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Gisborne Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1713, 2 April 1906, Page 2

Re registration of factories must be

made to-day.

Skating at tho Thoako Royal this evoning.

Mr Gray, of luvoroargill, is the new stationmastor at To Karaka.

A Radioal party, working with tho Govornmont, is to bo formed next session. Members of tho East Coast Railway League aro reminded of the meeting to be hold this aftornoon, at 4 o’olook. Messrs Kennedy and Evans’ bnainoss has boon takon over by tho Gisborne Sbeepfarmors’ Frozon Moat Company. At Avondalo on Saturday the Hon. J. Garroli’s Uonuku won the Juvenile Handicap.

Tho beautiful window display made by Messrs Common, Shellon and Co. on Saturday attraoted much attention. Messrs Marobant, Barron, Gold-Smith, and Hyde, who have been inspecting land with a viow to acquisition foe settlement, returned to Napier last night.

The rider of Roßoplot (Jenkins), which fell at Avondale on Saturday, was formerly a Gisborne resident. Jenkins sustained oonoußsion of tho brain.

Keen interest is boing taken in this distriot regarding tho probable granting of permission to inspect for gold in tho Urewcra oountry.

William Rippen, aged 21, unmarried waß oaught in tho machinery at a flax mill near Levin on Friday and killed instantly. Wnltor Jennings, reoently employed in tho Wellington Post Offiee, was seutenoed to six months’ imprisonment on a charge of taking money out of a lettor. Tho Union Oo.’d e.s. Rosamond arrives

from Westport to-morrow with a cargo of 250 toDs coal for the Westport Coal Co. The vessel sails for N ipier the same evening with the balance. At the meet’ng of tho West End Foot ball Club, Mr D. Cowan, hon, secretary of ihe Poverty Bay Rugby Union, presented Mr Wi Friday with Mr Wildish’s trophy for the beet all-round player during the season.

The West End Football Club held its annual meeting on Friday evening, and the Huia Club on Saturday. The election of offioors was held over until the Union holds its annual meeting and deals with the question of dißtriots. Ptomaine poisoning appears to be dangerously common. Two ladies who lunohed off a tin of tongues at PlimmertoD, Wellington, last Monday were prostrated scon after they had finished their midday meal. One of the ladies, who ooDßumod two tongues, lost the use of her leg 3 for over two hours, and both ladies suffered severely.

A very rare occurrence took place in the Bay of Plenty last week, snow falling betwoen Miketu and Tauraog*, and continuing for fully five minutes. Captain C. Hopkinß, of the Northern Company’s steamer Mangapapa, who was crossing the bay at tho time, met with th 9 Bnowfa'.l, whioh is the first time in his many years in the trade between Auckland and Opotiki that he has had such an experienoe. Messrs Miller and Craig report as follows in regard to Saturday’s sale : Hens Is to Is 63, rosstars Is 63 to 3s, cbickons 103, ducks Is 33 to Is 6d, potatoes ljd to 23, cabbages Id and ljd, cauliflowers J*3, lemons 61 doz, cuoumbers Is doz, perches l*d lb, pears Id lb, quinces *d lb, rhubarb 63 bundle, pie melons 4d lo 63, pumpkins 33, marrows 33. turnips Id, onirns Id, butter lOd, eggs Is 93 doz, hams 7*3 lb.

A very interesting oricket match was played rn Saturday afternoon at the Victoria Domain between the representa'ivo eleven who played against Napier and an eleven picked from the remaining players. The latter batted first and put up 120, O’Hara berng chief run-getter with half a c:ntury. The reps, rattled off the ruDS with tho loss of a oouple of wickets, Sheridan and Robinson being responsible for the runs,

It will be very interesting to those Btudentß of the pianoforte to know that Messrs Allan and Go., musio publishers, Molbcurne, are publishing one of the most useful and up to-date methods for the study of the pianoforte yet introduced, The work is compiled by Mr J. A. Johnstone, loobl secretary of the Trinity College in Melbourne, and the number of very gratifying testimonials reoeived will establish it in the very front rat>k. Being something entirely new, musio teachers arc invited to inepsot at the London Piano and Musio House, where sample copies are on view in the meantime.

The following wore the local shipments by the steamer Kumara : —By the Gisborne Sheepfarmers’ Frozen Meat Com pany : 15,028 carcases mutton and lamb, 364 quarters beef, 75 oases sundries, 14 bags hearts, 142 casks tallow, 73 oasks pelts, 37 bales wool. Shipped by Bowron Bros.: 105 oasks pelts. Dalgety and Co.:

12 bales wool. Common, Shelton and Co.-; 20 bales wool. Murray, Rffierts an! Co : 9 bales wool, The next Shaw, Savill boat will be the Mamari, about 10th April.

Eio'tement was orea'ed among the passengers on tbe steamer Riverma as she lay at the Huddart-Parker Company’s wharf, Sydney, the other evening by a robbery on the vessel. About 11 p-m, a man wue seen to emerge from the cabia of tbe second engineer with a watoh and ohaio and a sovereign purse in his band. The person who saw the stranger had his buspicions aroused, and at once raised the ory, “Stop thief.” Tho mm rushed aioDg the deck, but seeing a numbsr of pssßeDgeig and o:ow dived into the wate 1 -, The water police "skiff was prijieing in the vioinity, and information was immediately given to tho authorities. An exfcemive search of tbe adjoining wharves was made, but no trao9 of the thief oould be found. Word was then Bent to tho city poiico, and tho man was soon arresiod, for bis soaked attire rendered detection comparatively easy.

1 A meetiog of tbe Gisborne branoh of the New Zealand Farmors’ Union was held on Saturday afternoon, Mr W. D. Lysnar in the chair. A considerable amount of correspondence wa3 rooeived, and matters of interest to farmers were discussed. On the motion of Mr T. Holden the following resolution was passed; “That this meeting strongly disapproves of the inaotion of the Government in taking over the Morere and Waipiro Springs, and that Mr Donne be asked to vis ! t the district and inspect both springs, in order that be might report to the Government the importance of taking them over bofore the session oomes oo,” Mr Wall moved that the Wairoa County Council be requested to place ragwort on the sobedule of noxious weeds. It was Etoted that farmors were making stringent efforts to keep this district clear of ragwort, and they wanted the co operation of Wairoa in stamping out tbe pest. A resolution was passed urging the Government to remove the duty on potatoes. A Christchurch doctor who was before the Court the other day. smarting unffor the imputation that he was a quack, drew forth a pocket-book, and threw it across the Court to Mr -Day, S.M., with the invitation to read his diploma. He was ignominiously bustled out of Court by the poastables, and kept in durance for an hour. Subsequently he was ordered to find sureties for £SO that ho would keep the peace towards the com- i plainaut, Mr Or. Weatou, i