The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, SEPTEMBER 7, 1901.

Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 207, 7 September 1901, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, SEPTEMBER 7, 1901.

Jurymen summoned for Monday nex; arc notified that their attendance will no! bo required.

There is likely to be a mooting next week of the conference in regard to amalgamation of the borough and suburbs. 4- shipment of eight hundred bags of maize will be forwarded to Sydney by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company this morning. There are unclaimed letters at the Post office for Jno. W. Balloy, Thomas Denton, Thomas Keane, F. Leahy, John Marsh, John O’Shea, Sami. A. Parker, E. Roberts, E. D. Walsh.

Tlie provisional directors of the proposed co-operative butter factory have now obtained a good deal of information, and intend to invite those interested ta attend a meeting at Matawhero about Wednesday next. Mr-W. Douglas Lysnar has received numerous applications from those desirous of obtaining a working interest in the j dairy industry he is establishing at Makarori, and by nest week he expects to

have definite arrangements made, After the application in regard to the case Oppenheimer and Co. v. Common, Shelton and Co. is decided at the Supreme Court to-day, the Assets Company's eases will be taken ; to be followed by the application in re Heni Kara v. Finn, At the meeting of the vestry of the Holy Trinity Church last evening it was decided to call for applications for the position of choirmaster, at a salary of £2O per year. Mr Taylor was appointed organist. Captains Winter and Ferris and Mr H. A. King were appointed nominators.

Mr Francis Stafford, timber merchant and contractor of Giadscone Koad, has been very busy during the past week putting the finishing touches to his new workshops, and is now in a position to supply orders for all classes of timber and building requisites. Mr Stafford has a very large stock of builders’ ironmongery, which is offered to the public at the lowest prices.

With the prospect of the railway to Ormond being opened at an early date there should be a good demand for land in that locality, and the sale of Mr W. Graham's Marshlands property, comprising 300 acres, should attract the attention of investors and speculators. The estate, is to be offered by auction on October j 26th, by Messrs Common, Shelton and ] Co., in conjunction with Messrs Dalgety I and Co. I

Mr W. Pettie has an important change of advertisement in this issue.

The quarterly meeting of the Waiapu Licensing Bench will be held on Friday next.

Captain Edwin wired yesterday afternoon :—“ Moderate westerly winds ; glass rise ; tides good.”

A number of attractive fines in the way of boots and shoes are being offered by Mr NY. J. Hennessy to-day. Messrs Williams and Kettle announce the arrival of six seasons' seeds.. The linn have several other import notices in this issue.

Mr W. Arthur, of To Hapara, has a notice in this morning's Times with regard to a bay gelding trespassing on his property. Mr Edmund 11. Buckingham intends giving the first of his pupils’ concerts in Gisborne on Monday, lfitli iust.. when parents and those interested in the subject af singing will have an opportunity of judging of his ability as a teacher.

Says one of our morning contemporaries : " If Shamrock LI. shares the fate of Shamrock 1., it may bo anticipated that Sir Thomas Lipton will wash his hands of yachting and take up the Turf instead." And when he puts it down again presumably he will have to wash his hands once more.

A sensational election scandal connected with the polling for the Conscii General is reported from Roquemaure, near Himes. The ballot-box was found to have a double bottom connecting with a trap door and shaft, through which all the voting papers fell into the private uilicc of the chief of police. A voter was suspicious something was wrong with the box and smashed it with a savage kick, thereby revealing the contrivance. A fresh box was procured and placed in the centre of a marble table. Samuel M’Oaughey, now the Cattle King of Australia, went to that Nourishing Colony in 1856 with practically nothing. He failed at first, but soon started again with a small flock, and from year to year has added to his holdings, until now he has more sheep than any other man in the world. He has more acres of land than sheep, and his possessions are in the best parts of Australia. One of his farms on the Darling Downs is thirty-six miles long and forty miles wide. Altogether he owns more than a million acres.

