THE Gisborne Times. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. GISBORNE, MAY 29, 1905.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1466, 29 May 1905, Page 2

THE Gisborne Times. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. GISBORNE, MAY 29, 1905.

Tho war will bo cU wilh blio keenest interest. tills iweekv Amy hour news aught to.’ come to ha'rt’cl of the great naval battle between 'the Russians @ud itTajianese, Admiral RosKdestvcnsky, has ati last onberecT . . the - Korea Straits.,

■For trespassing oq the Rcpongaero station in pursuit oil game two youjnjg men, named John Morrow and Joseph Sargcant, were each fined 10 sj With costs. OMd T, ; A. Gole naui wlio appeared for the prosecution,, said the case was brought as a Warping ; he did not press for a heavy fine. Has Worship said the penalty woluM have' to be increased if trespassing continued £ the maximum was £2O. An accident happened' on the steamer Nairnshire, which Was unloailing at Queen street wharf, Auckland, on Friday. A laborer named \V!m. Skinner, was working at the hatch directing the hauling up of the cargo,, when he fell down the hold on to some coils of barbed wire, and badly injured bis head,, and one of bis fingers was. broken.. As regards the North of Auckland, the HJon. Hall-Joncs,, Minister for Public Works, is convinced that where settlers are romOvod from the railway they must be provided with good roads, and bo intimates I that a larger sum than u steal wi.ll this year bo available for ro;ad [ works. The M uisten says -the consideration shown to him by, tho settlers makes him rake a greater] interest in the work he lias to do I there. He Will, if possible, pay another visit to the North of Auckland before Parliament meets next I month. •’ At the produce sale held by Messrs Williams and Kettle on Saturday the fol- I lowing prices were obtained :—Onions l£d I to ljjd per lb, kumeras 2d, potatoes to I ljd, butter lid per lb, eggs, fresh, 2s 2d to I 2s 6d, preserved lOd, pork legs 3d to 3i-d I per lb, shoulder 24d per lb.

At the meeting of the Waiepu Licensing Board on Saturday there wore present : Messrs Barton, S.M. (Chairman), Gray, Hepburn and Wallis. A conditional | license was granted to John Hodgson Aisiabio for the Matawhero saleyards on June 1. Temporary transfers wore granted as follows—From Alexander Mclntyre to Alec. Aisiabio, of the Lake House Hotel, JPiniroto ; from tho executors of the will of the late Charles Butler to A. Moßorie Manning, of the Roso Hotel, Awanui; from R. Stapyleton Caulton I to Benjamin Sweet, of the Tatapouri Hotel.

I A full committee meeting of the Gisborne branch of the Farmers’ Union and the Farmers’ Union Club was held on Saturday afternoon, when accounts I amounting to £23 woro passed for payment in settlement of all accounts due by the Gisborne branch of the Union,inclusive of the full contribution of the Gisborne branch to the executive: also £45 of the Club’s accounts were passed for payment. General satisfaction was exprossod with the finance of both the branoh and the Club, there being over £2O collected durmg tho past week from those in arrear.and already about fifteen new members have beon on- I

. rolled for the ensuing year. There wore l three applications for tho post of secretary considered,Mr Maude having resigned. Mr 0. Kenderdine was appointed as secretary for both the Club and tho Union. It was resolved that a social evening should bo given at an early date in connection with tho Club. A meeting of creditors in the estate a Alfred Batchelor, bankrupt, of Bokaroa, was held on Saturday. The statement showed the amount owing to unsecured creditors to be £lll Is, and the assets £42. Debtor said he had been in the district sis years. He had earned on an average from £BO to £IOO a year. Ho had five children, three of whom were earning wages. Want of regular work was tho cause of his bankruptcy, and ho did not earn enough to support his family. He had not kept any books. Mr Czesar said that bankrupt bad not made the slightest attempt to pay him. He obtained a judgment against debtor, who proceeded to obtain provisions from other people. Debtor had not offered to meet him in any way. Bankrupt offered, if matters remained as they were, to pay 5s in the £ in two years. Mr O’Meara said ho would accept 5s if guaranteed within 12 months. 1 Mr Burke said that if realised . the assets . would be 6s 8d in the £, which tho creditors would got at once. Mr Czesar s said he would not be satisfied with the 5a I offered. Tho Assignoe said he would r realise on tho estate in tljio ordinary course. . can

A shepherd with dogs is ad vortisud for. Detootivn Nixon, who is in a very wo ale sfcato of health, loft for Auckland on Saturday on a mouth’s leave. On Saturday at Messrs Williams and XCottlo’s Horse Bazaar the ruceliorno .Lady Osma was sold at £24.

On Saturday Captain Bocro, of the Dofonoo Cadets, received advice that ho had passed his examination for captain. A sitting of the Arbitration Court will be hold in Gisborne at 10.30 this morning undor the presidency of Judge Chapman, for tho purpose of settling sovoral trade and labor disputos. The price of milk has {boon increased a half-penny u quart by the Milk Suppliers’ Union. The ehango will take olluot from Juno 1.

Mr W. D. Lysnar bus been proposed for the vacancy on tho Harbor Board by Ml’ John Clark, of To Aral, and seconded by Mr Owen Gallagher, of Patulabi, and Mr Frederick Tioljen. of Makauri. Mb J„ D_. Rlutlierford, M/A'., of 'Dume'clin, has been selected, as assistant anas ter of the Wanganui, Boys’ District I-Iji-gb School. Me John A. McPherson,, of Nga-pa-r-a, has been selected as tho Uovennnont canUiitatc for Mount- I,da at tho general election. At Auckland on Saturday, a life sentonco was imposed in the case of a Bifffl'au flojuvictod of assaults on boye.

Mr- Horries, who is giving address ses throughout the Bay; of Plenty, electorate,! spoke at 'lOifoitikfi.. on Thurs|day, night, receiving’ a .vpto of coiifi-deuco.

Senior ainltl Junior] members of the ICaiii/City- Football Club are requestedl to meet at tlic Clu|h rooms. Royal Hotel, every overling -for practice,

Mr Thco. Wake has announced] Ilia'S

ho will bo a candidate at tho next general election for the Bay of Islands electorate as an Independent. . 1

This Week the Premier, in addition to speaking at Roxburgh, Lawrence, and K-aitanga ta, will s'pcaiv at Mosgiel, Tap-anjui, Palmerston, Dunedin, an.d Oarnaru. iN'ot had for a man Who is unwell.

As a concession to tbe growing importance of Gore, it is understood (says tbe Ensign) that after tbe new railway station is opened for use the authoritias intend to make a charge for admission to the platform on the arrival and departure of express trains, as is done in larger contres.

At Longreach, Queensland, reoently, Alice Beattie was charged with the murder of her child. The police evidence was to tho effect that tbe acouaed admitted she out the infant’s throat, and had intended to throw the body and herself into the river, but was too weak to do so. She was committed for trial.

A settler at Waitotara, north of Wanganui, was recently charged with allowing horses to wander at large, with rescuing one horse and attempting to rescue others from the ranger, and with using threatening laDguago to tho ranger. The fines, costs and foes, amounted to £6 6s.

Presents of jewellery to the murdered King Alexander of Bervia from Queen Victoria, the Kaisor, and tho Sultan of Turkey, are shortly to be sold in Vienna.