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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1930, 12 November 1906, Page 2

Toe Floral FeSo will bo hold on Thurs day Cf xi.

Mr Barton, S.M., will leave town to-day on his periodical visit to Wairoa. Tho loading of wool for the Home market commences to clay. Tho schooner Kaeo loaves Auckland for Gisborne about the 16th inst. The Matawhero stock sales take place on Thursday next. Messrs Adair Bros, have a special Exhibition announcement to-day, Mr Moody, tho contractor for roiiculation, expects to start pipe loyiDg in about a fortnight’s time, A brilliant meteor was observed lost j oysning about 6.45 in tho easterly hoavons. It travelled slowly far a few seconds on a course trending southwards, and disappearing suddenly below tha horizon towards Tualiine. Its cppsavanco ia dealt wish editorially.

"Ju’:Q3” wrifej: “Over the dow approache s of the Roebuck Bnad bridge awaiting oifC'.ion sivornl loads of tin cuttings as wail as glass bottlos have been tipped. Tnis ought to bo stopped, the g'a?s ispecift'ly being dangerous, as should a child or anyone eke accidentally fall over thaßa unproiiclied ombaukmants they would bo out to pioocs. Besidos the element of danger, suoh rubbish is unsightly.” Tha Eurclyus laavoa Molbourno for Dolsgoi Bay, Durban, and East London on November 17th.

Mails despatched from Sydney via Vancouver on October 2nd arrived in London on November Bth.

Tvvo drunks, John Galvia and Thomas Kemp, were each fined 10?, with 2i cost-, or 48 hours’ imprisonment, in tha Magistrate’s Court, before Mr Barton, on Saturday morning.

Mr Frank Kilgour, a Greymouth boy, who served his apprenticeship at a Westland foundry, is reported to bo second engineer of the treasure-hunting steamer Xoma, engaged in the quest for diamonds supposed to bo hidden on an island oil the West Coast of Africa.

Says tha Carterton paper “A particularly'mean theft toils place early this week, when some eontsmpr.bla creature entered the garden of Mr Huberts, Pembroke street, and reniavud the new puts roes from eix rows in hi 3 garden. Mr Roberts, who is over v. .am ot ego, plil.i'ed f.tlj, 1 .0 |..0toot 5... M V.u th. -d v.ht.wise txptniod curil-lwchl.• r •*••* ai:tr.;...n on ... 5 cr p. T". tr.y. G;rc.m-t« ;:;••.<? She Act of ‘.be toi i .is par.' .ml .tty ac-qlcab'c. New potatoes are uow worth 25s ptr owt, and the robbery deprives the viofim of ft source of income,”

Mr T. J. Diekson lias boon laid up lately with an injured foot Tho Wesloy Sunday School anniversary was colobratod yostorday with bright and attractive sorvicos. In tho afternoon tho children from St. Andrew’s Sunday School joined in tho servico. Transhipments from tho Homo stosm-ra Delphic and Rakaia cams to hand yestcr» day by tho stoamor Taluao from Auoklaud.

A shcep-shcarirg reoord was established at Ruakuwa station, near Hastings, last w ok. Niao men, walking nine hours, -bora n total of 2394. Too highest individual tally wai 832, which bouti the previous rceocd in tho colony by tou. Other tallica ranged from 233 to 278. A Wahoa Prose Association telegram states : Miss Carswell and Mr Williamson had a narrow oscapo from a bush firo near Wuilnri ou Thursday. They ccosaod a crook below tho budge, which wai burnt, and wore almost suffooatod by smoke, just osoaping with their lives.

A obargo of assault brought by Leonard Courtney ngains# Thomas Bennett was hoard at tbo Magistrate’s Court on Saturday morniug, before Mr W. A. Birton, B.M. Mr Blair appoarod for oomplainant and Mr Coleman for dofondant, who ploaded guilty. Courtney described the assault, which took place at the back of tho Mafeking boarding-house. Bennett struok him twice in the faoo, knocking him down, and while down kioked oompLioaat in tho ribs and on tbo arms. Siooe the BHsault complainant had boon very hard of hearing ms tho result of injuries received. His Worship said tho assault was u very cowardly and unpro* voked one, besides which sho complainant was evidently suffering from deafness. Benneit was fiaed £2 and costs £1 16s, or four dayb’ bard labor. Bennett buiug away in tbe uountry, ou tho application of hts solicitor a fortnight was granted io enable him to bo communicated with.

The following crews have been selected >.y tbe Poverty Bay Bowing Club tor their first trial fours :W. McGr.ffio, A. O'3on, A. Aubarn, W. Hogan, J. Webb, F. Seymour, C. Clark, W. Dixon, T, Sheen, E. Thaxter, S. Lsdger, D. Murray, J. Stuart, P. Willouby, H. Stevens, T. Glover, A. E. Lyford, W. BobinsoD, J. McConnell, and T. MoOonnell.

A number of Hawke’s Bay exhibitors were represented at tho Canterbury Show, and havo been very successful. Io the draught horse section the Waipukurau breeder, Mr J. W- Harding, took Beoond prizi for mare any ags in foal or with foal at foot, with his mare Kate MoShone, champion at tbo recent Hawke’s Bay show. Tbe Shocihorn cattle o'asses found tho Hawke’d Bay breeders strongly in evidor.o 5 , for they swept the board of almost all tho piizos, winning both ohampionebip?, and every first prize exosspt two, in addition to numerous minor awards, The Mount Herbert Estate were 'the most auooossful exhibitors, their awards including both ohampionships, firsts in bulls any ago, two-yoar old bulls (15 in class), bull with three progeny, oow any age, three yearling heifers, seoonds for yearling bull and yearling heifer. Archeaoon S. Williams gained firsts for yearling bull (27 in olas ), and yearling heifer, and seoond and third for two-year-old heifer?. Mr Douglas McLean secured first and reserve ohampion for a three-year-old heifor, firsts for two-year-old heifer and oow with two of her progeny, seoond for three yearling heifers, third for yearling bull and oow any age. The display of Shorthorns was pronounced tho best seen on tho ground for many years, and tho judge, Mr A. MoDougall, of Victoria, stated that the Hawke’B Bay exhibits were very good, aDd that the show of Shorthorns would compare, bo.h in numbers and qualify, with that at any show in Australia. In the sheep olusßes, Hawke's Bay breeders met with much stranger opposition, but nevertheless they scoured a fair Ehare of prizes. The Hod. J. D. Ormond secured two firsts and nssrvo ohampion award for Lincolns, Nelson Bros., Limited, almost had a monopoly of the principal prizas for Southdowns, nearly every one of tho more important prizes falling to their share.—H,B. Herald.