Local and General.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3396, 11 December 1911, Page 4

Local and General.

During last week the Customs revenue collected at Gisborne was as follows - Customs duties £B6B 6s -od. light due’s £lB 0s sd, arid shipping fees 0s Dd.

Tbe tender oi Alessrs .1. Collet ami Co for tiie erection of business premises in Peel street for Mr J. Townley has been accepted. The price « £3899. Messrs Burr and Murfield. architects, received five tenders altogether.

It is stated that the Otoko viaduct is almost completed, and the Public Works Department will shortly make :i start with laying the sleepers across it.

On Januarv Ist the Widows Pension Act, which was passed last session, comes into operation. Widows who intend taking advantage of it should make application to the Court at once so that their claims can be enquired into.

A meeting of the No-License League will be held at 8.15 p.m. to-day. The executive meet at 7.30 P-m. The annual meting of the Gisborne 'Auxiliary of the British and Foreign Bible Society will lx- held in Arclideacon Williams' grounds at 3 p.m. today. .Afternoon tea will be provided. A sale of work in aid of the funds of the W.C.T.U. will be held in T« Rau College grounds to-morrow afternoon, and contributions will be gladIv received of produce of sweets for sale and may be left at the College on Tuesday morning. As this is the annual meeting of the Maori branch or the Union, .Maori members are sjx-ci-ally asked to attend. Rev. F. Bennettof Rotorua. who is on a visit to Gisborne. and Lady Carroll have kindly consented to be present. The Salvation Army Band played an attractive programme of music, which was highly appreciated, in tlie Hospital grounds yesterday afternoon.

The 17th annua! meeting of the Gisborne Auxiliary of the British and Foreign Bible Society is to take place this afternoon in the grounds of Ven. Archdeacon Williams (kindly lent for tlie occasion’), Cobclen street. The Ladies' Committee will provide afternoon tea- free. In the absence of the president (Dr Porter), through i lines-. .Mr A. de Jjautour will preside. Admission will lie free, and there- will be a collection for the Society.

Mr A. A. Paape. the organising secretary of tlie Sports Protection League. will visit Gisborne about December 20th and address a meeting regarding the League.

A long jenny into the top pocket it me of the most intricate shots in billiards, and can only be obtained wit a certainty on tables which are oeriectly true. Messrs Smith and Robins > t . proprietors of the new billiard parlors n Dunlop’s Buildings (upstairs.) take a pride in keeping their tables fas; and absoluieiy true; consequently it treat. D play on them.