The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, MAY 10, 1905.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1450, 10 May 1905, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, MAY 10, 1905.

Messrs Bedstone and Sons’ East Coast coach loaves for Tolago Bay at 7 o’clock to-morrow morning. i Captain Edwin reported yesterday : “ Moderate to strong westerly. winds ; glass little movement ; tides moderate : son .’moderate.”

East Cape reported yesterday morning a fresh W. breeze, barometer 80,36, ther-' mometer 57, cloudy sky, moderate sea. , The Ballanoe Tent of Juvenile Reohabites have decided to celebrate their anni-' versary by a social evening, to be held in His Majesty’s Theatre on Friday, the 26th inst. j.

The following foreign letters lay unclaimed at the post office, Gisborne : Bev. P. Finn, Mrs' Robbie, J. W. Parker, Geo. ■ Goldsworthy, Don Arohy, Mr H; Foster, Walter Lewis, JVB. Tilford and Mr Owen Owen. j At the Police Court yesterday, Paul Tantau, who stated his ago was 14, pleaded guilty to a charge of attempting to commit a criminal assault on a young Maori girl, and was committed to the Supreme Court at Auckland for sentence. A ceremony of a pleasing nature wai performed last evening, when Mr C. Hari man was presented with a purse o I sovereigns ny the railway staff of the Gis borne section. In making the presentation Guard Gibb expressed the thorough satisfaction that Mr Harman had invariably given to the department, the public, and those with whom he worked in the Gisborne section, and congratulated him on his promotion. Mr Harman has been transferred from the clerical staff to the Wellington office, and leaves for his new sphere of labor this eveniog. During his oightsen months’ stay here Mr Harman has made himself very popular with those travelling on the railway by his courtesy and his attention to his duties.

There waa a very large assemblage at Holy Trinity Church yesterday to witness the marriage of Miss Lena Bennett, second daughter of the late Mr 0. JD. Bennett, and Mr J. R. Murphy, second Bon of Mr E. Murphy, of Te Arai. The Rev. Dnw- I 1 son Thomas officiated. The • bride was given away by her brother, Mr C. J. Bennett, and'was attended by Misses Daisy Bennett, May Sherriff, Constance Reynolds, and Minnie MaoloaD. The bridegroom was attended by Messrs M. R. Murpby, L. B. Sherrill, and G. and R,' Reynolds. The bridegroom’s present to the bride was a handsome diamond ring, and to the bridesmaids gold neeklaceH with pendant. They leave for Auokland this morning, where they join the Sonoma for Amerioa and England. Mr H. D. Bedford, M.H.R., who has recently returned from a visit to the principal cities of the United States of America, will deliver a' lecture at the' Theatre Royal tomorrow oveii'.’ng with the impres- j sioDs formed during his tour, also with the great straggle for commercial supremacy I that is going on between England, Ger- • many and the United States of America.' The lecturer will point out the important part that education is playing in this struggle, especially how the Americans impart technical education ; the great thirst that exists for education in America; and how by the correspondence system, as originated by the International Correspon. deuce Schools of Scranton, this thirst is ' being allayed. The I.C.S. have a method for all to obtain valuable knowledge that i has not heretofore been open to them. To ' ;he busy classes and those without the ueans to attend regular technical schools and institutions of learning they afford an opportunity to obtain useful knowledge that in this ago of 'industrial' progress is absolutely'.necessary to business success. MrO. P. Lipdegreen'. is -'conducting a win- j flow display of theffiound vblumes, instanttioh'papers; etc.y supplied to students with j the various courses of instruction, on the Premises of the Dresden Piano Company,