Local and General.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 3991, 26 July 1915, Page 4

Local and General.

The annual meeting of the Patutahj Head Hoard will be held oil August 2, at 2.150 o’clock.

A farewell dance will he tendered Hat ntahi members of iue Gth .Expeditionary Kom-oit the Hatutahi Hall this evening.

Alter the first of next month it will be necessary to obtain permits from vlie Town Hoard when erecting new buildings or additions in the Mangapapa town district.

A ballot of I's& ktofi colliery men to deride the question of work.ng the iutervening days on the occasion of a fatal accident resulted (says the "Westport Times’’) in favor of working.

Episode No. il of the serial drama •‘Trey o’ Hearts” at the World’s Pictures' to-day contains more sensational scenes than all previous instalments and should draw the usual crowded houses.

Builders, contractors and any ]>erson requiring cheap building timber and secondhand rooting iron are reminded of the auction sale of above lines to be held tit the Masonic Hotel yard this morning tit 11 o’clock by Messrs Samson Bros.

Admirers of the Hard of Avon are reminded that the Gisborne Shakespeare Club will give a public reading of "Hamlet” at Holy 'Trinity Hall tomorrow night. '1 he cast is a strong one, and a bright reading of the immortal plav should he enjoyed.

I*' jis * early on Saturday morning dost roved the school residence at \\ aerotiga-a-itika. The building was completely destroyed, together with the contents. Mr Pole, the teacher, lmd his furniture and effects^ insured for £2GO j,, the South British office, hut. will be a heavy loser as a number ~f vdut'ble books were destroyed.

A farewell social and dance will be tendered departing members of the (hi, X.Z. Reinforcements at the Scottish Soviet v's Hall to-morrow evening. The send-off is being held under the auspices of the Cook County \\ omen’s Guild, and patriotic speeches and songs will he given. Soldiers and their lady friends will be admitted free.

There is apparently no danger oi the stone at Patuta'ni Quarry petering out for mam- voars to come. At the conference 'between members of the Cook County Council and representatives of road hoards on Saturday, Alr R.. Atkins. a member of the Patutahi Road Hoard, emphatically stated mat there was ample stone in’ the quarry to last out our day. Matty attractive solos, duets, recitations. quartettes and choruse.- ape contained in the historical oratona. "The C'atuives oi Babylon.” which will bo neri’onued at St. Andrew s Church on Wednesday evening next. The soloists will be Airs Brook. Misses R. Steel'*, Spurdle nnd McLeod, and Messrs .J.'C. E. Kissling and T. Watson. Air F. H. Morion will act as conductor, and Air IT. Prime as organist. A meeting of the provisional directors of the East Coast ! ellmongerr Co.. Ctd., was held at the registered offices of the company, Childers Road, on .July 20, at which Mr F. •! ■ Lysnar was elected chairman, and Messrs 1. Fllerv and Jas. East joined the Board of directors. Approximately GOOD shares were allotted. Air das. Tattle was appointed working manager. Mr Little is now engaged overhauling the machinery and as soon as it is in order a start will be made with till kinds of fellmongery work. . A land sale was conducted by Messrs Williams and Kettle, Ltd., at Millers auction mart on Saturday morning. .hive sections mTe Ran estate, oil Colxlen and Temple Stl'OCts. were first submitted, but only one of these, fronting Colxlen Street, was s old. This section, which had an area of ;v2.48 perches, was knocked down to Air J. H. Jones at £228. A business site in Childers Road, between Ah- J. B. Cuthbert’s buildings and the Poverty Bay Club, was then put tip. and wits purchased by Air H. Kane at £G2 per foot. ’Hie National Reserve N.C.O.’s instruction class will be held in Barlow s Garage at 7.80 sharp to-night. At 8.20 p.m. in charge of Sergt.-Major McLoughlin they will march to the Garrison Hall for i tirihef instruction when all members of the N.R. desirous of improving their drill are invited to fall in at 8.30 p.m. Major Whileley wishes officers also to attend.

At the Presbyterian Church on \\';m 1 m-sday in-xt, '2Bth 111st.. the oratorio "The Captives el Babylon will be given bv an augmented choir, with grand origan and string accompaniment. Besides choruses of dramatic intensity, there are many attractho solos, duets, and quartettes. _ It is a ‘coincidence that Dr. G. Shinn, the talented composer ol this excellent work, will visit Gisborne shortly as examiner .for the Royal Academy and Royal College of Musie. _ .Members taking part are remiiuiUxl of tin* iioal rehearsal this evening at 7.30 p.m. Few peonle in Gisborne are likol\ to have the privilege of seeing Shakespeare’s plays performed, but the enthusiastic members of the Gisborne Shakespeare Club have done thenbest to iill the want by giving regular public readings'of bis works. "Hamlot” is to be produced on Tuesday next. 27th at 7.15 p-m- at Holy Trinitv Hall, Derby Street. Tickets of admission. Is 6d oacdi, nuiy bo obtained at the doors, or from the secretary, Mr C, G. Bloorc. Thoso who wish to become honorary members may forward their subscription, 5s per annum, which entitles them to two tickets to each of the two public, readings held each year. Mr G. Grant has received the following letter from his nephew, Noel 'Ross, who was wounded at the Dardanelles. Writing from 'Egypt, lio says: "I am out of hospital^but discharged from the Army. As the lesult of my call on the Turks I liavo a gammy leg and arm paralysed; but even so, 1 suppose Lam lucky, and others have made bigger sacrifices. I go Home to join mother on Monday, and will ,not> lxiivo t»o wat-cli fioni jx distaneo. The Dardanelles was hell—no less—but I’m not allowed to talk shop. lam very cheery, and it will bo all right once I get to England, You’ll excuse this wee note, but it s tiring work writing with the left. hand. •Love-to all I know in Gisborne and to self. I' should liko a bathe m the river. It was lUdeg. in the shade hero to-day—a record for Egypt.

A P.A. message from Pahiatua states that a petition is being signed to Parliament that hotels be closed at G p.m. during the continuance of the war. Air R. S. Floiance, S.M., leaves this morning to conduct sittings of,the Magistrate’s Court at the various East Coast centres. A sehmtpper weighing 251 b, and measuring .’Shin i» 1* ". aS at the entrance of the 1 ‘ hor last week. Tim iish was m excellent com!.tion. Every available seat was taken at the Opera House on Saturday wW .j* delightful urogramniei was "The Derelict” is the ctnei attraction and will' be repeated tins evening. An si ii togra pa aiimm. signed U* Ladv Liverpool, members j in rut and others, wa> ohered at auc Hon at a juvenile untcrtaii.rmmt n Masterton on. .Monday nig.it and ali.sed £G2 lbs. T'he Alakaraka Cun Flub bold a shoot on Saturday afternoon when the Wootton’s medal was shot off, m_ winner of this round turning U .l> 111 )I .] McLennan. The medal mto he' won. twice in succession or three times at intervals. Hi L won the lirst round and Air xl. : Eennan the second. Messrs -J. Tl' ~ crick and J. Ooldimr tied for the sweepstakes on Saturday and haheo the spoils.