The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, MAR. 6. 1906.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1689, 5 March 1906, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, MAR. 6. 1906.

Acceptances and enters for Tohgo Bay races are due to-day. At cricket on Siturday, Te Rau defeated Wanderer?, aod County forfeited to United.

The Rev. L M. leitt has leased the paper Prohibitionist. Tfco annual mpcjt-'ng of the Waißpu Racing Club wijl be held qo ttys Mangahanea raoecours9 on Mgnrjay, Maroh 2§‘. A subet intial decreare in sharp ia the Wairoa county is notified. The total number on April 30tb, 1905, was 509,915, a detreaie of 526) on the previous year. A LondoD correspondent etates that the directors of Nelson Brothers reoommenda final dividend of 4 per cant, on tbo ordinary share?, making 7 p3r cei (i; f or (j[j e year ended September 30th, 1905. A meeting of all interested in the flotation of jt Company for the purpose cf exploiting the fishing industry in the district, will be hell to-night in the Masonic Hold. • .

Nomina iocs foe five members of the Licensing Committee oloso to-day. Nunes frtety mentioned as iikejy osnd'da'es are Messrs D. Ilepbun, J. Somervell, A. JET. Wallis, J. East, and Captain Tucker. The Manchester .Unity Oddfellows, Auckland, passed a vo.te of condolence to i Brother Honry Carrie, of the Loyal Gis- | borne Lodge, on tbe .Ides' by dtowning’ of bis two daughters. Tbj? vote was ordered to be sent by tel6granj. ‘ ' A committee meeting of tbe Cook County Council discussed tbe question of day labor v. oontract for maintaioing roads. It was decided to let matters stand as they were unt 1 it was seen how the appointment of ove.seer worked. There are te be big celebrations on the return of the A'l Blaoks from their victorious tour, aad in connection therewith tbe New Zealand ClotbiDg Factory is i making a .special feature in their show windows, to which attention is directed. At the Police Court on Thomas Reedy, a youth, was hoed £§ for stealing jewellery. His Worship said that he had taken ioto consideration the admission of guilt and restoration of property. The npsniaad ofetor? lia maa ™ 1—

committed the theft, but Mr Barion said (that drunkenness was no exouse for crime, A cask sale h progeedjog at Crawford’d Book Arcade. Mr Crawford ia deposing of the business, and therefore finds it necessary to reduc9 the heavy stook, Very substantial disoounts are allowed, and those who wish to participate in the purchase of really oheap lines of literature, fancy goods, etc., should visit the Aroade. The sale onJy prop seds for a few weeks, and the first comers ofpouree get tbo best selection. The Committee of the Turf Club have decided to have the grandstand enlarged, and the ground in front of the stand raised eighteen inches. A stewards’ stand and jockeys’’ room, in one two storey building, will also be put up, BDd a home built for ; tho oaretaker, Toe balance-sheet for the reoent Summer meeting showed a profit j Of £602. ,

Mr and Mrs G. How Chow and family left Gisborne oa Sa'.urday on a visit to Hong Kong. 0. and S. MoLood, seapmokers of Napior, havo boooina bankrupt, with £1122 7s 9d liabilities, and no aßeots. On Fiilay tho steamer Shirloy Ha?oll was fl rated into tho Auckland dock for gonoral overhaul, whioh is to inoludo tho BhoetbiDg of tho stoamor with totaro. Tho mail stoamor Sonoma, from Sin Feanoieoo, Honolulu, and Pago Pago, is duo at Auckland this nfternooD, but as tbo steamer was eight hours lato loaving Houo'ulu sbo will not probably mtko port until to-morrow morning. Tbo premiere of Mr 0. Taylor, cabinetmaker, Gladstone read, next to Messrs Clayton Bro<-, wero inspootod by a larga number of poople on Saturday evening, When en exhibition of workmanship and polishing was giveD. Tbo goods were very tastefully arranged, and were all of tbo best workmanship aad material. In tho face of tbroo or four baoon companies in Taranaki and olsowh.re going under, it is gtatifying to know tba' the North Island Bason Comp any havo been able to raise tho price of pigs - lb. A native at Waipawa applied for a probibition order against himsolf, and astonished tho Benah by askiDg if they could not grant one that would run for over, instead of twelve months. E. W. Alison, M.H.R. for Dovonport, wa3 fined £1 and oosis at the Polioo Court for negleoting to clear noxious woeds on his property whon requos'ed by tho Stock Deportment to do so.

