The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, APRIL 15, 1903.

Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 865, 15 April 1903, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, APRIL 15, 1903.

The Wcka arrives from Napier this morning with timber. Two young Canterbury settlers were among those who drew sections in the recent Motu ballot.; The monthly meeting of the Hospital Trustees will be held this evening. Mr P. T. Kenway leaves Gisborne this morning, on a visit to the Old Country. The local railway carried 300 excursionists during .the Easter holiriays< Mr O. Sandlant advertises a villa to let, in Ballance street, .Whataupoko. Mr W. Cooper has left Gisborne on a six weeks’ visit to Greymouth, in connection with the oil boring operations.

It is expected that there will be a strong demand for the Waimata Valley dairy farms, tenders for which close on Saturday. Mr G. N. Maidment, of the Or-

mond Presbyterian charge, leaves this evening for Opunake, whither he has been transferred. Yesterday Constable Keenan arrested a young man named Artnur Lindsay Hi fcinson on a charge ot stealing a razor and a bandolier.

Of the two hundred applications for Motu land last week not one was for tiie lease in perpetuity system, the majority being under lease with purchasing clause. Mr G. Woods, the contractor for the .Waynata Valley dairy factory, has neaiiy eampleted the work. The new

factory will be capable of handling the produce of one thousand cows.

Thu members of the East Coast Native Trust Land Board are expected to hold their first meeting in Gisborne this week. The work of the Board is being watched with a great deal of interest.

Mrs Pettie, of Waipiro Bay, and Mrs McCullough, of Te Araroa, ar’ rived in town last evening. They proceed to Sydney this morning by the Tallinn, leaving that port on April 2(Mli, by the Aotangi, for Fiji, where they will spend the winter.. At tho conclusion of tho Borough

Council meeting last evening the Mayor and several members of the Council inspected tho new engine at the Fire Brigade station. Tho ongino was fitted up last evening bjr Messrs Dnvys and Third, and is now in good goiug order.

The JVaiomoko bridge lias Been completed,' the contractors, .Messrs McLaughlin and Nicoll, having made a first-class job of the work. It’ is the first bridge of the kind erected in this cistrief. being a wire suspension bridge. Mr James Brown had the contract, for the iron, wliica was satisfactorily carried out. The following cablegram irom London has I ecu received by Me-srs Dalgoty and Co. “ Since our telegram New Zealand frozen lamb is lower by }•> per Jl> ; a good business is doing at the decline. Frozen mutton, in general, is unchanged. Frozen beef is higher by Jd to ,)d per lb. The advance is due to a temporarily smaller supply of American chilled beef.”

At the Poverty Bay Rowing Club’s social on Monday evening. (Mr R. Johnston presented the prize* W °b during the year. In doing so, he refer tea' to the friendly feeling that existen among the Rowing Clubs, particularly with the Union Chib Three cpeeir- were given for the .isitors. The fcl lowing were the prize winncis .-Trial * foilr^ — photos presented by Mr 10. Elierbeck : K. Donkin (str) M. McLeod (3), \V. Parker K. McLeod (bow), P. O’Neal (cox). Double Sculling Handicap photos presented by Mr B S. Cox : R. Donkin (str), J. Smith (bow), P. 0:Neal (cox). Double Sculling Handi-cap-medals: F. Clark (str), C. Hepburn (bow). S. Tait (cox). I rial fours—photos presented by Mr Innes: H. Taylor (str), M. McLeod (3), V, Sonimervell (2), J, Roderick (bow), E. o:Ncal (cos)i

The Tolago Bay coach leaves at 8 o’clock to-morrow morning. The mail steamer Sierra arrived at 'Frisco on Monday, 13th. Applications for the position of pupil teacher in the Mangapapa school close on Friday next. Mr J. W. Bull has just received large shipments of oranges and bananas, which he is selling at reduced prices. He has also for sale 50 empty fruit cases.

Borthwick and Son, of London, have purchased the Waitara freezing works, the price being about £20,000. They took possession on Monday. Captain Edwin wired yesterday : “ Moderate to strong winds from between north-west and west and south-west; glass ri3e ; tides moderate.” As a rule the supply of fish in Gisborne is very limited. Local fishermen have been getting much better hauls during the present month, and have had a ready sale for the fish.

The Misses Honan notify in another column that they will hold their series of winter dances in the Academy of Music, instead of Whinray’s Hall. The first dance will be held on Friday evening next, 17th inst. At a well-attend meeting of the of Gisborne Lodge, 1.0.0. E., American Constitution, the proposition to form a juvenile branch in connection with the order was considered, and a strong committee formed, who propose to call a meeting to inaugurate the movement during the coming week. Two members were initiated and one proposed. At the City Band practice last evening, Mr W. Kennedy tendered his resignation, as he was leaving for Dunedin. The resignation was accepted with regret. Mr Kennedy was an excellent baritone player, and tho Bandmaster made highly eulogistic references to his many good qualities. Messrs J. Richards and" P. Vosper were elected new members, and Sergeant Young was elected to fill a vacancy on the committee.

Mr Winter Hamon has expressed his intention of next year presenting a ten guinea cup for competition amongst the Napier, Union, Gisborne, and Poverty Bay senior rowing crews. He makes one condition, and that is that the four clubs will compete for the trophy. Mr Hamon is to be commonded for his generous offer, and we hope to see some other eitizen come forward and present a similar trophy for competition amongst the junior crews of the same clubs. In our report of tho West End meeting it was inadvertently stated that Mr J. Colley did not intend to stand as a candidate for municipal honors. Mr Colley informs a Times representative that ho will come out against allcomers. It is satisfactory to see some of our young and successful business men taking an interest I in matters in connection with the Council, and we are sure that Mr Colley will be warmly supported by the ratepayers. At the meeting of the Charitable Aid Board last evening discussion took place in regard to medical attendance at the Old Men’s Home. Cr Whinray said that the caretaker of the home had twice requested the matron of the hospital to ask the doctor to call at the home to see a patient and he had not done so. Members considered that there must have been somo mistake, as the doctors had at all times been most willing to give their services to the homo without charge. Cr Harding said that the doctors had always attended patients at tho home whenever asked to do so. Thore had been no friction of any kind between the doctors and the Board, and ho was sure that the former would willingly continue to visit the home. Cr Whinrny complained that the question of medical attendance at the home should be placed on a moro business-like footing. The duties should be addod to those of the hospital, even if they bad to pay a little more. Cr Lysnar followed in the same strain. Cr Harding pointed out that the doctor did not belong to the Board, and was in no way accountable to them. After furthor discussion the subject was allowod to drop.