The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1907.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2130, 12 July 1907, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1907.

The annual meeting of the Gisborne Bowling Club will be held on Thursday evening next, at the T armors’ Club room.

The Hon. Captain Tucker will be in Gisborne on business next week. Ho attends the Cook County Council meeting on the 19tli inst.

A fortnightly assembly will bo held at the Ormond Hall fortnightly, commencing on the 17tli doors open half past 7.

Already some 30 names have been handed in as members of the Gisborne United Band of Hope. The next■ entertainment will be "iven on the -btn inst.

A very successful concert was given last night at Makauri by Miss Fishenden’s pupils. The concert was largely attended, and the. dance following was very enjoyable.

The trial of a breach of promise case to bo carried out by the Rebating Society has been postponed till the 52nd inst to allow the trial to be gone through in character.

At the S.M. Court yesterday, an application was made by George Smith for a pawnbroker’s license. Mr Barton, S.M., said the police had reported favorably, and the license would be granted, fee £lO.

As the result of a visit paid to Kaitaratalii yesterday by the Mayor and Crs. Sheridan, Somervell, and “Whinray, it is likely that an area of five acres of river-bed land, offered at £25 per acre, will be acquired for gravel purposes.

In consequence of the scarcity df material it is said that there arc several tradesmen temporarily idle. Suppliers to the trade are. awakening to the need for more enterprise to cope with the demand, as building operations in town promise to increase rather than diminish.

Rangi Hotenc, on remand from Wanganui, was charged at the Police Court yesterday morning with stealing a horse of the value of £ls, the property of one Pohoi Amaru. The case was remanded to the 19th July. Bail was allowed —accused in £OO, and two sureties in £25 each.

The oldest Alpinist living is M. C. Russi, a schoolmaster of Aiiderihatt, who has just celebrated his one hundred and first birthday. Last summer lie, accompanied by several Alpinists, made his last climb, ascending the Outsell mountain, nearly 7000 feet without- assistance.

A juvenile offender will be brought before the Court to-day on a charge of breaking and entering the shop of Mr. East, storekeeper, of Makauri, and stealing goods therefrom. For the sake of the parents the lad was not arrested, but will he escorted down by tho father to answer the summons.

Mr. L. Monce, travelling photographer, had a busy time yesterday afternoon when he photoghaphed the Bakers and Carriers football team, the West End, Te Ran, City and Kia Kalia hockey teams. He also took a photo of a group of greyhounds and their owners. Air. Monce intends to send the photos to tlio Christchurch Weekly Press.

Undefended cases and adjournments were disposed of in a few minutes at the S.M. Court yesterday. Judgment by default was given in the following cases -A. M. Lewis (Mr, Blair for plaintiff) v. O. O’Grady, claim £4 6s 4d, costs 38s: W. H. Brooks (Mr. Blair) v. Wm. Johnson, claim 2, costs 225. The Court then adjourned to 11.30 to enable country witnesses in a defended action to arrive hv train. Subsequently judgment by default was given in the ease John Coburn Tadley v. Airs. Roderick, claim £1 ss, with costs.

A representative party of anglers proceeded in the Tuatea to the vicinity of the Ariel Reef yesterday, where a very pleasant- afternoon’s fishing was enjoyed. All the conditions were favorable to a good day’s sport, and about 4001 bs of fish was landed, ineluding three 6ft sharks, which lent an element of excitement to the proceedings. One mail was heard making incoherent remarks about “Europe.” and was observed to be gazing steadfastly into the blue Pacific. The honors were evenly divided, and one and all returned home thoroughly satisfied with the outing.

In his remarks prefactory to the address given at Havelock by Air. C. H. Alills, Air. Price (Chairman of the Town Board) declared that there was a great and growing feeling in that, district that a change of Government was necessary, and he thought there was a good deal of reason for the. feeling. When one considered the large sums of. money that linfl recently been wasted bv the Government •ill getting a band from England, in buying a useless lot of statuary in Rome, and in various other ways, while at the same time the country was crying out for roads and bridges, it made one advocate a change of policy.

Air. AV. F. Massey, AI.H.R., interviewed by a “Rost” representative alter a trip over the Alain Trunk route, said that. he could not, ol course, speak as ail expert, but he saw no supernatural obstacle to the rails being laid right- through by the end of 1908. The earthworks would certainly be finished by then, but he was not so sure of the viaducts. He emphatically denies tho allegation that the country is a desert. The soil where the'pumice is free, is rich, and timber will, in the oi>iiiion of a practical sawmiller, like All*. Alander. the member for Alarsden, serve the colony’s needs for a century. Art*. Massey adds that the worst of the land will be good sheep country. There are great scenic assets, and tlio line ought- to pay very well, especially m passenger traffic. Now that the end of the Alain Trunk line is in sight the acceleration of the Stratford connection must receive more attention.