The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, JULY 21, 1906.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1814, 21 July 1906, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, JULY 21, 1906.

5 Miss Coiebrook has ba.ec aj-pointe { mistress at Patutahi school. '‘'be Bev. Mr Paterson, with the cordial „ ‘ I °f as many of his office-bearers as he was ablo lT cocsn!i ' h f S ; a S r^ d . to , 8sl ; members of hia eon^® I '?*' who h ( ad not tlono so already, to centt.!" 1 * 0 “ r they are ablo, to the Nicolas orpa * n 1 01313 ' Young poople particularly who may n.?. be reached in any other way may be reaohod thus. All over the ordinary collection will bo banded over So this fond,

Paintnhl people are in need of gr.zuig fur 350 cutilo.

Tho bavquoniiuo Souorita is expected to sml for Kutpara to-day. Among tho losses by tho recant Hood who that, of tho Tapuhildtoa bridgo, which was swept away. It is hopod to have tho East Capo telephone lino repaired to-day.

After tho Hood two sheep dogs of Mr Tuohy, Te Avai, wore found in a willow tree ; they had been foodloss for two days.

Tho Mokoia is not duo from South until this evening.

It is expected that the railway line will be ready for traffic on Monday or Tuesday.

There was an exceptionally heavy downpour of rain at Whatatutu yesterday afternoon, but it clearod up again iu the evening.

Tho senior football fixture this afterneon is Takitimu v. West End, and the junior fixture is West End v. Kaiti City. Messrs Gibson and Hallatnore have boon been appointed reforeos. During to-morrow’s services in tho Baptist Tabramnclo, tho Rev. D. Parry will pronoh in tho morning on " Looking Forward,” and in the evening bo will deal with tho postponed Bubjcot, “ Jesus Christ v. Buddha.”

Tho Rioo Dramatio Company will slsgo 11 Tho Land of the Living ” at His Majesty’s Theatre on the 30th inst., the prooonds to go to tho Nicolas Kaliof Fund Tho ohargo against Jamos Leslie, °* drunkenness whilst in charge of a hors e > was adjourned at the PoUoo Court yests 1 ' day, owing to tho aboence of a witnosa.

Tho following wore saloon passengers for Gisborne by tho Gorinthio from London : Mieses J. Davies, D. Jones, Mrs M, Jonos, and J. Davies.

Tho following message was received by tho Mayor yesterday from Mr R. Hoy, Dunedin : —“ Regret to hoar of loss by Hoods. Ploaso aooopt ooctribution of five pounds fivo shillings towards reliof fund.”

Mrs Slattery and Mis 3 Gilbert will sing a dußt with guitar accompaniment at the Army Barracks to morrow (Sunday) oven, ing. The band and songsters will also give special items.

The Hon. J. Carroll arrives from Napior this evening. While in Gisborne be will attend the unveiling of a monument to the lato Mrs Riperata Kahutia, mother of Mrs Carroll.

The Rev. Loio F. Prior will give a lecture at His Majesty’s 'l'hoatre to-morrow rvoning at 7.45, tho subject being 11 The Message of Spiritualism to tho Hearthungry of tho World." Questions will be answered.

Several looai hofolkeepere have been summoned on charges of knowingly placing or selling bulk whisky in bottles from which the labels have not been destroyed.

At St Andrew’s Churoh to-morrow the subjeot of the Rev. J. G. Paterson’s sermon at the morning service will bo “ Toiling and Rowing in Contrary Winds,” and in the evening the subjeot of lecture will be “ Storms and Shipwrecks."

An elderly man named Joseph Lee Smith was brought before Messrs W. E. Akroyd and V. Pyke, Justices, at the Police Court yesterday morning on charges of drunkenness and vagrancy. Acoused stated that he lost his swag in the flood, and asked to be sent to Napior, where he had friends. He was discharged on the first offence, and for the second was given six weeks’ imprisonment in Napier gaol,

The question of damage to roads was mentioned at tho County Osunoil meeting yesterday, the obairman suggesting that eid to the extent of £SOOO should be asked for. It was resolved to interview the Hon. Mr Carroll at 11 a.m. on Wednesday and lay a schedule of the lasses before him, with a view to obtaining substantial aid.

