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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1907, 17 October 1906, Page 2

The bowline season opcn3 10. morrow afternoon at the Gisborne Bowling Club's grouads. Tie membois of tha Land Board ye torday visited the settlements offeoied by the il jod, and will hold a miioiiog in ootH' miitie this morning to decide as to bow oonoßSßions may be given to Cho settlors who sustained losses.

Tho sale of Me J. 8. .Tohristoo’d househol 1 furniture, o c., cjuimonces at his •neidonoe, Uuteuo road, Haiti, ut 11 this morning. 0 io of Mentis R’.churdson nnd Oo.’a atemors will loavo Napier on Bunday ovoning with exhibits for tho Gisborne Show.

A nnnibor of wool-buyers arrive today, to attend tho salo on Friday next. Dkquioiirg reports have again oomo to hand about Uua, who has apparently not yet got buck to tho (Jroworo. Mounted O n-tablo Irwin leaves this morning for

ltua’a camp, übout GO milos distant, reporta having boon roeoivod as to uneasiness on the part of the Battlers. Messrs Wrn. Pottio and Go havo oponod up a largo stock of spring and Buramor woar. Special attention is directed to tho mororry department, and tho assortment of gontlotnon's bata. Rev. Grant, with Mrs Grant and family, arrivo this morning from South, and will bo mot by a deputation of tho people and oflioj boarors of St. Andrew's Church. Aq induction service will be hold in the church at 73C this evening, as advertised.

“ Gisborno is one of the best spots on oarth So livo in, and I state this after pretty extensive travel,” writes Mr H. D, Paikor, a former Gisbornito, from Now York to Mr J. H. O tnand, and ho humorously adds: ‘ This testimonial is entirely unsolicited, therefore valuable, and a tag might bo fixod to overy frozen earca'C and bale of wool sent out of tho Bay without any royalty from me.” A Press Association telegram received vesiorday from T-.matu staloa : —Mr E. G. Kerr, managing director of the Timaru Herald, and formerly proprietor of the Timaru Herald and South Canterbury Times, died this morning, after a painful illness. He came to Now Zaaiand in 1801, settled at Kaiapoi, and remained there until 1877, when he came to Timaru as a journalist, first noting as corespondent for tho Lyltolton Times. Hi bought tho South Canterbury Times in 1881 aod tho Timaru Herald in 1887. He waß also a shareholder and director of the Lyttelton Times Company. Mr Kerr did hiß share of pnblio work for many years. He wae for five years Mayor of Kaiapo’, and nerved on several of the Bouth Canterbury looal bodies. He bad been ailing fcorr Bright’s dißea ; e during the past six years Ho was 61 years of Bgo, and leaves foui boos and six daughters. Mrs Kerr predeceased her husband a few yens ago,

Mr R H. Bligh, the leoturar employed by the White Grose League, gave his second lecture on “ The Perils of Im* puriiy” to man laßt evening in His Majsßty’a Theatre. The Rev. F. W. Cba'teitoo presided and shortly introduced the lecturer, who followed the lmeß of his Sunday night’s address on tho Bame subject, with the exception, perhaps, that his language was more careful and guarded

when doalmg with what may broadly be termed ihe ” law of oreation ” The audience was not bo large as that of Sunday evening. Tbe Rev. L. Thomas supported the ohuirmao, while tb9 ohairs placed tor the rest of tho clergyman were conspicuous by their emptiness. At the conclusion of tho me tiog a vote of thanks was moved by tbe Rev, Thomas and MrF. J. Rowley, who bo’.h made a few remarks in support of the cause of the White Gross League, Shortly before midnight last night our office bad a visitor, who ut first might have boon mistaken for soma mad animal which had deseried its e'emant for a prowl through the streets. Caked in mud from top to toe, it was some time before the effije stiff could identify the Btranger, who turned out to be Eatopeao, who by 3oma mischance had got under the Whstaupoko bridga, aod had from his appearanoe been wallowing in the slush. From his incoherent statement it was gathered that he had, with a friend, been taking a stroll round and both floundered into the mud, and after rendering mutual h-lp psrted company. He was not sure wbethfr the other man bad been extricated, in fact he believed he was still there. A search patty was organised of the staff, tbe nightwatchman, and Constable O’Hara, but no trees of a supposed frieDd was found. Minus boots, cold, wet and shivering, tho first individual was led back to his hotel and handed over to the night porter. Before Mr Barton, S.M., yesterday morning, a number of oyelists were charged with oddness against the municipal by-laws. William West, Charles Miller, Joseph Stephenson, Geo. Clark, and Fred Sirphenson woto each fioed 10s, wiih 7s ooßts, for riding on the footpath. John Levy, who did not attend the summons, was fined 13 i and 7s oosts. Henry Fraser, John Campbell, Elgar Forrest, JjhD Kane, Fred Hansen, Harold Parsons, and Philip Sheridan were each fined 10s and 7s oost3 for tiding without a light. David Gregg, who did not put ia an appearance, was fined 15 j and 7s costs,