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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2053, 13 April 1907, Page 2

A junior clerk is advertised tor. A card from Mr. H. Hoi, barrister and solicitor, of Lowo stroot, appears in our advertising columns. Tho Ormond dog trials were continued yostorday, and will be concluded early to-day. Messrs LI. J. Peacocke and Co. today have a special announcement ol interest to station-holders, iarmors, builders, and others. Mr. AV. Lissant Clayton lias under offer for lease or purchase a number of excellent properties nioiitione,r ill our advertising columns.

The meeting of the provisional executive of tlio Farmers’' Lnion, which was to have been held yesterday lapsed for want of a quorum. The Tai Rawhiti District Maori Land Board mot yesterday and con finned two leases previously approved'. The Board is to sit again today.

The Native Appellate Court (consisting of Judges Ban-son and Jones) will lcavo on Thursday next for the Const centres where sittings of the court arc to be held.

The arrival of several shipments of now goods for tho Gisborne Crockery Shop is announced, and through our advertising columns the attention of the, public is called to some special lines. It is proposed to hold a general mooting of all tho hockey players in the ton’ll next week, at which hockey matters generally will lio discussed.

Air. Jackson Palmer, Chief Judge of tho Native Land Court, leaves for South oil Sunday.

An . interesting specimen lias been forwarded to the Times office, where it can be viewed by those who so desire. It is a transparent piece of kauri gum, in tho heart of which there is a small quantity of water filling an air-tight vacuum.

At St. Andrew’s Church to-morrow morning Air. C. Palk will occupy the pulpit, his subject being “A AA’ondorful Supply.” In the evening Rev. AA illiam Grant will preach on the subject “A Conditional Promise and Threatening.”

At the Police Court yesterday morning, before Air. Barton, S.AL, two first offenders were each fined os and 2s costs, or 24 hours’ hard labor. Another first offender was remanded for a week for medical treatment.

Henry Willoughby, aged 86, died yesterday six miles from AA'aerenga-o-kuri, at the foot of “Gentle Annie.” Airs. AVilloughby stated that deceased went to bed at 5.30 p.m. on Thursday, apparently in good health, and at 6 o’clock yesterday morning he was found dead.

At the S:At. Court yesterday morning Alary Tait sued Edward Nelson with failing to provide adequate means of maintenance for liis illegitimate child. Air. Nolan appeared for plaintiff and Air. Bright for defendant. The latter explained tlial an agreement had been come to I which defendant would pay 7s 6d pei week, and an order for that amount was accordingly made.

The meetings of tlio Salvation Army to-morrow will be conducted by Adjutant Dickons. All non-church goors arc heartily invited to attend. Ensign Thomson, who is on a visit to Gisborne, will give a Bible reading at. 11 a.m. -Oil Monday evening tlic Ensign will give an address upon the rescue work.. Seeing that she has done many years’ service in the Salvation Army rescue work lior address ought to prove most interesting to all. A collection will be taken up for the Army work. Ensign Thomson is a former resident of Gisborne, an earnest worker who has proved of great service in the Army.

A mail for Napier and South per Fanny closes at 8.30 this morning. The season of the AVliataupoko Tennis Club will bo brought to a eloso this afternoon. Some scratch croquet games will lie played and trophies won during the season will bo presented, as follows:—Tennis: Moil’s singles, Air. R. U. Burke; ladies’ singles, Aliss B. Bradley; combined doubles, Aliss AI. Bradley and Air. Anderson. Croquet: First tournament, Mrs. Barker and Air. Elliott; second tournament, Mrs. Seymour and Air. Anderson; runnersup second tournament, Airs. Porter and Air. Alatthews.

