The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, JAN, 24 1906.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1656, 24 January 1906, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, JAN, 24 1906.

The schooner Aotea (Captain J. Brown will leave Auckland for Gisborne aboui the 30th inst.

The oommittee of the Gisborne Beautifying Association meet at the Borough Council Chambers this evening The annual meeting of tho Poverty Bay Sheep Dog Trial Club will be held at the Masonio Hotel on Saturday evening next. There are unclaimed letters at the Post Oflioe for Mias M. Gbapman, W. A. Cole, Mrs F. Coley, A. Cruller, J. Pierson, and T. Quinn. Mr W. D. Lysnar is at present visiting Waikaremoana. He was present at the unveiling of tho monument to tho late Mr Thomas Carroll, which interesting ceremony took place ye6teiday. About 40 men are required for railway construction work on the Gisborne-Motu line. Men wishing to be taken on can apply to Mr Bullen of the Labor Department Mies L. Livesay, a recent arrival from England, where she had considerable experience in bee-keeping and horticulture, has been appointed assistant apiarist at the Government experimental farm, Ruakura, Waikato.

At half-past two this afternoon Messrs Bain Bros, will sell without reserve, on acoount of Mr J, F. Rutledge, a lot of useful household furniture and effect?, and a quautity of nuclaimed luggage on account of Messrs Konnedy and Evan?. A splendid opportunity of procuring first-olsss Engli-h oycleß at cost price will bo afforded cyclists at Messrs Bain Bros.’ auc'ion mart to day, wben a consignment of hijh grade English cyclop, free wheels, elc., will be offered at auotioD. The first S ate apiary has just been established at the Government experimental farm at Ruakura, in the Waikato, by Mr I. Hopkins, Government apiarist. There ere thirty-one hives occupied by bee?, and this number it is hoped to shortly increase to a hundred, as soon as it is ascertained what number of hives tho locality will oarry, Mr Hopkins speaks hopefully of the prospects of the bee industry, The Hawke’s Bay Herald’s Waipukursu correspondent writes : —A sign of the times ! A motor car owned by Mr Mattin R.opiha has been running ts and from Waipawa lately, always well filled with Maoris. The car is a source of great interest to the Maoris, who appreciate a ride. A largo number of Maoris have passed through tbe township on their way to the Pohukura par. At the meeting of the Hospital Trustees yesterday afternoon, Mr J. A. Harding (Treasurer) presented the following report : —Receipts : Bank credit balance December s:h, 1905, £451 9j 2d, patien's’ fees £56 7s, subscriptions £l2 9->, rent £8 6s, contractor's deposit £lO, total £538 11s 2d. Disbursements: Accounts passed December 5,h £9O 14s 9d, salaries at December 30 £53 19s Bd, gas at Novomber 30 £5 6s 9d, cheque-book 10s, total £l5O 11b 2d. Bank credit balance January 23rd £3BB. Memo.: District Board requisition ' due January 31 £450, Government sub- 1 sidy accrued £338 4s 5d ; aooouots here- - With_for paymeut .£IOB 12a 2d. _ L_ -