The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, APRIL 12, 1905.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1428, 12 April 1905, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, APRIL 12, 1905.

“ The Sorrows of Satan ” at His Majesty’s to-night, There are at present fourteen inmates in the Gisborne Old Men’s Home. Mails despatched from Auckland via San Francisco on Maroh 10th arrived in London on April 9tb. Mails despatched from Melbourne, via Brindisi, on March 85b, arrived in London on April 7th. East! Cape reported yesterday morning a light W. wind, barometer 29.96, thermometer 68. Blue sky, moderate sea. Before leaving for Napier Lieutenant S. Graham, of the Bide Cadets, was presented with a handsome travelling and I dress bng. . Captain Edwin telegraphed yesterday : Moderate to strong southerly winds ; glass rise ; tides good ; sea considerable swell."

Two horses lost from Kaiti on Sunday night are advertised for. A reward is offered on returning same to Bedstone and Sons.

A feature of the production of “ The Mystery of a Hansom Oab,” at His Majesty’s Theatre on Thursday evening* will be the appearance on the stage of a hansom cab driven by Oily Daering. Trains will leave Gisborne for To Karaka to-morrow at 8 a.m., 11 a.m,, 2 p.m , 5 p.m., and 8.30 p.m., and will leave Te Karaka at 9.30 a.m., 12.30 p.m., 3.30, 6.30, and 10 p.m. The annual rowing carnival commences on Frfday afternoon, when the junior crews of the local clubs meet. On tiaturday the senior and lOst crews meet, and on Monday the youths’ crows will meet. A large number of natives are gathering for the meeting to be held at Palorikiri this week. Native raoes and sports will be held on the Murewai Beaoh to day, and there should be a large attendance. At the Police Court yesterday morning, a first offender for drunkenness was cautioned ond discharged. A young man named Win. Brown wbb fined 5s and costs for drunkenness, and 20s and costs for re aistiDg thejpolice. For inciting Brown to resist the police Richard Wright was fined £2 and costs. His Worship stated that Wright was more to blame than Brown, A private assault case was withdrawn. The Wairoa Guardian writes:—With : reference to Captain Dan Ferney’s dis oovery of a lake higher than Waikare-iti this lake is not a new disoovery. It wai

mentioned in our columns some years ago. In a dry summer ip is little more than a swamp, but fills up in winter, and is a favorite breeding place for birds.

The Poverty Bay horticultural Society which abandoned its usual Autumn Show on account of the bad season, has decided

to hold a chrysanthemum and dahlia show on the 19th inst. A musical entertainment wiii be given in conjunction with the floral exhibitions, when the leading vocalists will contribute items, and the evening will conclude with a comedy .by the Rioe Company, The Gisborne Bifles .and Band parade i at the Drill Shed to-morrow morniDg at

7.30 sharp, end proceed to Karaka. Members are notified that full dress uniform

will be worn in place of service uniform as previously ordered. A fine of 10s is to be inflicted upon all absentees. The Defenee Cadets parade at the same hour at the corner of Peel street and Gladstone road.

The following teams have beau selected for the district shields match of *he Gis-

borne Bowling Club:—WhataupoJro Griffiths, Wallace, Corson, Simson ; Bowlands, Williams, Hennessy, MartiD. City—Eure, C. Adair, F. Harris, Colemar j Hallam, Craig, T. Adair, C. Lomax. Haiti—H. Lewis, W. Pettie. P. Lomax, Ponsford; Ambridgo, Harding, Witty, Bright. West Bod—Cussen, Harvey, Nasmith, Massey; Morgan, Hounsell, Pobertsoc, Gaudin,

Tho custodian of tho Old Moo's flome acknowledges with thanks gifts of clothing from Mrs T. A. Cabman, and ham aDd ual<os from St. Patrick's social committee. Messrs Redstone and Sons’ Coast ccacli leavos for Tolago Bay, and. CoaS-t at 1 o’ofock to-morrow morning. ' Their Morere-Wairoa coach leaves at the same hour.