11 Townsman ” writos taking Or W. D. LvsDar to task for objocting to tbo rub bish collector going into people’s yards for fear that ho might bo carrying typhoid germs. Tbo writer goes oa to Bbow wbat would bo tbo logical conclusion of such an objection, that anyone ojming f.-cm a bousobold where fever ex'sts, would not be allowed to miogle with other membe s of tho community. The Waipiro Raoing C'ub holda its annual meeting at Waipiro Bay on Saturday, March 24. Nominations for the Flying Handicap, District Handioap, aod Tawhiti Cup close on Wednesday next. Tho weights will be doolared on March 19, and tbe acceptance cloeo on Maroh 23. Horses entering for Che District Raoe most have been in tbe district and the bona fide property of the resident owner at least three months previous to date of meeting. Messrs Miller and Craig report the following prices at Saturday’s sale : Hens Is to I 3 6J, roosters Is 61 to 3s, ducks la 6i to 3s, butter 81 to 101, eggs Is 61, hams 7£d, potatoes Id to .l£d, tomatoes £l, lemonj 61 dez, apples Id, guineas Id, pldms id to lid, greengages id, rhubarb 21, cucumbers Is d( z, peavs lid lb, peaobes 3d, onions Id, cabbages Is doz, turnips Id. Furniture, saddlery, etc., realised satisfactory prices. Sympathetic reference vwas male to the death of R v. G. Hounsrllby the Vicar of Trinity Church yesterday. As a preface to tho 6ermon he said : “ I deem it my duty to express, on behalf of the Church of England, our deep sympathy with the members of a Chrutian denomination’ in this parish in the sudden death of their minister. We sorrow not for the dead, but for the living. For tho3e bereft of bis kindly assistance and sympathy, especially for her bereft of her life partner. May He the Father of the fatherless, tbe Frieod of tho widow, have her ia His keeping, and guide her in her days of loneline s.” The Wellington FreoLmce, speaking of Mr J. R. Flynn Anderson’s humorous and instructive lecture on South Africa, describes it as being exceedingly interesting and entertaining, for be has a wealth of kaowlelge of his subjaot, an easy delivery, ani intersperses his lecture with the quaintest and most amusing stories and little bits of out of the way knowledge about Afrioa and it 3 people and plaoes. The pictures which are to be thrown on tbe soroen this evening are all made direct from original photographs and beautifully colored byfirst-c'ass artist?. Thay are of a unique character, and those who are present at the Tbeatro Itoyel to-night will havo an opportunity of seeing for tbo first aod last time a collection of African photographs taken first-haDd by the lecturer himself.

Tho following is from the Aucklanc gtir: Abput ICO merpbers of the Societ; of the Children of Mary, St. Patrick 1 ! branob, a'tended 3 requiem mass at (hi oatbedral as a mark of respect to thi memory of their la'o comrade, Mist Maggio NiobolsoD, who died at hei parents’ re>idence, Union street, las Suuday. Tire body was taken to the ohurch, six members of the society acting as bearers at the bouse and at the cbu'cb, The Rev. Father Oah’ll, ohaplain of the society, celebrated the mass, and the assistant priests were tho E.v. Fathors Holbrook and Molloy. The mass was sung by the members of this society. The funeral left the church for (he burial ground at Ooehunga, and a large number of tbo Children of Mary, in addition to relatives and pthrjr friends of the deceased, I attended. The remains were carried to i the gravpside by members pf the society, Ap a cpmmittpe meeting of the Cook County CounoiJ ip was depided to hold over tenders for Puatae deviation work, Ooaet road, until the ordinary meeting. For oontraot 150 A two tenders were received, and the engineer was instructed to work out details and acoept the lower, J. Malone’s, formation at £4 19s per chain, drains 6s, timber £1 16s per 100 ft. P. McLaughlin tendered in a lump sum at *6339 13s 3d. Ereotion of a sheep bridge, Wharekopac: j. .Brown£9Blos (accepted); Hamilton and Baines £IOB 9s. Contract 155, metalling Wainni road : J. Oleary, formation £1 7s 6d per chain, clay 2s per yard, etono 8*31; W. Peryer, formation 17s par ohain, clay Is lid per yard, metal 9s lid per yard; Driscoll and Co ? formation £), olay ,2s 61, meialliog, s)s ; Id. Partington (accepted), formation £t'fs, metal 8s ,6d, clay is Bd’. Ooptrapi I§6, Mangahoria: Driscoll aud Co.'s, the only tender, was considered 100 high, and it was left in the Engineer's bands to arrange. Contract 157, Hauiti re formation : Drisooll and Co, section 1 £77 10*, seotion 2 £IOO, section 3 £B3, section 4 £BO, secioa 6, £BS, section 6, £79. Decided to acoept the tenders for sections Ito 4. Contract 159: 0. Evans, pjllecting, c .rfciog aod breaking beach boulders, 7s 63 poryard; W. Peryer, 10s 61 per yard. The first tenlerer bad omitted ccst of carting, and W. Pdryer’s tender was accepted. j