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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1684, 27 February 1906, Page 2

Tho Borough Council meet this eveningOld ago pnnioas woro dealt w th yostordoyby Mr W. A. Barton, S.M. Messrs J. Jeuro and J. J. Martin won the Handicap Pairs at the Turanganu Bowling Club’s gceon yestorday afternoon The annual meeting cf tho Gisboruo Harbor Board to o’cet a chairman, and the usual monthly mooting will be lidd this afternoon. Tho next aUrnotion at His Mej sty’s Theatre will be Sheridan’s " Earl and the Girl” Company, opening on Wednesday, tho 14th Ma ch. A half holiday will bo observed from noon rn Thursday on tho occasion of tho Oalodonian Sic ety’d sports. Bookmakers and their ass slants are warned that thoy will not bo allowed on the Caledonian spo.t3 ground on Thursday. Tbo matron of tbi G'sbomo Hospital acknowledges with thanks gifts of fruit from Mrs Morrow and Messrs Batker, E. Comoroo, and Trafford, and newspapers and periodicals ftorn the Poveity Bay Club.

Messrs B lin Bros, will, at two this aLernoop, sell by auction the whole of the stock in trado and furnituro of Mrs J. Edwards, who is giving up business. At two o’clcck to morrow afternoon Messrs Bain Bros wi ; l sell by public auction the valuable five-room-d house and haf-acre section of Mrs H. T. Johnston (who is leaving tho distrio ), and also the furniturp, e'.c., will be disptsrd of without resorve. Piior to the departure cf Mrs Fiolorick Clayton on a holiday trip lo the Old Country tor friends presented her with a number of cho’co gifts ss mementoes of thoir esteem. Mrs Clayton leaves Wellington by tho Athenic on Thursday. A first offender for drunkenness was cautioned at tho Police Court yesterday morning, and Hugh Duncan Campbell was smtenced to sovon days’ hard labor, without tho option of a fine, for a third off noe of drunkenness within six months. Thomas Moffat W.lson and Thomas Ho mo-, convioted of drunkrnoess, were fined respectively £1 and 2s costs, cr four days’ imprisonment.

Theto is a large amount of sickoucs rife in the district at present, ond the Hospital ia at present full, the number of the pa’ients dealt with during the last month being 69. Tho monthly statement pre sented to the Hospital Trustees showed : Remaining from last month 19, admitted since 50, discharged 36, died 3, remaining at date 30 An extra nurse has been taken on to assist.

At an interview yesterday between the Borough Councillors and Mr Fraser, County EogiLesr, the question came up as to whether tenders were to be called for the Eteri work, or the County Council’s plan to be adop’ed of sending to America for the steel work and then calling v for tenders for the erection of the bridge. Mr Fraser was givon authority to follow on the County Council’s lines. The bridge is to be 18't wide with a 5. r t footway. At the Pol ca Court yeslo.dsy morning a young man natnod James -Taekson was charged with failing to provida for his illrgirimato child at Auckland. Tho mao, who bad been arrested for drunkenness, had been idout Bed by Detective Livingst ne as the man wanted. He had admilted to the detective that ho was the man wnotod, but in evidence accused said bo know noihing about the affair until it was mentioned to him the "previous day. Ho was remanded to Auckland, bail being a'lowed.

A committee meeting of the Poverty B»y Rugby Uoion was held last evening, Mr VVilliam Miller in tho chair. An iovi tation was received from the New Zealand Union for a representative to attend the olßoial reception of tho 11 All Blacks ” at Auckland on Tuesday next. The appointment of the looal representative was loft in tho hrinds of Mr Miller, who has been invited to attend tho rooeplicn in his oflicinl capacity as a vice-president of the New Zsaland Union. It was decided to hold a meeting of tho Uoion on Monday next to consider the question of altering the boundaries of the diitrict'.

In the oourio of a disoussion by the Hospital Trustees yesterday the Chairman (Mr Nolan) said tho time had come for the staff to be inc eased, and lately tho nu-ses had been worked too hard. Last week there bai been fivo major operations, which meant four hou's a day for the doc'ors, and the nurses had to attend the operations. D scusrion followed on tto question of and tho Chairman, Mo srs Kenway, Harding, and Dewing were appointed a committee to asceitain whether tho Hilaries paid to the hospital surgeon and nursing et ff were up to the standard of those paid elsswhsre.