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Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 930, 1 July 1903, Page 2

The meeting of the Land Board at Gisborne is fixed for Saturday. Dr McCarthy commences his rain making operations at Broken Hill to-day. The Gisborne railway in May gave a return of L‘36B for £3ll expenditure. Colonel Porter arrived from South this morning.

Bruce intends trying temperance bars until the appeal case is decided.

Ten o’clock licenses in Gisborne commence to-night.

“ Lanoma” advertises for two unfurnished rooms or a four-roomed house. A five-roomed house is advertised as being to le‘, by Mr T, A. Coleman. Mr E. Ling, has for sale rhubarb, sage, lettuce, thyme, and onion plants. Mr llcidorn, of Makaraka, advertises for a horseshoer. A notice to members of tho East Coast Mounted Bifles is given in our advertising columns.

The Maritana Assembly dance will be held in the Academy of Music to morrow evening-

Captain Edwin telegraphed yesterday : Moderate westerly winds, glass rise, tides moderate, frost to night.

The State benefited to the extent of H2OB 15s 7d from the Poverty Bay Turf Club’s two meetings last season. Bast Capo reported yesterday : Calm, baromoter 3031, thermometer 58, blue sky, ordinary sea, slight swell. C. Bosie and Co. are offering special inducements to cash purchasers. A handsome present will be given to every purchaser of 5s worth and upwards. It is probable that the usual Saturday boat from the South will be late this week, but the Gisborne agent has not yet received any notification of the date being altered.

The Chief Postmaster informs us thal the Auckland San Francisco despatch ol 29th May arrived in London on the afternoon of the 28th inst.

Messrs Common, Shelton and Co. and Messrs Dalgoty and Co., hold their next stock sale at Waerenga-a-bika on Thursday morning. The entries include 1000 sheep and 150 head of cattle. Acceptances close on Friday evening next, at 9 o’clock, for the Gis'borne Racing Club’s Steeplechase Meeting. Entries for the minor events on both -days also close at the same hour.

“ Lady Cyclist ” writes Sir, —Can I claim from the Borough Council the cost of a new dress destroyed by slops thrown into Peel street ? Wo are not allowed to ride along the footpath, and perforce have to risk going through slush thrown into the public roadway. Some delay has occurred in the un-

loading of the River Hunter. It is understood that authority has been applied for to extend the rails a short distance further on the wharf

to facilitate the handling of the piles.

Statements as to the exceptionally good state of the river were not 'borne out yesterday, when even the Tuna was taking ground, but the tide was remarkably low, being two feet below zero marked on the tidal gauge.

Mr Dixon, of Murewai, had the misfortune to have his house burned down this week. 'The house was a small one, hut in addition Mr Dixon loses heavily by all his business 'books being destroyed. There was no publican’s booth at the Napier Park races yesterday The totalisator receipts showed a substantial decrease, so that the money saved by there being no booth could not be said to have been gambled away.

Messrs Hninon and Smith inform us that they have just completed tho sale of the livery stables, lately carried on by O’Reilly Bros., to W. O’Reilly. This firm invite the attention of intending purchasers of property of all kinds to properties they have for sale.

At tho Police Court yesterday morning a native named Kereopa Wahanui was fined £3 and costs, in default 14 days’ hard labor, for assaulting Te Paki Kahinga at Te Are-i on Saturday, June 13th. ,Mr W. D. Lysnar appeared for the informant, who was allowed HI out of the fine.

'A Maori named Rulene Taitapanui of Kanekanae, was remanded at the

Court yesterday , for alleged abduction of a Native girl under the ■age of sixteen years, at Tuparoa, on April 21st. Mr L. Rees appeared for accused. Bail was allowed in £SO. The case comes on on Wednesday next.

There was a large attendance of shareholders in the Co-operative Building Society at the meeting last night. Mr Symes (Chairman of Directors) presided. The ballot for £3OO resulted in favor of Mr T. Witty, of Kaiti. In the sale by tender, £IOO was disposed of for £34 and £2OO for £3O per / hundred pounds.

The great question of the day is as to whether the Premier’s good lady (Mr Seddon being a Privy 'Councillor) or Lady Stout (wife of the Chief Justice) is to have precedence. The Chief Justice was at

one time regarded as New Zealand’s most advanced democrat. Then he accepted knighthood, and to-day he is threatening to resign because of the precedence point. The teams to represent the I-luia

■Football Club in their matches on Saturday next will be selected from

the following Seniors : Te Reina, Lear, Swann, Cockery, Gibson (2), Sefton, Blair, Sherratt,. Holmes,McGruther, Wells, Ngawini, Wauchop, Moana, Gillanders, I-I. Symes, and Nepia. Juniors :T. Gibson, Scott (2), Taylor, T. Sharp, Shaw, Kinnimont, Robb, Nuia, McCullough, F.

Higgs, Watson, Jeffries, Newton, Buscke, Tapu, and McConnell.

A meeting of the Court William Glad

Btone was hold last night, when the following officers were installed by the retiring C.R., Bro. Lewis, viz., C.R., Bro. Armstrong ; S.C.R., Bro. Nicoll ; Bros. File and Bushnell (re-elected) secretary and treasurer ; S W., Bro. Wheeler ; J.W., Bro. A. Robertson ; 5.8., Bro. Bennett ; J.W., Bro. Parsons. The halance sheet was submitted and approved. The sick fund stands at £2605, management fund £92, and benevolent fund £3O. A total of £2727. About 65 members paid the hospital fees.

Prominent as Mr Kennedy Macdonald has always been in public and commercial life, bis good wife is nearly as well-known a figure in political and charitable work. Warm hearted and generous, no one outside Mrs Scddon lias the same bold ' on the women of the Liberal Party as Mrs Kennedy Macdonald. She lias during her long residence in the city made, hundreds of personal friends, who are delighted for her sake at Mr Macdonald’s elevation to the Upper House. Mrs Macdonald’s health for some year or' two has been indifferent, and she is now enjoying rest and change in a visit to the Motherland, along with Miss Macdonald.— Lance.

Mr Hogg, the “ Roads and Bridges ” member for Masterton, recently remarked on the fact that attempts were being made to set country and town against each other,but they will not succeed. Hetsaid that “ the fight is not between the farmer and the artisan, hut between the worker and the idler, between industry and sloth, between drudgery aud indulgence. Why should the man with pick and shovel, and saw and hammer, and active pen, carry the lazy fat man in b)oadcloth on his shoulders ? Why should the woman at the sewing-machine or wash-tub be the slave of the lady, who wastes her- time and affections on poodles and perfumery ? I believe there are changed times in store for the people who live on rent and interest and for selfish individuals who have been locking up the people’s land.”-