The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, APRIL 23, 1906.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1730, 23 April 1906, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, APRIL 23, 1906.

MrJ, F, Pettis received a oable last night from hia wife at Lea Angelos, Stating that oity was safe.

Mounted Constable Dell has received instructions to transfer to Auok'and at the conclusion of the Supreme Court sittings. ' ijChe annual meeting of householders for tho eleetion of the Gisborno School Cominittee will be held at the infant sohoolroom (entrance from Palmerston road) this evening.

- A meeting of shareholders of Common, ShellDo and Co. on Saturday morning passed a resolution unanimously reducing the liability on the shares from LI to LI, wbioh makes L 20,000 shares at L2, instead of L 5. The total capital of the company will now be L 40,000, instcal of LIOO,OOO A meeting will be held shortly to oonSrrn the passing of the resolution. ■ ‘The following tenders have been accepted for the to'e right of advertising at stations on the New Z aland Government railways fora term of five years, commencing on April Ist, 1906: Wbangarei section, J. J Craig and Co.. £l3 ; Auckland ahd Gisborne, Leslie L. MoDermot*, £355 ; Wellirgton-Napier Now Plymouth. David A. Eber'it, £856; Hutuoui-Bluff, P. Drayton-Bamfielr l , £1450 ; Nelson, flcDry Saundere, £2O. ' Produce rea'iscd the followiog prioes at Messrs Pain Bros.’ auction mart on Saturday : Fbwla Is to Is 7d, ducks Is 91, cockerels Is to Is 3d, bu.ter lOd to lid lb, oggi 2i to 2s 4d drz, island oranges 6s cesei'island kqmeras 7s case, local 2£d lb, onions to 4s sack, potatoes ljdlto 23.1 b, pears Id lb, citron melons 51 to 61 eaob, Swede fur pips 10d email bag, apples 2r 9d case, ■fbubatb o hhuDdlrj pumpkins 63eacbi

The fijj'.iaWing passengers have booked by tbo Tarawera, whioh ie timed to sail for Napier this merniug : Misses B‘ewart, Reynolds. Hanlon, Molones, Murray, Smythe, Mesdames Owen, Clifton and three children, Driver, Messrs Coventy, Stewart,; Leary. Kemp, Hannah, Young, Wikirms, Hanlon, Bcere, McCntohaD, Anderson, Gold-Smith, Sunderland, Pa*k, Murphy,' Shepherd, Wbyte, and Ryan. Amongst the inward passengers are : Misses Mcßride, Birdliag, Oram, Hyde, Oaldor, Toletaff, Mesdames Peters, Caloott anditbree obildren, Orpwood, Place, McLeod,’ Messrs Cplootf, Blair, P.'aoe, Wong Yet, Dunlop, Oram* Griffin, Harvey, Gideon, Hargreaves, Mahon, Peters, Davy, Smith, Hamilton, Took, Judd, Matthews, Child, Laroche, and Ifferson. In connection with the School Committee elections to be held throughout the district to-night, it may be mentioned that every householder iB qua'ified to vote, and that every resident householder is eligible for election to a committee. The Aot gives interpretation of " bonseholdrr ” as “every male or female person who has for the period of three months next before the day of ehotion rrsided io any dwellioghouse within the school diet'iot as owner or tenant thereof," end includes the father, guardian or other person, wherever resident, who has the actual custody of aDy child attending any State sobool situated within Buoh district. A “ resident householder ” means a householder resident in the district. In case of husband and wife “ any qualification possessed : by either of them (as eicctois) shall be ; deemed to be possessed by eaoh of them.” i

Tho following lottora from ploooß beyond tho colony wero rccoivod ot Gisborne during Maroh : —Bov S. G. Davis, F. L. Hamilton, 0. Johosioo, E. John* BtoD, F. Marohant, D. G. Smith, F. W. Stovons, Mosers Matboson and Baldook. Tho popularity of rollor skating was ovidoncod by tho largo crowd that attended tho Elite Skating Rink on Saturday night, dospito tho unfavorable condition of tho weathor. A now doparturo will bo made on Thursday ovoniDg, when tho “ oouplo raoo" will bo instituted. This should prove a very interesting event. Tho trophies for this competition are on view at tho rink.