Tlio groat British language is very susceptible to misunderstanding. ’ At the Native Appellate Court yesterday the Chief Judge asked a lady litigant (aged about 50) how many children there were between her elder brother (aged about 55) and herself. She replied that there wore nineteen. Tho Court was naturally alarmed; but after a few sharp passages in Alaori tilings were straightened out, and it appeared that the witness meant to say that she had six children and her brother thirteen—between them they liad nineteen. The Salvation Army is at present making its annual appeal in connection with the annual harvest festival, which is to be held at tho end of the month. Last year £l2O was contributed, and in view of this being Adjutant Dickens’ first appeal it is hoped that there will be a good response. Quite a number of friends ol the Army have already made contributions, and donations of cash or goods can be left at the residence ol Adjutant Dickons, Gladstone Road. Air. Peckover reports having received on account of the Russian Famine fund: J. G. Cox ss; two Friends, 2s Gd, 10s; AV. F. Hatton, 30s—which sums have been remitted to London by to-day’s ’Frisco mail.

A litigant at the Native Appellate Court had a rather hard time yesterday. Being asked by the Chief Judge if she was the only descendant of a certain ancestor she rcplicl that she was, the only descendant with, any claim to tho land. The question being put again she replied that slid was tlio only surviving _ descendant. Later slie stated that there might be others, but she did not know of them. The Chief Judge said it seemed to him that appellant was prepared to say anything to keep her case. After a long conference in Alaori it was elicited that there were a number of descendants still alive. Appellant’s council stated later that liis client had no very clear knowledge on the point. In tho course of tlio address for the respondent it was stated that appellant claimed one of her father’s names for her grandfather.

Air Edward Wakefield, editor of tho defunct AVellington Evening Prosit, is likely to bo editor of tho new morning paper to bo established in AVellington Ho was formerly a mombor of the Now Zealand Parliament, ami is an able writer. It is expected that the Gisborne business before tho Native Appollato Court will be concluded this morning. At the conclusion of yesterday aftornoon’s sitting a representative of one of the parties to tlio suit just board, said lie lmd no doubt it could bo done so long as tlio Court did not boar again from “tho windbag of tins Ngatiporou” —a polite reference to an advocates who bad appeared on the other side.

At tlio mooting of tho Gisborne Rifles last night Col.-Sergeant McKorras brought up tlio matter of getting a band. ' Lie thought that if Licmt.-Colonel AA’inter wore approached lio would allow tho City Band to be tlio battalion band for the district. Sergeant Somerville said that when the band bad previously been connected with tlio company they wore paid £2O and turned out very seldom. Col.-Sergeant McKorras said lio did not want a company band, but a battalion band. Air Mitchell thought tlio City Band could not bo -attached to tlio battalion, because it was bound to tlio Borough Council. Sergeant Scott proposed that tho company should get a bugle band, and bo independent of all other bands. Captain Beere said there would bo no difficulty about getting tho band attached. It would bo very hard to get tlio number of buglers necessary for a band. If the Rifles, the town cadots, and the school cadets made a combined application it should,carry some weight. Tho motion was car-

A summons issued by Herbert AA 7 . Williams, calling upon tlio District Land Registrar at Gisborne to show -ause. why he should not issue a certificate of titlo under tlio Land transfer Act, was the subject of argument in chambers before Mr. Justice Cooper on Saturday. Dr. Ram-ford-said the plan of the original certificate was unreliable; therefore tho Registrar refused to issue a now oortficate of title on such information. A deposited plan'clearly showed an error of 20 links in a 62 chain line, but tlio transferee declined to mako a now survey. He would admit that the Registrar might have been in a stronger position if he had refused to registrar the transfer, but tlio transfer was registered. Ho submitted that there was no law to compel a Registrar to issue a certificate which ho knew was incorrect. Air Cotter said that if the Registrar did not care to give a new certificate ho could return the old one with the markings of tho land transferred shown upon it. His client would then have a title to tho balance. He contended that under the Land Transfer Act of 1888, the cost of any survey should be borne by the assurance fund upon tlio certificate of tlio Surveyor-General that, it was required. His Honor reserved decision.

Tho N.S.AA'. Government proposes to employ a number of “truant inspectors” to scan' tho streets and compel children to attend school. The salary (£2OO a year) of these officials is a nasty knock to school teachers. The salary of most accomplished third-class teachers is £lB6 a year; and there arc hundreds who work for less. It seems topsy turvieal —£2oo a year for driving children to school, £lB6 for teaching them when they get there.