The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, FEBRUARY 24, 1900.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1388, 24 February 1905, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, FEBRUARY 24, 1900.

Mails for Napier and South (per Mamari) oloso at 3 p.m. to-day.' Captaiu Edwin reported yesterday : ".Moderate to strong northerly winds; glass fall ; tides good ; sea moderate.” A special general meeting of the Poverty Bay Horticultural Society will be hold in the Uowe street rooms this evening at 8 o’clock,

Good “ news for all ” is given by Mr H. R. Smith, of Goldsmith’s Hall, Gladstone road. He has received a specially fine assortment of goods suitable for wedding and birthday presents, everything being of the beßt manufacture. Inspection is invited.

I A “ Great Sale ” is announced by I Messrs Eure and Ambridge, of «The I Eoonomic,” commencing to-morrow. “ We I intend,” the enterprising firm notify, " to I break our highest selling records, and to I this end have arranged to offer in every I section throughout the house values that will ensure a new mark for record sales.” The Cook County Council invite tenders [ until noon on Wednesday next, for lease of a part of section 133 a, Blook VII., Patutahi survey district (Quarry reserve), for a period of ten years, from March Ist, 1905 ; full particulars of which are advertised in another column. Undefined letters for the following await delivery at the post office :—Mesdames P. A. Armstrong and John Kelly; Miss C. Torr ; Messrs E. J, Bingham, ;j! Breen, G. Clayton, C. Dohoney, A. E. James, J. Eskkila, W. Kelly, B. Miller, j] M. Steele, A. Seoton and Allan Warburton.

A ploa of infancy was set np yesterday n a case brought against Sarah te Hau hy A. M. Lewis, of Te Karaka. Tho I parents swore that they were willing to supply the girl with the necessities of iife. Besides losing tho value of the goods, Mr Lewis had to pay £3 13a 6d costa. Sarah had been working with shoaring parties when the goods ware supplied. Eesi'deart's of Kaiti favorable Ho fohe estaMisbrnejafi of a school for ■ ,the district are invited to a mooting at Mr T, Steele’s residence, Tyndall roa'd v this evening. iF.iUI information as to the number of children; likely; fob attend- the sejjoo-l, fohoic ages, etc., is required by..the Education Board,"and the meeting (which it is «hoped will fop a representative one) is to Collect, foliis. information. At the Police Court yesterday a fine of £l, costs 2s, was imposed on Charleß Simpson, who was charged with having travelled on the Union Steam Ship Company’s a.s. Mokoia on the 21st and 22nd inst. • between Auckland and Gisborne without having paid his fare, £l, and with the intention of not doing so. The accused pleaded guilty, but no excuse for the offence was tendered. The alternative is i four days’ hard labor. An order was made for payment of £l, the amount of the steamer fare, within seven days, in default four days’ further imprisonment. At the Magistrate’s Court yesterday judgment was given by default in the following cases : —Bobert Nook (Mr T. Alston Coleman) v. Huru Warakihi, claim £2 3a 9d, costs £1 7s ; J. L. Baker (Mr E. J. Chrisp) v- Wi Karauria, £2 2a 6d, costs" 15s; Common, Shelton and Co. (Mr Stock) v. John James Cassidy, £4 2s 9d costs 19s; Mrs Evinson (Mr Blair) v." Alfred Batchelor, £l6 15s lOd, costa £2 10s 6d ; ;Harry Sandiant (Mr H. Bright) v. J. W. Niohol, £5 ss, oosts £1 3s 6d ; same vi James Amondson, £5 10s, costs £1 3s 6d ; A. M. Lewis (Mr Blair) v. John Jas! Cassidy, £1 8s 3d, costs 14e ; Hamon and" Smith (Mr B. U. Burke) v. J. W. Niohoi, £l7 os, ojsta £1 10s 6d ;§Tatnes Waldvogel’ (Mr E. J. Chrisp) v. J. \Y. Nichol, £4O 10s for rent, and oosts £2 13s 6d; James Innes v. Wm, Olive, £4 18s 6d, costs ss. Other eases were : Mrs Mary Walls (Mr Blair) v. Henry Hyde, claim for recovery of possession of house and £2 2a rent. I Plaintiff gave evidenoe that defendant was I a fortnightly tenant at 6s per week. Notice was given on January 11th and 30th ; he ■ was stiil in possession. Judgment was given for plaintiff for £2 2s, costs £1 18s 6d, possession to be given up on or before March-2nd. Bobert Nock (Mr T. Alston Coleman) v. liapu (judgment summons); order made for payment forthwith of debt and oosts £1 16b 7d, in default three days’ imprisonmeuft *