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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 1977, 12 January 1907, Page 2

Mossrs. Grundy and Slionnan have a special business announcement m this issue.

Mr. J. W. Whole, pork butcher notifies that ho is a cash buyer of pigs, calves, ancl poultry m any quantity.

A lecture under tho auspices of the Gishorne Spiritualist Society __\vill be given in Townloy’s Hall ..t . .eO t-->-morrow light. At the Salvation Army tomorrow, a special musical meeting will bo conduced by tho members of tlio local band - instrumental and vocal items, Gospel addresses. Monday night, mustcal night and coffee supper.

Provided suitablo steamer arrangements can be made, tlio olio way Dramatic Compay will probably play two nights at His Majesty a Theatre, commencing on the 23rd uist. the company leave Dunedin on the x/tn, and their present intention is to go direct to Auckland.

A great clearing sale will he commoncod to-day at the Firobell House. Owing to tile premises having been sold the proprietoresses, Jl. and IS. Parker, have to quit on short notice, and thus the now and valuable stock must ho sold at a great .sacrifice. An early visit should bo paid by those desirous of buying.

Tho rush for shares in tho New Alpine Gold Mining Company, Ltd., is unprecedented, and tlip local, brokers received another wire yesterday advising them to send applications promptly as received, because the shares were going so strongly tliat it was probable that tho list might close any day. Tho services at the Army Barracks to-morrow will be of a special character, 1 being conducted by the members of tho local hand, who possess a good strong male Glee. Company, who will give items. There will also bo new pieces by tlio band. Mr. Pert, from Australia, will take part in tho services. Non-church-goers are cordially invited to attend. Owing to tho delay of tho steamer Victoria Mayor Russell cannot arrive to-day at tho time fixed for tho parade of the East Coast Mounted Rifles, and mombors are notified that the parade has been accordingly postponed until Sunday morning at 10 o’clock. A dismounted parade will bo held as ordered, and a smoke concert will bo held afterwards in His Majesty’s Theatre. Messrs. Dalgety and Co., agents for tho Htiddart-Parker Company, advise that the s.s. Zealandia has been taken off the New Zealand trade (Auckland-Sydney ‘ run), and has been replaced by the s.s. Wimmcra. The latter steamer has been replaced on tho Sydney-Cook s Straits run by the s.s. Riverina. The Wimmora left Sydney on the 9th inst. for Auckland, and is due here on the afternoon of the 16th inst.

A young man named Galloway was brought down from Mr. H. D. Buchanan’s Wairere station on Thursday night, with a very badly injured foot. He had been engaged in clearing tracks, when the axe caught his foot, the bone being shattered. Ho was carried down to the station, four or five miles distant, uU that was possible being done for lu"i Ho was then brought on to Te Kaaka, and thence conveyed to :o-.\n by train.

A meeting was held in the Union Bank Buildings last evening for tho purpose of forming- a debating so ciety. The meeting was’ very largely attended, and was most- enthusiastic. Mr. G. Barton was voted to the chair and explained the objects of the meeting. It was moved and carried unanimously that a society he formed to be called tho Gishorne Debating Society. All present handed in their names as willing to become members, and a strong committee was appointed to draw up rules. A committee was also appointed to draw up a syllabus of subjects for. discussion, and to submit same to next general meeting. In order to popularise the. society the annual subscription was fixed at 2s 6d. Any. person wishing to become a member should communicate with the interim secretary, Mr. E. McLean, Union Bank Buildings. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded to Mr. Connell for his valuable assistance to the society, and a vote of thanks to the chair brought a most enthusiastic meeting to a close.

Two well-known young ladies of the garrison town of Neiss, 'in Upper Silesia, arc under arrest for a practical joke in tho shape of highway robbery. A couple of officers of the garrison were driving to the home of a comrade recently, when the carriage was suddenly “held up” by three persons who emerged from the roadside. While one of the trio, a man, stopped the'horses, the two others, who were cloaked and masked, attacked the officers with clubs. The officers overpowered their assailants after a struggle, and handed them over to tho police, when it was discovered that the prisoners were women. They said they had planned the affair as a joke, but they will have to stand their trial, and will probably be severely punished.

Twelve hundred now Government inspectors, writes a New York correspondent, are now constantly in and about tho moat slaughtering and packing houses, enforcing the legislation that resulted from the revolting revelations of a few months ago. Tlio proper sanitation of the plants lias boon rigidly insisted upon. It is eloquent of .tlio laxity and slovenliness that formerly existed that of the JOO largo slaughtering plants in the. country there was not one that did not need cleaning up and altering in order to comply with the requirements of the new Act; and some of them needed to bo practically rebuilt. On the day tho Bill became effective - about forty of them had failed to conform to tho sanitary regulations, and consequently tho-r products were barred from interstate commerce. But very soon they found it to bo the part of wisdom io accept tho dictates of the department. Tinned meats put up under the now conditions contain tho magic Government stamp; “Inspected an.! passed” ; and this is accepted as pretty conclusive that tho contents of tho package are wholesome, clean meat. Moreover, it is insisted- that the labels state exactly what tho tins contain, so that tho day of veal masquerading as potted chicken seems to have passed. As" showing what a last amount of ground tho American packers have to make up, the exportation figures for August are of interest. -In that month the exportation of tinned beef totalled 659,12< lbs., as against 5,048,533 lbs. in tin corresponding month of last year.