The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, AUG. 28 1905.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1544, 28 August 1905, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, AUG. 28 1905.

An owner is required for a watch and ohain that have been found. Cotter has token over 100 wiokots daring the Australian tourThe monthly meoting, of tho Harbor Board takes place this aftornoon. The steamer Toroa arrives from Westport this morning. ' Messrs Redstone and Sons’Coast coach leaves town at 8 o’clock this morning, and the Tiniroto coaoh at 7 o’clook. Tho Kia Ora Dairying Company notify that the Gisborne creamery will reopen on Monday next. Tenders have been invited in the bankrupt estate of Alfred Bachelor for the purchase of one cow and three horses. Mr Watkin Mills, who is having a triumphant tour throughout Australia, will commenoe hia New Zealand tour on September 10th. Neatly one hundred applications hav6 been reoeived by the Harbor Board for the positions of storeman and assistant. Many of the men are very highly reoommended, Messrs Miller and Craig roport the following prioeß at Saturday's auotion Butter lOd to Is, eggs 7£d to 9d, cauliflowers 4d to sd, potatoes 17s Id per sack, lapstone kidneys l£d per lb, hams 7£d per lb, baoon 6£d per lb. The Auditor-General’s report on his investigations re the alleged Seddon voucher will be brought down to-morrow. A debate on the question will follow, and the lands debate will be taken on Wednesday.

The Haurofco leaves Auckland for Penryn Island on September sth, and the John Williams leaves Sydney for Niue on September 7th. Connecting steamers leave Auckland on the 28th inst.i and Wellington on the 2nd pros. On Wednesday Messrs Miller and Craig will sell at the Central Mart a large consignment of fruit and ornamental trees. This is the last opportunity that hortioulturalists will have during the present season of replenishing their stocks. Bargains in the way of sewing machines are offered at the 11 Beehive," where hand and treadle expert machines with all attachments are offered from £i to JE9. A large number of these maobines have been placed throughout the district, and their use is strongly recommended. Mr G. S. Anderson, late third engineer of the Mokoia, has been given the charge of the engines of the Union Company’s new Gisborne tender, whish is expeoted here at the end of next week. The services at the Salvation Army barraoks yesterday were very successful. In the evening there was a large attondanoe, and the meeting was characterised by hearty congregational singing. Captain Slattery announced a helf night of prayer for Tuesday evening next. Thero was a oiowded attendance at the leoture given in Townley’s Hall last evening in connection with the Spiritualist Society. The lecturer dealt with the subI ject in a very able manner, and was listened to with great attention. A number of tests were given, and were both publicly and privately acknowledged. Butter of all kinds is at present very soaroe in the Auckland market, and at the auction solos on Friday prices ranged from 11-id to Is lb, and the demand was quite unsatisfied. For some time past the requirements for the local and export trade have been hard to fulfil, and as the new season’s snpply is later than usual iu coming on to the market, the demand oould not be supplied. At the Central Mart on Saturday Messr Miller and Craig, who have taken over the business from Mr W. T. Kaymond, held tbeir first sale. There was a crowded attendance. Mr G. Miller officiated as auotioneer, and created a most favorable impression. Following the produce and furniture, a sale of bicycles was held. The machines offered inoluded a number of Rudge Whitworths, Rothwells, and others of English manufacture, and all were disposed of at prices ranging from £8 12s 6d to £l4. There was an unsatisfied demand ; at the close of the sale, and several orders | for maohines were booked by the firm, There are more unemployed in Auokland just now, says the Auckland Herald, than is usual at this time of the year, but the increase is not so marked as to cause anything like alarm. The majority of those out of work are apparently men averse io or unfitted for country work, as there is still demand for suitable men from employers of labor in the country districts. The slackness in the building trade is making itself felt just at present, and the allied trades, including plumbers, painters, bricklayers, and others, are also Buffering in ■ consequence. The difference between the builders and architects concerning the conditions under which work shall be tendered for may accentuate the duiness of the building trade, as it is said lhaf work is being held back pending an under, standing.