Tho Wellington Trades Council decided unanimously ta protest against the appointment of Mr W. J. Culver, lato score tary of the Liberal Labor Federation, as Inspector of Faotories. The grounds of the objection were that the appointment was a politioal reward for services to the Federation, and that Culyer’s health would not permit him to satisfactorily perform tho duties of inspeetor.

A meeting of the representatives of the Poverty Boy Sobool Committees’ Association was held last evening, but lapsed for want of a quorum, Tho members present wero Mosers Brown. Wildish, ancl Nisbott (representing the Gisborne Committee), Fyeon (representing tho Kaiti Committee), Gaudin (the Frßsertown Committee), and Grundy (the Mangapapa Committee), In viow of tho recent floods the chairman suggested that the meeting be adjourned until the 24th August. This was seconded by Mr Gaudin, and carried.

Mr O. B, Bartram, in a letter to the Cook County Council, stated that as tho Council bad decided that all approaches to paten had to be motalled. ho had fenced off his road, which was ooaiing him .€240, and ho bad only a small place, some 700 acres. “ What I oomplain of,” added Mr Bartram, 11 is that no one else has taken any notion of your Council, not oven our worthy councillor for Tolago, who has four or five gates on Waimata road, and it will mean my fenoed road will be a paddock for stray stock.” The view was expressed by aouDoillors that the resolution should be strictly adhered to. It was decided to insert an advertisement calling on settlers to have tho approaohos to gates metalled at once, or have the gates romoved,

The Wellington Post states : At tho Hill street Basilica, Wellington, on Monday afternoon, Miss Theresa (Tiny) Sheridan, youngest daughter of Mr Patrick Sheridai), Native Lands Pnrobnpe Officer, was married to Mr Harold Carr, of the Native Land Oourt Office, Gisborne. The Bov, Father Lewis officiated. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a costume of navy blue cloth, a set of white fox furs, and a white cloth hat. She was otteeded by her sister, Miss Eose Sheridan. The bridegroom’s present to the bride was a valuable diamond and sapphire ring, and to tho bridesmaid a heavy Nellie Steward gold bangle. Mr Phillip Sheridan (brother of tho bride) acted as best man, Tho young couple left for their homo at Gisborne on Tuesday. The following tenders were received by Mr C. Tilleard Natusch, architect, for erecting a residence in Ormond road for Mr F. J. Rowley : Evans, Nield and Co. £794 7s 2d, Queenin and Boland, £BOB, Smith and Black, [ .£Bl2, Maclcrell and Colley £BBO. Tho contract has been arranged with Messrs Evans, Nield and Co. The building I is to be plastered internally, but this part of the contract is not definitely arranged as yet. At the Police Court yesterday morning, before Messrs W. E. Akroyd and Y. Pyko, J.’sP., two young men named Hugh Cameron and John Farley were charged with breaches of the Borough by-laws—negligently encumbering a public place, to wit, the town approach to the Kaiti bridge. Sergeant Williams stated that men out of work were in the habit of sitting on the rails. He did not press for heavy fines, but wished the present cases to serve as a warning. A fine of Is and costs 7s was imposed in each case. A very popular programme has been arranged for the concert in aid of the Nicolas Reliof Fund, which will [ he given in His Majesty’s Theatre on Monday evenmg next under the auspices of the City Band. Miss Madoline Knight, Auckland’s favorite singer, arrives by to-morrow’s steamer to assist. The Club orchestra, and several well known local singers will contribute, and popular items will be given by the pupils of the Gisborne District School. The bos plan is now open at Mr Miller’s, and patrons should secure seals at once. The

' c hol§ frody of the hall will be open at ie and children will be admitted throughout at half-price.