The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVENT MORNING. GISBORNE, AUGUST 29, 1906.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1846, 29 August 1906, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVENT MORNING. GISBORNE, AUGUST 29, 1906.

Ten pciToo bavo been making anoihar raid on c flooding cyclists. A fftlp of furniture will taka p'aco at Mr J. F. Peitio’e moit at 2 this afternoon.

The annual spring show of bulbs ood f.prir g 11 . wera v. iil be b;ld orj Friday afternoon urd evening.

A gmoral rncoting of tbo Railway Lei gin will be held at 3 30 this afternoon A meeting if ladies to prcmoto the Hospital sccial is convened for four tomorrow afiernorn. Mails deppa ! ebod from Meibourno via Brindisi ou July 25th arrived in London on A’-gust 25tb.

At 2 this aftc-inoon Mosers Miller and Cra ! g will dispose of tbo houeebold furni taro and r ff‘-cts of Mrs Nicholson, at he' ie idcnce, Lowo street.

St. Andrew’s Church selection committoa bavo decided to submit to a oougrega' tional mooting to bo hi Id nc-st Wednesday evening the nam 3 of tbo Rov. Mr Grant, of South Canterbury. Tbo N'P’or TU graph states : "Messrs Williunn nod Kettle have appointed Mr J. 11. Colebourno, of Gisborne, to the management of their Hastings branch. Mr Colobourno has held a responsible poai» tion in tho company’s Gisborne dlko for a number of years. Ho is an enthusiastic voli u’eer, having had command cf tbo mounted infantry company in Gisborne, and will bo an arquisitiou to the district.” Mr G T Bull succeeds Mr Colebourno in the Gisborne branch. Last Friday evening a pleasant function took pKce at Hastings, Mr E. Burton, who was on his last trip round tho diotriot as traveller for Messrs John Duthio and Co., of Wellington, beiDg presented by bis numerous Hastings clients with a hind serno travelling case as a slight mark of raimtu in which hois hc-ld. Mr Barton in'endd to cpeD o business of bis own in Giaboruo in tho new prcm's9s adjoining tho Masonic Hotel.

At the melting of the Charitable Aid Board last night the Custodian of the Old Men's Home reported that the number of inmates is now 12 Gifts were acknowledged : Illustrated papers from Mr McLean, and clothes from Mrs Thoms

A number of local footballers proceed to Auckland this morning in oi'ilcr to wit ness the nmtoli between Auckland and Wellington which is to bis played on Gatin'day next.

Dr McGregor, in his ropoit, culls Gisborne's Old Mon’s Homo inorily a mnl<osl.ift two or throe smull cott'igrn in o small motion of ground.

A man oil bor obaok last night collidod ivitli a young giil i i ling a bicyolo, the gild l.oing violently thrown to tbo ground, whilo tho hinsttuiu rodo on and hither

yiug ihore. On a doTor hoing oallod in it was found that tho girl’s right collar-

bono was hiekon,

Our Wellington correspondent tele graphs that the election of JWr llodoriol McKenzie for tlio (’hairniaii 01. Commit

is practically assured

Mombors of tlio l?aet Coast Railway l.oaguo nro xomindod of tlio mooting to bo bold this aftornooi'l'it 11.80, when tlio petition to Parliament will be considered, and dologatea olectod. Mr Frank Furry, of Napier, lias kindly consented to como up for tho Horticultural Society’s Bulb Show on Friday next, and will bring with him a vory fine collection of daffodils. Local growors will also ho well represented, and tho show promises to bo a groat success.

Tlioro was a largo attendance at the Theatre Royal last evening, when Messrs Millor and Craig held a gaslight display of Irish linens. Tho collection is a magnificent ono, and includes goods of somo of tho heat manufacturers in tho world. No lady should miss this opportunity of securing fine specimens of best frish linens. A further shipment arrives this morning with Mr Kelly, of Belfast, under whose instructions tho goods will ho displayed each evoning and auctioned without rosorvo on Friday and Saturday next.

In bis report to the Borough t'ounc:

l ist night, Mr <l. 1!. Little, the Borough Inspector, stated that (luring the past week he had visited and inspected all the dairies in the district supplying milk for sale within tlio Borough. There Were it

dairies, as follows :—J. Goldie 18 cows, Wilkin 50, Pender 2(5, Griffon 12, F. Martin 10, W. Bell 40, Edelston 11, Wilson 20, Lumsdcn 15, Baty 12, W jMailon It. Tho average number of gallons supplied per diem in the Borough was about -12!) From samples of milk taken from each supplier on his usual round the test proved to be from 8 1 up to 111, which was considered a very fair winter test. An examination of the utensils used showed that they were cleanly kept, and the yards and sheds also were in good condition and looked healthy, and the industry at the present time was being conducted in a very satisfactory manner.