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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2222, 28 October 1907, Page 2

Tliis week shearing wil he commenced in several local sheds. Good progress is being made with the inspection of the various town schools. Gisborne is the next place to bo visited by .the Native Lands Commission. Miss Grace Pulotta, of the '\Vil-loughby-AVard Company, carries with her over 40 dresses, which are insured for £IOOO. The Sydney Morning Herald says: "Mr. Jlopkinson” is a humorous classic, brilliantly epigrammatic, hai>pily conceived, charmingly acted. At a short sitting of the Court- oil Saturday morning, two first offenders were convicted of drunkenness and filled the usual amount, 5s with costs of Court Us, in default 24 hours’ imprisonment. Go to Dustin’s for your Summer Drinks. ICops’ Ale ami Stout, Swan’s Hop Lager, Iced Lemon Squash, Rasp her-’-- Ginger, Sarsaparilla and Soda,-La-tart etc., drawn, from the Soda Fountain, the best and latest method of making cooling drinkß. If vou want a Panama Hat or Gent.’s Straw Boater, something choice in Neckties or Tennis Shirts, and want good honest value, pay us a visit, —p.'ltosie aud Co.

The recent glorious weather Ims inspired confidence in sea bathers, and yesterday morning there was a big crowd of bathers on the beach. Mr .F. H, Ovomlen’s property at Pututulii has boon sold through the ngoney of Mr. SY. Lissant Clayton to Mr. A. IT. Gilmer of the sumo place. Tho Manawatu A. and P. Show at Palmerston North will be bold on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday next. ’l’lie Palmerston North telegraph office will be open from 8 a.m. to midnight each day. At the Salvation Army Barracks this evening there will be a special gathering, when the results of tho self-denial collection will be announced. A number of magic lantern slides of general interest will he shown, and tho amounts received toward the fund wild ho displayed. Friends are invited to attend a bright and animated meeting.

The Borough Engineer has sent the following lottor to tho Mayor: ‘Dear Sir, —As 1 gather from the papers that a meeting is to be held on lucsdav for tho purpose of holding an enquiry as to matters affecting my department, I most rcsp.eot-lully suggest that tho proposed meeting shouhl ho a public one, i.e., not a committee meeting.—Yours faithfully, E. Haivoy Gibbon, Borough Engineer. Tho Mayor states that the matter will have to be settled by tho meeting. Tho Assessment Court, under Alio presidency of the Chief Justice, will comenco a sitting in Gisborno to-day to determine. tho compensation to bo paid lor tho To Arai estate ol 10,700 acres, recently taken by the Government, and also to fix tho time when tho Government shall take possession. There are two cases to bo heal'd. In ouo the Hon. Randal Johnston, tho owner, is interested, nnd in tho other ■M I, John Chirk clmimo compensation in respect to his interest -under a lciase. In Mr. Johnston-s case tho assessors will bo Mr G. Matthowson (Crown) and Mr. Bateson, 55’ellington (Mr. Johnston) In Mr. Clark’s case Mr. Jas. Macfarlano, la to of Gisborne, will represent Mr. Clark. Tho following counsel will appear: Mr. Martin Chapman, K. 0., with Mr. Sainsbury, for tho Hon. Randal Johnston; Mr. 0. P. Skcnett, K.C., and with him Mr. G. Stock, for Mr. J. Clark; Mr. Davul Findlay and Mr. J. W. Nolan for tho Crown.