In order to avoid overcrowding in the sooond train to Te Kuraka to-morrow, tho Railway Looguo requests that as many excursionists as possihlo should take advantage of tho 8 o’clock train. At half-past ton tliie morning at the Council Chambers members of the Railway League and local bodies will wait on Ministers, and lay boforo thorn tho various requirements of the district. At tho Borough Council last ovening Cr Somervell asked foru return of tho amount of rates colleotod on Whutaupoko and the sum expended in that portion of the borough. It was ogroed that the information should bo supplied. At the meeting of tho Railway League yesterday, it was decided not to hold a public mooting to morrow evening, so as to allbw the visiting Ministers to take a trip to the Motu. Arrangements for tho latter will be made upon the arrival of the visitors this morning. A' sitting of the Compensation Court will ho held at 'Gisborne on Wednesday, l'J-th inst., to- hear a claim for £loi by William Law against the Public Works Department for his interest as lessee in respect to certain land taken for.the railway,

Much l sympathy, will,he felt for Mr Te Ivan! Pere cmi the death l of his wife. Deceased lady had been, ailing for a considerable time past. A 1 trip to To Arolia failed to have any beneficial effect,, and. Mrs Pero gradually weakened until the end camo peacefully. Maori friends assembled yesterday, and thera was muchi Tatnentatioii over the death. (For some time past the patient bad resided in a comfortable tent near the Waikanao footbridge. The management—being most gratified with the success of the MaoMahon season —ha? determined to extend the season for throo nights, commencing on Thursday evening next. In order to do this it will be neoessary to oanool the Napier engagement. To-morrow a production of Fergus Hume’s powerful story, “ The Mystery of a Hansom Oab” will be presented, on Friday' the ADglo Australian drama, “ Transported for Life,” will be given, and on Saturday the famous play, “ Trilby.” . At the meeting of the Hawke’s Bay Metropolitan Committee last week correspondence was received from the Waiapu Baaing Club, forwarding evidence in a protest entered by Neale in the District Welter Handicap ; also informing the committee tbat notice of appeal bad been given.—Consideration deferred, pending receipt of evidence in the appeal. The following programmes were approved : Hurumua (Wairoa) Mounted Rifles, April 24th, and Gisborne Bacing Club July 6th and 7th. The former club was also granted authority to issue riders permits. At the meeting of the Charitable Aid Board last evening, She following letter was received from Mr T. A. Coleman, secretary of the Haspital Trustees, in regard to the donation of £BS from the Waerenga-a-hika sports committee: —“Bir, I have to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 20th ult, in which you inquire what objections the trustees had to receiving a sum of £BS from the Waereuga-a-hika sports committee, earmarked for the purpose of an isolation ward or to any other sum for a like purpose. I am directed by tHe Trustees to state that there Beams to be some misapprehension as to the facts of the case, which are : That the hon. secretary of the sports committee wrote the Chairman of Trustees inquiring as to the advisableness of applying the proceeds of the sports towards the erection ef an isolation ward, and the chairman replied that in his opinion it would be better to pay the proceeds into the Hospital funds untrammelled by any condition as to their application. In this view the sports committee acquiesced, and then they handed , their cheque for £35 to the treasurer to go , in aid of the .general, purpose of the Hospital." The success or non-snoesss of the tarring and sanding of that portion of Gladstone Boad between the Post Office and Lowe Street afforded a lengthy discussion at the meeting of the Borough Council last evening. Cr Morrison complained that the work had not been properly looked after since it had been done some twelve months ago. He wanted to know whether it was intended to put on a coat of tar during the present season. Cr Kennedy spoke forcibly in favor of the work, contending that it bad not been given a fair ebanoe. Certain members of the Counoil had opposed the work from the start, and the result had been that it had been neglected. He was of opinion that the process mentioned was the proper method of dealing with Glad stone Boad, and he wanted to see the maintenance of the road continued. The Mayor said that the work had been undertaken as an experiment and the conditions to weather and other things had been most unfavorable. Cr Whinray contended that the five chains of road referred to had cost over six hundred pounds, and had been nothing less than a piece of folly. In the course of the disonasion tbat followed the overseer admitted to Or Kennedy that the road had nothing done to it for twelve months owing to his being unable to get a supply of hard grit. Cr Harding said that he had originally opposed the work, but had been agreeably surprised and pleased to see the way it had turned out. He asked for the Overseer’s opinion. The Overseer said that in the first plaoe in starting the work he got the tar on too quiokly, and had been farther hampered by very bad weather. Another . drawback was that the material used was not good enough for the work. His ohief trouble was to get sufficient strong grit to carry the traffic in Gladstone road. The members in favor of the work expressed satisfaction at the reply o the Overseer,