The Gisborne Times0 PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, NOV. 20,1905.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1606, 20 November 1905, Page 2

The Gisborne Timeso PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, NOV. 20,1905.

Mails for Auckland per s.s. Wanaka olobd at 7 o’olook to morrow morning, and mails for WellinglOD per s.a. Haopiri at 9 o’olook Ifao same morning. Messrs Miller ana Craig report the following prices at Saturday's Bale : Hens Is 5d to 2s, roosters Is 9d to 2s 3d, ducks 2s Bd, ducklings Is to Is 4d, guinea fowl 3s, pullets Is, obickers Is, eggs Bd, butter 10d, lemons 6d doz, potatoes S£d, bacon 6£d, bam 7d, Furniture, etc., realised satisfactory prices.

The many friends of Mr and Mrs C. Birss will regret to learn of the death of their little daughter, which took plaoe at Whataupoko on Saturday afternoonPrivate interment took piece at Makaraka yesterday afternoon.

At Messrs Bain Bros.’ auction matt on Saturday there was a good attendance, and the large quantity of produoa sold after keen competition. The following were the prices obtained: Turkeys 6s to 7a 6d, fowls Is 6d to 2s 6d, duoks 2s to 2s 3d, ducklings Is 3d, geese ss, batter 8d to lid, eggs 8d to 9d, new potatoes 3Jd to BJd, lemons 8s 6d case, gooseberries 5d quart 1 peas 2s Id peck, cauliflowers 6a 6d dozen, oabbage 2s 4d dozen, turnips 3d bundle, Unions 3d bundle and 3£d lb,

Gas aooounta must be paid to-day to onßuro the discount,

Messrs Adair Bros, announoo special lines in furnishing goods. The musical programme to bo givon tomorrow night by St. Mary’s choir should atlraot a largo attoudanco. Mails per Sophoolos, oalling at Fremantlo, Durban and Capetown, dose at Melbourne on 23rd December.

The requisition to Mr G. Darton to stand as u Liberal and Labor candidate at tho forthcoming election has been largely signed. By the stoamer on Saturday night soveral highly brod young bulls wore imported to Gisborne ; also two oxooptionally | tine rams, tho latter being for Mr J. Tombleaon. Mr H. H. Wall returned from Motu on Saturday evening after holding successful mootings at that placo and Rakauroa. A hearty vote of thanks was aooordod tho candidate on tho motion of Mr Langdon. Notice of Mr Wall’s future meetings will bo announced to-morrow.

Tho last throe medical works published

in Australia advised the people to diminish tea drinking and to take Australian win# habitually. Tho most eminent surgeon in Australia, Dr Fiasohi, declared that it would bo better for the capacity of the people for work if they habitually and daily drank their beautiful Australian wine.

The following messages wore received from the Tolegraph Department yesterday: “ Southport advises that there was no oommunioation beyond Brisbane after 2.40 a.m. Most offices open at 11 a.m. It is hoped then to effect some circuitous connection witn Sydney.” Later, 2.40 p.m.—" Southport now advises that communication with Sydney is restored.”

Tho anniversary services in connection I with the Weßloy Ohuroh were held yoster- I day, there being crowded congregations at 1 eaoh eervioe. Mr S. Muir conducted the morning servioe, and the afternoon service I was conducted by Mrs Malcolm from I China.* Ths* ovening sorvioo was oonducted by ths Rev. Q. Hounsell. A servioe fori children jwill be held at tho church at 7.30 to-morrow evening. To the Editor of the Times Sir,—Mr Lissant Clayton may find pleasure in going round the oountry soolding Mr Carroll ; it is a question of taste whether he I should lay his plans to follow the member I in eaoh place; but a word of advioo iB given to him that in sneering at tbo New Zealand-born for giving expression to their appreciation be may go a little too far.—l am, eto., New Zealander. Mr Frank Rawlins, the engine-driver killed at Inglewood last week by the 001lapse of a bridge, was a brother of Mr H. Rawlins, of Wharerata. Ho was about 124 years of age, aDd was at one time ,in tbe employ of the Davenport Ferry Company. Ho leaves a wife and one child. A younger brother was accidentally killed some years ago on ths same train line, j Tbo deceased has a brother (MrT. Rawlins) residing in Auckland. The Rev. 0. H. Gossett said at the Christchuroh Anglican Synod, " No-lieense moans the ruin of a considerable trade for the benefit of the brewer and merohant in the nearest eleotorate. The question they had to deoido was whether they were prepared to abandon the great principle set I forth by tho ohuroh of temperance as a I Christian graoo and (o induce people to do something that was not at all fair.” A cyclist riding without a light on Saturday night ran into Mr E. Wilkinson near that gentleman's homo in Roebuck road. Mr Wilkinson was knooked down, and injured. The cyclist, after exolaiming 11 Good God 1 what have I done this I time ? ” re-mounted his bioyole and oleared I off, .leaving the prostrate man lylDg on I the ground, but he hailed an approaching oabman and shouted to him to be oaroful and not run over a man lying on the road.

