Waiapu Racing •Club’s annual meeting, to be held on March 25th, appears in this issue. The chief attraction for this evening wil be the Baby Show at His " Majesty’s Theatre.

A special general meeting of the Poverty Bay Horticultural Society will be lici(l in the Lowe street rooms at 8 p.m. on Frijday. ,Th® railway, arrangement)* for the ITurarega Church' . fete to-day appear •in another column. A . polo match will he playeil on Saturday between Mangaheia and Waiapu.

Ooionel Porter arrived in Gisborne yesterday, air'd leaves for the Coast in a day, or two. Ills visit to the district ia partly by way o£ a Monday and partly, to settle a number of private affairs.-

A 24 hours’ trial cf the light for Tuahine Point was commenced .yesterday in the Hatbor Board’s shed at the slip, and apparently has given evory satisfaction. A first offender for drunkenness was convicted and discharged ut the Police Court yesterday morning. An application for a prohibition order wns granted. Visitors to Auckland will find excellent accommodation at the Thistle Hotel, which has lately been taken over by Mr P. Quinlan. Several complaints have reached ns in regard to the fast rate at which vehiclos are driven round Btreot corners in the borough. Tho attention of the polioe authorities is drawn to tho matter. The meeting of tho Railway League to j make arrangements for the opening of tho l line to Te Kuraka will bo held on Monday aflcrnoon next, at 3.30, not Tuesday, as previously announced. The annual mooting of the High School Board pf Governors, fixed for yesterday afternoon, lapsed for want of a quorum. The meeting has been fixed for to-morrow afternoon, at 4' o’clock, at Mr C. A DeLautour’s office. Mr H. R. Smith, of Goldsmith’s Hall 1 Gladstone road, has just reoeived a grand assortment of wedding and birthday presents, engagement and wedding rings, oi which he invites inspection. Everything is of the best manufacture, and the prices are most reasonable

Over forty entries have boon received for the Baby Show at Hia Majesty's Theatre this evening, and the competition should prove a moat interesting one. There are also several competitions, including ballad and comic singing 4 aecordeon and mouth organ playing, and dancing. There should be a bumper house.

An interesting legal point decided by th e AppollatO .Coart at Hastings was th e meaning of the words “ aboriginal in" habitants.” use'd in 4he Native .Reserves Act of 1853. It \vas contended that they referred to the actual inhabitants or occu-

piers of she blocks referred to. The Co#rt decided that it was a generic term, similar to Maori inhabitants, Maori race, and

Maori people, used in analogous Acts,

Attention is called to the advertisement inserted by the Dresden Piano Company on our first page. For the neat tea days the company will ho holding their annual sale of pianos and organs at the company’s new shop, Gladstone road, Mr George Hill, the firm’s visiting representative' from Wellington, is paying a visit to the Bay, and will fee .pleased to meet anyone contemplating the purchase of a piano or organ. The com /any have on view pianos: from such world renowned makers as

John Broadwood, Biehard Lipp and Sohn, Wilb. Bobm, Koch and Sobne, Robert

Meissner, Kirchuer, and other German makers. For the convenience of the

general public tbo firm’s premises will emain open until 9 every evening daring the sale,

iTuuajjlKa .CliYifolij arete will be held to-day-. Swuo very, cboice linos of sheep anlil cattle will bo offered at Messrs Williams and Kettle’s stock sale today. iTiio ■; fiuneral pf the late Mr Titos.. Adams took place at Makaraka cemetery yesterday, ai/tl was very largely attended, those present in-

cluding many, of the ol’d settlers. The service at tJie grave was con■ituetod by the -Rev, j. G. Paterson. Many, wreaths and floral emblems were sent by sympathetic friends., The meeting of PatutaJii ratepayers', called to consider the question of improved drainage in -that district., decided, to ask the County Engineer to furnish an estimate of the probable cost of enlarging the maim drain to the corner of section 73, it being considered that it would he nccessasy to carry it that far in order to he effective. The meeting Was adjourned pending receipt of the estimate.