The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, NOV. 25, 1905.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1611, 25 November 1905, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, NOV. 25, 1905.

To-n ! ght Me Clayton speaks at Tolago Bay, and Mr Carroll at Waorenga-a-hika. Mr W. D. liysnar advertises for a family oapablo of milking up to 100 oows on shares.

Messrs Miller and Craig will dispose of the balance of fruit at . their mart at 11 a m. to-day. v At their Matawhero stock sale on Thursday next, Messrs Dalgety and Co. and Common, Shelton and Co. will dispose of 1000 two-tooth shorn wethers. The annual general' mcetiug of shareholders of the Gisborne Sheepfarmers’ Frozen Meat Company will be held at the office of the Company, Read’s Quay, at 11 a.m. to-day. The s.s. Tarawora and Haupiri transhipped' the following Coast wool to the s.r. Ruapehu yesterday at Wellington : Shipped by Messrs Bennett and Sherratt, 91 bales; Messrs Warren and Co., 897 brles; Messrs Williams and Settle, 388 biles.

At Makauri last evening one eDthußiastio advocate for no-lioenso attended Mr Lysnor's meeting with a placard “ Howto vote ” aoross his back, which he every now and then displayed to the audience. Captain Beede, who has been assisting Captain Slattery of the Salvation Army for somo time past, is under orders to farowell. Captain Slattery will conduct the farewell meetings to-morrow .(Sunday) at the. Barraoks, A farewell ooffeo supper will be held on Tuesday night at 8. Baptist Cburoh services will be con* ducted in Whinray's Hall to-morrow morning and evening by the Bov. D. Parry. We are requested to state that it has been deoided to continue the services in the above hall until the erection of the new Baptist Church. The latest new subscriber to the Gisborne Telephone Exchange is No. 163, M. E. Beavis, butoher, Ormond road. The following are deleted : 163, Gordon and Law, butobers, Ormond road, aod 253, H. E. Johnston, shipping agent, Harris street.

Following is the Tatuheru orieket team to play United this aftornoon at Viotoria DomainTorkington, Wynyard, Davip, Lasker, H. G. Clark, Hodge, Fenwick, Neale, Golding, Charles, and McConnell; emergencies, Hogg, Williams, Osborne, S. Clark, and Mille-. The United team is as follows Hallamore, Gibson, Bobinson, I Gardiner, Softon, Sheridan, Dods, Cato, Massey,Gordon, and Horne; emergencies, Hill, Nolan, Butledge, and Carr. In the Poverty Bay rowing club’s fours last night, McConnell's being scratched, V. Somerville's orew, consisting of V. Somerville (atr.), M. Oman (3), J. Somerville (2), and B. Boyle (bow), got a bye, and were drawn againsi R. Jones’ orew. The result ended in an easy win for the latter. To-night the concluding heat will be rowed between Jones' aod McGuffiie’s crews, and a real good race should be witnesse 1.

I Speaking at Makauri last |evening, Mr W. Douglas Lyanar emphatically denied that he had ever received a penny piece from the liquor party to speak against prohibition. He had spent over £SOO out of his owa pocket in fighting for the liberty of the aubjsct in the matter. He seldom weDt into an hotel himself unless it was upon some special occasion suoh as after ao electioneering campaign.

I A meeting of the Sievwrigbt Memorial Cotnmf'tee wan’ held yesterday afternoon. Mrs TowDley presided, and there were I pccsent Mesdames A. Somervell, Church, CbattertoD, Maynard, Walker, Scott, and West, and Misses Walsh and Oakley. A good deal of correspondence was read. It was stßted that the fuod had now I reached £7O, in addition to which other I sums were anticipated. - It was decided to I leave the fuod open for four-months, and then to decide, by ballot as to what form the memorial is to lake. As showing the interest taken in perpetuating the memory of tbs kindly lady whose death was so much deplored, Mi3s Edgar wrote a nioe ! letter from India, with a donation enclosed; from Invercargill there was an interesting lo'ter sent by E. HodgkinsoD with a subscription, and also one from Dunedin, Mrs Chatterion was given leave of absence as treasurer, and by the unanimous w.isb of the meeting Mrs Townley was appointed to the position until Mrs Chatterton was able to take it np again. It vyasdecided to hold a social in aid of the funds, of ffhiol} <J(ie notice will be ijiven I^tej

An oxooodiogly interesting lcotaro wa givon last night by the itov. Josoph Clark.

Mr W. Douglas Lysnor will address a public meeting against prohibition at Ormond at 7.80 this evening. The data of the nalo of Mr Bayly’s furniture, to bo hold by Messrs Bain Bros., has boon altorod to Friday, 15th December.

The Gisborno Shoepfarmors’ Company’s . s.s. Shirloy Hasoll arrived from Auckland last evening with a full general cargo. Tho . vessel was borthod at tho groyne. She unloads a quantity of comont thero this 1 morning, and will bo brought up to the i town wharf at 9 o’clock. . ( Owing to tho inability to obtain a quorum tho annual mooting of the GisI boruo Chamber of Commerce, wbioh waß sot down for last ovoning, has boon postponed until Friday noxt. Thoso who I attended last evening were Messrs W. A. O’Meara, J.'W. Bright, G. Evans, and E. L. Maude, secretary. At St. Andrew’s Church to-morrow I (Sunday) Mr Paterson will give a sermonette to the children, subject of sermon, “ How to become one of the friends of 1 Jesus.” In the evening the subject of lecture will be “A conflict between conscience and cash—£so,ooo sacrificed for conscience.” Seats free. All strangers 1 cordially invited. At tho Times Offico yesterday aftornoon I the mombers of the staff assembled to I tondor their congratulations to Mr T. L. I Steel, on tho eve of hiß - marriago, and to I wish him suecoss in his now Bphero of I labor, Rarotooga. On behalf of tho staff I and proprietors, Mr H. T. Jones presented Mr Steel with a handsome silver cruet 1 and Bilver stud-box, and while expressing I regret at tho departure of ono who was so muob ostoemod, tendered congratulations I on bis approaching marriage und best I wishes for tho happiness and prosperity of I Mr and Mrs Steel in their now Rome. Mr I Steel suitably replied. He is to be married I this morning to a highly popular Gisborne lady, Miss Holmes, sister of Mrs H. Adair, and they leave for the Islands, via Auckland, at noon to-day.