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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 387, 11 April 1902, Page 2

A iiaka entertainment is to be held ill the Theatre Royal to-night. Captain Edwin forecasted at 1.10 p.m. yesterday : —“ Moderate to strong northwest to west and south winds, glass rise; tides decrease.”

The steamer Weka yesterday took a shipment of 445 sacks, maize from Messrs Daigety and Co.’s, Williams and Kettle's, and tne Loan and Mercantile Company’s stores to Rapier. At tiie usual meeting of the Kaiti Road Board strong comment wasmade on the way Hie petitions for amalgamation were being treated, no reply being yet to hand after months of delay. 'Pile Chairman (Mr Matthewson) said that it might be advisable to write direct to Sir Joseph Ward, asking him to enquire into the reason for such discourteous treatment.

At the Magistrate’s Court yesterday Honi I-lirini, a half-caste, was charged with on Apri 1 9 forging a signature to an order for £6 Ids on the Bank of New South Wales, purporting to be that of C. W- Ferris. Sergeant Siddells applied for a short remand, but urged the advisability of soon dealing with the ease, so that it might, if necessary, be adjudicated upon during the present sitting of the Supreme Court. The case was set down for 8.30 this morning. Bail was allowed. The quarterly summoned meeting of the Star of New Zealand Tent, No. (i, 10. R-, S.U., was held in the Tentroom’ last evening, Sister Georgeson, P.C.R.,, presiding. It was decided to hold several entertainments' in the country shortly, and a committee was appointed in regard to the matter. Sister E. Burch was elected DeputyRuler, Sister R. McGrath was elected Guardian, Sister E. McGrath as Right Supporter of Chief Ruler, Sister F. File left Supporter of Chief Ruler, and Sister J. McDowell was re-elected as Steward. Three new members were initiated.

' The Star of Gisborne Lodge, No. 61 of the 1.0.0. F., of New Zealand, held their usual meeting last evening at the Lodge-room, Masonic Hall, Gro. R. Robb, N.G., presiding. The attendance was satisfactory. Eight new members were elected, and three previously elected members were very impressively initiated by the ohicers of the Lodge. Three new members were proposed, The next degree meeting will be held, oil Tuesday, 29th Apm, when the dramatic ceremonies win he used for the first time. Bro C,' a. Barron, the Lodge organist, ably on) ciated throughout the meeting. The Bank of New Zealand Produce Circular, dated London, February 28, states : The first series of Colonial Wool Sales closed on the sth Febru-, ary. No material change in the prices previously established took place, and the tone" at, th,e close was firm. Of 193,000 bales 'available, 178,000 bales were sold, 93,000 bales'for Home consumption, 77,000 bales to the Continent, and. 8000 bales to America, leaving 15,000 bales (including 8,700 bales New Zealand) to be carried forward. The satisfactory state of the trade in all consuming centres since the conclusion of the sales, indicates that (Confidence has now been completely restored. Machinery is fully em-

ployed on existing contracts and it is anticipated that there will be no scarcity of orders for some time to come. Fine material is still the fashion of the day, but coarse fabrics are also being freely used in one shape op another, anil stocks are nowhere heavy. The position for the time being is favorably influenced by the comparatively small quantity of wool coming forward for the ensuing sales, the general opinion being that the whole of the available supply will be readily taken up by buyers, and that

the series will be a short one. The Bradford market is active for “ tops ” and quotations have advanced -Id @ id per lb for all descriptions since the end of January. The American market also continues to expand, and there is every prospect of several buyers from that quarter putting in a i) appearance when the next auctions open bn the lith March. The list of arrivals for the March series closed on February 2-1. The available quantity after deducting the wools forwarded direct to Yorkshire, &c., and adding old stocks, amounts to 163,500 bales, of which about 63,000 bales are crossbred. Meat (frozen) : During the cold spell of weather experienced at the beginning of the month, the market became brisker, b,ut it did not last long, the atmosphere afterwards being mild and moist. Mutton : There are still a good many stale sheep being offered daily on. the market, and as these can be had at lower prices than the better classes, values all round, are kept down in consequence. Lamb —Fresh arrivals meet with an improved demand, and sell at fair prices. Australian lambs are fairly plentiful, and the bulk cf them being thin and plain, they are fetching low prices. Beef.—New Zealand beef is selling well. The quality is giving satisfaction to buyers, which is more than can be said of recent arrivals of Australia^

luspecton Pender has three months’ leave of absence and a pension of£2loi a year. Inspector Pardy's pension is £213 6s 8d a year.

