The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, JULY 5, 1905.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1498, 5 July 1905, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, JULY 5, 1905.

A choice assortment of frail will be sold at auction by Messrs Bain Broß. to-day.

A five-roomed bouse on the corner of Ballauoe and Clifford streets is advertised to let. \

At tbe Polios Court yesterday morning Cbarlea Wilson was fined £1 and costs for drunkenness.

MssEra RedstoDe and Sons’ Coast coach leaves foe Tolago Bay at 9 o’clock tomorrow morning. Tho Union CompaDy’a b.b. Haupiri arrived from AuokiaDd . via East Coast ports at 7.30 last evening, and sailed for Napier at 9.20. The foliowing passengers arrived from the Coo^tMesdamas Busby end five children, Nicol and ohild, and Park ; Misses ■ Herd and Samsbury ; Messrs Horsberg, Honkeman, and Wilson ; Constable MeLeod and one prisoner. There was one outward passenger. At the Magistrate's ■ Coart yesterday morning a young man named Frank Orr, a recent arrival frem Auckland, leaded guilty to a charge of selling without a license, contrary to the borough by low. Mr Stock said that ’defendant ■ was not aware that a license was necessary, but ho immediately took one ou' upon his attention being culled to it, A fine of 10s and costs was inflicted.

t iThc Gisborne Racing Club's .'Stcejilt chase Meeting will he held at the Poverty Bay ‘'Park 'Company’s {grounds to-morrow. and Friday, starting at 11.10 each day. The course is in excellent comtlition, and Hi© secretary, Mr M. G. Nasmith, has .the arrangements for the meeting complete, Favored with fine Weather, there shlojuld, he a largo attendance.

At the rcffUosb of a largo number of friends, Cantain, Slattery has decided to have repeated to-morrow 1 night at the. Barracks the programme given lash 1 Thursday night, which includes Timbrel drills, company action songs, solos, kjitaretl.es, and ducts, with vocal amid instrumental rTii’e charge, of admission will he (id. At the Police Court yesterday morning a young man named Frank Orr was charged with assaulting John Sharkey, Mr Stock appeared for defendant. Complainant stated that Orr had pulled hia ehirt out, knockod his hat off, and pummelled him about generally, Joseph Lyons s'.atsd he saw defendant pull Sharkey about in a teaming sort of way. His Worship, in dismissing the information, said that Orr bad no right to interfere with informant. Defendant bad been sufficiently pnnished already, and he would not further penalise him.

1 At She Magistrate’s Court yesterday Edward V. Featou, who was represented by Mr Q. H. Lysnar, was acquitted on the charge of theft of bicycle sundries, evidence being for the defence being given by a number of witnesses, explaining away the points which at firßt looked suspicious. ,Iu delivering judgment His Worship said the strongest piece of evidence agaiust accused was- bis telling the deteotivs that (there was nothing new in the shed, end later on admitting that he had five days before seen what appeared a good looking rim. The Boap works stood alone from any dwelling, and it would be easy for oDvone wishing to get accused fnto trouble to have placed the rim where it was found The informant sus. pee'ed the accused from the first, and gave as his reason the fact that Butterworth had been to his shop wanting to buy I I-a Palmer rim for aeeused. Butter worth denies this, and statsd that ho had never spekon to accused in his life. His Worship said he had Gome doubt as to whether the rim was placed in tbe soap Bhed by accused or with his knowledge that it had been stolon, and having that doubt the oceoaed was entitled to the benefit of it,

Th« tender of ‘Messrs Hanloni and Beets of ,£llO bias been accepted roc the footway on the Kaiti bridge. Tire newly-erected abattoirs were most ravcmahly commented upon, at the Borough Council meeting last e\ citing, bp.tlr by the Inspector and Councillors!. Tho lnspector’si initial report Sflj regard to the works appears elsewihprc..

fl’lib rociont rm-bUc meeting to consider tiio water loan lironosals "formed the subject pi a lively, discussion at, the Borough. Council mooting last evening. The proceeding® wore of a very lively nature, as will bo seen from a report of the meeting apifearing clsewherc. “■'Tbe greatest piece oE colossal impufclence I havje ever known ami an irsdilt ifcoi the in tel l'igeince of the Council,” was Cr. Sheridan’s opening remarks at itho Borough 1 Council last evening in referring to- the ratojm.yers, at whoso reddest the Mayor convened a .naiblie meeting 1 ast woelit