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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2142, 26 July 1907, Page 2

To-night a social is to be held the Waorenga-a-hika school in aid the school funds.

An open-air concert is to be given at the Recreation Grounds on Sunday afternoon by the City Band.

The Post Office advises that the Turkish route for cablegrams to Europe is restored.

Reliable sheep dogs are distinctly valuable in Poverty Bay just now. A settler paid £3B for a. team of four the other day.

“I learnt to walk in Gisborne and I’m still bale and . hearty.” Mr. Fran'k Harris at the Bowling Club’s social last evening.

At the Police Court yesterday morning John Colbert was lined 10s, costs 2s, ill default 48 hours’ imprisonment for drunkenness.

A circular is being issued by the Coqlc Memorial Rectification Gonimitteo, inviting subscriptions to the fund.

Work on the Kaiti bfeastwork has commenced. Two pile-drivers have been taken across the river and - onto of the piles have been driven.

The annual meeting of the Poverty Bav A. and P. Association will lie held to-morrow afternoon at the Farmers’ Club, Dunlop’s Buildings.

Two tenders wore received by the local Lands Office for sections 2,3, 4 and 5, To Ptiia Native Township, and Grace Isabel Williams was declared the successful tenderer.

The following letters are lying unclaimed at the Post Office : —From Tasmania —R. H. Bailey, C. Dillon; from Victoria —H. Cameron, Miss Rube.

Between 30 and 40 applications have been received b- the local I.a lids Office for the grazing run

open for selection Tho necessary ballot will be held at 11 o’clock this l? orning.

At a meeting of the Waterside Workers’ Union last night it was decided to forward a letter of sympathy to the Sydney Coal-lumpers’ Union, win are at present locked out, and to forward a subscription towards relieving distress.

The Borough and Counry Engineers will make an inspection to-day of t-lio Patutahi quarry. It is propose I to mark out the most .ii.-iiy places for a good supply of stone, and have bores put down to _ ascertain approximately the quantity of metal available for future requirements This precaution is I• i a taken as a preliminary step before reporting upon the proposal to lay a tramway to the quarry.

Very little interest was taken yesterday in tho poll to decile whether i Fire Brigade Board shall he Pumed ir. Gisborne. Under the sy-stvn. it will be remembered, the mainlenam e of the brigade will be contributed to by the Council, Government and fire insurance companies. The poll was listless all day, only a small proportion of the ‘ ratepayers exercising their privilege of voting. Mr. H. M. Porter, returning officer, declared the result as follows: For the proposal 49 ; against 7. A . funny little incident happened at tile Albion Hotel last night. An elocutionist of parts was reciting -“Pardon, the Son of Reprieve.” and bad reached the line “Just like the roar of the sea.” The next moment there was a tremendous crash of broken crockery in the culinary department, the remarkable fall in chinaware itjtducing the host to make a hurried exit to ascertain the cause of the decrease. The sound was not unlike the crash of a breaker on the shore, tmd the interested audience laughed at the coincidence.