On the Kaiti on Wednesday night Mr Martin Casey was run down by horses that were being driven, and received a severe shaking. An action for damages may ensue.

The Rev. C. E. Beecroft, of Napier, an eloquent speaker, will arrive in Gisborne shortly, and on Sunday, the 20th inst., in the evening will lecture under the auspices of the Prohibition League, in the theatre Royal.

The police officers at the Supreme Court yesterday included Sergeant Norwood, of Wanganui, Detective Benjamin, Sergeant Siddells, the local force, Constables Me Lend, of Tolaco Bay, Farmer, of Ormond, and Warder Nicholson, of Napier. Yesterday morning south-w'est was the prevailing w’ind throughout the colony. Cloudy weather was reported around Auckland, Westport, Christchurch, and Dunedin. Moderate seas were running at Tiritiri, Castlepoint, New Plymouth, and Greymouth. A ballot was held yesterday at the Labor Bureau for the selection of men for the, railway. There were 74 applications, and 24 places were ballotted for, the following names being drawn :—E. O’Dwyer, W. Perston, M. Hickey, C. Johnson, W. Macev. T. Wyatt, C. Doolan, It. Turnbull, Harris, F. Finlayson, W. Crabtree, F. Clay, M. Ransmith, M. McMillan, W. Morris, J. Cassidy, A. Stewart, W. Jones, D. O’Connell, J. Saunders, G. Watson, C. Longman, Ivenuelly, W. Williams. Work is to be commenced on Monday morning.

Yesterday afternoon the wedding of a popular young couple took place in the Presbyterian Church at Patutahi, the contracting parties being Mr Robert Witters, of Makauri (eldest son of Mr J. R. Witters), and Miss Ella Jane Douglas, eldest daughter of Mr Archibald Douglas, of Patutahi. The church was crowded. The Rev! Mr Gardner conducted the marriage service. The bride was attired in a becoming costume of cream hailstone muslin, with cream toque, and carried a beautiful shower bouquet. She was given away by her father, Miss Agnes Douglas and Miss Witters being bridesmaids. The latter were dressed in white hailstone muslin, and they wore black picture hats. The groomsmen were Messrs George Witters and William McCullough. Mr C. J. East played the wedding March. " After the service the guests, of whom there were a large number, were entertained at the residence of the bride’s parents. Mr and Mrs Witters were the recipients of a great many presents. The bridegroom’s gift to the bride was a beautiful initial gold keepsake ring, and the presents to the bridesmaids were greenstone brooches mounted in goldj

A message from Greymouth states: — A railway matter that has been kept very quiet here is now exercising a good deal of public attention. On the first day of the Eeefton races, through some miscalculation, misunderstanding, or neglecu, a very serious calamity nearly occurred. A train from Greymouth, with seven carriages crowded with passengers, was on the way to Reefton, and when nearing Stillwater one of the railway employees in the guard van noticed the Stillwater stationmaster on the platform frantically waving a red flag. He immediately put on the brake and hung out a danger signal, which was noticed by the driver, and the train brought to a stop. Almost immediately afterwards a heavy mineral train put in an appearance. When the guard noticed the flag at the station he had no idea what was the cause of the stoppage. Had not the signal been seen the train would have gone right on and would certainly have been telescoped by the mineral train. The escape was a very narrow one, and rumor declares that quite a number of officials are likely to have a very unpleasant time of it when an enquiry takes place.