Poverty Bay Herald PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. GISBORNE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1907.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11123, 24 July 1907, Page 2

Poverty Bay Herald PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. GISBORNE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1907.

Mr W. D. Lysnar intends proceeding to Napier to-night in connection with the Gisborne Harbor Bill. ' Mr D. Cowan has been appointed second master at the Gisborne school, in succession to Mr Wauchop. The poll for constituting a fire brigades district takes place to-morrow at tlie Borough Council Chambers-. The polling hoiyrs are.from 9 a.m. ta 6 p.m. The members ef the Tai Rawhiti Land Board had to postpone their visit to Wairoa owing t» the badi weather, slips on the road preventing vehicular traffic. A sitting will be opened at Gisborne on August 6th, the members of the Board will leave for Wairoa •on the 12th, and hold a sitting there on the 14th. No information has been received lately as to the whereabouts of the memorial stone to the hue Mrs Sievwright. All is in readiness for the stone to be fixed in position. One letter stated that a flaw Having been found in the first stone quarried another -was being, obtained, arid therefore delay in delivery was necessitated, -y.': Some of the Government offices were closed' to-day for Arbor Day, but little was done in the way. of planting. The angular plots in front of the Deeds Regis, try Office had been laid down (for planting, and to-day shrubs, rose trees, and flowering plants were put in. From being a bed of weeds this little area should be converted into a beauty spot, in keeping with iihe Court grounds. The schools celebrate Arbor Day on Friday. There was a short sitting of the Police Court this afternoon, when John Thomas King was charged with procuring liquor during the currency of a prohibition order. The accused pleaded guilty. His Worship said accused appeared to be. a slave to drink. A prohibition order had been taken out. against him to try and save him from ruin, but he seemed determined to have drink at any cost. The orders of the Court could not be defied in that way. He had been convicted for a similar offence before. A fine of £10, costs 7s, in default 3 months' hard labor in the Napier gaol was imposed. The Estimates, of which copies arrived this morning, show tlie following among other increases of . salaries:— Justice Department : Magistrate (Mr Barton) £25, clerk (Mr G. J. A. Joiinstone) £10, assistant clerk (Air G. G. Chisholm) £10. Native DepaTtmerit: Registrar f Mr H. Carr) £30, clerk £10. Lands and Deeds Registry Office-: Assistant Larid Registrar (Air W. Johnston) £20, cadet (Air H. Ennor) £10. Customs : Collector (Mr Hawley) £20, clerk (Mr E. McGregor) £35 (the latter officer, was formerly a cadet). Among the special education grants is one of £40, scholarship for H. R. Parker (the winner ..oi' the Queen's scholarship, for winch he was found ineligible). An item tliat disappears from the Estimates is pound for pound subsidy for purchasing a portion of Kaiti hill for public purposes. The river channel is in a very bad condition at present. A good deal of inconvenience was experienced in tendering the Waikare this morning. The tender on leaving the wharf with the outward passengers grounded a few yards from the wharf. By means of a rope and the winch the Tuatea was successfully refloated after a delay of about 20 minutes. The channel throughout was bad raid the tender bumped continually. When returning from the Waikare. the Tuatea just managed to work through a bank of silt at the mouth of the slip, and when about 14 yards off the wharf stuck again in the same place as before. Passengers for the shore nad to be conveyed to the wliai . ir a boat. The harbormaster (Capt. Cumming--) says a tremendous- amount of silt has been lodged in the river during the last month, making the ohannel worse than he has seen it for a long time. There was a large gathering at Te'Rau yesterday afternoon, when a drawingroom party was held, with the object of forming guilds in connection with mission work. His Lordship, the Bishop of Waiapu presided, and in an enthusiastic address pointed out that they wanted to show their interest in foreign missionin a practical way. After the matter had been fully discussed the following guilds were set up : Senior— Mesdames de Lautour, H. Williams, Dawson Thomas, Akroyd, Kissling, Haultain, Gosse, and Wilson, Misses Brooke-Taylor, and West (hon. sec). Junior — Misses Coleman (hon. sec.), Haultain, Wilson (2), Beesotn, Redstone, Thompson. It was arranged that both the guilds should meet every Thursday afternoon at 2.30, starting next Thursday. It was decided to form sewers' bands in tlie three districts, and ask the following ladies to supervise the arrangements:—Kaiti — Mesdames Nolan, Davies, and Porter. Central— Mrs Chatterton, and Miss Matheson. . Mangapapa — Mesdames Hingstori, Akroyd, and Winter. A boys'- carpenteV's band was in-, augurtited, with the Rev. fi. N. Wright as secretary, arid Messrs H. McLean and F. C. Long form the committee to supervise that department. A musical programme was gone through during tho afternoon wlien Miss Bonar Miller, Miss Redstone, aud Messrs Kissling, and McLean contributed songs ; and the ladies supplied afternoon tea.

