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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1799, 4 July 1906, Page 2

The Gisborne Harmonio Society’s Conoerl will be held at His Majesty’s Theatre to-night. Messrs Bain Bros, bold a clearing sale at their auction mart at 2 p.m. to day. The steamer Zealandia left Auckland for Gisborne at 5 15 p.m. yesterday.

Tickets are going off well for the Braids' Annual Sooial to morrow night.

Bookmakers and their assistants are warned off.the course during the Steeple' chase Meeting to-morrow and Friday. There are at present twelve inmates in the Old Men’d Homo. There was one death during the past month, and one in* mate was sent to the Asylum, The Gisborne Sheepfarmsrs’ Company are now landing household ooal at the wharf, andspeoial inducements are given to those who purchase at the ship’s side.

Mr J. Erskine's tender for the non* intoxioant booths at the races has been accepted. The Custodian of the Old Men’s Home acknowledges the following gifts : Books from Mr Rees, oakes from the Presbyterian Social, plants from Mr E. Ling, and vegetables from Mr Henderson.

A penalty of £lO and 7s costs, in default three months, was imposed at the Police Court yesterday in a case in whioh an elderly man, Henry Morse, pleaded guilty to procuring liquor while under prohibition.

A libel from Sydney:—“This place is full of New Zealanders, and almost every day I bear one of them say : 1 Yes, your Honor. I came over from New Zea'and last year. I’ Then bia Honor says: ‘Three months ; oall the next oase 1’ ’’ Messrs C. O'Connor and J. Chadwick, starter and handioapper respectively for the Gisborne Racing Club, arrive in Gisborne to-day. At the Borough Council meeting last evening leave of absenoe waß granted to Crs Colley and Lysnar.

The new circle bar in the Albion Club Hotel has been completed, and makes a great improvement in the interior of the house. Extensive alterations are also undor way with a view of improving .the boarding accommodation of the hotel.'

We have received several complaints in regard to the manner in which traffic is hampered at the wharf on the arrival and departure of the launch through persons orowding round the gangway, and would suggest to the Harbor Board the necessity for remedying it. On Sunday several packages were lost through the cause mentioned.

The following are the latest new oon» neotions with the Gisborne Telephone Exchange: 368| G. J. Black, Waipora Station; 370, C. Thomson, private residence, Childers road; 371, Hooper and Hooper, drapers, Gladstone road; 376. Pilcher Bros., butohers, Ormond road ;.377 G. B. DeL'autour, timber and machinery , agent, Lowe street. The attraction for the night of the second day’s raoes is “ Thetlolleen Bawn,” to be produced by the Rioa Dramatic Company at His Majesty’s Theatre, in aid of the funds of the Roman Catholic Church. Good business is being done in the booking, and a bumper house should witness the production. At the Police Court yesterday George Moore was fined £5 and costs 13s, or in default 30 days’ imprisonment, for assaulting William Irwin oh June 7tb. The men were working at the wharf together, and as a result of a quarrel informant had bad his lip cut, bad b'en knocked down, and one of his teeth knock’d out. The evidence tended to show that defendant had received provocation, haying had a heavy truck twioe run over his foot, a protest on this point leading to an insulting reply, whereupon Moore took the law into his own hands, which the Magistrate said he was not justified in doing, although he*had received some provocation. Mr T. Y. Seddou is popular with everyone —an unpreleotious young man, who will always make fiiends wYfbout knowing it, and, though he has features that speak of talent, there is as yet no symptom of the father’s masterfulness in his composition. That may come into - power, as it usually does. •' Tom’s i*' full name is Thomas Edward Youd S’ddon. He was born at Kumara in 186-4, and is twtnty two next month, whiob, should he be re turned (and we have little doubt but thai be will) will make him the youngcsi member of the House—younger bv severs! years than “ Dahn " Pisher —Wellingio Lance

The monthly meeting of the Charitable Aid Board was held last evening, and was attended by His Worship the Mayor (Mr J. Townley), and Messrs F. J. L.ysnar, Miller, Webb, Harding, Bright, and Whinray. In rrgard to the site for an isolation ward, Dr F. DeLisle, District Health Officer, wroto as follows : —" When in Gisborne, on the 20th inst„ I, in company with Messrs Kobioson and Liit'e, again

examined the site referred to in my memo of the 2S:h Maroh, 1906, and another site in the vicinity on which a cottage is erected, and consider neither site is suit* able. lam of opinion that the proper site for an isolation ward is within the onrti-

iago of the general hospital, as fiods favor all over the colony, and in many places where the grounds surrounding the hospital are not so extensive as at Gisborne. If there is any unalterable objection to this, I would recommend either

the site on tho Waikanae, wbioh I previ ously inspected, or the site near the leading lights, pointed out to me on the plan of the town.” After soma disoussion, it was decided to forward a oopy of the letter to the Hospital Board, requesting them to proceed with the erection of the ward. A complaint was received in regard to the eonduot of one of the inmates of the Home who was alleged to have frequently visited town and returned to the Home in a drunken condition. It was decided to request the individual in quos tion to leave the Home at onoe. Discus' sioa took place in regard to two accounts, one for medical attendance, and the second for an hotel bill incurred by a man who

met with an accident on the Coast read. The amount in question was £ls, and the Board decided to. pay the accounts and to take steps to endeavor to collect tl e money from the individual referred to. The report of the Visiting' Committee was of a satisfactory naturo,

Tho Matawhero stook sales take place to-day.

On Saturday next tho Kaiti-City football club will moot the Tokomaru club at Victoria Domain. There will be no junior matches. An engineer for tho Borough.—At tho Council meeting last evening Cr Sheridan gave notice of tho following motion: ‘‘ That tho time has now arrivod for tho appointment of a permanent ongineer for tho Borough, and that applications bo invited for the position at such a salary as the Council shall deem fit.”