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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1916, 27 October 1906, Page 2

The services at Si. Andrew’s Churoh to-morrow will be oonduotod by the Rev. Win. Grant.

The preachers to-morrow for Wesley Oliureh aro Mr Paik in the momiDg, Rev. 0. Griffin in tiio evening, when the subject ol 11 God as Good as His Word ” will be dealt with,

At the Baptist Tabornnclo to-morrow, tho Rev. D. Parry will speak in tho morning on •* S.-oucicy,'’ and in tho evening his topio will be "A Purpose and a Guaran*

A cricket matoh will be played at the Taruheru grounds to day between an eleven from the Motu and a team selected from tho oombined Taruheru and Wan* doiors clubs. Tne following will represent the combinod toam : Lasker, Hodge, Fenwick, Charles, T. Sharp, H. E. Oiaik, McUoll, McConnell, O'Hara, Torkington, libert. Players aro requested to bo on the ground at 1 o'clock.

A cyclist was knooked down yesterday morning in Gladstone road near me firo

bel 1 , iie was on tho wrong side of tne road at tbs time of the occurrence. No damage was clone beyond the bioycie being put out of repair.

Parents and others willing to assist at the Floral Fete are requesied to meet at the sonool at half-past seven on Tuesday eyening,

Mr J, A, Harding acted as official time-

keeper at the Poverty Ray Turf Club’s Spring meeting, which concluded yesterday,

At yesterday’s Police Court a respectable looking young man named liobort Hamilton was charged with breaking into the dwelling house of Charles Yates on the 22nd inst, with intent to commit a crime thereon. Ho was remanded till this morn-

iiigj bail being fixed at PIOQ in two sureties of AoO each,

B. A, Vowlcs pleaded guilty yesterday morning before Mr Parton, ‘ 8.M., w il-ii being on the licensed premises of the Iteeord iieign Hotel while under a prohibition order, Vowles stated that he was l using the hotel conveniences at the time, His Worship said defendant had been twice convicted before, once for procuring Jiipior, and also for being oil licensed premises. The excuse about hotel conveniences was till, nonsense. He fined defendant An with 7s costs, in default DO davs.

Another ba'c’a of cyclist* were up before Ur Barton, S.M., yesterday for breaches of tbo by-law 3. Harry Alley plealed guilty to riding a bicycle after dark withs cut a light, and was fined 10j and costa 7*. Erocft Somervell, on a similar charge, pleaded that when the effenoe wa3 coramuted ho was going to drill, and was late. Hia Worahip said ho could not lake drill as an excuse, and fined Sjunrvcil 10j, with cost* 7a. A, J, Z rohariah pleaded not guilty to riding a bicycle after dark without a light. It wa3 about a-quartor to seven when the constablo stopped him, and was certainly not dark. Constable H'sucox, on oath, stated that it was after 7.80 when bo saw defendant riding the bicycle, and was quite dark. Defendant went into the box, and said that on the evening in question ho was at ihs Theatre at 7 o'clock, and that Constable Hancox wu3 mistaken, His Worship di-mused the case. Mr Alston Coleman appeared for Charles Toylor, who was similarly oharg-d, and asked the Magistrate to dis miss the charge on the ground that it was nos dark at the time stated in the police information, 6.45, He pointed out that in the previous case the defendant had sworn that at the identical tour, i.e., 6 45, it was not dark, and the offence alleged to have been committed by his client occurred two days later. His Worship oonourred with Mr Coleman that it could not have been dark, and dismissed the eummone0. A. Sherriff was oharged with driving round the oorner of Bright street at a paoe faster than a walk. Mr G. H. Lysnar appeared for defendant, who pleaded gfilty, and was fitted £1 and 7s opst^

Tho adjourned nnnual mooting of tho Poverty Roy Orickot Assooiatioo is advertised for this overling.

Mr Harold Herbert Carr has boon gazetted Clock of tho Nutivo Lands Court at Gisborne, Tho racehorse Hutia will bo ollorod for sale to day by Mossrs Williams and Kettle.

A first oflondor for boing drunk was Qnod 03 with 2i costs, or in dofanlt 24 Hours, at yesterday's Polioo Court. Miohaol Muhou, on a similar ohargo, was fined 10s and 2s costs, in dofnult 48 hours.

Tho weight of Uvo Hhoop in tho guessing ut tho show is dO'JiJlbs. Tho weights ot tho bullock and pig will bo docid-jd to-duy.

Class 103 of tho A. and P. show for boat pon of fivo fat lambs suitablo for the London markot (to bo judgod when drossod for freezing) was finished yesterday by Mr Hodgo, of Messrs Nelson Bros.’ Tatuboru works, wita tho following results :—H. Ford, Southdown cross, 1; H. Ford, Southdown cross, 2; J. Robson, iiordor Leicester oross, 8. The first prize is L2 2s, und the second LI Is, both prosonted by Mossrs Morioe Bros. Mr Hodge says that those lambs wore a very fiae lot und vory oven right through. An old man was charged by tho police yoßtsrduy morning with excessive drinking, and brought into tho Court in a drunken state. When asked by Mr Barton if ho was willing to havo a prohibition order issued against him, he obstinately shook his head and Baid tho Magistrate was drunk, His Worship ordered him to be locked up until tho following momiDg, and he was loft until the other cases before tho Court concluded, on a seat in the Court. When tho Court was adjourned the man was nowhere to be found, having left unobserved.

Tho annual spring land sale held by Mossrs Williams and Kettle Ltd., takes place at His Majesty’s Theatre to-day, commencing at 11 o’clock. The proper tics to be submitted comprise valuable town and suburban sections, township sections at To Karaka, Whatatutu and Tolago and choice farm sections at Pukepapa, To Karaka, Puha, Nelson’s fattening paddock, Taruheru, and Ormond. The terms arc easy. Anyone wishing to secure a residential site or a farm should attend the sale.