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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1698, 14 March 1906, Page 2

Tho Matawhero stock sales will bo held io-morrow.

Harbor ralopoyora are reminded tint an additional 10 per emt will be added to all UDpaid rates after April 2nd. A meetiog of St. Patrick’s sports oommittee will bo held in the Masonic Hotel at 8 o’oloek this evening. The raoe cards for tho Tolago Biy meoiing will bo on sale at the Turns Offioo this ovoning.

The demonstration lesson in cookery to have been given in tho Technical School baa been unavoidably postponed until the 21st inst.

Tho members of tho East Coast Mouuted Rifles aro requested to meet at the usual place at 7.30 on Friday evening to farewell Lieut. Hutchinson.

Captain Edwin reported yesterday: Moderate to strong winds from be tween north and west and southwest, glass fall, tides moderate, sea mode' rate.

Unclaimed letters for the following aro at the post office :—Messrs O. F. Cross, H. S. Edward, C. H. King, A. H. Latham, W. Lawford, L. Letton, E. Lockery, and G. Paton. A meeting of a'l interested in the for mation of a Rifle Association for the East Coast district will be held in the Maspnio Hotel sample rooms at 8 o’olock, Wednesday, Marob 2lst. Notwithstanding the publicity given to the fact, a great many people were yesterday under the imprrsiion that only ratepayer could vole for the licensing election. Many men omployed at the local fr-fziDg works refrained from voting on this aocount, and the same oomplaint has reached us from several of the country districts.

Satire from Wairoa Guardian: "Wo notioe on the order paper of the Council a letter from the Ohiof Engineer of Roads " again deolining to contribute anything towards the bridge at Stewart'e Crossing.” This offioial is nothing, if Dot emphatic. But the people must go behind him to Parliament itself —and we take the liberty of suggesting that the Chief Engineer is not the superior of Parliament —certainly not of Mr Seddon.

It was Eomewhat amusiDg to observe in a conspiouous place on tho chief polling boo'.h in town yesterday the announcement that refreshments were to be obtained inside. As the hotel? were closed, there were many enquiries for sometbjng to drink, but needless to say it was not forthcoming. The notioe referred to the sale of refreshments at His Majesty’s Theatre during the intervals at entertainments which tho management had forgotten to remove.

Very little interest was taken by the members of the liquor party in the election yesterday ; many of them did not take the trouble to vote. The no lioense party were fairly active in town, but in the oountry districts there was litt'e or no organisation. Out of between eight and nine thousand persons on the roll it is not expeoted that more than a third of the number took the trouble to record their votes.