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Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1444, 3 May 1905, Page 2

The installation of Mayor and CounoilI lors takes place at noon to-day. Tho first of the Civil cases taken at the Supreme Court to-day will be To Ira Bangimii v. Ellon Julia Nolan. The vital statistics at Gisborne for the past month were:—Births 27, deaths 2, I marriages 7. I Jurors aro notified by the Begist-rar of I the Supreme Court that their further | attendance at the present sittings will not j he required. I East Cape reported yesterday morning a light E. breeze, barometer 30.13, thermometer 64, passing showers and modeI rate sea. Captain Edwin reported yesterday : | Moderate to strong winds from between south and east and ,north ; glass rise slowly; tides high; sea heavy after 20 hours from now.” At tho Police Court yesterday a native named Tohe Papapara was brought before Mr Barton, S.M., and charged with drunkenness in Gladstone road. He waa convicted and fined 10s, costs 2s, in default 48 hours. For a similar. offenoe Butane Aburoa was fined ss, costs 2s, in default 24 hours. ■>- )'

By the Tarewera this morning tho Rovs. Asher, Stowell, Whyte, Heyward, Grant, and Oomrie arrivo from Napier to attond a mooting of tho Hawke's Bay Presbytery. Wellington advises that tho mail from Melbourne via Suez despatobod by tho Orient liner Orontos on tho 28th Maroh arrivod in London on the afternoon of tho 80th ultimo. Messrs Williams and Kot'le hold thoir next stook sale at Matawhero to-morrow, I when thoy will offor 4000 sheep and 700 head of oa>tle.

Messrs Common, Shelton and Co., and Dalgety and Co. hold thoir stook sale at Motowbero to-morrow. Tho entries inoludo over 2000 sheep and upwards of 100 head of cattlo. /

At tho Supreme Court yostorday it was announced that tho oaso of Drummond Bros. v. W, li. Rees, S. Oxonham, and Oxenham and Somervell had been settled. Foreign lottors for the following lay unolaimod at the Gisborne post office : Messrs J. Thompson, A. J. Raohinger, A. E. James.

The Chinese at Niuehwang (says Reuter) celebrated tho fall of Mukden with fireworks and huge lantern processions. Morrymakors and stilt-walkors crowded the strools.

Tho Customs return for April at Gisborne were :—Spirits £lOll 18s 2d, cigarettes JE37 3s 9d, tobacco £l9B 17a 9d,wine (Australian) 1129 12s fid, other kinds £23 12s 9d, ale and beer £OO, sugar £216 10s Bd, goods by weight £BO Is. good* ad valorem (general tariff) £397 16s 3d, preferential £lO 12s 9d, total £2066 6s sd. Excise duty : Beer £B6 'Bs. April, 1904, £2051 Is 5d ; April, 1903, £2120 8b 7d. During tho hearing of tha last of the criminal cases at the Supreme Court yesterday his Honor Mr Justice Edwards rebuked tho levity of a porsioa of the onlookers in rather strong terms. “If there

is any levity at the back I will turn you all out,” said his Honor. “ I am not going to have this placo made a theatre for the amusement of indeoent persons.”

Gentlemen as well as ladies are invited to attend tho free cookery classes at the Technical schoolroom at 7.30 this evening. The Gisborne Gas Coy. have made arrangements with the Committee for the technical classes to givo a oourso of cookery classes to the public free. During the lesson the proper use of gas appliances will be fully demonstrated. Passes, to cover all leßßOns, may be obtained from Miss Ivey or Mr Morgan, Chairman of the High School and the Technical classes.

Special telegrams from the front to St, Petersburg after the battle of Mukden were full of exouses for tho rout. Some blame the dust storm, some tho War office, some the commander-in-chief. The officers were wrangling about responsibility, each trying to blome somebody olso and exculpate himself. The correspondents hinted, as guardedly as possible, that the defeat was so crushing that the Russians had no chance of continuing the struggle. - At the Supreme Court yesterday Mr Justice Edwards said he would disallow tho expenses of the witness Boyce and his wife in the case of theft against the natives I Ngatai Wanoa and Panikena Carr on public grounds. A publican who got drunk and got robbed in his own publichouse must not think that he can put the Court to the expense of his coming down to vindioato biis grievance. The following bookings through Thos; Cook and Sons’, looal office are reported by Mr W. Miller :—For London, Mr James Craig, per Himalaya, leaving Sydney, May I 13th; Mr J. Handford, per Orotava. leavI ing Sydney, May 6sh ; Mr W. Allgood, per I Seydelitz, leaving Sydnov May 3rd. For I San Francisoo, Mr H. Sohinkol.per Sierra, I leaving Auckland, April 21st., For MarI seilles, Mr J. 8. BartoD, per India, leaving I Sydney May 27th. For Hongkong,Mr H. j Williams, per Chingtu, leaving Sydney I May 19th. For Antwerp, Mr O. Johan- ] sen, per Oldenburg, leaving Sydney, May I 27tb. For Capetown, Mr F. Seymour, per I Nineveh, leaving Sydney May 27th. I At the conclusion of the criminal sittings | at the Supreme Court yesterday morning, I His Honor was unable to proceed with the j civil cases as counsel were unprepared lowing to the despatch with which the I criminal list had been disposed. “ Unless | counsel were prepared to take their cases I when called on they would find them I struck out, and would not be restored unJ til the next sitting. Counsel did not seem I to realise that it was almost impossible for I the Judge to get through his work without | any delays. It was very well for counsel I to think that their cases would not come I on until a certain time,” concluded His j Honor ; “ but every case should bo reI garded as on from the first hour of the I Court sitting.”

