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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 63, 15 March 1901, Page 2

A special feature at the sports yesterday was the City Band, which gave great enjoyment by the excellent playing of appropriate air 6. The drawing of Mrs Scott’s art union will take place this evening at eight o’clock at Mr C. F. Lewis’s musical depot, Gladstone road. Mr E. Quinn, poundkeeper at Matawhei'O, has a notice in another column with reference to two horses which have been impounded. The enquiry into the Talune mystery will be resumed at Sydney to-day, and tho records of the points of the evidence will be continued in the morning’s Times. The cricket match between the Gisborne Club and Frascrtown, postponed from Wednesday until to-day, has been abandoned owing to Gisborne being unable to get a team together. Captain Edwin reported at noon yesterday : “ South-east to east and north-east gale after 16 hours from now; glass fall; tides high ; indications for heavy sea and heavy rain.”

Mr I. C. Taylor, of the Jubilee store, Whataupoko, has been appointed agent for the Times in that district, and advertisements left with him will be inserted in the following morning’s issue. The following team will represent the Gisborne Club in its match with Frasortown to-morrow: —Massey, Porter, Fairlie, Nisbett, Johnstone, Hussey, Cole, Cuthbert, Howard, East, and Vincent. Play will commence at one o’clock. The fortnightly meeting of the Star of Gisborne Lodge of Oddfellows (American Constitution), was held at the Lodge room last evening, being presided over by Bro. J. H. Colebourne, N.G. Eight new members were initiated, next Lodge night (Thursday week) being quarter night. The Lodge has made very satisfactory progress during the pass three months. At the S.M. Court yesterday Messrs Chrisp and Bright, J.’sP., presided, and and gave judgment for plaintiffs in the following cases : County Council v. T. Trumper, rates ;£9 15s 3d, costs £1 2s; same v. J. Burberry, rates .£1 15s lid, costs £1 3s ; \V. Good v. H. Te Kani, £6 12s 6d, costs Hi 8s 6d (Mr Chrisp for plaintiff); Jas. McKee v. 0. Thorsan, claim 16s 7d, costs 6s (Mr G. Lysnar). The first case at the hoaring of which Mr Justice Cooper presided, was one in which a son sought to obtain the forfeiture of a lease he had granted to his parents, of a farm at Hinemoa. Judgment was given against the son on the main cause of action. After entering judgment His 'Honor counselled a reconciliation, saying that family disputes were likely to lead to something worse than litigation. The ballot, for the Ngatapa land, the Government portion of Taliora, was held yesterdayi and resulted : —Section 1, block

VI., 109 U acres, casn price xa ou per acre, P. J. R. Roberts, Waerenga-a-hika, 0.R.P., the only applicant; section 2, block VII,, 1122 acres, 19s (id, F. Real, 0.R.P., 3 applicants; block XIII., 870 acres, £l, <7. C. Thorensen, 0.R.P., one applicant; section 2, block XIII;, 776 acres, ill Is, P. Petersen, 0.R.P., two applicants; section 2, block XVIII., 287 acres, was also ballotted for, the upset being 255. There were 71 applicants, the successful one being S. W. Black, his tenure being Q.fyP., (option, with right of purchase.) The Opotiki Herald states : —Some of the inhabitants of Poverty Bay are agitating for a change of name. Pshaw 1 What’s in a name ? If Captain Cook, a century ago, in a fit of temper, gave it this name, what does it matter ! He was angered by the sturdy sons of the soil who refused to provide the “ Proud Invader ” with all he wanted in the way of supplies, and in a fit of spleen fixed this most in-

appropriate name to tnat wuuucuuuj rich district. Since then the settlers of Poverty Bay have proved to the world the gross libel uttered by this crusty old captain. They have proved that the word “ Poverty ” has no significance for them. They should now adhere to a name which, as far as the district is concerned, is synonymous with all that is rich and prosperous. A telegram was received last night by Mr C. Adair, Secretary of the City Band,

from Mr E. J. Spiirdle, delegate of tho City Band at the Band Conference at Wanganui, that New Plymouth had, by one vote, secured that that town should be the site of the next annual band contest, the Gisborne delegates being beaten by one vote. Prior to the departure of the delegates business people in Gisborne were sounded, and there was a ready response in the direction of giving a guarantee that the expenses would be met, but the chief argument used at the Conference was that owing to the absence of railway communication and other facilities, a longer stay than desired would be required, thus entailing expense, and loss of time otherwise. It would be a grand advertisement for the district to have the band contest here, as it would mean that about 300 bandsmen would be visitors to the town. Later on a determined effort should be made to get j;he contest held in .Gisborne.