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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2293, 11 September 1908, Page 2

The annual general meeting of the Gisborne Rowing Club will be held at the Masonic Hotel to-night, at 7.30. The tenders for supplies to the Hospital and . the Old Men’s Home close with the secretary to-duy, at 5 p.m. Applications are invited by. the Gisborne Racing Club for the position of secretary, vice Mr. M. G. Nasmith (resigned). There will bo u private meeting of supporters of the Opposition party in Erskinc’s buildings, Teel Street, this evening, at S o'clock. A general meeting of shareholders in the Civil Service and Citizens’ Cooperative Eakerv, Ltd., will be held in the secretary’s office this evening, at 7.30. A first offender for drunkenness was convicted at the Police Court yesterday morning, before Messrs J. Somervell and W. E. Akroyd, J-P.’s, and fined os with costs 2s, in default 24 hours’,

Up-to-date tea and .luncheon rooms will shortly be opened on tho ground iloor of Messrs Williams and Sherrutt's now buildings, To wo Street, by Mrs. Stephenson, who will be assisted by a capable staff of waitresses. At the M a gist rate’s Court yesterday morning, before Messrs John Somervell and W. JO. Akroyd, J-lVs, judgment by default was granted in the case of W. A. 'O’Meara (Mr. .it. Hoi) v. Emma Jane Byrne, claim £7 l.ljs Oil. A number of other cases were either struck out or adjourned. The City Hand will play the following programme from Trafalgar Rotunda this evening, at 8 o’clock: March, “Cavalier” joverture, “Crown of Merit”; quadrilles, “Vendetta”; waltz, “Darling Polly” ; gehottische, “Touch and Go”; march coinique, “Mr. Thomas Cat.” Messrs J. ,1. Niven and Co. have recently fitted the first hydraulic lift to come to Gisborne into Messrs Arch. Clark and .Son’s warehouse in Peel Street. The lift is designed to carry hnlf-a-ton weight, and is of tho latest safety design.

A very enjoyable Bachelors’ Social was held in Erskine’s Hall last evening. when there were about 60 couples present. Messrs J. Tcasdalo and Jf. Cowl rick' acted as M-C.’s, and excellent music was supplied by Mrs. Baty and Misses McGowan, Grey and Primrose and Mr. Barraclough. A very tasty supper was supplied by Mr. J. Er.skinc, and during the evening a duet was sung by Mrs. Shierlaw and Mr. •lowers. Miss McGowan played the accompaniment.

The stock-in-trade in the estate of Mr. C. F. Ivernot was disposed of at auction yesterday by Messrs F. S. Malcolm and Co., acting under instructions from the Official Assignee, to Ms. W. IT. Clayton. Tho ten paid-up shares in the Co-operative Supply Association, in the estate of Mr. Thos. Morrison, were passed in without a. bid.

The funeral of the late Mr. Finlay Ferguson took place yesterday from bis father’s residence, Patutalii, to the Makaraka cemetery. The cortege was a long one, a large number of residents of Patutalii and the surrounding district attending. A number of Gisborne residents joined the mournful procession from Matawhero to the graveside, where the Bov. F. W. Walker, of Ormond, conducted the burial service of tlio Presbvterian Church.

The manager of the Gisborne Cooperative Bakery Company, Ltd., announces that he is prepared to eater r or balls, weddings, and parties in the best style. The prospectus of the :omp.;uy was only issued on August 13th, and already 1338 shares have been taken up, which is very gratifying to flic directors. All bread tickets issued by the company have shareholders’ coupons attached, and no tickets are re-issued. The bread factory is fitted with an up-to-date plant, and everything indicates that the company will have a prosperous future.

A mooting of residents of PovertyBay at the time of the massacre by To Kooti and his followers, which took place around the Makaraka and Matawhero district on the night of November 9tli and the morning of. the 10th, 1861. was held in Whinray’s Hall last evening. Mr. M. Hall occupied the chair, and there were about a dozen gentlemen present. It was decided to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the event on November 9th next by a picnic on the Patutalii Domain, those present forming themselves into a committee, with power to add to their number, to carry out tho celebrations.

At ia meeting of the Carpenters’ Union held in Townley’s Hall last night, tho following resolution was carried—“That* we, the Carpenters’ union, of Gisborne, are of opinion that as the Arbitration Act was framed for the benefit of all classes, it wa ( tlio duty of file Court to give •an a- ■■:rd in the Farm Laborers’ dispute. as provided in the Arbitration Act.” It was decided to call a special meeting of the Union for Tuesday next, t 0 discuss the demands to be brought before the next sitting of the Arbitration Court to be held .in Gisborne. Two new members were elected during the evening.

News has been received in Sydney that Miss Steel, a Tasmanian ladv engaged in mission work under the 1 oona and Indian Village, Mission, wa s recently severely assaulted. The bungalow connected with the mission at Pandharpur, Bombay Presidency, was attacked by a large body of natives, and every window smashed. Miss Steel went outside to try and pacify the people, whereupon she was seized, her head, battered, and all her front teeth knocked out. It was only when tho infuriated mob saw her drenched in blood and believed that slio had been killed that they decamped. Tho police came upon the scene too late, but the bungalow at tlie latest advices was being continually guarded. This act of violence is another instance of the unrest prevailing throughout India. The natives were indignant at the recent sentence of six yearn’ imprisonment passed upon Tilak, one of their leaders, and imputed blame to the European missionaries. In Bengal recently one of the Australian Baptist missionaries was chased several miles by a. turbulent crowd, and only escaped by taking refuge in ia mission house.

The efforts of tlio Young Turkish Party, whoso actions have been much commented on of late, to do away with the secret police supervision and tlio plurality of wives, is meeting with such success that this week it’s nutmeg graters for one penny each at Parnell’s Popular Saturday Sales, 12th inst. only.