The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1907.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2095, 1 June 1907, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1907.

School reopens on Tuesday, Mon day being a holiday.

Nominations for the coining Steeplechase Meeting are due at 9 o clock this evening.

Mr. K. Aston-lias a notice elsewhere regarding the repair and manufacture of umbrellas.

The annual meeting of the Poverty Bay Cricket Association will be held on Tuesday evening.

An advertisement dealing with ra in proofs is inserted elsewhere in this issue by Mr. Robertson.

A notice apepars elsewhere . from Mr. H. Davy who has started in the liorse-shoeing business.

A largo block of laud at Waerenga-a-hika or Makauri is advertised for in this issue.

The usual parade 'of the Gisborne Rifles under Captain • Beero was held last night, when ordinary practice was undertaken.

The time-table to bo observed on the Gisborne-Te Pulia section of Government railways is advertised in this issue. \

A large freehold /sheep run in the Bay of Plenty district is advertised for sale in this isstitrjfey. Messrs. Kerr and Carter. "V,

notice-in this issue regarding the proposal’.,to build a cart bridge 'over the Pakarae.

Telegraphic business was delayed somewhat yesterday afternoon by a contact with a telephone wire near Wairoa, thus subjecting the work to some delay.

Following are the vital statisticsfor Gisborne for the month of May: Births 45, deaths 21, marriages 10.

In another column notice is given of the annual meeting of the Waimata branch of the Farmers’ Union. The Elite Servants’ Registry, Wellington, has a notice elsewhere in this issue.

The judgment summons which was before . the Magistrate’s Court on Thursday was granted to T. and J. Dalrymple against Joli n Turnbull. A mail for Napier and South per Ruru will close at 6 o’clock this evening.

At Wesley Church, to-morrow the Rev. C. Griffin will preach morning and evening. His subjects will be “Jesus in tlie Storm” and “My Friend.” There will be communion after the morning service. The Young Men’s Bible Class will be held in the afternoon.

»' An inquest was held yesterday at Waerenga-o-kuri'by Mr. D. B. AVatt, J.P.,- concerning the death of Patrick Walsh, found dead at his farm. Evidence was given' that deceased had been in ill-health for some time, and a verdict of death from natural causes was returned. Constable O’Hara was present for the police?

A meeting of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce on Thursday resolved to communicate with other Chambers in the colony in regard to the proposed visit to Australia ill 1909 of 100 members of tlie Brtisli Chambers and 100 members of the Canadian and South African Chambers, ill order that they might bo fittingly received should they come to New Zealand.

; Following is tlio Customs return for tho month of May:—Spirits, .01423 9s Cd; cigars and cigarettes, £404 10s 8d; tobacco, £4BO 15s 3d; wines, £136 9s 8d; beer, £8; cocoa, £0 ss; sugar, £224; goods by weight, £2OG 11s Id; goods ad valorem, £715 15s 4d; other duties, £l3 2s 3d—total, £3624 18s 9d. The excise duty on beef was £95 5s Gd. For the corresponding period of last year tlie duty amounted to £2495 16s 6d.

At the Police Court yesterday morning, before Mr. W. A. Barton, S.M., an elderly man named Frederick Steel was fined 10s, with 2s costs, in default 48 hours’ imprisonment, for drunkenness. Two female inebriates came up, and were fined 10s, 2s costs, or 48 hours, land £l, 4s 6d costs, or four days’ imprisonment, respectively. His Worship remarked that at one time it was a very rare thing to see women appear for such chargos, and he regretted to see that it was becoming very frequent.

It is notified by advertisement elsewhere in our columns to-day that the prospectus of the Dannevirke Gas Company, Ltd., has been issued, and that copies may be obtained on application to the local branch of the Bank of New’ Zealand. The company is being formed to acquire the. Dannevirke Gas Works, and investors will no doubt welcome tlie opportunity of being able to obtain an interest in an already established gas business at par. Gas Company shares are one of the most popular investments in the colony, and in almost every instance command high premiums. It is probable therefore that the available shares in the Dannevirke Gas Company will be soon applied for.

Puny boys and girls need careful attention. Nothing quite so good foi them as Stearns’ Wind which maker lew blood, sharpens their appetite and restores childhood’s happy vigour. Advt. =•

Tho celebrated violinist Mario Hall Ir to appear in Auckland on July • j A visit to Gisborire-of this artiste is almost certain. Tho “Human Hoarts” Company, who wore to havo appeared in Gisborno noxt Wednesday, lmyo cancelled Llioir dates. Dotoctivo Quartormain, linger print I expert, arrivod yesterday morning to givo ovidonco in a perjury case atl tho Police Court. A number of prints wore oxliibited, showing tio 1 important method of investigation I now availnblo by tho police. A ro-1 cord of overy prisoner, with tho exception of drunkards, is taken, and I carofully classified and filed for ro-1 feronce.' The detective returns to Wellington by the Moura. Messrs. Prank Harris and Co. have I just completed a memorial in the Malcaraka Cemetery to the momoiy of tho late Rev. Honnsell, Wesleyan minister, subscribed for by friends of tlio lato gontleman. It is a marble] monument with a polished urn on top of the die, on which is inscribed tho following: “Erected by Friends to the Momory of Rev. G. ITounsell, died 3rd March, 1906, aged 67 years. Gono to higher service.” The marble is boautifully grained, being from tho Amorican Vermont Quarries. Tho grave is onclosed with a concrete wall, a suitably designed iron railing being thereon.

Business at tho Police Court was I suspended yesterday morning, be-1 cause a witness and a defendant did I not turn up, and the cases had ac-1 cordingly to be' adjourned. Alfred 1 Edward Hepburn appeared to an-1 swor a charge of'"procuring liquor during the currency of a prohibition order, and pleaded not guilty. Mr. T. Alston Coleman represented accused, and proceeded to call a witness, William Henry Pritchard, who did not answer to his name. His Worship inquired if lie had been personally served, and upon being l-oplied to in the afftJUnative, gave instructions that the absentee witness be apprehended, William V'ebb, drover, was charged with rescuing a dark creamy horse, seized by the poundkeeper, on 17tli May. Mr. Stock appeared for defendant, who was not present, and by consent an adjournment was arranged.

The June number of “The Lone I Hand” promises to be much superior I to the first one. It will have a new cover design by Harry Weston, and I the contents will bo more varied and I attractive-looking. An excellent I sketch of David Syme, of the Ago, Melbourne, with the only photograph he lias ever sat for, is included. J. T. Archibald’s memoirs continue brightly. Someone writes on the Bar of Victoria, and there is also an interview with Nellie Stewart. Stories there are, both long and short,-gay, and sad, by Edward Dyson (“Two | Battlers and a Bear”); Ethel{ Turner (“Widening the Horizon”); Albert Dorrington '(“An Australian Whaling Station”); G. B. Lancaster (“A Job for tho Parson”), the first of an interesting series entitled “Secrets of a Prime Minister,” and others. Illustrated and plain verse there is in abundance. A strong appeal is made for an Australian Navy, built in Australia, iu an article called “Building an Australian Navy.”' Artistic folks are not neglected—there are articles on “Etching,” illustrated by the choicest examples of tho art executed in Australia, and another contribution by Blamvie Young on Fremiet’s “Gorilla and Woman.” The illustrations are innumerable.