The meetings at Wesley Church during the week have been well attended and increasing in interest. Several conversions have taken place, both at the meetings and in visiting the homes of the people. The church people, one and all, bear testimony to help received. The mission is to be continued on Sunday, Sister Jamieson speaking in the morning, and Sister Ruth in the afternoon and evening. Aftor two or three evenings next week, the Sisters are to havo a few days’ rest before commencing a brief mission at Ormond. Oli Thursday, September 19th, there is to be a “ Music, Song, and Story Evening ” in Gisborne, when Sister liuth will speak on “ Lights and Shades of Melbourne Life, or Slum Work in Large Cities.”

There was a strange spectacle in Gladstone Road yesterday afternoon, when a flock of one hundred and fifty turkeys from Whangara were driven through the streets by two men on horseback, with stockwhips and dogs. The flock was on its way to Messrs Wyllio and Mason’s auction mart, where they are to be offered for sale at 11 o’clock this morning. The turkeys, which were from the homestead of Mr S. D. Swainson, of Whangara, were driven a distance of twenty-seven miles since Wednesday afternoon, and arrived in splendid condition. In the course of their journey they had to swim arivorand a couple of creeks. There was great speculation among residents of the Coast as to Mr Swainson’s ability to drive the turkeys to Gisborne, the general opinion being that he would not be able to do so. We understand that the birds were brought to town with littlo trouble, and not ono was lost on the road. Residents will have an opportunity this morning of inspecting the flock, and making purchases from the same.

Some excitement was caused in town yesterday afternoon, through a runaway horse attached to a light trap. It belonged to Mr Id. Currie, and had been left outside that gentleman’s residence in Gladstone road. Mr Currie’s horse became frightened through another runaway in the vicinity, and started oil at a lively pace down the main street. At the corner of Peel street, several persons tried to stop the horse, but were only successful in as much as to cause it to turn off into Peel street, in the direction of the boarcli, The horse, with the trap attached, ran in and out of the row of trees in a most marvellous manner, the wooden guards being occasionally struch with more or less violence. Just near the Police Station the horse dashed through the trees, but there was not sufficient room for the trap to follow, and striking two of the triangular wooden guards round the trees with great force the harness carried away and the horse was free of the vehicle. The harness was broken in several plaoes, but little or no damage was done to the trap beyond a broken swingletree. The first runaway, which was the cause of Mr Currie’s horse running away, did not get very far before colliding with a telegraph post, thus making a total wrookago of the trap.

The meeting of the Whataupoko Road Board was attended by Messrs A. F. Matthews (Chairman), W. Sievwright, D. M. Orr, and Capt. Ferris. It was decided that the following schedule of works, drawn up by Mr A. F. Matthews, and involving an expenditure of .£348, should be done from time to timeSheehan street from Stout street, formation and metalling ; Whittaker street, formation and metalling ; Clifford road, metal; Fox street, metal; Hall street, main road to Clifford street; Wi Pore street, Stout street to main road; Riverside road; Stafford street, Stout street to main road ; McLean street; Mangapapa road to main road ; Whittaker road footpath ; Upper Ballance street, metalling ; Whittaker street west. The first two had previously been decided upon. Complaints with regard to the condition of Sheehan street and Riverside road were received from Messrs S. S. Springall, H. Mann, and Campbell Thomson, and the Chairman stated that- the works mentioned were provided for in the proposed works for the coming summer. In answer to Mr Orr with regard to the overdue special rates ' from Taruheru and Titirangi, the Chairman said that the matter was held over pending the decision of the Appeal Court. The Clerk stated that the valuation roll showed that M9UOO had been added to tile values, through houses that had been erected during the last 12 months. Accounts amounting to £SO 19s £>d were presented and passed for payment.

St. Andrew’s Church Services, to-morrow (Sunday).—Morning 11, Communion Service; subject, “ The Kind of Preaching that Convinces Sceptics anl Converts Sinners.” Evening 7,‘‘‘A Sunday in Samoa,’by Sir Robert Stout.’-—ltev. 3. G. Paterson.