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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 9070, 12 February 1901, Page 2

Mr E. P. Joyce, one of the candidates at yesterday's Harbor Board election, has demanded a re-coonfe erf the votes. cast at the poll for borough .representatives. The new barracks at Mount Cook are splendidly fitted with electric light and elevators. Although a great deal of work of rehabilitation has been done by prison labor, it is estimated that it will cost several thousand pounds. . This morning at the Police Court a ! prohibition order was granted by Mr W. lA. Barton, S.M., against Thomas Kanei. of Makauri, on his wif e'ff applicationi same to apply to all licensed places m the Waiapu Licensing District for ? a period of twelve months. At the Bowling Green yesterday the following games were played : — Handicap fours: O'Meara, Nicholas, Wallace, McGowan (skip), 31, beat Rosie, Pettie, Hennessy, and Gaudin (skip), ' 13. Hanjdicap singles: Pettie, 24, beat- Robertson 'IS; Cox, 46, beat Dixon, 26. . . | Jijnong Mr Seddon's pleasantest experi- j p-ices m Australia was a visit to the ] Wi.lliainstown workshops, where he work-' ed as a smith m the early days, and where he had a talk over old times with several el hi* old comrades.

Beckford and Taylor's Novelty Com- I pany are announced to open m the Theatre ' Royal this evening. Mr Sykes, dental surgeon, notifies that . he will be absent from Gisborne till Sat- : urday morning. i i The cost of auditing local bodies' ac- , counts is £2 per day of six hours— 6s 8d per hour, or 1 l-3d per minute. ', A large number of sheep from the Norfu ; Island are now being landed at Picton, i and driven overland to the Christchurch ; market. , Mr Avson, the Chief Inspector of Fish[eries, this morning kindly sent to the hospital a welcome gift of a quantity of [the fish which was taken m yesterday's trawling. _ Mr' James C. Bain, the popular comedian, is a through, passsenger to Napier by the Talune this evening. Mr Bain has been the favorite of Auckland audiences for many weeks. He is accompanied by a compact little concert company, which opens here on. race nights. The native Horeki who .was arrested at Jerusalem on a charge of assaulting." another Maori m a row which took place at that place on January 14th, since which date the man assaulted has been • m a semi-dazed condition, has been com- : mittec^ to trial at the next sittings of the ; Supreme Court at Gisborne. ! A petition is being largely signed m Wanganui, praying the Government to acquire certain lands m the Waitotara district for close settlement. Among the lands indicated by the petitioners is the Maruhou Estate, which, it is stated, is most suitable for cutttigg up into small 'arms. . • An old resident of Gisborne m the person of Mrs Catherine Chrisp, mother of Captain Chrisp and Mr E. Gnrisp, pass : ed peacefully away last evening, at the ripe old age of 84 years. Mis Ch'risp came to the colony on January 15, 188iJ, and has been an invalid since 1892, being confined to her house. Her husband predeceased her about twelve years ago. The following were this: morning selected from the Gjsborne Rifleß- to attend the demonstration at Napier: Captain Warren, and Lieutenants Lewis and Bold, Sergeant Williams, Corporals Skipworth, Taylor, and Rawson, Bugler Cooper, and Privates Sampey, Yordley, Blakeley, Latham, File, Smith, Doyle, Franklin, Morrell, Black, McKinley, Gray, G. Reid, Calcott, Breingan, Cole, Warner, Jones, J. Reid, and West. the programme of entertainment of the visiting delegates of tne Independent Order of Rechabites, who arrive to-niglit and to-morrow morning from North and South, is as follows: Wednesday and Friday afternoons the visiting brethren to be driven to Mr Sievwright's (Hjackland) and Mr Tombleson's (Newstead). On Wednesday evening, after the ordinary business of the Lodge, a social evening. On Friday evening complimentary soiree m the Academy of Music. Miss Erskine, the postmistress and telephonist at Woipiro, has resigned her position and leaves shortly to take up other duties m a more important sphere of life. Miss Erskine during the few years that she has been stationed at Waipiro has made herself deservedly popular by" her close attention to business and endeavors to oblige. She was an extremely: capable officer, and ran the work of a busy office with, the utmost precision, giving .satisfaction to everybody. The borough roll used at yesterday's Harbor Board election contained 1316 names. Of these 745 were ratepayers, 39 were on the roll m. respect to freehold qualification, and 532 held residential qualifications. About 516 of these votes were cast. Some 86 were entitled to vote as importers, and 41 exercised their privilege. There were on the Cook County roll. 1063 names and 51 Natives, wMe the Waiapu County had 73 voters entitled to take part m this election. Makaraka training tracks presented a very busy appearance this morning, the local trainers sending their charges along m preparation for the coming meeting. The following is a correct list of the names of the visiting racehorses already arrived : Wilson, Red Rose, The Weaver Bell Weather, Corydon, Honors, Pistol Grip, Moonraker, Contrabine, and Hmeteapuanki. Mr Lunnell is m charge of Messrs. Carroll's and OrmondV horses.