TOWN EDITION

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11817, 2 April 1909, Page 6

TOWN EDITION

Mr W. A. Barton, S.M., returned this morning from his periodical -vif it up the C.n-:t. * i The Gisborno Hospital Trustees have received 18 applications for the position of Matron m the Gisborne Hospital. The applications will be considered to-night. The Inspector of Factories is now engaged m the annual registration of factories, and factory occupiers will do well to attend to t^ie matter.. The -following will represent the V.M.C.A. to-morrow m the hockey match against the Civil Service team : Messrs Everiss, Brown, 01sen\ Clark, Pine Tamahori, Munro, Catton, Winter, Patihuna. Makaore and Cotton ; emergencies : Moore. Ngira and Auld. A social imder the auspices of the Kia Koha Hockey Club was hs!d m Erskine'., hall last night. A fair number participated, and an enjoyable evening was . s pent.- Masic wr.ii supplied by Messr.-. Vita Bros.' orchestra, and Mr H. J. Grieve acted as M.C. Mrs Etvjkino provi<Lcl an excellent supper. The Gisborne City Band (conductor, «A.E. Lawrence) Avill render the following programme to-n : ght from Trafalgar rotunda, ccmniencing at 8-i-'clock: March, "Peak Hill" ; waltz, "Royal W-cdding;' ; .selection, "Songs of Y-o-re" ; fantasia, "Lif3 of a Black.«mith".; Indian intermezzo, "Rid Wine" ; march, "Newtown" ; "God Save the King." Tho following bowlers have *. been selected to represent their respective districts m the Shield competition : — West End: D. J. Barry, H. Miller, R. Robertson, W. J. if. Gaudin (skip) ; Zachariah, E. Cursen*. E. T. A. Crawford (skip). City : Lucas, A. Adair, F. Harris, J. J. Martin (skip) ; F. J. Wilson, W. Morgan, J.-'H. Martin, John Coleman • (skip). A charge of lunacy was preferred against an elderly woman, an old resident, at the Police Court this morning, before Messrs J. Townley and J. yVarren, J's.P. At the instance of Dis Williams and Wilson, the Bench decided, m view of it being inadvisable, to shift the woman, to recommend her case for the consideration of. the Charitable Aid Board 1 . Replying to the request of the Gis.lHvrn<? branch of the Farmers' Union that li? would attend a conference on the question of the possible invasion of this district by rabbits, Mr D. Ross, inspector m charge, states .that he will );? most happy to attend Such a conference, but ,he cannot hx a suitable date at present, as he is engaged: upon a ' general inspection of the district. He will probably be free aboufy the third week m April. A ',' A gross c:u«e of indecency,'' arising out of drunkenness, • was brought before the presiding Justices, IMessrs J. Townley and J. Warren, at the Police Court this morning. The offender. Thomas Laid<law, was lined the customary amount, for an initial charge of drunkenness, whilst on the more serious charge, ,the Ben all, after pointing out the gravity • of the offence and attendant penalty, ordered him to enter into a bond of £5, t<\ come up for sentence when called on. The meeting convehed by the-Mayor-ess m connection with the battleship programme will be attended by some hundreds pf girls, it having been ar-, ranged with the masters of the three local schools for the senior girls to bepresent on that afternoon (Wednesday), the 7th. Tho subscriptions to be asked for, m accordance with the general committee's suggestion will be from ls to 2s, but two or more' children will lie allowed m donating Is. In no case iy a larger sum to bo asked for, yet larger amounts may be accepted under exceptional circumstances. The last two nights' "of -the- .Meynell and' Gunn season will be entered upon to-night, when tjhe company will present the sympathetic play, ;"The Little Breadwinner." This charming drama *>f domestic life should 1 prove one of tlie most attractive and' delightful oK the reason. The play is full of genuinechild interest. It is claimed that nb more truly homely story, crowded .with human situations and depicting the life we lead, has ever been presented to a New Zealand! audience. Tfye name part will be played by little Mass Queeriic Williams, .md tlie character of Bobby Trottbv Maggie Dickinson,- two of the. principal members of the famous Tin Can Band. Mr C. R. Stanford will appear as Joseph Prior, while Miss- Beatrice Holloway, as Margaret Daventry, Miss Lillian Meyers', as Kate Cherry, and ,Mr J. B. Atholwocd, as Lord William Dorringt>n, are all said to be well, c:ist. To-morrow (Saturday) night presentation of Arthur -Shirley's .successful, play, "The Stepmother," will bring the Gisborne season to a close. -' -iii—— —