The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, OCT. 21, 1905.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1590, 21 October 1905, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, OCT. 21, 1905.

West’s Pictures at His Majesty’s od Monday night. To day is the last discount day for Gas Company’s accounts. The auxiliary schooner Kaeo is to leave Auckland for Gisborne to-day. Mr Wall addresses the electors at Te Araroa to-night.

The Gisborne freezing works will reopen to receive stock on Mouday. A valuable Gladstone road section is to bh offered for sale to-day by Messrs Bain Bros.

Tenders for the East Coast Native Trust Lands Board lands advertised close at ii a-m. to-day.

At a meeting of tnombsra of Friendly Societies it was resolved to hold a floral fete on New Year’s day in aid of the Friendly Eooiet ee’ Benefit Fund.

The Cook County Council call tenders tor contract 139, spawling 400 yards of stone, Gray’s Quarry ; contract 140, carting same to different depots. A general meeting of the Gisborne branch of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union will be held at 2 this afternoon. It is expected the questions for the Parliamentary candidates will be to hand for consideration.

The boys’ bioyolo road race yesterday was won by R. Huston, lOsen. 0. Hcaeho 3605t0, seoond, and E. Gtiffin, 140 seas, third. F. Quigley end D. Johnston were 4lb sod sth respectively.

Tho Oaulfiold Cup will bo run to-day. Mr R, Robinson has a spooial carnival work nnriouuoemont in to day’s issuo.

Tho stonowftll in the Houso was boing mnin'uinod this morning. Tho Now Boaland footballers play Somerset to-'day. . The Ormond Horse Fair takes place on I Monday. * Mr and Mrs J. Murphy roturn to Gia- * homo this morning aftor a plooscnt trip to tho old oonntry. 5 Tho Salvation Army male choir will sing a company pioeo at tho Barracks tomorrow evening. “ Jobus, Lovor nf My Soil!," “ Shall wo Gather at the River," o’e., will bo sung with congregational Binging.

At tho Police Court Leonard Courtney, who ploudod guilty to stoaliog a lady’s eilvor wujob and bangle, was remanded until to-day for tbo probation ollioor's report, ltobort Barwiok, for drunkenness at tho railway station and in a railway oarviago, was finod £1 on Oho two charges. At tbo Trafalgar oolobration yostorday Mr G. Grant, in mentioning that tho Beautifying Association had oonvortod tho ugly spot at tho Point iuto a place of beauty, said tho association was prepared to do more in tho future, but noodod help ; otherwise their good work must stop. Tboy woto carrying on in tho hopo that tho publio would give thorn assistance. Tho Cook County Connoil yosterday decided to aooopt Mr J. Brown’e tender (£2750 8s 2d) for the construction of tho Waipaoa bridge. Mr P. MoLtughlin tondored at £2784 lie 3d, and the engineer’s ostimato was £2BOB. Just after tho decision was arrivod at, a telegram from Mr J. Griffon, Napier, tendering nt £2725 15s 6d, was looeived, but after disoussion it was considered that the Couuoil could not go back on its decision. Tbo caso waß rather a hard one for the Napier contrao tor. as the mossago had boen put in at Napier at 10.17 a m., finished at Gisborne at 10.44 a,m., and whilo tho tenders closed at noon the messago was opened at 12.18 p.m., shortly aftor receipt. Is is hoped that a substantial Government subsidy will bo granted for tho work, as the Couuoil requires £2IOO more than is in hand.