The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, JULY 6, 1906.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1801, 6 July 1906, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, JULY 6, 1906.

The Oral raoa to-day starts at 11.40, the train leaving town at 11.20

At s'x o’clock la‘t night telrgraphio treilho to and from pieces south of Wuipawa was showing five hours' delay owing to interruptions caused by a heavy gale.

Two highly respected old residents of Gisborne, Mr John Brooking Registrar of Iho Native Land Court, and Rebecca Stevenson have been united in matrimony.

At Iho Magistrate’s Court yesterday i judgment was entered up by Mr Barton } in the oase W. D. Lysnar v. E. M, Dun’op in accordance with the decision on appeal by judgo Chapman, judgment being for defendant with casta, £l7 4s. In his to Parliament the Registrar of FrienuN Societies shows the position of the local lodges at the beginning of 1905 to bo as follows Loyal Gisborne Lodge, 1.0.0. F., M.U., established 1874, 188 member?, total worth of funds £4,011 8s lid, surplus last valuation £6 88; Court William Gladstone, A.O F., established 1877, 160 members, £2 998 6s lOd, defioienoy £2 38; Gisborne Tent, 1.0. R, established 1892, 86 members, (£232, lls Bd, deficiency £17.1: Court TowDjey, established 1895, 18 members, £96 16s Id; Star of‘New Zealand Tent 1.0. R., established 1901, 15 members, £27 4s Bd, deiioiouoy £6 3.

A strong, doublo-soatcd buggy is offered for sale. Mr W. Von Stunner, oyo specialist, may bo consulted at his residonoo, cornor of Stout and Ballaucc etroets, Whatftupolco.

"Tho Colleen Hawn ” will be played at His Majesty’s Tiioatro to-night, by the Rice Dramatic Company. Attention is referred to the sale of land by tender by Mr T. -T. Dickson. The properties arc among tho most valuablo ill the district.

Tho annual meeting of the Poverty Hay Turf Club will bo held on Tuesday aftornoon.

A young man named Ernest Sweeney was convicted aL the Police Court yesterday witli using insulting language in the hack of an hotol on Wednesday evening. As it was accused’s first appearance in Court his Worship imposed a small line of 10s. and 2s. costs, in default 48 hours’ imprisonment. i At the Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning before Mr Carton S.M., judgment by default was granted in the following 1 cases :—Harry Sandlant (Mr It. C. Burke) v. Edward Itedward, claim £4 10s, costs 1 12; John Lionel Baker (Mr T. Alston 1 Coleman) v. Nati Amarangi, claim £6 6s I 7d, costs £2 Os 0d; O. J- Morell (Mr T. Alston Coleman) v. William Moore, claim I £5 10s Old, costs £1 3s fid; Reginald 11. I Image (Mr Sainsbury) v. Ernest Smith, I claim £1 11» 3d, cost (3s; Mary Cramp (Mr Saiiubury) v. Ernest Smith, claim I £8 3a, costs 4s (Id; Win. Theobald I Raymond v. George Pen 1 cal, claim £1 8* I Cd, costs ss.

The sum of £5868 was put through the totaliaator at the races yeatorday, os corns pared with £4166 for tho corresponding day of last year. Rua, the prophet who foretells ovent that happen not, did not attend tho races yesterday, though some of the lesser lights from the camp are said to have beep present. Rua on tho previous day inti- | mated that he had ohangod his mind about attending, os he feared some of his followers might have become too excitable over the raoes. Mr John Rua, the wellknown footballer, was present, and was “ chaffed ” by many old playors in regard to tho other Rua’s propheoies. Tho latter has said that he will strike oamp this evening, and return where he will be better appreciated,

Tho Registrar of Friendly Societies states that tbo total amount paid by the sscieties for the year 1904 in providing the several benefits of sick pay, funeral benefits, and medical attendance and medicine amountod to £102,174. Assuming that for oaoh member three other persons besides participate in these benefits, over 185,000 porsons may be regarded as sharers in the beneficent work performed by these fraternal organisations.