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Gisborne Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1714, 3 April 1906, Page 2

Montgomery’s Entertainers to<nigh‘

A monster progremmo has been prepared for tho children’s night at His Majesty’s to-night. Mr A. F. Kennedy is almost the only representative of this district at the Hawke’s Bay show. The annual meotings of householders to elect school committees will take plaoe on Monday, April 23rd,

The members of the Land Purchase Board wa-mly favor the Arai estate for closer settlement, and instructions have been given for a valuation to be made. Miss Hawke, lately in charge temporarily of Port Awanui sohool, is leaving to take up mission work in the Solomon Islands.

For tho past month the vital statistics at Gisborne wiro : Births 41, deaths 25, marriages 7 ; and for the quarter: Births 101, deaths 30, marriages 24. Captain Edwin telegraphed yesterday morning: Moderate to strong westerly winds, glass rise elowly, t'des moderate, sea moderate.

A WaDganui message states :—" Thero was ooly one bankruptcy in tho quarter, the liabilities' beiug nil." Gisborne bankrupts can usually show something in the way of liabilities. The Premier has reoeived a cablegram from Sir Joseph Ward, intimating that he and Lady and Miss Ward arrived safely at Florence, and expect to reach Rome next'Saturday. In order to make room for new goods now anivieg bom Home, the oharirg sale at Fromm's Book Aroado (lata CrawfcrPs) will be continued unt'l the 30th April. All fancy goods, toys, box stationery, and old novels will be sold at less than cost price.

At Messrs Williams and Kettle’s horse sale on Saturday, bidding was brisk, and the following figures wore realised : Good haoks from £l2 to £lO, three to fout-year-old coaching horses (unbroken) from £l7 to £25, light draughts £24 to £27, pack horeea £5 to £6. To commemorate their Jast appearanoe in Gisborne tho Montgomery Company will admit patrons to all parts of His Majesty’s Theatre to-night for one shil-

ling except the dress circle, for which 6d extra will be charged. Children will be admitted to all parts for 6d. This is a rare chanoe for the " kiddies.”

A solemn requiem mass was held in St. Mary’s Church yesterday morning in connection with the death of the date Father Mulvihill. The service was conducted by ■the Rt, Rev. Monsignor O'Reilly, with Father Laoe as deaoon, and Father Daffy as Bub-deaoon. The ohoir, undor Mr Palairet, played impressive and solemn music, and the Monsigoor specially thanked them for tboir services. There was a orowded attendance at the eDtertaimnent given by Haz.ll’s popular company at To Karaka last evening whon a capital programme was submitted. Miss Fisher met with a great reception in her several musical numbers, as also did Mr Wilson in his comic specialities. Tho company appear at Ormond this evening, when they should be greeted with another good house. Particulars of the company’s coastal tour will appear to morrow.

At Messrs Bain Bros.’ mart on Saturday the following ptioes were realised : Fowls ’rom Is 3d to Is 7d,,roosters Is 6d to Is Bd, butter 9d to 10d, eggs Is 9J to Is lOd, onions l£d to lid, oballotes l|d lb, French beaDs lOd bag, potatoes IJd to 2d lb, cabbages la doz, cuoumbers 9d doz, tomatoes lid lb, rhubarb 31 bundle, marmalade oranges 4d doz, pears Id lb, apples Id lb, plums Is 6d small oase, peaches (eating) 2Jd lb, cooking lid lb, grapes 2i 61 small case, cauliflowers Is 3d to Is 0d doz, citron melons 61 each, marrows Is doz. A boating mishap by which a young man bad an unpleasant bath ocourred near the bridge yrs'erday afternoon. An oarsman wsb having a spin on the river, and stopping near the bridge to reply to someone who was crossing the' boat caught against the bridgo and oipsipd. The young man held on to the boat, and after a chilly experience in the oold water was brought ashpro in a bopt that eet out from the wharf. A few days previously there was an exciting adventure pear the same plaoo, by wbioh two young men got a very unpleasant experience through their boat being eaps’zad. As compared with Dunedin, Port Cbalmers appears to be losing ground as a port of discharge for Home steamers. The looal shipping firms say that im porters are showing a growing tendency to import a 9 muoh as possible by steamers which guarantee discharge at Dunedin. Tfce consequence is that the discharge of oversea stcamerß at Dunedin is becoming the rpgular thing, and the Harbor Board are fee'ing the pinch in the matter of berthage and sh6d accommodation. Arnorg tbo State aided immigrants who [ arrived by the Gcthio was a farmer with some previous experience of the colony. He said that he did net think that any of his fellow craftsman had b great deal of capital. They intended taking up land principally with an idea of sheep farm'ng. He had not heard any of them talking about cropping, and he did not think that any of them would engage in that pursuit till they had lived for two or three years in the country and got Ecoustomed to the a'tered conditions. They had been mostly used to sbeap, and considered that they would be studying tbeir interests best by devoting themselves to sheep here. From their conversation he had gathered that they had 11 rosy hopes ” of establishing themselves oomfottably in the colony. Another pilgrim belioves that a good percentage of the new arrivals a e under the impression that they are going back with about JSIOOO of colonial money in their | pockets in about eix mouths’ time

Messrs Gaddis nod Blomfieid, of Auckland and Wellington, have issued a book, of which a copy shou'd bd oblained by every football cn'.husiasi, entitled “The Triumphal Tour of the New Zealand Footballers." The book is published at the low pries of cn) shilling, and is compiled from notes auppliod by Mr G H. Dixon, the manager of the tram Be-

sidrs comprisirg a complete record of the matches played, it gives an exhaustive history of New Zealand representative football, and photographs of groups of every New Zaolscd representative (earn since 1882. There is a desc-iplion of every match played in the Old Country, with thoughlfol critioiems frqm a New Zealand standpoint, and comparisons of our players with the Britishers. The publication is profusely illustrated with phctograpb'c and other character sketches of individual New Zealanders, snapshots from some of the moat interesting matches, and photographic groups of the principal teams against whioh our men f layed. The publishers are to be highly complimented on the book.

