The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, APRIL 30, 1900.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1736, 30 April 1906, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, APRIL 30, 1900.

; The box plan for Te Kangi Pai’s ; recital will be, opened by Mr VV. Miller at 10 to-morrow morning. , A loDg-felt want has been supplied by the erection of the Harbor Board’s large crane. The St. Patrick’s Hospital Handicap race benefited the Gisborne Hospital to the extent of £2l 13s. There were I 370 nominations, which speaks well for the energy shown by Mr T. G. Lawless in securing such a fine result. Advice has been received by the Union Steamship Company that the new -twin-screw steamer Atua, intended for the. Island trade, left the Clyde for Durban and Sydney on Wednesday last. At. Dunedin on Friday the unusual spectacle of a town clerk prosecuting a Mayor-elect for a breach of the bylaws was presented at. the Police Court, when the Mayomelect - for North-oast Valley was fined for allowing some horses to wander on the main road.

Saturday’s Auckland Herald states : Two young mod, Thomas McGrath and James Woods, Jeft Awhitu oo Saturday week in a large 'fl it-bottomed sai mg boat (with a oentreboard), and have not been hoard of since.

At a sitting of the L’ceneing Committee on Saturday, an application for a temporary transfer of Lake House Hotsl, Tioiroto, from Allan Ai.-labie to Benjamin Hodgson A : slabio was gi anted, Mr A, W. Bees appeared in support. There was a large attendance at Messrs Miller and Craig’s matt on Saturday, when the sale of, Messrs Horaoe Joneß and Company’s stock was continued, The goods were disposed of regardless of. oost, bargains beiDg obtained by everyone present. The remainder of the goods will be I sold privately during the week. The following prices were realised at Messrs Bain Bros,’ auotion sale on Satur* I day : Fowls Is to Is Bd, young roosters Ip, 1 duoks Is 10d to Is 113, butter 9d to 111, fresh eggs 2s 7d doz. preserved Is 4d ta Is 7d, potatoes ]£d to 2d lb, oaul flowers 3s 9i dez, cabbages Is 6d doz, onions lb, I citron melons 5i each, pumpkins 61 each, pears 2s 91 aase, maize 4s bushel, Swede turnips 6d small bag. At the meeting of tbe Gisborne branch I of the Farmers’ Onion, held on Saturday, correspondence was reoeived from the Hod. Mr Carroll end the Premier acknow-

ledging a resolution of tbo branch, asking that the Te Pnia aod Morere Hot Bpriogs be taken over by tbe Government and be put in an up-to-date condition. Mr Carroll stated: “ I may say I have always realised the valuable asset the colony has in these springs, and will continue to

urge that they be brought up-to-date with asditlle delay as possible.” The chairman said Mr Donne, of tbe Tonrist De-

partment, would visit Gisborne shortly to report on .the springs,

Tho now telephone lino to Tolego i' nearing oompbtton, and will considerably reliovo the present congestion. A very ploasaot timo was spent by the children of TologO Boy on Wednesday lobl, when the first Sunday sobool pionio was held.

The qaoßlion of tho Government supplyiDg Imporlod animals to improvo tho breed of cattle and draught borsos was brought up at the mooting of the Gisborno branoh of tho Farmorß’ Union on Saturday, but as Mr HoldoD, tho movor in the mattor, was absent, tbo question was adjourned till noxb Saturday, when tho annual meeting will bo bold. Messrs Miller and Oraig report the fol» lowing prioes at Saturday’s sale Hons

Is 2d to Is 4d, roosters Is 4d .to la od, ducks Is 61, eggs 2s 3d, buttor 9d and 10d, pumpkins 8d to Id each, oauliflotYors 4d and Dd dezan, carrots 8s 6d sack, potatoes IJI and 21, rhubarb 8d bundle, apples lid lb, pie nation) 6d and 6d each, onions Id and lid lb, tomatoes Id and lid, pickliDg onions 21 lb, oabbago Is 61 dozen, pickling cabbage 8d oaob, turnips Id bundle, ma'zs (seoonds) 9s 6d saok, pears 2s case, grapes 7d lb, oranges 4s small caso.