The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 23, 1908.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2303, 23 September 1908, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 23, 1908.

Tlioso desiring extra copies of today’s “Times” can obtain same on application at this office.

A special article on the native land question and our correspondence column will be found on page 4 this morning. Our usual Parliamentary news appears on page 1.

Mr. A. J. Black, tho no-license advocate, will give un address at To Ivaraka to-morrow evening, at 7.30 p.m.

An oil painting of the late Mr. J. A. Hill-ding, and a photograph of Mr. W. F. Crawford, the first Mayor of Gisborne, wore hung in tho Council Chambers yesterday.

A special general meeting of the Poverty Bay Cricket Association will bo held in tho British Empire Hotel on Friday evening next, (at 8 o’clock. A full attendance of delegates (is requested.

An address under the auspices of the Women's Christian Temperance Union will bo given to-morrow evening in tho Baptist Tabernacle, by Dr. Gerard Smith, the subject being “Tho Problem of Intemperance.”

Application has been made by tho Poverty Bay Coursing Club for registration under )‘The Unclassified Societies Act,” and it is anticipated that notice of such registration will be received in the course of a few days.

At eight o’clock last evening there was not a quorum of the Borough Council present. Tho meeting was timed to open at half-past seven, but it was well past eight o’clock before sufficient councillors were present to open the proceedings.

The anmul meeting of the Union Cricket Club is advertised to take place this evening in tho Coronation Hotel. The chief business will be the election of office-bearers for the ensuing season, and a full attendance of members and (intending members is requested.

A meeting of the Gisborne. Private Band will be held in the Cosmopolitan Club this evening when the report and balance-sheet will be submitted and the election of office’-s will take place. His Worship the Mayor will preside, and a hearty invitation is extended to all interested citizens.

Much credit is due to tho officers of the local Telegraph Department for the.prompt and efficient manner in which they got through the Public Works Statement last night. The whole Statement, of 9500 words, was taken in a little over throe hours, and the copy w r as particularly clear and correct. The operators who took tho Statement were Messrs Fox, Donnelly, and Quick.

Company orders for the Gisborne Defence Cadets for September are as follows:—Saturday, 20th: The company will parade at tho drillshed in conjunction with tho Gisborne Rifles, at 2.15 p.m. Sunday, 27th: Combined church parade with the school cadets at the drillshed at 10.15 a.m.; belts will bo issued for the occasion; white gloves to be worn. Full attendances are requested for both these parades.

The following mining quotations have been received by Mr. W. Lissa-nt Clayton, sharebroker : —Brilliant Block, con., buyers 3d, sellers 4d; Crown Ltd., 4s Id, 4s 4d; Karangahake Bd, 9d; Komata Reefs Is Id, Is 4d; Mountain King (con) s§d, 7sd; Talisman Consolidated'4ls, 42s ; Tairila Conqueror Is 0)d, Is l]d; Tairua Golden Hills 7s 9d, 8s; Tairua Triumph, Bd, Is; Waihi Grand Junction G. Co. 335, 345; May Queen 2s, 2s 3d; AYaihis £9 3s, £9 ss; Dixon’s Consolidated 3]d, 4]d.

At the Supremo Court yesterday, before His Honor Mr. Justice Edwards, Martin Malcolm O’Halloran, who pleaded guilty to ta charge of forgery, was brought forward fori sentence." His Honor deferred passing sentence last week to .await a report from the probation officer, and addressing the prisoner yesterday, said the report was satisfactory, land although the offence was a serious one he would admit him to probation. The prisoner would, however, have to pay the costs of the prosecution, £24, by instalments of £2 per mo-nth. The length of probation would be eighteen months.

Tho Cliineso have recently set about the fostering of new industries, and towards the .accomplishment of this object inquiries wore made, through the proprietors of the “Tung AVuli Times,” iii Sydney, with the result (says the “Telegraph”) that a samplo of Australian wool was despatched by the steamer Empire some five or six weeks ago. A cable message recently came requesting that 30 bales of wool be sent to the order of some of the native manufacturers, the price fixed being Is Bcl per lb. The first instalment of 16 bales was despatched on August 9 by the steamer Aldenham. It ia believed amongst the Chinese community that this will be the means of opening up a considerable market for Australian wool in the near future.

Another driving accident took place on Monday evening in the vicinty of Makaraka, about 5 p.m. 'Mr. E. Murphy , and Mr. A. AY. Muir were driving along in a gig, 'and had just reached the cross roads when a boy ran out right in front of the horse, causing it to rear up and overturn tiie trap. Both the occupants of the vehicle were thrown to tho ground with great forco, Mr. Murphy sustaining fracture and dislocation of the collar-bone, and .two broken ribs. Air. Aluir was also severely injured in tlu> region of the ribs. The horse, which careered away along the road, was captured by a Alaori, but the little boy, the cause of the accident, who also run away, was evidently (in a hurry, and was unable to stop when requested to do so. The sufferers were driven to their respective homes by friends, and on inquiry last night it, was ascertained that both wore as well as could be expected.

Five years ago farmers referred to the “Lawrence-Kennedy-Gillies” Milking Machine as “A” milking ma-chine—to-day it is ‘ THE” milking machine. Its sterling qualities have become so well-known, and it has stood the test of time so satisfactorily that for farmers requiring the best, an “L.Iv.G.” is without a rival. Hundreds of farmers in New Zealand and Australia have testified to its splendid work. Not only are the cows milked as well as by hand, but they are done in half the time and with half the labor. Full particulars from J. B MacEwau and Co., Ltd., sole agents, Fort Street, Auckland.