In Saturday’s Auckland Herald Phaeton has the following reference to the Gisborne candidate for the New Zealand Cup : "With 9st lib opposite his name MahutoDga has reoeived all the weight to which he was entitled. It is true that he wod Auokland Cup under only 31b less weight than he has been awarded in the Southern raoe, but he was all out that day to win by a length. lam not, however, prepared to disagree with those who hold Mahutonga to be a horse of great possibilities at five years old in the event of his training on satisfactorily: but, as ho has not been seen in pnblio since he ran at Ellersliß on January 3rd, it will be as well not to becomp too enamoured of his BpriDg prospeots until it is known for certain that beia per* feetly fiouod,* 4

Tho Australian football representatives wore again bcufcou on Saturday. A serious aocidont oocurrod at a football match at Dunodin on Saturday, and tho life of tho injured player ia dospairod of. Auoliland footballers oapturod tho Ranfurly Shield from Wellington on Saturday. Tho steamer Victoria did a very smart run up to Auckland on Saturday, arriving at her destination at 6.80 a.m. A first offonder for drnnkenncaa, a sailor, was discharged with a caution at tho Polioo Court on Saturduy. About £6OOO worth of damage was done I in Dunedin on Saturday night through a boy dropping a match whoa lighting tho gas. The annual moating of the Gisborne I Permanent Land Building and Mutual I Investment Society takoß place this oveni,ng. I The sohooner Awanui, whion arrived at I Napier on Wednesday night from GisI borne, experionood some dolay through I sticking on a pipi bank ia tbo inner harbor I at Napier. I Tho question of keeping tho river open I should occupy the attention of the Harbor I Board to day. The lima grounded where I there was previously a good depth of

water. Tho taking of tho littlo dredge for use on tho groyne leavos a certain amount of work which the John Townley oaDnot oope with. The Timaru Harbor Board, on the advioe of the resident engineer, supported by the engineers of the Lyttelton and Otago Boards, who woro consulted, resolved to ordor from Mossrs I eming and FergosoD, of Paisley, a ladder drodgo, with 1000-ton hopper, at a cost, as per oilor of the builders, of £26,609, delivered at Port Ohalmors.

Tbe barquentine Kivor Hunter com- 1 mencea taking in ballast to-day in the form of sandfrom tbe Waikanae beach. This is becoming a serious problem. The roads | on the Koiti side prevent sand being oarted from thoro, and it is not wise to ( have too muoh sand oartod from the Waikanae beach, besides wbioh Kahutia street is now practically impassable at the lower end. The Native Land Court has been sitting at Tuparoa. The Court opened at Awanui, but as there, was a misapprehension among the natives as to the Court having adjourned when the Council only bad done so, it wa3 arranged to tako work at Tuparoa on the 24th inst., resuming at Awanui on tbe 4th September. This oourse was approved of by the nativos. Messrs MacMnbon Bros.’ theatrical season was concluded at His Majesty’s Theatre on Saturday night, when there was a very successful production of ” The French. Spy.” The company won a very high reputation for their splondid acting and scenic effects, and should have big houses on their southern tour. | At their auction mart on Saturday, Messrs Bain Bros, held a successful salo of produce and poultry. The following prioes wero realised Fowls Is 9d to 2s eaoh, ducks 2s,.turkeys 4s, oggs 8d and 9d a dozen, butter lid per lb, potatoes l£d lb, bacon 5d to 6£d per lb, mandarins 3s to 4s Sd a case. The sale of furniture could not take place, and it will bo disposed of on Wednesday afternoon. A return of details of the crime in the no-license distriot of Ashburton during the biennial periods of June 80tb, 1901, to Juno 80th, 1903, and June 30tb, 1903, to June 30tb, 1905, was presented to Parliament on Friday. It shows that whilst there was a decrease in the number of cases of drunkenness, there was a marked increase in the number of more serious offences. The figures were as follows: — Drunkenness under license 175, under nolicense 43; theft under license 21, under no-license 31; indeoent assault under license 0, under no-licenee 2 ; breaking and entering under license 0, under nolicense 10; broaches of - the peace under license 25, under no-lioense 10; obscene language under license 7, under no-licenße 3; sly-grog selling under license 1, under no-license 21; found in sly-grog shops under license 0, under no-license 12. Tbe return from Bruce for tbe same periods shows that there were just as many oases of drunkenness and breaches of the peace under no-license as during the time of license, whilst there were 20 cases of obscene language under no-lioense as against 12 under license. Eeturns from the other no-lioonse districts are also to be presented to the House. :