John Duthie and Co., of Wellington, state that boyond the various advauoes on iron and steel goods during the last three months, they have been advised by cablegram from'their London office of a further rise of 10s per ton on galvanised icon, steel joists, white lead, and black fenoing wire, and of 5s on all galvanised wiro, bar iron, ship plates, water pipes, and pig iron. Parsons’ tin plates have advanoed 1b per box, and linseed oil l£d per gallon. The total advance on oorrugated iron sinoe April is now 45s per too. At a largely attended meeting of Kaiti settlers, held on Saturday afternoon, tbe question’of the proposed school at Kaiti was discussed at some length. There was a difference of opinion in regard to the site, but on the motion of Mr Liddell, seoonded by Mr J. Blanee, the Inspector’s aotion in selecting the site on DeLnutour road was approved. It was agreed that the boundary of the new district should be from the Turanganui river. Mr S. Liddell was appointed Beoretary to tbo householders until a committee was set up. At a speoial meeting of the To Arai Road Board, held on Saturday, Messrs 0. White (ohairman), J. Clark, C. J. Parker, H. W. Smith, and . Jex*B!ake attended A oommunioation was received from J. D. Robsko, Mariwai, complaining of tho state of the road, and tbe applicant was referred to the- County Counoil. The Gisborne Borough Council wroto stating that there wns a slip on tbe Arai road at the long cutting between tho properties of Mosars Parker and Flood, which was blocking wheol traffic. As the Council had a gang of men working at the Arai stream, the Counoil requested the Board to let tbe surfacemen dear tbe slip off, so that their staff could get their things up. Permission asked for was granted. It was resolved to spend JE4O ou the Te Arai Valley rt>3d on the original condition, and Messrs Smith and Parker were empowered to call tenders and specify the work.

Some ably-written and vory interesting letters reaob ns daily on the subject of nolioense—both for and against—but the writers have overlooked the rule notified when the No-licenßO League set up their boycott against tho Times, that all correspondence on the subject of no-lioense would only bo inserted at advertising rates. It is, perhaps, to be regretted that people who think and write temperately, on both sides, should not be allowed free expression of tbeir views, but to observe tbe rule we cannot make, exceptions. As far as tbe League itself is oonoorned, we have so far refrained from commenting upon their action, reoognising as we do that though that body is assumed to be representative, its attitude towards tbe Times is not generally endorsed. In regard to tho letters referred to, we shall be pleased to publish them on the terms previously indicated. A member of the New Zealand team forwards papers in which, one critic says: player, worthy of coinparison with the very best Welsh form shown. Hunter’s powers as a dodger are abnormal, and he is a worthy successor of the übiquitous native Keogh. A clear evidence of the team’s prowess is that the great admirers of Swansea are all dubious whether even they could hold these desperadoes, and yet some people describe Rugby as not a scientific game. Come and see these brainy artists at work.”

The story of the rat that disturbed the ladies at the Auckland Shakes* peare Society’s recital the other night has been only half told. There really was a rat. The thrilling experience of one of the ladies can be quoted as proof. After the performance she was making her way homeward, earnestly canvassing the merits of the performers and the humours of the rat incident when her reflections were interrupted by a movement under her wrapper. Inserting her hand to reconnoitre, she touched something furry. Her sense of humour disappeared when she found that she was carrying about with her the cause of the excitement in the hall. Then there was a scene in the street, witnessed by only a privileged few. Exactly what happened they were too I excited to remember. But no One was cool enough to bring the disturber of the Shabespearians’ studies to execution, and he escaped into the city—possibly to resume his larks when next the studious ladies and gentlemen assemble at the Y.M.C.A. hall,— . Observe*,