The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, MAY 1, 1905.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1442, 1 May 1905, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, MAY 1, 1905.

The 'monthly meeting of the Harbor Board will be held to-day. Mr James Bussell has been eleotod a member of the Poverty Bay Bond Board The East Coast Mounted Bides advertise for a cook for the oamp from May 7th to 14th.

A general meeting in connection with the proposed Te Karaka library will be held on Thursday evening next at the Te Karaka Hotel. The shooting season opened this morning. The imported game that may be shot are cock pheasants, Californian and Australian quail, and duoks. Paradise ducks are protected for one .year throughout the colony. Mr J. M. Gonldsmith offers a reward of .£5 to anyone giving information that will lead to the conviotion of the person or persons who broke into his stable at Te Hapara and stole therefrom a quantity of racing gear. > A meeting of ratepayers of the Poverty Bay Road Board will be held at the Board’s office, Makaraka at noon on Saturday next. Members of the Board are also •requested to attend a meeting at 2.30 p.m. on the same day. The Waikohu Road Board have a notice in this issue in regard to the annual election to be held on Saturday next. Mr W. L. Spence, one of the candidates, has withdrawn, leaving Messrs G. F. Bell, E. T. Evans, W. Hutchinson, and G. Maclean to contest the election for the two vacant seats. The Gisborne Cycling Club intend holding a road race on .Tone B,the course to be from Gisborne to Te Karaka and back to town. The raoe is to bo held for the purI pose of seleoting a representative to compete at the forthcoming championship oyoling meeting at Christchurch, Two days after the Shaw-Savill liner Gothic loft Hobart for Wellington,a young girl was found stowed gn the vessel, i The matter was reported to headquarters, and the passengors interested themselves, with the result that the amount of the girl’s passage money was soon subscribed and handed over to the purser. Mr P. B. Lomax, of the Dresden Piano Company, has just imported one of the New York Pianola Company’s latest inventions. This wonderful pieoe of mechan- [ ism undertakes to interpret the most difficult pieces of music over composed. The most striking feature of the invention is its simplicity, five minutes’ tuition being all that is necessary to accomplish the manipulation. Mr Lomax will be pleased to show the pianola in working order to anyone oailing at tho Dresdoa Co.’s shop, Gladstone road. /- Tho following are the latest connections With tho telephone exchange, Gisborne : 112, R. J. Reynolds’ private residence, “ Sandown,” Childers’ Road ; 301, A. W. Murray, private residence, Haiti; 305, F. B. Palairet, dental surgeon, Gladstone I Hoad, 311, T. Alston Coleman, solicitor, Gladstone Road. The following should be | deleted from lists : —ll2, W. D. S. McDonald, Newstead, Makaraka; 245. A. Jenoens, Darwin Road, Haiti ; 137, Wi Pere, M.H.R., Whataupoko. The following “ messsge from the sea” was picked up on Good Friday, securely corked in a bright bottle, on tho west coast, about Dine miles from the entrance of the Waikato River, towards the Manakau Harbour :—" Date and hour when thrown overboard, March 29, 1901, at noon ; ship’s oame, s.s. Star of New Zealand ; latitude, i 54deg. 21min. south; longitude; 112 deg. OOmin. OOsec. west ; state of wind, north- I east moderate breeze; state of sea,moderate | lontherly swell; ship going from Lyttelson to London ; signature of master, John VT. Hart.” At the Magistrate’a Court on Saturday she case of W. D. Lysnar (Mr G. Lysnar) v. Emma Mary Dunlop (Mr W. L. Rees), claim £69 8s 2d, being balance of account for services rendered and money paid by plaintiff 'as solicitor for defendant, also claim for £l2 17s 9d,.being money paid by j plaintiff for defendant at her requeet on October 26th, 1898, in settlement of a | claim in the Magistrate’s Cou't, was irought before Mr W. A. Barton, S.M. Mr Rees applied for an adjournment, and stated that the papers were being prepared applying for a removal of the case to the Supreme Court. An adjournment > was i granted, the oase being set down for May 11th,

Tho Hon. It. J. Scddon has boon twolvo yoars Premier of tho oolony. A . moot ' n * °* 10 Liberal Association will bo hold on Tuesday ovouing.

Tho stoamor Vontura left San Franoisoo on the 27th April at 10 p.m. Mr Justice Edwards arrived from Auckland yestorday afternoon. Jurors and witnesses are romindod that thoy must bo in attendance nt tho Supreme Court at 10.80 this morning.

