Local and General.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 4904, 25 June 1918, Page 4

Local and General.

A very pleasant gathering was held yesterday afternoon at the.\\omen's Club Rooms, when Mrs Collev. a member of the committee of J -i' Women’s National Reserve invited her co-workers and Mrs Poixer to afternoon tea. Several resolutions were passed, among them hem-- the formation of a club foi s wires and a War Emergency Corn,.

The W.C.T.TJ. will held a social afternoon in Findlay’s tea rooms afternoon, when an interesting pr gramme of addresses, recitations, etc., will he presented. Rerreshments will also be served Mis. Walker, superintendent of Aiaori work, will present an interesting report It is hoped that all friends will make an effort to attend. _ A collection will be taken up in aid of the Maori Fund. Among the speakers wili he tlie Rev. Air. Abbey.,

For disorderly conduct in Gisborne o.i Saturday afternoon, Hapeta Ncpera. a Native, was fined 18s with 2s costs bv Mr. W. A. Barton. S.M.. at the" Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning. Aloert Edward Mills was sentenced to 14 da vs on a charge of drunkenness, and for a breach of bis prohibition order he was fined £3 with costs 2s. in default 14 days. . He had twice previously been convicted of drunkenness within six months.

Should-all the C. class men succeed in meeting the requirements of the medical examining officers, there will be some serious dislocations in business houses and professional firms in New Plymouth. Every man that is called up now makes a great deal of difference m the carrying on of businesses and practices, for already the staffs are considerably thinnedIt is probable that if the latest recruits called up pass, many of the businesses, etc., will have to close down.

Among the passengers who will arrive at- Gisborue by the Arahura this morning are -the members of No. 10 Military Medical Board. Until yesterday no hint was received that the Board was coming, aud lest there should be any doubt as to those who are to come before the Board for examination, it may be as well to state that they include all drawn in the'last two ballots, volunteers and applicants for enrolment in tlie Home service. All are requested to bring their enrolment certificates. The Board will commence their sittings to-day, and will conclude on Saturday next. Tlie Wairoa sittings commence on Monday or Tuesday of next week.

Those who sell dress goods are often asked! when displaying materials whether they will fade, and the usual answer now is:. ‘'We cannot guarantee them. Goods that will not fade are hardly procurable now.” A cable message stated a day or two ago that the British hope by tlie end of the war to be quite independent of German dyes. If so it will be a good thing, but it may be a far cry to the end of the war. and the purpose of this paragraph is to draw attention to the fact that Miss M. .Neil] has a large number of black and navy ladies’ skirts made from materials purchased before tho war, and is selling them at prices that make them doubly inviting—at the Old Corner and at Everybody’s Buildings.*

In the course of a letter to her mother in Hawera, Sister Bessie Young writes: “We went to the memorial service for the sisters and nurses who had died on active service. Admission was by 'ticket, /and in that vast and beautiful building 45,003 nurses congregated. Representatives from each unit —Regular Arms Sisters. Territorial Sisters, Queen Alexandra Reserves, V.A.D.s, Australian. New r Zealand and Canadian Sisters and Nurses—were there. The Royal family was well representedand the Lord Mayor and many h’gh officials were also present. The Coldstream Guards’ Band aml ibo Cathedral organ supplied die instrumental music, and at the < of the service played the ‘ lVa* March in Saul,” and” never have I beard Uiat thrilling- composition -o beantifudy played. In the .tillnoss v. loch fob, lowed a huger sounded ‘The Last "Post,” and so ended a oeautiful and impressive service.” --

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

The Harbormaster reported at yes- . terdav’s meeting of the Hjvrfior Board that during the mouth the port had been worked by 36 vessels witli a gross tonnage of 39,263 and a nfett tonnage of 21,359. The vessels included four sailers, ar.d of the steamers 13 entered the nner harbor. There were no overseas steamers. ‘

After many fruitless att&npts to • obtain a grant for a schoo] at Motuhora the aid of the Hon. W. D S MacDonald wys invoked, with the result that Cabinet lias now granted a sum of £9OO for -school buildings in this rapidly-growing centre. The Hon. Mr Hnnan. who visited th e district recently, had asked the settlers to assist themselves- to an extent that appeared to be both unreasonable and unusual, and bad suggested that the sawmillers and others concerned should not only supply the timber but dear and fence the s hool site.