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Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1447, 6 May 1905, Page 2

Mr A. Whooler, acoountont o£ tha Union Company’s Suva oilico, is at present visiting Gisborno. A football match between teams representing tho Maori and Fakeha playors takos place on tho Victoria Domain this afternoon.

Menara Dampnoy Bros., of Pahiatua, are the purohaaora of Messrs Ijindeay Bros.* Springhill property at Mobaka, the price paid being £3 7a 6d per acre, and stock at valuation.

A special mooting of tho Wniroa County Council will be hold on the 12th instant to considor a,proposal to declaro gorso and ragwort to be noxious woods. The ordinary mooting of tbo Council takoß place at 2 p.m. Tho following notice of motion iB sot down by Cr Mullins :—“ That tho Engineer bo retired.”

A fine mob of 552 young oattlo from Waikato oroeaod tho Wairoa bridgo this week en route to Gisborne. Tho cattle, which are in charge of Mr M. Harrison, are chiefly of tho shorthorn breed, and will bo offered for sale at Messrs Williams and Kettle’s sale at Matawbcro on the 18th instant.

In the Supreme Court yestorday morniDg in the divorce suit, Mary Elizabeth Smith, petitioner (Mr W. D. Rysnar), v. Abbotsford Smith, respondent, His Honor, Mr Justioo Edwards, granted a decree nisi, dissolution of marriage to be made absolute at the expiration of three months, costs on highest scale. The Wairoa Guardian states that Mr T. R. Rees, who has been managing for the New Zealand Lioan and Mercantile Agency Company at Dannevirke, and Mr H. B. Mountford, who has been representing Messrs Murray, Roberts and Co. as traveller for a number of years past, have acquired from Mr M. F. Bourke the interest in his wholesale store at Wairoa, and intend at an early date to start as stock and station agents and general merchants.

The Wairoa County Sheep Dog Trial Club were unfortunate in respect to weather for their meeting, the present being the third wet season. The number of entries was large, there being 35 competitors in the Heading Class, which took up the whole of the first day. The sheep were rather heavy for this class,' and the dogs did not do so well as they otherwise would have done, giving them suitable sheep and fine weather. The trials were held in Mr Couper's paddock, Frasertown. The judge, Mr McKinnon, gave the result as fol’ows: —G. Wilson’s Fleet, head 11, bring back 6, command 9, total 26, 1 ; Kuku’s Mou, head 10, bring back 6, command 9, total 25, 2 ; G. Wilson’s Bough, head 10, bring back 3, command 9, total 22, 3; B. Neale’s Spark, head 8, bring back 5, command 7, total 20, 4. Class 11.,

hunt away—Kean’s Scot, 20 pointß, 1; Stuart’s Tyke, 19 points, 2 ; Kean’s Never, 17 points, 3; Pera’a Laddie, 16 points, 4.