Local and General

Gisborne Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3585, 10 March 1914, Page 4

Local and General

At Court yesterday a statutory first offender for* drunkenness was ordered to forfeit the amount of his bail (£!■) Mr A. T. Jones’ tender for the erection of the Patutahi railway station lias been accepted The hall-marked London production, “A Message from Mars,” will bo screened for the last time by Pathe Pictures at His Majesty’s Theatre tonight. Owing to the rough state of the sea and the unfavorable weather prevailing last night, the moonlight excursion arranged for the s.s. I’akapuna had to be cancelled.

“Alone iu the Jungle.’’ a fine picture story of adventure in the wilds of Africa, will be shown for the last time at the Opera House to-night. The evening session fit the V .C.T .1 . Convention was held in the old Presbyterian Church hist night, when Dr Elizabeth Gunn delivered a most instructive talk to woman and girls. The matter of constructing a tramwav from Napier to Taradale, about five-and-a-half miles, was advanced another stage at a meeting at Taradale last night, when a plan of the proposed route was submitted and aporoved. —P.A. A P.A. message from Napier states that for the first six months of running the Napier tramway system produced a revenue of £4941 17s Bd. A total of 754,912 passengers were carried. The revenue for the period exceeds the original estimate for the first twelve months-

By command of H.M. the King, His Excellency the Governor will to-day at Christchurch invest Hon. Sir_C. C. Bowen with the insignia of a Knight of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, and Professor John Shand. AI.A.. L.L.D., w ith the insignia of a Companion of same most distinguished Order. — P.A. Before leaving Gisborne last evening Brigadier Carmichael made a statement to the effect that it is expected to open the Army’s Receiving Home some time during the month or May. This will enable the Army to prosecute its work in Gisborne and district with greater case than at present . Air Buriiarc!, who is acting for the local shareholders of the Mount Owen Rising Sun Company, in liquidation, lms been advised that judgment was delivered yesterday m Nelson in layer of the shareholders who took action, disa’iowimr the promoters’ claim lor £SOOO, and annulling the call made bv liquidators. The decision will spell relief to several shareholders, who had received a demand for calls running into three figures. Those who assembled at the Army Citadel last evening to hear the recital by Brigadier Carmichael on “Travels in Queensland” listened to a very interesting story, instructive and amusing. After speaking of the climatic conditions existing; also the fruit and other industries, personal experiences among the blacks, friendly and otherwise, were given which kept the audience’s interest from first to last.

During a discussion at the conference of local bodies held yesterday on the respective merits of certain- engineers, the Mayor remarked': “It seems to be a case of you voting for one devil, because you do not- know the other devil.” “As long as the devil we are voting for is the good devil, what the devil does it matter?” rejoined Air E. H. Mann. ilia, i Alt I T7~**iT r “topped the •si-Ufi 1 . At. the Woodville Show last month users of this wel l known Sheep Dip secured 27 mil of 36 awards, and 4 cham/jonSliip.s <«it of 5. At D-anno-virke Sflfcw 60 awardsjmt of 86, and 7 champfcliships cMt oFTj.At the Alastorton Sl <mw sand 5 efcmtn-* pion slums 7. At the HBstlugh Hra.m Fair the Bud f&mMxjiW scon roil by aft ui JALiJrciciJk/llypn Fair I thei/iilhiit avfragcf jVriccs Apr stud Lanjfipßo rA\ eys' 1 ock Lincolns, ViulfHtml and flock Southdowns were Mso secured ilm- clients of “McDougnll’s.” Out of 209 awards made at the 'above-mentioned shows this year users of AlcDmigall’s scored, no less than 144, an excellent average of 72 per cent against all competitors. These results .prove the popularities#* “AlcDougall’s” with theJjurtmig studbreed ors. u gal 1 Bros’, Dominion is Mr J. G. 4f!fnJuns. wtlio ds at present vit-it-ing Poverty’’Bay. The New Zealand,Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. , Ltd., are the Solo A’gbnts*

Our Own at WeHington The new directors °f the Bant of Zealand to replace Mr D. ia^ of Wellington, and Mr J. Oamaru, Government nominees oW the Hoard will be Mr R. W. Kane, or Wellington, and Hon. T. Fergus, o Dunedin. Hon W. ed a “Dominion” reporter to-day. that these two gentlemen lhad been appointed by the Government. Land at Kaiti is rapidly becoming scarcer and scarcer, and the announcement that Mr James McKee.’sproper y is to bo sold by auction on Saturday next by Messrs Samson Bros., at their auction mart, Gladstone Road, wi read with interest by. those desirous of acquiring an attractive site for a home. In all eleven sections will be offered with frontages to Iranui Road and Wainaki The terms are exceptionally liberal.*