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Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 807, 23 January 1903, Page 2

The next sitting of the Supreme Cour at Gisborne will be held on April 20th,

Tenders close to day for the balance ol lease and goodwill of the Albion Stables, with brake and harness.

Tenders for cleaning out road and out let drains aro called fur by the Patutuh; Road Board.

Messrs liamoii and Smith have for sale as a going concern a private hoardinghouse, within five minutes’ walk of the post-office.

A special train is to bo run by the Railway Department to Kaitaratahi, for the convenience of excursionists, on Thursday next.

The Sanitary Committee of the Borough Council had a conference yesterday morning with Dr DeLisle, the District Health Officer.

Eust Cape reported yesterday :—“ S. light breeze ; barometer corrected, 29.30 ; thermometer in shade, 62 ; smooth sea ; moderate tides ; swell from eastwards.” A preliminary meeting of all those interested in the annual St. Patrick’s sports will be held to-night, in the Masonic Hotel. Captain A. Kennedy wired yesterday : —“ Winds moderate between south-east and east and north-cast ; barometer further rise ; sea moderate ; tides moderate.”

Dr DeLisle emphatically gives it as his opinion that when ho visited Waihirere before the heavy rain there was an ample flow of water to supply the needs of the town.

A change of advertisement for Mr R. .Robertson, hatter, mercier, and clothier, appears this morning. Some “plums” are offered in lines specified in the advertisement. The lead given by the steamer Maori in

taking up a convenient while safe anchorage in the roadstead was followed by the Tyscr liner Niwaru, which yesterday came into about the same position, thus giving greater facility in working cargo. The result of the guessing competition at the Wairoa Show is : —Bullock weight 7111 b, 70 entries—V. Ramlose 711, Miss L. Newman (Ormond) 7111-, S. G. Stacey 710. The five sheep weighed 3401 b, there being 09 entries. W. E. Neale 340, P. H. Summerfield 342, S. Poyze 335 j. Among the visitors at present in Gisborne is Mr Morgan, who was so suecessful as headmaster of the Gisborne school and is now headmaster of the Napier school. He is accompanied by Miss Morgan, also a former resident of Gisborne.

Nominations for the Harbor Board close at noon to morrow. The retiring members are Messrs Cooper, Hepburn, and Whinraj', and Captain Tucker’s seat becomes vacant in a dual sense, that gentleman now being on the Harbor Board as the Chairman of the Cook County Council.

At the Magistrate’s Court yesterday judgment by default was entered up in the cases Gisborne Harbor Board v. Laura Annie Boniface, claim £1 14s, costs 15s ; Gisborne Harbor Board v. W. G. Watson (Mr Jones), claim £3 4s 9d, costs 15s ; W. N. Attwood v. James Kelso, claim 13s 6d, costs us.

The funeral of the late Mr W. McKinley took place at Makaraka cemetery yesterday, and was largely attended. Among those present were the Chief Postmaster and other members of the Postal staff. The flag at the Post Office was placed at half-mast as a token of respect to the memory of the veteran mailman. A paiuful accident was sustained by Mr T. J. Thomas, of Pouparae, a few evenings ago. He was trying to release a young horse, which had become entangled in a wire fence, when it sprang forward, striking him and knocking him down. He was rendered unconscious for a time, and was much shaken and bruised.

The sale of valuable building sections on the Kaiti to be held by Messrs Williams and Kettle to-morrow is attracting a good deal of attention, and the moderate reserves placed upon the several lots should result in them being quitted. The property is portion of that of the late Mr E. F. Harris, and is situated within ten minutes walk of the Post-office. Messrs Williams and Kettle will also offer a number of other suburban sections at the same time.

The following scullers met yesterday afternoon in the first round of the . Gisborne Rowing Club’s sculling competition : A. Coleman v. G. Buscke, G. Holmes v. C. Buscke, L. Clare v. Ensor. G. Buscke easily won his heat, C. Buscke showed good form and won in great style, and Ensor won after an exciting finish. The following will compete this evening : —L. Williams and A. Symes.B. DeLautour and Garrett, C, Hamilton and DeLautour,

A record for the colony was put up by Advance, the winner of the Wellington Cup, yesterday. Yesterday N.E. to S.E. winds were generally experienced in the colony. The sea was heavy at Russell and Tauranga ; smooth to moderate elsewhere.

Our telegrams this morning show a tall in tiic price of Ilnur, the millers being scared at the effect on tlie market of imported flour. A large coal company at Newcastle (New Soul!) Wales i has seceded from the coal ring which has been keeping up the prices.

A cabman at Derwent, Tasmania, being despondent because of his poor earnings, tied a bag of stones to his wrist and drowned himself. An open-air concert will be given by the City Band next week. They will also march in the main street, going through the evolutions to take place at the contest, and they will play the two test pieces. A visit to Mr R. Robertson’s up-to-date establishment will well repay those requiring to purchase clothing. Men’s Kaiapoi saddle-tweed trousers worth 18s 6d are offered at 10s 6d, and substantial reductions are made in all other lines. Men’s Kaiapoi summer suits are offered at 20s to clear. i At a meeting of the Executive of the Masterton Band Contest Committee, held on Monday night, Mr A. Hathaway was voted to the chair. It was resolved to ask the Masterton business people to observe a holiday on the occasion of the Garden Party and Quickstep Marching Competition, on February 3rd and sth respectively. It is intended to erect a temporary platform in the centre nf the Oval for bands to play on at the Garden Party, It was decided to ask Mr M. Cohen, of Palmerston North, and Mr Barn ham, of Greytown, to act as judges of instruments in the Quickstep Competition. Mr A. Henderson was appointed timekeeper. A Wellington correspondent writes :

“ The English cricketers have gone to Urey town, where they meet a Wairarapa team. There is no disguising the fact that they were loth to go, and this is not to he wondered at, for such matches almost amount really to a farce. Indeed, if is generally recognised now that the Council lias given the Englishmen far too much of this sort of tiling. It is to he hoped that when the next English team visits us a more attractive programme will he provided. It is extraordinary how quickly the Panama hat has sprung into favor. Every second man one meets wears one, and, as a rule, suits, the easy, jaunty style of head-gear. Not many of the Wellington girls, however,have taken kindly to the Panama, perhaps on account of the cheap imitations with which the market is flooded. Indeed, it is very tew feminine styles that su'it the hat, which is apt to give a last look to most of its wearers. By the Maori women it is much beloved, and generally has the addi-

tion of a wild, waving quill.—Wairarapa Times.