The Gisborne Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, MAR,2I. 1906.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1704, 21 March 1906, Page 2

The Gisborne Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, MAR,2I. 1906.

Mr J. K. Logan, Superintendent of Telegraphs, and Mr Furbfy lospeotor, left yeslprday mprning for Wairoa. Three first off-pdere for- drunkenness were dismissed with a caution at the Police Oouit yesterday. An elderly man named John Young was fined 10s, costs 2s, for drunkenness, in default 48 hours. . Fpr furious riding at Ormond a native youth Darned Herewinia Qa'pana, and a middle-aged native named Hope Raukura, wore fined respectively £1 and £2, costs 17s each. • For exposing infected Bheep for sale at Matawhero saleyards on the 14th ins 1, Wm. Leslie Eulledgo (Mr F. W. Nolan), Robert Campbell Miller (Mr Nolan), Hector Bruce MoAra (Mr B ight), and Edward Murphy (Mr Stock) pleaded guilty to having commiitrd the offence in ignorance, and were eaeh fined £3 and 7e COots,

Charges of assault wero preferred against Alfred Charles Gleeson and Oharles Brieakie at the Polios* Court yesterday. Both pleaded guilty. The police reported that a dispute hafi arisen, and the two men decided to fightdhe matter out. His Worship saifi no doubt dripk .was tbe cause of such which pobld ; nof be permitted, Fines ..of and oosts jyere iofl'ettd.

The following the latest now oon* nections with the Gisborne Telephone Exchange :—No. 9, Ske:t Bros., builders and contractors, Palmerston road ; No. 363, Alex. Thomson, seeismau, Gladstone road; No. 202, T. F. Rutledgp, “ The Glen," Ormond (one long and one short ring). The fo'lowing are deleted : —No. 202, A. B. NewrnaD, Marshlands, Or mond ; No. 250, Mrs James Jeune, Glad* stone road.

A rather amusing incident, ending in a happy retort, occurred during tbe visit of the Compensation Court to the floodaffeoted lauds in tbe OSokia drainage area. During tbe inspection it wfas necessary to walk through several paddocks more or Jess pnder water, and on this occasion a leading Puned'p legal gentleman, who is appearing as pouns.el, was observed orossing. a particularly wet patch on the shoulders of a gum-booted farmer. Bemg twitted about the matter afterwards, the farmer promptly replied, « Ob, its the usual thing; the farmer always carries the. lawyer on his back.’’.

The evidence of defendant in the case of Mary Rait (Wellington) v. John Rail (Mr Lysnar) was taken at the Mag's rate’s Court yesterday tnorniog. Defendant stated that complainant, who sued for maintenar c ', lived in a homo which hs provided for her in Gistornp, and bad drawn all h ? B wages while he worked in tbe oountry. About three years ago, whan ‘be returned from the country, be ascertained that his wife bad gone to Wellington, Correspondence then passed between them, and he bod sent her money to return, but she did not do so, G® went to <; Wellington and made arrangements for her return to Gisborne. Oo his return he wrote and said the money was available for the passage, but received, no reply. Thorp had been no disagreement when complainant went away, and he had always been willing to pay her passage back and maintain her. He was still willing, but refused to contribute to her mainten* aaoe in Wellington,

Tho Malfuvhfro stock sales wi'l be bo'd tO-mOirrow

Meeera Adair Bros, nnoounco tho ar rival oi iboir now goods fjr tbe wit.tor Boason.

Mosbi's Miller and Craig will soil Ibis aftorncou a quantity of crockery, shootings, towels, iurnituro, otc.

Iu our advertising column;, Meßsrs Hannah and Co. aoswor throo groat quoa-<

tiona in biißinoss. Mosars Bain Bros, hold a clearing Bale of now and aooond-hand furnituro this afternoon.

Tho Coast oo toll will loavo Gisborne to morrow morning at a qiartcr to seven sharp, and tbo Mororo ooaoh at eoven .o’olook.

An ogitation in favor of tho moro speedy prosecution of tho Auoklaad-Gisbocne railway at proaent exists in Auckland. With a view ot forming a olaßa in oookery, Misa Ivoy will givo a demonstration leeson at the Technical School this afternoon.

The hearing of the charge agaiirst the. young native, Barawora, of theft of £4 18s from tho person, at Tolago Bay races, has been to Gisborne.

A man and woman summoned to answer charges of vagrancy, failed to put in an appearance at tbo Police Court yesterday morning, and warrants were issued for their arrest. Tho propoaol to form a looal Rifls Association has boon received with very general support, and the meeting convened by Ooptnin Booro this evening shou'd be largely attended. A meeting of the East Coast Railway League will bo held in tbo Borough Counoil Chambers on Monday next at 4 o’olook for the purpose of consideriog tbe boat meaDß of co-operating with the Auckland and Bay of Plenty Leagues in regard to tbo moro speedy prosecution of the Gis-borne-Auckland railway.

A young men named Hugh Boyle, pleaded guilty at the Police Cou;t yesterday, to two charges 6f theft of bicycles, and was committed to the Sopromo Court at Auckland for Bentonce. The bioycles had been hired from Messrs Roland and Barlow, bicycle manufacturers, and disposed of to Mr W. J. Attwood, rooond* hand dealer.