-_-_------------------------■ A grand complimentary concert will be tendered to Mr Lichtwark at His Majesty's Theatre to-night. A progressive euchre paTty will be held in St. Mary's schoolroom to-morrow ingMessrs Dalgety and Co. announce an important land sale at Opotiki on August < 15th. The fact came out in evidence in a case at the Magistrate's Court that 18 \ Eersons were living in a four-roomed '. ouso in Napier. Tlie Gazette notifies the issue of -a license to construct an aerial tramway between the mainland and island at Is- , land Bay, Wellington. Th© Gisborne ladies' hockey team will meet a picked team of gentlemen to-mor-row at 2 o'clock, in the Domain. A good game is expected, as both teams are in good! form. Last year the average number of days with ram in the North Island was 162, and of the South Island 154. In points the rainfall was 45.85in and 45.39in respectively. The Hunt Club have: made satisfactory arrangements with the Gisborne Racing Club's Ground Committee for the use of I the Park course for the proposed race meeting. Tlie students of Te Rau College have kindly promised to assist with vocal music at the meeting of the Gisborne. United Band of Hope Union, to be held to-mor-row night at the Choral Hall. The Union Co.'s new twin-screw steamer Marama, intended for the intercolonial service, is, according to private advices, to sail from Home about the end of September. West Australia is this year, for the first time, exporting wheat. One hundred and sixty thousand bushels have so far been shipped, and it is expected that the' total surplus for last season will' be over three-? quarters of a million. The Greymouth correspondent of the Otago Daily Times wires: that important developments are about to take place at the State coal mine.* It is. intended to extend the railway up the Seven-mile Creek to tap a wide seam of anthracite coal. ■: ':. The annual meeting of the Gisborne Cooperative Building Society has been fixed for September 4th. Four directors will require to be appointed at the meeting, three by effluxion of time and one to fiU a vacancy. At the meeting appropriations exceeding! a thousand pounds will be made. A resident of Auckland, "whose name has not yet been ascertained has written to tbe Auckland Acclimatisation iSocw.y admitting that he shot game last season without taking out a license and enclosing the license fee. . He signed his letter "Conscienoe." Mr D. Whyte, organising agent for the Auckland No-License Provincial .Council, passed through here this mourning on his way to Auckland, after attending the colonial conference tat Wellington. Air Whyte reports the conference to be one of the most sucessful; yet held. '.The bare majority question was favored by a. large majority. Mr Whyte also expressed himself thoroughly satisfied; with the new arrangement for purging the electoral rolls. A very enjoyable social evening was held in St. Andrew's schoolroom last evening, under the auspices of the Young Men's Bible-class. The whole of the arrangements, including the supper, were carried, out by the "boys," who proved themselves very capable hosts. Numerous games were indulged in during the evening, and Mrs Lewis contributed- a song aind Mr Tattersfield a humorous recitation. At- the close a suggestion that there should be a tennis court At the church grounds "Was thrown out for those present to consider. ; .'."•'.-' - Early in/ August the public of Gisborne will have the opportunity of hearing one of the most interesting and eloquent lady lecturers that have yet visited the colony, in the person of Miss Ada L. A. Murcutt, a Fellow of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Miss Murcutt * Was sent by a New York syndicate on a 'tour round the world to study the social,.industrial, and religious conditions of. tlie people, and report to the American press. She is now presenting this in the colony in the form, of popular lectures, and has received a great reception wherever she has appeared. One of the most interesting of her disoounses is an the sweating problem. , .; At the meeting of parishioners of Holy Trinity. Church last night Colonel Winter, submitted, the following statement to show the position of the Chuxch-.building funds : Central church— Balance from last year £16 ss, subscriptions £31 3s, jubilee offertories £403 lis 6d, due by general account £8 13s, less tank charges 10s, total £459 2s 6d. Promises over 1907 £122 15s, 1907-8 £75 6s, 1908-9 £15,' 1907-12 £366 10s, total amount,, cash and promises £1038 13s 6d. Kaiti : Jubilee offertory £5 14s 9d, ordinary offertories £7 5s at 25 per cent £1 16s 3d, to^l £7 lis. Mangapapa : -"Receipts — Subscriptions £26 2s 6d, ' Jubilee offertories 13s 9d, general offertories £18 6s at 25 per cent. £4 115.9d, total £3 Is Bd. diture— Deposit on section £25, leaving a] balance of £6 Bs. Assets-rrSection £125. Liabilities— Owing on section £100.