The Gisborne Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, MARCH 4, 1903.

Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 831, 4 March 1903, Page 2

The Gisborne Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, MARCH 4, 1903.

On and after Monday next Mr W. G. Nisbett will deliver bread at BA-d per loaf cash.

Captain Edwin telegraphed yesterday : 11 Moderate westerly winds; glass rise; tides moderate.’ 1

East Cape reported yesterday: A light southerly breeze; barometer corrected, 30 02; thermometer in shade, 63; weathor line ; “mouth sea ; ordinary tides. A Palmerston buyer, Mr Stevens, has been purchasing horses in this district, and sends a mob of 30 or 40 away in a few days. Persons are cautioned against interfering with the wreck of the steamer Tasmania without first, communicating with the owners.

In races where seven or more horses arc engag' d tho Tolago Bay Jockey Club have decided tu pay dividends on first and second horses at tho annual meeting on St. Patrick’s Hay. The fortnightly nice ling; of the Amalgamated .Society nf Carpenters ami Joiners will he held on Thursday evening.

A noliee is given lo all whom it may eoneern warning them against, interference with the wreckage of the Tasmania without first consulting Hie owners.

Yesterday an elderly man named Donald Steward pleaded guilty at the Police Court to indecency in Gladstone road the previous evening, and was sentenced to seven days’ imprisonment.

Yesterday light S.W. and N.E. winds were prevalent throughout the colony. The weather was fine, hut in New Plymouth, Egmont, Greymouth, Dunedin and Invercargill it was overcast and gloomy. The sea was generally smooth. A sum of .£3O is required towards the exponses of Fire Brigade representatives going to the demonstration at Napier. Fifteen pounds has linen collected, and another JClr> is required to-day to uinkoup the total. The Gisborne Volunteer Fire. Brigade represent a lives leave for Napier Ibis evening to lake part in the animal ■ Fire Brigades’ Demonstration. The representatives will have the lies) wishes of the community.

The following tenders for tho privileges at tho Tolago Ray races have been accepted : - Gates, Gilman and Mulligan .£3O 10s ; fruit and' melon stall £2 As, Maoris ; horso paddock .£0 12s Gd, Gilman and Mulligan ; publicans’ booth Dio, Watkins ; luncheon booth, £4 10s, Mrs Hale ; race cards, jC2 18s, H. Goodley. Tiio premises of Hildreth and Sons, produce merchants, Lome stroet, were entered last night by burglars, who removed the safe from the office and blow it open with dynamite. Tho plundor only amounted to a few shillings nod a gold watch and chain. —Wellington telegram. The Selection Committee, Messrs It. and A. Robinson and L. Sherrill, have chosen the following crews to represent tho Gisborne ItowiDg Club against Napier oarsmen and the Poverty Ray Club : Seniors : L. Williams (ate), C. O. Hansen (3), Dr Fisher (2), 11. S.yrnos (how). Juniors: H. E. Bright, J. Wauchop, G. Nolan, 0. B. DoLautour. It is urged that ail friends of the Bible in this district should endeavor in this centennial year to aid tho marvellous work of the British and Foreign Bible Society. The last year's report shows that upwards of 175,000,000 copies of Bibles or portions had been issued up to that date. The Committee of the local branch hope for a good attendance at the annual meeting on Thursday at Te Ran.

Some years ago, when the steamer Australia came up the river, she sustained damage to her propeller blades When I lie dredge John Townlcy got to work again in the last few days slu: picked up the old blades in the river. When the mishap occurred, it was thought I lie blades liad been damaged' and had then been dropped at sea.

On Thursday the Matawhero school picnic will bo held in Mr Ewou Camoron’s paddock, Toanga, instead of Mr Clark's property opposite. Matawhero crossing, the means of conveyance across the river being inadequate. A. strong committee of ladies are energetically attending to the catering, etc., and everything promises to be a success. Many handsome prizes have been donated by the tradespeople in town, and the ladies and School Committee will only be too happy to welcome the attendance of donors at the gathering. Intending exhibitors at the Horticultural Show are again reminded that entries closo with Miss Hyett at 8 p.m. on Wednesday. In addition to those already notified, special prizes have been donated by Messrs A. Simmonds and Co., of Napier (through Messrs Dalrymple Bros., the local agents). Messrs 11. Bull, sen,, and Messrs H. E. Partridge and Co., of Auckland, making the list of special prizes much larger than at any previous show. Mr Sinclair will run busses from the suburbs to the show at 7..’!0, leaving the Theatre at 9,45 p.m.

