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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2034, 20 March 1907, Page 4

LOCAL NEWS. Our cablegrams show that tho plague continues to spread in Sydney. Present entries for Messrs Common, Shelton and Co.’s stock sale to bo held at Matawhero on Thursday arc advertised in this issue. Mr John Coleman has an advertisement elsewhere calling for tonders for the lcaso of land at present occupied by Mr Cameron. In our advertising columns tlie Mayor proclaims a public holiday from noon on Thursday, on which day the St. Patrick's Day sports aro to bo held.

Captain Edwin telegraphed as follows at 9 a.m. yesterday: “Northerly strong winds to gale; glass fall; tides good; son mode rato; rain, probably heavy fresh alter 20 hours.” Dr. Valentino, Inspector-General of Hospitals, wlio is at present on a visit to Gisborne, paid an official \ isit of inspection to tlie Gisborne Hospital yesterday afternoon. Ho loaves for the South on Wednesday. Mr. Barton, S.M., hold a sitting of Hie Police Court at the police station yesterday morning, as tlie Court buildings were closed for the holiday, when two first offenders were dealt with in the usual way.

Everything points to the social to bo hold in His Majesty’s Theatre on Thursday being a decided success, every possible arangcinent for tlie enjoyment of patrons liavilig been made. It lias been decided that spectators shall be admitted to tlie theatre at the modest charge of ono shilling.

Owing to wot weather interfering with the discharging and loading of cargo at Wellington,the Waikaro and Haupiri will be late. The former vessel will not reach hero until Wednesday afternoon, tho last launch being at 5 p.m. The last launch for the Haupiri will be at 10 a.m. on Wednesday.

Tho Salvation Army Barracks were comfortably filled last evening, when Mr. Taylor, of London, gave a lecture, entitled “Salvation Army Work in tho London Slums.”- The lecturer gave a harrowing description of tlie miserable conditions under which the poorest peoplo ill London live, and told of the good work which was being done by the Salvation Army in reclaiming these social wrecks.

Tho management committee of the Povorty Bay Cricket Association meets at the British Empire Hotel at 7.30 .this evening to make final arrangements for tho representative matches to bo played at Gisborne at Eastor with tho Auckland and Hawke’s Bay associations. The Auckland team leaves the Northern city on Monday, 25th inst., arriving hero on tho Tuesday afternoon.

When at four o’clock yesterday afternoon the Harbor Board had finished discussing Mr. Lysnar’s motion regarding the Kaiti wharf and the matter of blasting in the river, Captain Tucker rose and proposed that tlie meeting adjourn. If they opened up the question of the tariff thoy would probably only get a start on it and then have to adjourn. It was decided to adjourn the meeting until this afternoon at 2 o’clock.

An apt story illustrating tlie triumph of moral over physical courage was told by the Bov. Grant in his sermon at St. Andrew’s Church on Sunday evening. Two soldiers were going into action, one of them displaying very apparent indications of great physical fear, but keeping steadily on bis way. His companion taxed him with being frightened and lie replied : “Yes, I am very frightened ; but if you were as frightened as I am you would he running away.”

When consideration of Mr. Lysnar’s motion regarding the Kaiti wharf had boon disposed of at yesterday’s mooting of the Harbor Board Mr. Clark said it tired one to attend the Harbor Board meetings. They always went over things too often. That day they had taken an hour ill discussing a matter which had already boon gone over twice before. It seemed to him that if a member did not get what ho desired in one way he would bring tlie same matter up again in another way.

It is alleged that a man named Peter Cleary “went through” lodger at tlie Tola go Bay Hotel on Saturday night, who was sleeping i-n tho ‘ passage, tho hotel being crowded. A young man named Moss is stated to have witnessed tho robbery. Mr W. F. Sinclair, proprietor of the hotel, informed Constables Irwin and McLeod, and they arrested Cleary at I a.m. on Sunday, lie will he brought to town to-day, and bo given an opportunity to explain his conduct before the Magistrate to-morrow morning.

At tho Harbor Board meeting yesterday the Chairman told Mr Lysnar onco or twice that the matter of the outer harbor was not before the Board, but Mr Lysnar continued to refer to tho outer harbor to his heart's content. L ator on ho had occasion to say that Messrs Mattliewson and Dickson had been in tlie past as “prophets crying out in the wilderness” to tho effect that tho river works would never ho a. success: hut a disposition among members to again go over tho ground covered at that period was at onco sternly repressed by tlie Chairman.

At the final meeting of tlie committee of the St. Patrick’s Day Sports, which was held last evening, there was a large attendance. All the details in connection with carrying out the programme advertised to he gone through on Thursday were completed, and a large and successful gathering is confidently anticipated. The railway time-table will be tlie same ns last year, the fare for adults being fid and for children 3d. Adults will be charged a shilling for admission to tlie grounds ami children will ho admitted free. The committee elsewhere inserts an advertisement notifying .that bookmakers will not lie allowed to ply their calling at the meeting.

At the usual weekly meeting of tho Poverty Buy Cricket Association last evening, it was decided to postpone the competition match on Thursday afternoon next, and to substitute a trial match in view of tlie selection of" representative teams to play Auckland and Hawke’s Bay at Easter. The selectors met after the meeting, and picked the following elevens to oppose each other at Victoria l/omain on Thursday afternoon next:—A team: Hallamore, McConnell, O’Hara, J. Wack, Dr. Collins, Robinson, Isherwood, H Sharp, Lasker, Whyte, McMahon, B team: W. Gibson, Cary, McDonnell, Torkington, Gorman, Cox, J. Lang, Wilson, Cato, Hodge, Boyes. Play will commence at 2 o’clock sharp. During the course of one of his speeches at the meeting of the Harbor Board yesterday Mr Sicvwriglit got angry with Mr Lvsnar for interrupting, and asked: “Cannot Mr Lysnar keep quiet for one moment?” Mr Sicvwriglit was allowed to proceed in peace. Tlie Chairman did good work in ensuring members who were speaking a fair hearing, but he fell from grace badly himself on one occasion. Mr Lysnar stated that :‘IO,OOO was being spoilt oil river wi rks. The Chairman thought lie meant that that sum was being spent on blasting and dredging, and ho poured fortli a flood of explanatory oratory while Mr Lysnar still held the floor. This misunderstanding v,as smoothed out, however, au:l on the whole the meeting was of a very orderly nature.