Local and General

Gisborne Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 4898, 18 June 1918, Page 4

Local and General

Two first offending inebriates were each fined ISs with 2s costs by Mill'. A. Barton, S.M. at the. Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning.

A matinee performance of the pantomime "Dick Whittington." will be given at idle Oner'a Rouse this afternoon.

A man was arrested last night far Constables Fischer and Gartley on a charge of alleged wilful damage to windows of a lionee. in Victoria Township.

The business to be transacted at the ordinary meeting of the Harbor Board next Monday will include consideration of the committee’s reports bearing thereon and to consider the question of obtaining further revenue ; also the question of the Gisborne Sheepfarmers’ Company's leases.

Australian losses in the war are brought home to the minds of the people in the “In Memoriam” notices appearing of those who have fallen at Gallipoli, and in the operations cn the Western front. In a recent issue of the Melbourne Age, these notices alone took up no fewer than eleven and a-half columns.

A number of settlers at Miranda, near Thames, have decided to cooperate to provide themselves nhh lime • for agricultural purposes at cheap rates. In the district tb.oe are 800 acres of sea shell deposited to a depth of 10ft. It has been do lined to purchase a crushing plant ai d an engine for haulage. It is expected that an ample supply of Arne will be secured.

Hugh Henry Boyle, generally known as Con Boyle, was charged before Mr W. A. Barton, S.M. at the Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning with having stolen on March 25 a .quantity of furniture, valued at £SO, the property of Isabella May Lawson. Detective McLeod applied for a remand till the 25th insfc. and intimated that he might have to ask for a further remand as some of the witnesses would have to be brought from Wairoa. ' The application was granted. Bail was allowed —Accused £IOO and two sureties of £SO each.

According tc a letter received by a local resident, the London hairdresser receives a much higher remuneration for his services now than before the war. Not only is business much brisker but prices have been raised 100 per cent all round. The penny shave is now a thing of the past and rates that the hairdressers never dared to contemplate in prewar days are now being asked and cheerfully paid.

A letter has been received locally from a young man who before enlistment was a French master at a Southern High School, and who has latch.' been appointed instructor under "the educational scheme to be carried out in the camps and depots in England. He says: They are starting an educational, stunt, particularly for’ the period-of demobilisation, which will take, they say, about 13 months, and wont instructors in elementary and business English. book-keeping and business methods, various branches of farming, trades, hygiene, economics, and citizenship. After the nar a certain amount of knowledge of these subjects will be necessary: I have no details ns to pay -or rank. Me expect to be mobilised at Oatlands, raven a brush-up in our various subjects, and then distributed round the camps, depots and hospitals. Fire broke out last, night m a house in Roebuck Road belonging Mr Tames Smith. The brigade, wa, quickly on the scene but- the bml<b ing was practically demolished, Fa ticulars as to insurances were not available last evening.

Protect, yourself against losses by fire by in raring with the Norwi *h Union Insurance Co-W. Irssnnt Clavton. Attorney.—Advt.

Call and see the line of_winter blouses now on sale at S. btone s. Real bargains, from 4s lid up.

The Poverty' Bay Farmers' SaleYards Company will hold their weekly sale at the Kairoro yards to-day There is an entry ol 1600 sheep and about 50 liead of cattle i i t 1 I i o t V II s o s h V e it lid te tn bO tite m le st •i----ill id es in re ig id m se be it

All interested in the Women's National Reserve are invited to attend a meeting at the Holy Trinity schoolroom to-morrow evening, when Mrs (Col.) Porter, organising se rotary, will be present.

A special meeting of the Rabbit Board was held on Saturday, when Mr W. Ji>. I>ysnar acted as chairman, and there were also present Messrs Cameron and Holden. Ihe only business transacted was the conhrmation of the rate stmek for 19J./-18,

Witnesses in the alleged arson case, Police versus Leonard Porter will not be required to attend at the forthcoming sittings of the supremo Court, as it » understecd the case will not he with at 'these sittings.

A choice lot of ladies’ new neckwear, direct from London, consisting of the latest shapes and styles has j* just been opened up by. Messrs Losie and Co. These are just the thing for present wear and the prices will be found to be very moderate.

Before the war Germany bought annually about Go per cent of the South African wool clip. An idea of the extent of this industry can be gained from the value o the exports which amounted m L9I /to £B,/82,000 South African wool is rapidly improving. both in quality ana m quansity.

On a warrant issued at cstport in 1911, John Joseph Fitzgibbon was arrested yesterday by Detective McLeod, the charge being.alleged ia»lure to maintain his wife. Tlie accused was brought before .Mr. Barton, S.M., in the afternoon, and on the application o£ his counsej (.Mr. Wauchop) he was remanded to appear again on Tuesday next. Lail was asked for and allowed in himself of £25 and one surety of £25.

The landing of a locomotive* from the scow Echo yesterday morning attracted a good deal of attention. Two awkward lifts, 8 tons lo cwt, and the other of < ton:-, / cw t, were successfully carried out wnn the Harbor Board’s 10-ton crane. The locomotive is of the M-A. type lamiliar on the Gisborne line, and has been obtained by the Railway Department in anticipation or increased traffic as a result oi the opening or the Motuhora quarry. It "ill oe set up bv the Railway Department , mechanics in the course of a it., davs.

It’s not good policy to buv AM suit for your' boy. How do you know what wear it will give, how it will look after a month or two or hard wear? Much wiser to ms st on a recognised brand, a “MacLgn Suit, These are stocked by. the leading Gisborne houses, and give longer wear and keep their good locks longer than the ordinary kind. Tar-v p.re very neat and made m all levs' sizes.*

Attention is drawn to the advertisement in this issue- asking every householder in Gisborne- and. district to gather the inmates of his house together for a few minutes this evening at 8-15 for silent concentrated thought directed to the helping of the Powers of God. each one throwing all his thought and energy on the side of Right, so as to bring the war to a successful close as soon as possible. If all those who are unable to be at the Front would help in tins practical way we should create an erfeetive force for the triumph or JLght and the progress of humanity.

A number of New Plymouth, business firms received somewhat or a shock when cheques which had been paid into their accounts were returned to them by the Bank of New Zealand The cheques which so far have come to light are for various sums up to £2O, and purport to bear the signature of a well-known resident of S.tratford. In many cases the tradespeople who. were duped not only gave goods hi return for the cheques, but also, change as .well. A considerable sum of money is represented by the cheques, and the victims include jewellers, boot and shoe dealers, clothiers and- at least one hotelkeeper. The man who passed the cheques is described as elderly, tall, and with close-cut. heard, the police have the matter in hand.

Race week has come round again, and as usual has given a good fillip to business. ilembers of tlie fmr Sex liavo been Terr busy shopping, and dressmakers assert that thev have more orders than they can ml within the time allowed. There has been a particularly heavv run on the smart costumes. Miss M. >eul. contrary to what mignt be expected at such a time, has brought down in price. Ko need to select a material and wonder what it wilt look like when made up or suffer anxiety about the time when it will be finished. or the price. Go to 31isc 31. Xeill’s and get just what you want at a price that will mean a big saving. All kinds of ladies’ wear stocked and underclothing is the feature of the business —at the Old Corner and at Everybody’s.