Speolal attractions are offered at the skating rink this avoning. An afilliation case was settled at the Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

An impounding notica in connection with tho Gisborne Pound appears in this issue.

Thoso having accounts against the Coronation Hotel up to 31et Maroh are requested to send thorn in at once.

A meeting of tho Poverty Bay CalO' donian Sooiety will be held in the Far. mers' Union Club room this evening at £ o’clock.

A olerk (junior preferred), shorthand and typewriting, is advortised for by the Gieborne Shecpformars’ Frozen Meat Company.

The steamer Wanaka, which was to have arrived at Giaborno this morning, is proceeding direot to Auckland and not oailing at Gisborne. Cargo for this port is to be transhipped at Auckland,

At the Matawhoro saloyards, at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Messrs Dalgety and Co. will Bell 4 waggon horses, a really good toam; 1 3-year old draught filly, 1 3 year-old haokney filly, and 1 yearling draught colt. The Waiotahi Company has d'dared a monthly dividend of five shilling o , making £45,000 for the first qua ter this year, and a total of £121,000 on paid-up oapital of £15,000,

The Poverty Bay Sheep Dog Trial Club’s annual contests commence at Ormond on Thursday. There are good entries, and keen competition is anticipated,

Messrs J. Peckover and Co. advertise for waiter, nurse, generals, lady-help, woman cook, housemaid, shepherd with doge, fencer, and busbfellers. Situations are required by cook, station bande, also housemaid.

There are rumors of dissension in the ranks of the Palmerston North Fire Brigade, and at a recent fire the lieutenant and senior foreman walked away from the scene of operations. At the following monthly meeting of the brigade a letter was read from Lieutenant Browning, who has been connected with the brigade for some 17 years, forwarding his resignation, which was accepted with regret.

"I plead guilty, with provocation, Your Honor.” She was a lady, and she was obarged in the Chrisfoburoh Police Court with having wilfully smashed two windows. "Ob, there’s no justification for breaking windows,” retorted the magistrate. The lady was indignant: 11 But I’ve never broken windows before.” she deolared in aooents of conscious virtue. From her manner it was obvious she was convinced that Bhe deserved a medal or something for having so long and nobly repressed the destructive instinct. She had been in durance sinoe Saturday, and was a'lowed to depart after the subinspector had testified that she had paid for the damage done.

An interesting ca3o was decided at T Awamutu last Tuesday—M. S. Laurie v the Official Assignee : The plaintiff, in his statement of claim, said that the defendant, by bis agent, hired a horse and buggy from the plaintiff, and owing to negligent and unskilful driving the baggy wjs upset, and the horse bo'ted, causing damage, for which the plaintiff olaimed £6 183 6d. Mr Collins appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr Fallon for the defenoe. The damage to the buggy was admitted, Mr Collins stated that by request the action was brought against the official assignee. The buggy was hired by Mr Hugh Gerard (a brother of the effieial assignee), who is engaged as agerit in connection with the settlement of a PiroDgia bankruptcy. When driving around collecting dobts the accident happened. The plaintiff held that the aocident was oansed through the fault of the driver (H.

Gerard), whilst the defendant would say that it was the fault of the horse, The plaintiff and his witnesses gave evidenee as to the animal boing the quietest in the stables. For the defencs, Mr Fallon contended that the defendant had taken all ordinary care, and had used the skill he possessed as a driver. The Magistrate gave judgment for the plaintiff for the amount claimed, and costs £3 14s, The oase of a man at the London Hospital who survived after completely severing his windpipe (says the Daily Mail) has many parallels. One of the most striking instances oomes—properly authenticated this t'ms—from Amorica. A foreman superintending some blasling operations wa3 struck in the temple by a flying crowbar, whioh went through both frontal lobes of the braiD. Before the accident he was a model of all the virtues, but afterwards he weDt completely to the bad through drinking aud gambling. This ca»e firmly established the fact that the high | moral faculties are centered in the frontal lobes of the braio. At the Seamen’s Hospital, Greenwich, a man was carried in a few months ago with his bank broken in two placfg, The spinal oord was nipped between the broken parts, and he was completely paralysed. The cause of pressure wsb removed, the broken and disiooated vortebrie were re-set, and the man was able to walk out of the hospital cured. The case of the man whose heart was sewn up at the London Hospital is still fresh in some people’s memories, ar is that of the billiard-marker, who is et :

at his employment with a broken neck. Tho latter complains that be baa lo U’o a " rest ” if he takes a cue at the game himself. Not so long ago a smcidal individual who had almost severed his windpipe was treated at the Charing Cross Hospital, and he recovered. Men are walking about the streets of frondon to-day who were shot through the brain in Sjuth Afrioa