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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1828, 8 August 1906, Page 2

Seven valuable sections in the township !.f Uawa will bo offered for sblg by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company on Saturday next. There should be keen competition for the lots.

Messrs Chrisp and Coleman invite tenders for the purchase of the goodwill ar.d unexpired term of lease of Messrs Bain Bros.' auetion mart premi?' s and business, Tenders close on Monday next.

At the Police Court yesterday a young man, named John Maim, was fined 10j, costa 2s, or 40 hours’ imprisonment for drunkenness, The Maori, Wi Haora, who cut his throat a short time ago whilst demented, died in the Hospital yesterday morning. The best faotory butter can be obtained at the C-operative Store at Is 3d per lb. To-morrow morning tho train for Te Karaka will not leave Gisborne until 8.45, returning from To Karaka al 11 80. Ths New Zealand Union ha 3 granted tho Southland Rugby Union a full loan of £I3OO to complete the purchase of now grounds of thirteen acres on the Town Bolt.

Special attention ia directed to tho ad* vertisement of tho Gisborne Nursery. Mr A. Thomson has at present on hand Tan exceptionally larg9 and well-grown stock of fruit, ornamental, shelter and forest treos, hedge plants, and flowering shrubs. The seed department contains all the leading lines from tho best English and Continental growers, Nominations for tbo eleolion of president, vice-president, treasurer, hon, secretary, and members of the committee of the Poverty Bay Farmers’ Club must roach ths Hon. Secretary (Mr W. Liasant OlaytoD) before Saturday, 25th inßt. Mr G. F. Preddy, who pomes to Gisborne with excellent credentials as an electrical and mechanical engineer, is about to start business at tbe Esplanade, Kaiti. A now shop has been ereotad just over the bridge on the left band side, and Mr Preddy hopes to have everything in readiness for an opening display on Saturday.

Section 30 of tha Larne ostats, containing 8>- acres in two paddocks, with two roomed cottage, is advertised for sa'o by Messrs Common, Shelton, and Co, Messrs Common, Shelton, and Co.’s now shipments of boots and shoes include some sptcially attractive lines. An auction room is never seen to such advantage as wbon it is stocked with nil kinds of ornamontal trees and flowering shrub?. Tbe collection t-o fcc ( fforod for aaln by Messrs Bain Bros, to day is from the Gisborne nursery, and a finer lot of plants has not been submitted to section. The opportunity ebouldfie taken I full advantage of by all lovers ci a good J gardeu. j

A Gisborno gentleman who has been closely acquainted with tbo Hon. R. MoNab for tho last twenty five years, received tho following telegram in reply to his eongratulary message : “ Many thanks for your kind congratulations, which, coming in the first flush of ploaeuco at my good fortune, aro specially gratifying.”

A i-tart Las boon undo with the construction of tbo Roebuck road bridge over the Taruboru river, Tbo proposed expenditure of £6OOO in this locality has had an appreciable t£T■ ct on properties, and quite a number of sales have taken place during the past few weeks. The bridge will be a great boon to residents on both sides of tbo rive-*, and should relieve to a great I extent the traffic over the present bridges, The annual meeting of the To Karaka I I-iaciug Club was held at To Karaka on I Saturday evening. There was a fully representive attendance, the President, Mr J. A. Cesar, presiding. The balance- I sheet, which was presented by the Score- I tary, Mr J. D. McCredic, was of a most satisfactory character, the balance to the I Club's credit being £'lHO 2s 3d. The election of officers for the ensuing year resulted as follows :—President, Mr J. A. C'a-sar: \'ice President, Mr Al M. T,c\/is; I

Honorary Surgeon, Dr. C. F. Seott ; Stewards. A. McLean, .T. A. Hanling, I>. Jlarrv, H. Tail, W. Poulgrain, F. McKenzie, H. liuru: Judge, Mr W. D. S. McDonald; Starter, Mr E. F. Kransc ; Handicappor, Mr C. D. Bennett; Clerk of Stales, Mr E. Evison : Clerk of Course, Mr A He very ; Secretary, Mr J. W. MeCredie. The hope was expressed that at the next race meeting to be held in , January next, the Club would be able to secure totalisator rights.

It'-oimbit- entertaiuuicut ia to bo hold IbiH evening. Tho " 'll, d Funnol " brand of ton ia reoominondud to householders, MrH Onnipbo) 1, of Oxford House, haa vuouDoiea for aovoral boardors. Lottors patont bavn boon applied for by G. IT. B. Lockett, of Gi-borno, for testing hunt or moisture in bales. The following Gfnbornu candidates wire HUen -sful in tin* nor nt examination hi Id m Napier by the Asaoeiari d Board of the ItA.M and K.O M., London: Advanced harmony, Alien M. Ilyntt (piivaie study) ; rodimeiUH cl muaic, Ursula Williams (Mrs Walker).

Tho plain and fancy dreea ball, to bo hold undor tho auspioos of tho Celodoniun Baoioty, ia boing auticipatod with great interest Tho bull, wbiob ia tho annual fixture, takes piuco on tho 6th of noxt mouth in His Mojoaty’a Theatro. A Gisborne paasongor by tho Bteamor Mutnari, whioh loft Plymouth on Juno 20th, ia Miaa V. Steolo. Amongst tho vocalists appealing at tho City Band conoort to morrow evening will bo Mrs Collins and Mias Madolino Knight, of Auckland. Preparations for tho City Band conoort are now oomplote, and an excellent programme has boon arranged. There should bo a full houao.

Tho hockey team return home this morning. A telegram in regard to the Hastings match states; The hockey match resulted: Hasting 2, Gisborne nil. .Hastings scored one in each spell. Gisborne played a stubborn game, with good defence and hard hilling, but their opponents won on their merits.

The Waercnga-o-kuri Hotel lias changed hands, Mr G. Johnston having sold to Mr G. M McCabe (blacksmith) Patutahi. It is Mr McCabe’s intention to also carry on the blacksmith business at Waerenga-o-kuri lor the benefit of the settlers in the locality. The hockiy players who represented Poverty Bay in Hawks’s Bay this week are to play against a oombiued local team on Thursday aftornoon. The proceeds aro to be devoted to the Nicolas Benefit Fund. As the charge will be only sixpence and a very interesting game will bo expected, there should be a large attendance of spectators.

There was a gaslight display of oil paintings at Messrs Miller and' Craig’s auotion mart last night. The pictures were greatly admired, and there should be a large attendance at the sale, which oommenoes at two this afternoon.

A fine of 10s and 7a costs was imposed yesterday in the oase in whioh James McKee was charged with having used the Theatre Royal as an assembly room without having obtained a license therefor. Mr MoKee said he had let the theatre for the poultry show, believing that he was within his rights in doing so. As he intended making large alterations he had not renewed the license. The town clerk said ail he wished was to have it clearly understood that it was neocssary to have a license for any place where tho publio congregated. His Worship said that under tho oiroumstancas he would only impose a small penalty.

The Observer states that no railway contractor, before the truck system was abolished, ever charged navvies the prices for provisions that are being paid on certain sections of the North Island Trunk Railway works now.

W. A. Boucher, Government Pornologist, has returned from America with two quarts of ladybirds. Can it be possible that this is the first instalment of W. J. Napier’s female invasion ?—Observer.

There is plenty of room for men with some means in Now Zealand, but the attractive invitation to London navvios, who have little or no money, and who 'will be ontirely dependent on the Government for work, will certainly not benefit the colony. We cannot keep our own people out of the colony if they wish to come, but we need not offer inducements in the shape of assisted passage money.— Oamaru Times.