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Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1435, 20 April 1905, Page 2

I Telegraphic communication was restored | at 10 o’clock yesterday. A number of I telegrams for Gisborne received at Napier I were sent on by mail. I For the convenience of intending pas- . | sengers per Zealaridia to Auckland and I Sydney, Messrs Galgety and Co., agents I for Messrs Huddart, Parker and Co., will I open their shipping office to morrow g I afternoon from 4 to 5 o’clock. I I The s.s. Haupiri will run an excursion - I to Tolago Bay on Sunday next, leaving the j Boy at 10 30 p.m. The wentbor promises I | £ap for the Easter holidays, and the ex- I cursion ohonld be largely patronised. The I ~ Haupiri is a splendid sea boat, and has I s lately been fitted up for tks East Coast I servioo. Those who have nof booked pg,3- I sages should do so at once. ' ' J - The steamers yesterday morning hod j \ little difficulty in transhipping passengers. I 1 The Torawera’s passengers were landed at I the wharf at 9 o’clock, and those from the I Moana obont 11. The vessels sailed about I noon. The Tarawera wbb unable to work alongside the breakwater at Napier, and I had to be tendered under its lee. The I vessel sailed for Gisborne at 5 p.m., and I ' therefore, did not bring passongera and j 1 mails by tho express. j ; A sitting of the Compensation Court I f (was to have been held before Mr Brabant, I c S.M., yesterday, to assess the compensa- I B tion payable to Mr Law for land taken for j the railway at Kaitaratahi. Mr Thomp- I B son, Land Purchase Officer, was in atton- I 3 dance, hut owing to the steamer leaving I s Auckland earlier in tjhe day it proved in- y convenient for the Magistrate to get I 1 away, and the matter will now be taken I ij on the 10th May, when the Magistrate j hopes that the steamers will be more j G; suitable. I si A short time ago we bad a paragraph I b; in reference to a lady who had experienced I pi a painful injury to her hand by what is I of known as a devil ” mccbme. We are I la now pleased to state that the lady (Mrs E. I Cl Wilkinson! has mads a good recovery, and I be that the injury has not pyoyod ao serious I Bi as was at ono time feared. The family I to express their gratitude to Dr Morris I*l pe Miss Stewart (matron of the Hospital), J 37 aad the nursrng stall for their kindness to, and attention. Qs t

The Times will not bo published on Good Friday or Euftsr Monday. Transhipments por b.b. Moana arrived in Gisborno yostorday.

Tho Ventura arrived at San Francisco on April 17th.

Tbo Bice Dramatic Company appear at Patutahi on Easter Monday ovoning. 3t. Andrew’s Choir moet for praotice this ovoniDg at night o’olook. Notico of tho annual election of tho Eaiti Road Board is advertised in another column.

Tho box plan for tho Nspior Frivolity Minstrels' outertainmoub will bo opened at Mr Miller's at 10 this morning. Saturday night's train will not leave town until aftor tho performance of tho Napior Frivolity Minstrels. Tho land agents of Gisborno will close for the Eastor holidays from this evening until Tuesday morning next.

Two first offenders for drunkenness woro cautioned and discharged at the Police Court yesterday.

Local merchant houses will be closed on Friday, Saturday and Monday for the Easter holidoys. All claims against tho estate of the late Mr Alfred Charles Forrester, of Tokomaru Bay, must be rendered to Mr H. H. Faitlie, of that place. Tho Banks will bo closed noxt Friday, Saturday, and Monday for Easter holidays ; also, on Tuesday, 26th inat., on account of St. George’s Day. Tho Napier Frivolity Minstrels will arrive by the Zoalandia on Saturday morning and will appear at His Majesty’s Theatre the same evening and return to Napier by tbo Tarawora on Sunday.

Large entries have been reoeived for the Matawhoro stock sales to-day. Messrs Common, Shelton and Co., and Dalgety and Co. will commence their Bales at 10.80 and Messrs Williams and Kettle at 11.30 a.in.

If sufficient inducement offers Messrs Redstone and Sons will run special coaches to Morere to-morrow morning at 7 o’clock, returning on Monday. If the present fine weather continues a large number of Gisborne residents should be induced to make the trip. A meeting of the Gisborne Reohabite Tent was held last evening, Bro. T. A. Holdsworth, Chief Ruler, presiding. It was resolved that the matter of a picnic for the juvenile mombers stand in abeyance for tbo prosent. Aftor transacting routine business, the members of the Tent indulged in friendly games of oards. Mr W. Miller is in receipt of advice from Mr R. Stewart, business manager for Mr J. C. Williamson, that the Repertoire Opera Company will play Gisborne on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, May Btb, 9th and 10th. The operas to be produced will be selected from the following repertoire:—“ Mikado,” “ Pirates of Penzanoe,” “ Yeoman of the Guard,” “ Pinafore,” “ lolanthe,” and “ Patience.” The sale of tho freehold of the Te Karaka Hotel from Mr George How Chow to Mr L. C. Allen is reported by Messrs Sheridan and Co. The firm also report the lease of tho Tolago Bay Hotel from Mr George Spence to Mr VV. F. Sinclair, and an eight years’ extension of the lease of Ormond Hotel from Mr F. A. Martin to Mr Con. Neenan ; also the sale of Mr Kehoe Dempsey’s Te Hapara property to a local investor.

At the Magistrate’s Court yesterday Marv Hollis (Mr R. U. Burke) applied for a maintenance order for her five young children. The defendant, Joseph Hollis, consented to an order being made, and the Magistrate ordered payment of 5s per week for the wife and 2s 6d per week for eaoh of tho children until they attained the age of 14 years. The applicant was given custody of tho children.