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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2158, 6 April 1908, Page 2

A number of seats have been booked for the S.A. .Biorama exhibition to-morrow night, and the School Bath fund, to which Adjutant Dickens will generously devote half of the proceeds, should be benefited to some* extent. The evening performance, at which several local singers and instrumentalists will appear, will commence at S p.m.. and a matinee will be held at 3.30 p.m. in tho afternoon.

There is a general opinion among Borough Councillors that the ■supreme Court n il) bo asked to decide ■whether or not the contractors must repair the damage done by die Heed at To Arai creek to the watermiuns. but as the specifications have been vides that the contractors shall pay, ■but as the snecifiaiions have been modified during the progress or Uic work, there is a question as to tlieir validity. It is understood that t-lio contractors intond to take legal advice unon their' noeitiou. MlAjlW. goodTnough

In connection with the Alli.ivulna Club’s annual meeting to-n g i-, .tho committee are requested to meet to-night before the meeting, at p.m. sharp.

Tenders for the lease of a hvo•oomed house and cowshed and M .on Mr. Symo’s property at f > Iviirnka, close with Mr. Si me at noon on Thursday next.

The No-License League will hold :s annual meeting to-mglu m bu . i ill row’s Schoolroom at 8 p.m. Se\,„1 speeches will be . made, and a musical item will be given by the lau College -students.

The Hawke’s Bay Education Board lias appointed Mr. Richard Clarkson, M.A., Normandy, director M technical education, in succession to Mr. JL 11. Robjolms, resigned.—l less Asmcia lion.

A mooting of the local shareholders of the Waihi. East Coalmining Company is to bo held m Gisborne shortly. Directors will also bo appointed in Gisborne, as the largest number of shares are held lieie.

The Borough turncock has completed all the house connections at present applied for and will, m a few days, start tlio work of extending tlio mains in Pa rail street, Kaiti, and afterwards Stanley road.

The s.s. Tuntea, which goes to Oroka to-morrow to bring back the delegates .who luvo been attending the Mormon Conference, will carry excursionists, who will have two hours ashore. The return fare :e ten shillings.

Tho Salvation Army 'Biorania was shown in tho Kings Theatre, Jo Karaka, on Saturday ovomng. lkere whs a large audience, and tho uictfires woro greatly appreciated, the Biorama will bo shown in the new hall at AVaerenga-a-hika to-night.

Dr. Vajintino’s report upon tho O’Dowd case, which was treated at the Gisborne Hospital some timo ago, will be considered at the next meeting of tho Hospitr! Trustees. 11 o report is not a lengthy one, but contains a number of important reennmoudations.

A largo number of cases will bo dealt with at tho S.M. Court this morning, including charges of drunkenness, assault, and cruelty to animals. A prohibited person will also bo charged with being 911 licensed premises, and another with procuring liquor.

A visitor from Canterbury says that fanners aro tumbling over ono another in their efforts to rent lull land at 27s Gd per acre. Th<> present price of cocksfoot, ho says, which is now more than double what it was a few years back, makes this an exceedingly profitable investment.

For the past two days two boys of Italian extraction have been treating tlio Gisborne shopkeepers to cheap music. In conversation on Saturday, ono of tlio boys said: —“1 born the Sydney, I go tlie Naples, learn the music, I come back make the plenty money. Mv fader lie come too, he not work. I make tlio plenty money, then I go back Italia, learn" the more music, and by-an - bye come back Novo Zeulandiu. I like come back, make tlio plenty money, not work.”

The following letter was received on Saturday from tlio Secretary to tlio Department of Trade and Customs by the clerk of the Cook County Council (ALr AVarron) in renly to the Council’s request that Tologa Bay be declared a port:—“ln reply to your letter of the 25th March, the Minister directs mo to inform you that tlie trade of Tologa Bay is not sufficient to warrant tho expense of making it a port of entry and establishing a Customhouse there. It is regretted that tlio request of your Council cannot bo acceded to.”

A clauso in the specification under which tlie Spiral Steel Pipe Company accepted the contract for the waterworks provides that tlio contractors “must, make good and repair, to the satisfaction of the engineer, any displacement or damago during tho progress of tho works, whether caused by lire, theft, weather, or in any other way. Tho Borough Council has still £IO,OOO in hand of the cost of the contract, and many Councillors feel that as tlie contractors are bound in terms of their agreement to repair the damage, any additional cost to tlio Council should bo resisted.

Tlierc was a litblo amusement, not unattended with danger, at tho liorso sales at AVyllie’s liorso bazaar on Saturday. AVliilo half a dozen unbroken colts wero in tlio ring, 0110 of tlio attendants bit a young horse with a stick. Tho mob at once began to roar and 0110 liorso let out, kicking 0110 of tlio spectators 011 tlio leg, but fortunately not doing much injury. Shortly afterwards a young gelding, which was being led into tlio ring, got entangled with a mob that was being driven out. Tho horses began to plunge and tlio man in charge of tho gelding narrowly saved himself from being trampled upon.

At tlio Polico Court on Saturday morning, before Messrs. J. Townlcy and J. AV. Bright, Js.P., a first offender for drunkenness was fined tlio usual amount, while Louis Frederickson, who Jiiul two previous convictions recorded against liim during tlio last six months, was fined £l, with 2s costs, in default seven days’ imprisonment. 011 a- further charge of having committed a grossly indecent act in Gladstonc-road, tlio same accused was sentenced to 14 days’ imprisonment without the option of a lino, and was accorded some excellent. advice from tlio Bench with regard to his abstaining from liquor altogether.

Speaking of Montgomery s pictures, the Wellington “Post” says:—“It was a large, happy ,and typical holiday crowd that assembled at il’o Town ’Hall, when Mr, Montgonn-iv presented a holiday programme of handsome films, which well deserved the reception accorded them. There was plenty of variety, with a refreshing distinctness, and, as in “All Baba and the Forty Thieves, a series of sncctacular scenes beautifully colored. Probably the finest thing of the evening's programme was the film ‘The King and IDs Navy,’ a number of striking pictures portruving his Majesty on the battleship Goliath. FI is arrival, inspection of the vessel, the clearing of 'ho decks for action, the lowering j*kl aiming of the huge 12in guns, with the battleship at full speed—all was verv realistic and impressive.”

A meeting of those interested in the formation of a Typographical Union w.is held in Good’s Buildings on 'Saturday evening, there being a strong muster of members of the trade. Mr. AY. P. Porter was voted to the chair, and explained the object of the meeting. After a short discussion a. motion to form a union was carried unanimously. The proposed rules of the union were then dealt with, and with slight amendments were adopted. The following officers were elected President Mr. AV. P. Porter; vice-president, Mr. J. A. Eaton; secretary, Mr. M. G. Nasmith (iun.)j treasurer, Mix J. Mahonev : committee, Messrs. J . J • Rogers, T. L. Steel, and I. Brosnuhan; auditors, .Messrs. L. A, bbarland and P. Fromm; trustees, Messrs. G. E. Darton and J. A. Eaton. A 7 otes of thanks were passed to Messrs. Dirton and Porter for their assistance in the union’s establishment. It was resolved to have tne rules printed, and a seal prepared, and to hold a special meeting next Saturday evening’to register the union and discuss other special business. The Assouan dam across the river Nile is one of the greatest- engtneeciu.r feats of our generation. .blippole it were filled with kerosene instead of water, it is a mathematical problem to calculate how long it would take to pump it dry. week it’s Kerosene Pumps, at .d each, at Parnell’s Popular Stan ling Sale;