The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, MARCH 10, 1905.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1400, 10 March 1905, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, MARCH 10, 1905.

The Inspeotor of Schools, Mr H. Hill, is ail present visiting the Poverty Bay district. At the Police Court yesterday morning a first offender for drunkenness was discharged with a caution. East Cape reported yesterday :—“ S. light breeze ; barometer corrected, 80.30 ; thermomoter in shade, 71 ; blue sky; smooth sea.”

Mr Sh'anagh'aTi, Inspector of Factories, arrived in .Gisborne ion Wednesday! morning, and has since been) 1 inspecting tho local establishments. . Diquu Dunedin’s Sunday- pastime is tiwiOHup.’-’ Four hundred of a “ schoolis pretty good. v "‘ ,The Newtown Sunday school is not sol strong, hub is still healthy, yigorofu.s, ami ,undisturbed. Captain Edwin reported at 9 yesterday morning Moderate winds from between south-west and south and south-east ; glass rise slowly ; tides and sea moderate.”

The secretary of the Poverty Bay Cricket Association, Mr H. E. Hill, has received a wire stating that Messrs Halla- ! more, Torkington and H. Sharp have been chosen to play in the Hawke’s Bay eloven against Auckland. Gisborne Defence Rifle Cadets are notified that the first parade of the new volunteer year will be held this evening at 7.30 o’clock in the Drillshed. The annual meeting will be held after the parade. As there are a few vacancies in the corps, intending members are invited to attend this parade and meeting. His Majesty’s Theatre will be open all day to-morrow to receiye entries for the Baby Shows and Competition, also to complete arrangements and rehearse all songs, recitations, ete. The late train to Kaitarafcabi will bo delayed until after the performance 60 salt country visitors. There should be a bumper bouse. Our Auckland correspondent telegraphed last evening stattag that Mr R. G. Craw- I ford, dentist, of Auckland, son of Mr T. A. Crawford, the well-known Newton chemist, was about to start business in Gisborne. Mr Crawford has bad a wide experience in the world of dentistry, and should be aeeorded a large share of publio patronage. A meeting of the Gisborne Co-operative Building Society took place last night, when £6OO was disposed of. Mrs Eriekson was the fortunate shareholder in the ballot ; the group only containing two shares, £IOO was carried over towards the next appropriation. Tho sale of £3OO by tender, after brisk bidding, brought £37 j per £IOO for the first £2OO, the remaining £IOO being taken up at £2l. Mr li. T. Symes, Chairman of Directors, presided. A general meeting of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union (Gisborne Branch) will be held in the P.B. Farmers’ Union Club room, Masonic buildings, at 2 o’clock on Saturday afternoon. Tho business is to receive sub committee’s report re preventing the spread of ragwort and Californian thistle in the district, and to consider a letter from the carters of the district, asking the farmers’ co-operation to obtain a relaxation of tho existing bylaw affeoting the width of tyres used ;'and genera'