The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, MAY 20, 1905.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1459, 20 May 1905, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, MAY 20, 1905.

The Eagby football matches for this afternoon are West End v . Kaiti-Citv (semors) and Huia v. West End (juniors). Both matches should be closely contested. Captain Edwin reported yesterday : S»» d S 4 winds to gale from between south-east and east and north ; glass fall • tides high ; sea heavy ; rain probable ■ rivers high.” ’ An opportunity to purchase good cattle dogs will be given to day when Messrs Williams and Kettle offer for sale three dogs that have been used in driving cattle from Waikato to Gisborne. B The annual meeting' of the Gisborne branch of the N.Z. Farmers’ Union and the Farmers'Umon Oiub will bo held in the Club rooms, Masonic buildings, at 2 p.m, to-day. A full attendance of members is requested. {r The following telegram was received om Sir Joseph Ward by His Worship the Mayor (Mr J. Townley) last night - <• T anrm receipt of your resolution, for which l thank you. The representations will bavo consideration.” “ I 'thought the Borough had turned agriculturalists with a view of sowing their Sras!i^loS£ , -’ , “ 0r - MattheL ° a

No.ice is given of the intention of the Wairoa County Council to confirm a resolution declaring ragwort and gorge to be noxious weeds. b A Wairoa baok-blocker, writing to the Council to have his thirds » expended inquired most irreverently, if this would I be done, or B nou,d he apply to ■> Lord ” Jd. J. Soddon or the “ Prince of Dark ness I” |

Mr B.Bobertaon, of “ Tbo Speciality House, has just received his shipments of goods for winler wear. They are of tion Pti ° nal Value ’ an<i wiil re P“y inspoc-

At , St ,' Andco w’3 Church to-morrow [ (Sunday) morning Mr Paterson will give the usual sermonette to children : subiect of sermon, Life where the river cometh • ” and in the evening tbo Church will celebrate tbo 400th anniversary of vTted Kn ° S ‘ All interest °a cordially in-

Tha ladies of Gisborne nra invited to attend a free demonstration lesson i a dressmaking at the High School at 7 o’clock this evening. Miss Boberts (late of Lon don), inventor of tho “ Imperial ” system of dressmaking, will explain her system and ladies are requested to attend, so as to compare this system with others, in view of the dressmaking class commencing here when Miss Ivey goes on to Napier. b Wednesday and Thursday next this latest addition to Professor Edison’s marvellous invention will be introduced by Macdormott s Unique Company. The Wanganui Herald says: The pictures tluown on the screen by the bioscope were excellent, and with the exception of a couple of old pictures were refreshingly now. Exceptionally interesting were the micro-bioscopic pictures, taken through a powerful magnifying glass. The series showmg up-to-date bee culture was very good, and the audience followed with intense interest the movements of the busy little workers in and around the hive ” -the whole programme is full of brightness and variety, and Mr Macdermott may well be congratulated upon bis efforts to abuse. Ibe part supplied by Professor Scott is alone worth the price of admission, his clever sleight of hand and conjuring tricks bbing highly entertaining in the best sense of the word. Intending patrons should eeoure tiokets. i u

| The Sierra left San Franciso at 2 D.tn. I on May 18th for Auckland. I ® otl ? io loaves Wellington for England, via Bio de Janeiro, on May 27th. William Olive, horse-trainer, and Alfred | bankrupts. BaWyor ’ b66Q Messrs Bedstone and Sons’ Coast ooaoh leaves town at.S.3O on Monday morning, and the Morere-Wairoa coach at 7 o’clock. East Cape reported yesterday morning a lresh S.E. wind ; barometer, 29.97 ; ther--54 > passing showers ; rain all

An energetic, raliablo man is advortised toe to undertoko canvassing for u Lifo and Accident Insurance'Company.

At tho Police Court yesterday morning, before Messrs It. Juhnaton und W. B. Akroyd, J.P.’s a first offender for drunkenness was fined 5s and coats. Tapi Moana was finod 10s for drunkenness and £2 for resisting the Police. A. N. Adams, charged with committing an indecent act, ploadod guilty undor oxionuating oirouinstanoos. ido was finod £i and costa.

of unsold sootions in the Mildura Township, Kaiti, to bo disposed 0 by public auction on Saturday next, appears as an inset in this issue. Those sccJ® 08 arQ most) favorably situated, and should command good pricos. The terms aro easy only 20 per cent, being aslced. The sale wi!l be boJd by Messrs Williams and Kott-10, in conjunction with Mr T. G. Lawloss.

The Biblo-in Schools movement, in so far as it claims to promote tho eternal wolc{s^<^ Ven the State schools, is wholly spurious. If the clergy were in earnest labout tho nood for training up children to be worthy citzans, the opportunities they always enjoy would be amply sufficient for tho purpose. But tho clergy’s object is not to make worthy citizens, but to increase the numerical strength of their own Church membership, with tho ulterior object of “ capturing ” the political maohino. This aim is not, of course, conto ono Church. It is a disease that aiilicts all Churches, but to only one doeß there seem to bo, in this colony and now, a reasonable prospect of ultimate, if some* what remote success. It iB a very fortunate circumstance that there aro so many sects, and still more fortunate that amongst the members of all tbero should bo a large proportion who put the infcerosts of the State, not perhaps above religion, but certainly above ecclesiastioism.—Observer.