Andrew Charles Barry was brought before the Police Court yesterday on a conviction for obtaining; £3 hy false pretences. The charge against

accused was that while coming to (iisborne lie obtained £f from a fellow passenger to whom he stated he was related to Mr Marshall, Railway Inspector, and also that lie would pay him back from money due to him from the Public Works Department. .Sergeant Sidriells stated that accused had been admitted to six months’ probation for theft at Mart on on May 12th. lShtl. Harry admitted the previous conviction, and stated in regard to the offence with which he was charged that he was drunk while coming to Gisborne in the boat. He denied' stating that Mr Marshall was his hrolher-in-law. but had said that he had worked tinder Mr Marshall for eleven months. Barry was sentenced to three months’ hard labor in Napier gaol.

Beep sympathy will be felt for Mr and Mrs T. Daulton, sent., of Te Arai, in consequence of tlie death of their son Trooper Thomas Daulton, at the early age of 21. Deceased was a promising young man and very popular throughout the district. He went to the war as a member of the Seventh Contingent, and was injured through a fall from his horse on the veldt. Returning home in the crowded troopship t he contracted pneumonia after measles. ' *‘«r landing he was apparently recovering, lA.ii. -‘b afterwards became ill again, but a moo. ‘'wuied near the brain. -*n abscess having - <=Uull; the rwvO I! c ’usher trephined, ;tue . ’ . Dr Velby • -t. Dr Fisher s private parent was tcndeo -- - nu , f ormer ly of hospital under Nurse Mau». Patient the Christchurch Sanatorium. Tnt, progressed splendidly, but later on brain svnfptoLUS became evident, and Dr Morrison wp.= called in to assist at another operation, when fragments of necrosed bone were removed. On Friday the skull was again trephined, hut pressure on the base of the brain caused an irremediable change, nud though every effort- was made to save the lad’s life, it could not be, and this line young fellow pas-ed away at 7 last night. The relatives speak in most grateful terms of the efforts made bv the medical attendants, and of the services rendered by Nurse Manson. The funeral will leave the parents’ residence, Te Arai, at 2 to morrow afternoon.

The fortnightly meeting of the Amiilgamated Seek-tv of (Tirp-.-ntc-os and Joiner* will he held tu-MoiTiuv corning.

Tnc Rev. G. P. Daves, M.A., lias been appointed to s-nceu ii Mr Waters as vicar of St. Peter's, Wellington.

The funeral - uf the late Miss Alice Redward will take place this afternoon at the Makaraka cemetery, tiie coitege leaving her father’s residence, the Point, Whataupoke, a; three o'clock. A memorial service is to he held at the Pre.-byteiian Church on Sunday next.

Mr Thomas Spear, of Dunedin, has . e'ered into possession of ti.c Coronation Hotel, and intends to maintain the high reputation of that popular hostelry. Excellent accommodation is provided, the hotel ocing one of the best appointed in the North Island. In these days of liquor reform it is imperative that all dealers in wines and spirits make it their duty to supply only the best aud purest liquor that the world’s markets can produce, otherwise they must fall behinu aud be lost in the melancholy mist of “ those that were.” fn this matter the laws controlling the sale of fermented liquors are each year becoming more and more stringent, entailing additional care on the part of the vendor as to the class of wines and spirits he must stock to keep in line. In this respect locally no firm has come to the front more prominently during the past year than Messrs Sheridan and Co., and this position has been achieved mainly by judiciously purchasing only the best arid purest of wines and spirits. This enterprising Lowe street firm are the sole recognised agents for Dell’s (Arthur Bell and Son’ - ' Perth whisky, a Highland whisky oi great maturity and delicate flavor, which has for years occupied a loading position in tho Home market, and since its introduction into the colony lias leapt into public favor as a whisky containing all the attributes of u gunuino old Highland whisky. Whyte and Mackay’s blend is another very line whisky stocked, and is the original of “ tho real Aluckay,” favorably known all over the world as a caro banishing iuvigorator. Messrs Sheridan and Co. are also agents for Muwrn’s Sparkling Extra Dry Champagne, wbicli headed the list for sales last year, aud is still gaining in popularity, and “ bumpers of Muinm’s ” has become the hall-mark of every social function of any pretence whatever. They also hold largo stocks of Penfold’s Australian wines, which carried off tho gold medal at the last Paris Exhibition in competition with all the leading wines of the world. Messrs Sheridan and Co. represent in Gisborne the Australian Alliance Assurance Co., the New Zealand Carrying Co., and are the sole agents for the renowned "Havelock” tobacco aud the Royal Barlock typewriter.