The Sydnoy-Vancouvor dospatoh of 21st Maroh arrived in London on the night of the 26th inst.

■A mao namoil James Patrick Mocncy was arrcatoil yesterday, on the arrival of tho Talimc,. charged with being a stowaway. At the Polico Court on Saturday-morn-ing a sailor, appeared on charges of drunkenness and resisting the police. He waß fined 10a for drunkenness, aud £3 and costs for tho latter offence.

At tho Polios Court on Saturday morning Henry Willoughby was brought up on remaod for trespass and assault. For tho first offonco ha was fined £1 and costs, and for tho second £3 and costs.

A horse with shafts attuohed galloped madly up Gladstone Road early on Saturday evening, oausing a general and rapid soatter. A party out driving had come to grief on tho Kaiti, but esoaped without Berious injury.

On Saturday evening tho Hon. J. Carroll met a number of tbe members of the Liberal Association, and a discussion took place in regard to the coming election. Mr Carroll stated that if it was the wish of the Association he would oontest the seat against all corners, and ho would endeavor to faithfully serve them as in the past. There was no truth in the reports that he had intentions of standing or another constituency. A singular oatastrophe happened on Thursday morning on the Whatawbata road, Hamilton. It appears that Mr Perry was driving towards Hamilton in a sulky, and met some cattle near Durnadale’s bridge which were breaking away from the drover. The horse suddenly turned round and upset the vehiole, breaking one of the wheels. The horse bolted in the direction of Frankton, dragging the remains of the sulky after him. On reaching the baoon factory he was stopped, trembled a good deal, and almost immediately dropped down dead.

The following team will represent the Maoris in the football match versus the Pakehas, to be played on the 6th of May : Backs, Willie Rangi, W. Helamere, Te Beinga, Ereksna, £T. Rangi, Browne ; wing forwards, Lear, Wi Friday ; forwards, Parker, Rewai, Wepiha, Clarke, Heke, Hatea, Swan ; emergencies—backs, Wharqtini Rangi, forwards. Patihana, Topi, and Matene. The above players are requested to attend at the College at 2 o’olook next Saturday afternoon.

The two prisoners—Skelton and Wood —who escaped from the Waiotapu prison on Monday, and were arreßted on Tuesday night at Waimangu shelter shed, were brought up at the Rotorua Police Court on Thursday, but the oharges preferred against them of stealing stores, the property of the New Zealand Government; aud of escaping from the custody of tho warders at Waiotapu, were withdrawn. The men have been taken to Auokland, where thoy will be dealt with.

The N.Z. Herald’s Botorua correspondent writes :—Some exoellent trout are being caught in the lake at present. As a proof that the fish are plentiful, it has only to bo stated that on Wednesday evening, in a couple of hours, two lady anglers secured nme fine specimens, the total weight of which waa 471 b. Others have been equally successful; in fact, several gentlemen have gone out in the morning and caught from five to seven fish before breakfast.

At the annual meeting of the Auckland Society for the Protection of Women and Children and prevention of Cruelty to Animals, a clause in tho report of the committee urged those interested in tho welfare of children to use their best endeavors to obtain for the colony a Bystem of children’s courts similar to those established in some States of the Australian Commonwealth, where eases relating to children are heard by the stipendiary magistrate in a place quite distinct from the police courts, In order that the children might not be affected by the of a police court. Several of the members present warmly supported the clause, and it was generally agreed that separate courts are highly desirable.

During an interval in the production of “ Struck Oil ” by the Bioe Dramatic Company at Hia Majesty’s Theatre on Saturday evening, his Worship the Mayor (Mr J. Townley) presented the prizes won in the Gisborne Cycling Club’s road race from Ormond to Gisborne, run on Easter Monday. Hiß Worship expressed pleasure at being present, and wished the club oyery sucoess. He then presented the following prizes :—Prst prize, gold medal, presented by Mr MoLernon, and won by B. Hacche; second prize, gold medal, presented by Mr Good, won by H. Butterworth ; third prize, silver medal, presented by Mr Collins, won by Anderson ; fourth prize, trophies, presented by Messrs C. Morse and Smith, won by Stewart, A gold medal was also presented to T. Elliott, who covered the distance in the fastest time, 40min 2-5 sec, thbngh he rode unplaced. The medal was given by Mr J. Xnnes. After the presentation cheers were given for the Mayor, followed by the j singing of " For He’s a Jolly Good Fe' low ’’