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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2084, 20 May 1907, Page 2

“The Midnight AVcdding” at His Majesty’s to-niglit.

In another column tho District Engineer calls for tenders for the erection of a courthouse at Tolaga Bay.

' His Excellency the Governor will be present at tho performance of “Tho Midnight AVcdding” to-morrow evening.

Tho Debating Society is.to meet at the Choral Hall this evening, when articles from newspapers, taken at random, will be discussed. Tho AVairoa Guardian hears tho AVui estate will probably bo taken over by the Government next March.

Mr. G. Smith advortises in this issue for a number of domestic servants, r bushmen, and farm hands, and notifies that he has two sections tor sale.

On account of tho bad weather, the meet of the Poverty Bay Hunt Club had to be postponed on Saturday.

During tho year ending March last 109,701 sheep were railed from Feeding nearly double the quantity five years ago.

Messrs. J. Peckover and Co. advertise elsewhere in this issue for a variety of servants, and notify the servants they have awaiting engagement.

AVi Tokamona, a native, was fined 10s and 4s costs, in default 48 hours’ imprisonment, for drunkenness, by Mr. Barton, S.M., at the Police Court on Saturday morning..

Mr. Jas. Brown is to bo asked by the Mangapapa School Committee to offer himself for election to the seat on the Hawke’s Bay Education Board, to be rendered vacant shortly by the retirement of Mr. Barton. The Mangapapa School Committee decided at its last meeting to accede to a request from the Kev. F. W. Cliattert'on, on behalf of the Volunteer Bible Teachers’ Association, for ihalf-ari-hour a week to be set aside for Bible-teaching.

On Empire Day the children of the Mangapapa school will be paraded by Colonel Winter, who will address them on “Empire-building,” from a military standpoint, Other speakers will aftdress the children on other phases of the question, Tlie Wairoa Guardian states that owing to the disobliging, attitude of a certain member of tlie local Post and Telegraph Department, a complaint has been forwarded to the Minister in charge of those departments.

The Supreme Court should conclude its Gisborne sittings to-dav. if the civil cases, W. L. Bees against Koke, Cooper versus Coleman, ana P. Hall versus the East Coast Trading and Timber Company, are settled out of court, as is anticipated. His Honor is duo to hold criminal sittings at Auckland on the 25th inst.