Visitors to To Karaka will find excellent accommodation and the best o£ liquors at the Te Karaka hotel. This house has recently been renovated throughout, and offers every provision to the travelling public. The livory and bait stables attached to to the hotel are of the most up-to date character, and visitors can on the shortest possible notice secure single and double buggies, gigs, and horses, j Attached to the hostelry are upwards of 100 acres of paddooking, and every care will be taken by the proprietor of horses left in his charge. Visitors to Gisborne seeking a pleasant day’s outing cannot do bettor than try the Karaka. The East Coast Mounted Bides go into the annual training camp at Fuhatikotiko from May 7th to May 13th. The Gisborne troop will parado (under SurgeonCaptain Soott) at the Drillshed, Gisborne, on Sunday next at 9 a.m. sharp, and the Makauri troop and other members at the Makouri sobool (under Lieutenant Tombleson) at 10 a.m. the same day. Other members can go straight to camp, but must arrive not later than noon. The orders issued by Captain Colebourne, commanding the East Coast Mounted Rifles, contain the following items: — Baggage, securely fastenoa and labelled, to be left at Drillshed, Gisborne, on Saturj day, 6th May, at 1 p.m., to be sent by rail !to To Karaka. Members failing to send their baggage to Drillshed on Saturday at 1 p.m. must make their own arrangements for carriage of samo to camp. The following articles are required : Full equipment (as detailed below), overcoat, waterproof sheet, blankets, jersey, pair of overalls, change of clothing, toilet requisites, towels, extra pair of boots, blacking, clothes brush, dandy brush and curry comb, head rope, baiter, rubbers, necessaries for cleaning rifle and gear, nosebag. Every member is requested to bring a cover for his horse. Full drees uniforms (blue cloth) are not to be brought to camp. Every member must .have the following articles of equipment in camp :—Khaki drill tunic, kbarki cloth tuoic, breeches, I loggings, spurs, hat, field-service cap, belts i and bandolier, saddle-cloth, rifle bucket, rifle (with pull through and oil bottle), rifle sling, bayonet and scabbard, haversaak. Any member not having his full equipment must procure same from Q.M. Sergeant before going into camp. To earn capitation, every member must attend during the whole six days. Fino for nonattendance, 10s each parade. In a description of the battle of Mukden Renter explains the reason of the Russian defeat. On Marah 7th the Russian positions were In the form of a boot, with the toa at Machiapn and the heel on the Hnnho, at Fushan, about five miles wide, and in order to meet the danger that the {

Japanese might ping the top of the boot, Karopatkin sent thither 40 battalions, in command of General Miloff. The Rusaians began slowly to foroe the Japanese back at the critical point, bat the Japanese in their turn reinforced their extreme right, and Kuropatkin, seeing that all was apparently going well in the other positions, and determined to stake everything on a decisive blow, collected the remainder of his strategic reserve, and led them in person to the north front, throwing them on the flank of the Japanese, who wero endeavoring to cut the railway. The scale of weight was all on the Russian side, and the Japanese retired. At this moment two sets of reports were received—tbe first I that a column of the enemy were moving I further north round' the right flank, and I tbe seoond that the Japanese had token I advantage of the storm, which was blowing ihe dust in the faces of the Russians, to I thrust a column through at Fulin Kiusan, on thejjinsiep of the boot. With all the strategic reserves already engaged, it became impossible to meet the danger from these sources, which was immediate and and at eight in the evening tbe order to retire to Tieling through the boot leg was given.

On account of the toll for the Tolago Bridge tho coach faro to Tolago will in future be 12a 6d, return 21a.

Travellers by train from To Karaka can obtain tho Times from E. S. EvinsoD, general storekeeper, also from tho newsboys along tho lino. Mosers Bedatone and Sons’ MororeWairoa ooaob loaves town at 7 o’clock tomorrow morning, and the East Ooaat coach at 8.30 the same morning.

The Australian criokoters play their first match of tho tour in England tomorrow, against tho Gentlemen of England.

Tho box plan for tho Williamson Opera season opens at His Majosty’s Thoatre at nine o’clock this morning. It ia expected that there will be a strong demand for seats.

At the meeting'of the tion last evening a communication wa received from tho Hon. James Carrol stating that he would address the electors at a date suitable to tho Association. _ It was resolved to ask Mr Carroll to deliver an address daring tho first wook in June.