PUBLISHED EVEST MORNING. GISBORNE, NOV. 24,1005.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1610, 24 November 1905, Page 2

PUBLISHED EVEST MORNING. GISBORNE, NOV. 24,1005.

A fur boa . lost three weeks ago is advertised for.' '

Mr W. Lissant Clayton speaks at Tolsgo Bay to-night. Mr H. H. Wall addresses the electors at Murewai to-night, and at Maogapapa on Monday evening next. A splendid assortment of plants are to be sold to-day without reserve at Messrs Bain Bros auction mart. -<

Mr W. Douglas Lysnar will address a pnbjio meeting against Prohibition at Makanci at 7,30 to-night. He speaks at Ormond to-morrow night, and at Masa« whero on Monday night,

There was a good attendance of shares bo'dcrs in the Gisborne Co-operative Boilding Society at their meeting last night, the Chairman of Directors, Mr Ir, T. Symes, presiding. The draw for £3OO in No. 1 issue fell to Mrs T. Leslie, and the £3OO loan was disposed of in one lot at £32 per £IOO. The following players will represent the County Ciioket Club against Te Rau on Saturday afternoon: Ba*y, Holshier (2), Raymond, Sere, Jennings, Rougher, Aislabie, T. O’Donnell, Heffernan, Lang; emergency, Evans. Tne Te Bsu team will be represented by: .Gibson, Gorman,' Pine, Erekana, Ellison, Bongo, Wjtiy, East, Viaoent, Foster, Olsen ; emergency, Brpwfli f

Tho Wninpu. olootoraLioll will contain

over 8098 olootors.

A mob of ovor 2000 fa* sheep for tbo Gisborne frooziug works was brought from tho Const Inst night by Mr J. Scott.

Throe “ drunks ” wore dealt with at tho

Polioo'Court yesterday, two being discharged with n caution and tho third fined £8 and ooßts.

Mr Lissnnt Clayton’s mooting last night was orderly, in rnarkod contrast with tbo orgonisod rowdyism of tho provious ovoning,

Some unoasinoss is being folt a 3 to the safety of two men who went out fishing on Tuesday night, and bav« not roturnod. It is, however, quite probable that they hnvo tnkon Bkelior untiljtho wostorly winds drop. I’ “OloBsionl” writes:—To tho Editor: Sir, —Listening to Mr Clayton’s nddros3 last night he remarked that tbo Hon. J. Carroll waß a Cicero. It appeared that Mr Clayton with bis platitude is a Plato.

The Rotorua murder ease wos commenced in Auckland yesterday. The man killed was known to a good many Gisborne people. Mr Bastable, by whom Hislop was employed, worked in Gisborne for a time as a baker. General sympathy will be felt for Mr Campbell, who fired the fatal shot.

The orioket match botwoon Te Rau and Union was couoludod yesterday. Union winning by 13 runs. The ohiof soorors for Te Rau wore : W. Gibson 19, Gorman 17, Roderick (not out)-18, Pino 7. Sheridan took throo wickets for 33 runs, Davies three for 27, and O'Hara four for 11. This evening, at His Majesty’s Theatre, the Rev. Joseph Clark, of the Auckland | Baptist Tabcrnaole,, will deliver his.great oration on “.George Whitefield, the Man, j his Times,' his Work.” There is no need I to onlargo upon Mr Clark’s brilliant oraI torical abilities, for ail who attend may be assured of enjoying a rare troat, and it will be a fitting tribute to the groat powers of 1 of tbe looturer if the Theatre is orowded to the doors.

The Beoond race of the Poverty Bay Rowing Club’s trial fours took place last evening, when McGuffie met Webb. The crews were : McGuffie (stroke), T. Sheen, J. Young, W. Pritohard, and J. Webb (Btroke), R. Moore, W. Burnaud, 0. Louie. The orews wero despatched to a good start. McGuffie established a lead, which he maintained throughout, winning a good raoe by a couple of lengths. At the Magistrate's Court yesterday j judgment by default was given by Mr Barton, S.M., in tbe following cases:— James McKee (Mr T. Alston Coleman) v. Wm. Ohas. Whitfield, olaim £ll 11s 6d, costs £1 10s fid; Cbas. Matthews (Mr Finn) v. Leonard CummiDge, olaim £2 Bs, oosts 10s; Harry Bandlant (Mr 11. U. I Burke). v. Robert Little, olaim £4 15s, oosts 10s. In the ease Jas. McKee (Mr T. Alston Coleman) v. Chas. Westrup, judgI ment summons, an order was made for immediate payment of debt and oosts, totalling £l7 Os 4d, in default 18 days’ imprisonment. At the Magistrate’s Court yesterday a good deal of evidenoe was taken in a I Bheep-worrying case, Matenga Toihuka I and Marangai ’Haapu (Mr Stook) suing (Daniel Courtney (Mr Lysnar) for the value of sheep killed by defendant’s dogs. The evidenoe for plaintiff was that defendant’s dog and a Maori dog wero shot I while in the aot of worrying the sheep. 1 Four sheep were found dead on the first day, and seven on the following day, and also five lambs, the value of tbe sheep I being placed at £1 per bead, and the lambs at Bs. His Worship said he wrs satisfied tbe number stated had been killed, but tho amount of tbe claim was I excessive. It seemed to him that plaintiff had fixed tbe amouDt of the damage at £lO, when he aocepted a horse for the I damage done by the other dog, would give judgment for £5, and cSists £4lss. _____