The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, MAR. 1, 1906.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1686, 1 March 1906, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, MAR. 1, 1906.

The Mutawbcro salts will .be held today.. Messrs BaiD B,ros. hold a sale of frui.t at the auction marl pt 11 a.m. to-day. Tbo Ca'edrivan social will be held in Bis Majesty's Thca're to-nigb*, and should bo largely attinded. Messrs Williams Bill Kettle hold a sale o,f horses a| ( the,ic i orse on tditur* day, including $0 'broken' and unbroken tbyc.e to four-yoir olds. 4 meetjiDg of delegates to the Poverty Bsy Cricket 4ssooi.sl.fpa wiljl be held in the Masonic Hefei oh Sa/mrday night at 8 o’olook.

•Messrs Williams and Ke'.tle.Ltd., have a large eu'ry of. stock for fhe'r sale at Matiwhero to day, A. large mob of SQOQ sLe p frcm Tuparoa station will n at arrive until to-nigl-t. The fi mhas anaoged for a special sale to 10 held at the Matawhero yards to-morrow morning at 11 o'clock.

Tbo death is announced of Mrs W. 0. D. Mante", who had been a resident of Wellington for a.great many years, The deceared lady, who survived her huobaDd (t! e Hon, W. B. Mantell) by about 10 years, had been an invalid for the past 16 years,

The president (Mr J JsTew'b) and the committee of the W&'hi Miners’ C°ion have resigned in a body, owing lo a general meeting over riding their decision regardiog refueal to pay pertain sick pay to a member of the union. The matter has caused a good deal of excitement among the members of the unioD.

Judge Jones is at present holding a sitting of tte Native Land Court in Russel', Bay of Islands, and is engaged upon Mo'atau No. 1 block, one of the areas about which a great deal of trouble oceo: red some time back, when the natives threatened figbt and polioe had to be brought on the eceno, Mr Cirroll h'mself havirg to go up to settle ma'tsrs. Good progress is bei g made with the case. 0 cr 2000 claim to ccrne in. The rtoes for the Challenge Shield presented by fbo L-'csnsad Victuallers' Association for competition between the local rowing clubs will be comcnanoed about the seoond week in April. The following crews from tbo Gisborne Rowing Club ha c been eelectod Senior: W. John ston (str), J. S Waucbop, H, E Bright, and C. BLa-F. Junior; R, F. Johnston (str), H, P. HamftOD, R. A. Davidson, and A. Williamson. Ten-stone; E. Swinnerton (str), F. Cummirg, G. Butler, and B. J. Bright.

The New Zealmd Herald st'teß : It is understood that the flop. J- Ca r ropi Minister for Native Affairs, intends to meet the Breweea natives About the middle of the month po make moots for systematic prospering cf that country f.r gold. For many years reports have from time to time been parreut. as to the existence of gold-bearing qurfU in fbp Urewera, and specimens have been found indicating the existence of gold deposits, but hitbertj tbo natives have opposed prospecting. Is is hoped now, however, tbafthe Minister will be able to arrange for such a systematic investigation as will settle the question whether qnarlz exists in tho oouDt f y iQ payablo quantities or not,

Mr T. Da'rymple, of-Gisborne, was a recont callor at Iho H'gh Commissioner a dlijo in London. ■' ; - A la-go crowd gnthored in Gladstone rnid last night to enjoy tbo inspiriting strains of tbo bagpipes. They will Lo hoard at tho spo ts to day. The following playors will represent To Rau ng dost Wanderora at tboDomvin on I Saturday : Fo3tor, Ilbevt, O’Hara, GotI man, Jeffreys, Gibson, Olsen, Erelcoana, I Patiroon, Roderick, and Smith. Tbo Rov. J. R. Flynn Anderson arrived from Auckland yoaiorday, and will for a couplo of weeks have charge of the Proabytoiian Cbu ch while the Rev. J. G. Paterson is hav ng a holiday in Ihi oountry.

Dr Green w;od, of Obrislchu ob, who reoertly paid a visit to Nelson, while thore oxvmined tho truth of aomo 200 schoolchildren, and found ouly ono child with a prrf ot oot of tioth. Ninely per cant, of tbo ok ldreu’s tooth wero in a pkockmg condition. i A mroting of the St Pa'rick’s Spcrts Committee WubJhU last t veiling, and was well attended. " All arrangement) are vyell forward for tho melting, which promiies to be aa succ ssful aa over. The et t'iea for the htndioap events olose with the s ere'ary, Mr Ed, Wdliam3. at his shop, Gladstone rood, on Saturday night, and should constitute a record for tho Society.

Tho Custom duties cjlloctod duiiog the month of February amount.d to : Spirits £IOB4 15s 10J, oisarettss £2lO, tobacoo £315 3< 03, wino £lB 10s lid, ale aid beer £B7 14-, tea £1 15s, sugar £2Ol, goods by weight £7B 18i 33, goods ad valorom (general tsriil) £715 19s, preferential tariff £32 Is'3l, othoc duties £22 Is 11 ; tsta>, £2021 2i 61 ; excise duty, £9l 19s. The am runt co lected for the same month last yiar was £2798 6s 2d; in 1903 tho amount was £1415 6s 9J. As the up-country train was passing tho Vinery crossing at Whangarei on Saturday, Mr Alfrid Barker’s child wanderod on to the railway, and was struck on the side of the bead by the oornor of one cf tho trucks. Tho child was thrown a considerable distance, but fortunately fell clear of the line. Before those who had witnessed the incident had time to do any thing, the child jumped to his feet and ran home, moro frightened than hurt.