The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, JUNE 14, 1906.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1783, 14 June 1906, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, JUNE 14, 1906.

The Hon. J. Oatroll and his Secretary Mr Gordon) parsed through Gisborne

last evepiDg on tbeir. way to Wellington. A meeting of the Poverty Bay Cricket Assooiation will bo’ ‘held in the Masonic Hotel this evening; , A report from Gravesend, dated April Ist,.states,: '• The steain. r Marere, from Wellington,. and tho /steamer Airedale,

fronl Tyne, odllided below here.ycsterday. The fo'.mer veseel has slight damages to port quarter; tho.. latter vessel has slight damage to ttarboaid bow.” Wi Pore, 'ex M H.lt , Te Kani Pere, Panapa, and several other Nativechieftains

left for Wellingtondast. night the funeral of the’lateTrerpier.' Wi Pere feels the ljsa very greatly. " fie was for a great many yeers a warm friend of the Premier. At the Po’ioe Court yeaterdiy, ‘ a youag man named George Harker, was brought up on a charge of stealing a pair of boots, and remanded on another charge of steal' ing £l. la, the first base, the oharge was considered proved by the Jastioes, who reserved judgment.

The following changes among the cffic rs of the Ship Com' pany are anbounoed : Mr A. E iwia joins the Hauroto as oh'ef officer, end Mr Waiubouse as seoond officer; Mr J. BentoD, late of the Manapouri, has joined the Tavioni as obief officer, and Mr Thompson sb seoond officer. Mr W. Moßride, chief officer of the Taviuni leaves for Dunedin.

Frank Bullen has been everything on the sea except a pirate, and he would have been a pirate only that he has a sense of humor and religious conviotious. On land he is a bright writer and ta'ksr, with very much to tell, and by the packed houses he has drawn in Sydney and Melbourne bos shown that the vogue of the leoturer is not dead ; a wonderful man is Bullen.— Sydney Bulletin, The following telegram was received yesterday by the secretary of the Poverty Bay Rugby Union : “ New Zealand Union suggests postponement of Saturday’s fixtures, in token of esteem to the l:te Premier." In deference (o this request there will be no football matoheß played on Saturday. Messrs Williams and Settle, Ltd, have received advice from Messrs Andrews and Bbvbd, Ltd , Christchurch, for whom they act as looal agents, desiring them to btiDg under the notice of farmers an important ojaes in the Christoburch exhibition show, open to farmers only, for the best collection of agricultural and garden seeds. Piizes. of a - substantial nature will be offered, and Messra Andrews and Bevan notify that they will be pleased to tffie oharge of exhibits oonsigned to them and soo them taken to the grounds end d|aployed I.q t,be beat advantage,

Mr 0. Gray, of Gisborne, wos a roeent caller at the High Commissioner's offiooin London.

Out of respeot to tho memory of tbo lalo Promior all hockey fixturos for to day aro abandoned.

Mr T. G. Lawless, land and estate agent, reports tho solo of tho Coffee Paliioo business from Mr H. Warren to Mrs G. How Chow, at a satisfactory figure. Mr Bulion will give two lectures in Gis-

borno on Monday and Tuesday noxt, Juno 18th and 19tb. Tho box plan is now opoD, and seats may bo resorved at Mr W. Good’p, jeweller. Two Supromo Court judgments wore dolivored yesterday morning. In tho oaso E. M. Dunlop, appellant (Mr Bees) v. W. D. Lysnor, respondent (Mr Stock), tho appeal was allowed with costs, la the oaee Henry Hill v. Katie Wllsoo, judgment was given for defendant with oasts on the

lowest soale. The New Zealand and Afrioan Company’s steamer Oswestry Grango left Liverpool on April 2nd. She is in charge of Captain ' R. Toylor, whose officers are: Messrs .M. .Pearson, R.N R., chief; A. Lobban, second; E. Sutherland, third ; E. Durham, fourth; W. L Biggs, purser; Dr Miohin, surgeon.