The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, AUG. 4, 1905.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1524, 4 August 1905, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, AUG. 4, 1905 .

An experienced Bhepherd is advertised £or. v, •• iill i! ' ■ t>A

a A ;furnished icottage, or two furnished •rooms, are required by an' advertiser. ; Unclaimed letters .for the .following await' delivery.at.the po3t ofSco : —Messrs 'McCarthy, A.'McDuff, Rudolph Hally, W, Klemp, C. Lairih, ;C,. F, Scpugall, James Stevenson, Stevenson, and Joseph Stopp " ]\JosKrs Pcckovor' and Co. advertise a number of town and suburban properties for sale.

The. annual • meeting of the Gisborne Beautifying Association SSwill be held in the Borough Council Ohambers this evening at 7.30.

M j gene- mooting of; tho ; -Caledonian Society will be held to-morrow evening, for the purpose of electing an assistant secretary.

?. Mr'T.G. Jjawless states that there is'n strong demand for proporty close to town for investment purposes, and invites owners to place their properties in.bis hands.

if sufficient inducement offers dressmaking • classes' for girls' from 14 to 16 years' of age, residing in the country, will be cotDEUODCfid at, the Technical School this afternoon, beginning at t 2 o’clock.. 1 Mr A. R. Watson, vico-grosidont 'of the Poverty Bay Executive of the Mow Zealand Farmers’ Union, writes : —?.in the absencsiof Mr Chambers, president of the Poverty Bay: Farmers’ Union,-1 beg to inform you that tho: question-.of oboosing a candidate for the forthcoming election was not mentioned-at yesterday’s meeting of the Provincial Executive.” |

A good idea of-..the value of land in Gladstone road is''obtsinod from lease-: taken up by business men within the last few days. In one case, for 20ft frontage with a depth of-100ft,.a ground rental of £l4o' is being paid, whilst the lessee, at the crid of the term of his lease, rceeives onjy. half the cost of tho brick building he intends" to erect.' ..On a 5 per cent basis this means that the value of the land can be put down-at £149 per foot. Several other properties .in the same block have been leased- ■ during.--the last twelve months at equally advantageous terms. These prices speak volumes for the business prospects.of fcha district; At the Central Mart on Wednesday the demand for trees was slack as. compared with last season. .. Peach, apple, and plum trees brought 9d to Is each, pears 6d to9d, pot plants and shrubs' 6d to Is each, roses ls a'bundle of three trees. A case of pot plants overcarried i will ■ be offered oh Saturday. The quality and condition of the trees offered elicited the most favorable enoohiums; and the plants to bo offered are among tbs choicest senti

An . aootylouo gas plant in first clars order is offered for sale.

At the Polios Court yesterday morning Mr liartoo, S.M., granted a prohibition order against a local resident, Somo choice pot plants, "b rub ®< {ruit troos will bo offorod at tho Central ■Mart at 1 o’clock to morrow.

Captain Edwin reported yostorday . "Galea Irom botwoon north-east and oast and south ; glass riso ; tidos high ; sea heavy ; rrm probably heavy. Tbo proprietor of tbo Whalaupoko coaohoa (Mr Bondlo) invitos suggestions from rosideDts in rogard to the most suitable time-table. The busses have been fairly well patronised during tho last few days. ■'A well-known rosidont in the suburbs I was observed lust oveuing lighting one of the street lamps which had not received attention. Ho informod our reporter that ho always kept-a laddor handy for the

purpose. * In sevoral orobords in tho suburbs tho early plum trees are already in blossom, and the'present heavy weather is not liltoly

!)0 baoofifi the trees, A special meeting of tbo Poverty Bay Pork Company will be held on Friday, August 18tb, to confirm the sale of the property to the Gisborne Racing Club. Nominations for offioers for tbo Poverty Bay Formers' Club for the ensuing year will bo reoeived by Mr W. Lissant Clayton up to Saturday, 19th inst, The following will represent Kaiti-City thirds in the match against Sohool at the Victoria Domain to-morrow afternoon Sterman, Sedon, O’Neill, Luttrell, Dines, Graham, McOonville, Huston, O'Donnell, Clark, Hoany, Steele, Moore, Richardson, Gorbett. Emergenoy, Ford. The strong fresh tunning in the river yestorday morning with the ebb tide carried away the bow lines-of the schooner Gisborne. The vessel swung round at right angles to the wharf und grounded, remaining in that position until the tide rose sufficiently to enable tbo vessel to be brought alongside the wharf again, A ! wiro was received last evening from Timatu, stating that Mr Frank Evans, son , of Mr Charles Evans, of Bushmere, had won the South Canterbury Hunt Cup with his horse Lncky Star. It will be romembered that he won the Cup with the same horse last year. The horse wa3 trained and ridden by himself. ■ , At the Magistrate’s Court yesterday morniDg Mr Barton, S.M., gave judgment 'for plaintiff in. the following civil cases W. A. O’Meara (Mr Chrisp) v. Wiremu Haora, claim 15s, costa . 103 ; t James -Whiuray v. Margaret Olive, • balance of claim, £1 19s 6d, costs 6s; George Robb (Mr Chrisp) v.'Ernest “West, claim £4 Os S 3, costs 10s; George Robb (Mr Chrisp) v. Heffner and Good, claim £25 14s Id, costs £3 15s. In tbo ease of tbo Gisborne Gas Company v. Charles Catton,judgment was given by consent for £2 8s 7d, costs 10a Judgment was also given by consent in the case of Sarah Harris v. George Poison,’ claim £4 14s,"costs ss. The members of the East Coast Mounted Rifles met in the Orderley Room last evening .to farewell Lieutenant Hutohinson, who is leaving shortly on a visit to Canada. Captain Colebonrno presided, and there was a.large attendance of members and visitors. A lengthy and 1 varied programme wa3 gone through, musical items being rendorod by Captain Beore, Lieut. Hutchinson, Sergeant Major Evans, Sergeant Zaohariab, Surgoon-Cap-tain Scott, Quartermaster Sergeant Zachariah, Corporal Oates, Troopers Barlow, Carter and Stewart,' Bugler Sherriff and numerous others.