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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1643, 9 January 1906, Page 2

Tho “ J.P.” at His Majesty’s Theatre to morrow evening. Mails for East Coast ports close at 11 this morning, Sports will be hold at Motu on January 26th. The Matawhero stock salsa will be held on Thursday next. Tho s.s. Shirley Hasell sails for East Coast ports and Auckland at noon to day. Mr Dugald Thompson has purchased from Percy Johnstone the latter’s colt by Sylvia Park from Surf, for 500 gs. Tho following is the latest new connection with tho Gisborne Telephone Escbaogo : 356, District Valuer (C. F. Lewis). Govornment Buildings. Messrs Bain Bros, hold their preliminary cloaring sale for tho year to-morrow sfternoon. The goods will bo sold without reserve. Messrs Williams and Kattls and tbe New Zeeland Loan and Mercantile Agency Coy. bold their next Karaka stack srls on Monday, February 6th.

A Southern paper says: “Czerny*” would certainly have been hanged, if nothing worsr happed to him, had ho lived 401) years ago. The death is recorded from Auckland of Mrs Hunter, widow of the late Mr Win. Hunter, auctioneer, and mother of Mrs Humphrey Bayly of Gisborne. She arrived in Auckland in the barque Sydney io 1844. The offices formally occupied by Messrs J. Peckover and Co. and the shop that was occupied by Mr Hailey, arc shortly to be removed to the Wert Ead by Mr J. Sheridan to make room on the present site for o brick building. As from the Ist of January a direct exchange of money orders between New Zealand and Tonga has been arranged. Tho maximum amount of any ono order is fixed at .£4O, and the rat 9 of commission chargeable and conditions will be the same as on orders payable in FijiLieutenant Tomblesou was a prizewinner in three matches at tho Auckland Biflo Association's meeting. His best performance was in tho “ head aid shouldo’s ” competition, four seconds exposure, in which ho was ono of seven who made the possible. W. Price has won the Manawatu Cup two years running, last year on Asteroid and this year on Auratus C, Jeddns bar been returned a winner five timep, his mounts being Irish Twist, Lorelei twice, Boreas, and Tortulla. Auratus holds the time record for the event, 2min. 35sec, the previous best being Lorelei in 1895, 2mit). 38,>ec.

Me D. McLeod, Hatbor Overseer, who returned last week from Auckland, spoaka very highly of his treatment there in rega-d to obtaining information on Forroconcrete and ctbor work. Ho was given every facility in hie mission, and obtaiued much valuable information. He is quite convinced that for all future woilc Ferroconcrete should be used. Mr DeG. Fraser, County Engineer, and Councilor W. Webb were also in Auckland at the same time, and took the opportunities offered to obtain useful information as to public works.

The man who attempted suicide by outtiog his throat at BcpoDgaore on Sunday night is William Lawford, aged about 48. He bas been removed to the hospital, and it is thought will recover. He had been despondent and suffering from delusions such as that people wore goiDg to c'aoko him. He bad been working for some weeks for Mr W. If. Chambers. He occupied the same

quarters as Mr B. C. Pearson, The latter, who was reading with a candle, heard Lawford put his own light out, but paid no attention to him. At a quarter to nine ha heard Lawford exclaim, “ Ob, Dick, I’m dying.” Pearson rushed over, and found him covered with blood, and a razor lying on the bunk Pea r Eon to;k the razor away and got a sistance. Lawford said he wished he had a rovo'vor and would have finished tho job. Ho belongs :o London, aud has no rcla fives in tho colony. Tho Auckland section of tho batch of

immigrants brought out by tho Athenic, under the Government’s assisted passage regulation?, include several tradesmen, as well as a number of peoplo who are desirous of going 11 on the laod.” Amongst the trades represent.d ate joinery, plumbing and engineering. Some of tbo immigrants who have friends in Aueklrnd are in the fortunate position of having work a'ready provided for them, and the few who have no occupation to go to have overy espectat’on of finliog emp'oymsnt in their vari.ua calling’. Those of the new arrivals who aro affected with the earth hunger appear to be a likely class of set 1 hr?, and ibey are airoady making inquiries regarding the localities in which land is available for selection. Amongst the number L a family of t n from Ireland, coneistiog of a man and wife, three son?, and fivo daughter?.—Auckland Hc-ra'd.

At the d'spersal sale of tbo Wellington Park stud at Auckland last week, Mr C. J. Pa-ksr of Te Arai made extensive purchases of thoroughbred mares, foals and fillies, amounting to close on 1000 guineas. It is Mr Pa-kcr’s intention to breed thoroughbreds fo: sals purposes, and the anima's bave been sdeeted for this purpose and include tbs following:—Brown yearling filly by “Menscbikoff—Cressy ; brown yearling by San Franci-'co —Atbel; brown mare Yatlagban, Yat'endon— Ecstasy, with foal by Bluejacket; chestnut I mare Nannip, St. Leger Bangi, with fca 1 ; chestnut mare Crercont, Caslor —Pungawerawera, with foal; bay mare, Simooi s, Simonian—Boyce, with foal by Seatm Dtlaval; chestnut marc Lady Augusta, St.Leger—Brown Alice, foal by Seaton Delaval ; chestnut mars Formo —S'-erliug-worth—Polcbra. Tbo horses arrived from Auck'and on Sunday and attracted much attention. Formo, an old marc of 22 years, is in foal to Menscbikoff. Sba is the dam of Multiform, sire of tho last Now ( Zealand Cup winner Noetuiform.

Glaborne bowlers defeated llarorl yGSlorday by 42 to 7. Gisborne bow'ors fltarted well yesterday at tbe tournament by gett'ng tho lo id in tbo aggregate, Tho annual meeting of tbo Gieborno Hospital (ont ibutcrs will beheld at Mr T. A. Oolorana's ollieo on Thursday evening-

His Mnjoi-ty’s Theatre was erowdod last night for “ Mack’s now pictures." Tho fiao programme concluded with an additional p:c ura, tbo exceedingly. funny doscriptiou ontillcd, 11 Kidnapping a Child.”

Svah Bernhardt and her company were a'tioked by crowds of mm and boys after a performance in Qjebi.e on Decembor 5. Thi demonairation waa caused by an article which appeared in a FrenchContdian paper, in which Sarah Bernhardt was mado to fay that Canada was magnificent to look at, but hoc poopio had no literary or artistic tastes, no culture or refinement. The gieat actress at Ottawa tbo next day mado tho following statement: “I muat formaly deny cortain phrases attributed to tno regarding the Canadian people. I never, never, stated, on my word of honor, that tbo Canadian poopio woro Iroquois. I did say, it istiue, tho Canadians havo mado groat progress in agriculture,hut not in literature ani.art. Last evening two or throe hundred youDg turn assaulted two women of my company with sticks and atonoe, and severely wounded one cn the hrad. I ask if these young men woro Canadians. Ido not boiiovo it.”