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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2383, 26 December 1908, Page 4

The Rev. Wm, Grant will continue lib'addresses to men on Sunday evening. the subject being, “The Glory of Manhood.” . " Professor (MacMillan Brown, of C’/i-i(tchurch, who has b6en in tho Far East, returned to Wellington on Wednesday. The Vicar of Holy Trinity Church announces siiecial close of the year services throughout the parish toniorrovv. All residents in the disti’ict are warmly invited. Mr F. Waldegrave, Under-secre-tary for Justice, who has been on a year’s trip to the Old Country and Europe, also returned to 'Wellington on Wednesday. Mr Grubb will preach at the Wesleyan 'Church this morning on the subject, “Confession and its results. In tho evening the Rev. C. Griffin will preach on “The Year’s Way. ■Mrs Gibb, wife of the Rev. Dr. Gibb, who underwent an operation at Melbourne on the return journey from. the Old Country, arrived at Wellington by tho Malieno on Wednesday. Mr and Mrs R. A. Dutton, representin g the “Red Arrow and “Dingo” Medicine Co., have arrived in Gisborne and will call on business people in the town and vicinity during next- week. . . The following revenue was received at the .Customs-house this week: Customs duties £792 19s 6d, beer •duty £6O 16s, light dues £6 16s 6d, Harbor Board revenue 11s Id, other receipts IQs; total £B6l 18s 4d. A Press Association telegram m>m Christchurch last night states that eleven Corriedale rams are to-be shipped to Monte Video by Mr. John Stringefellow, of Chertsey, by the Ri_ inutaka, leaving Christchurch about the seventh of next month. Three offenders for drunkenness arrested on Christmas Eye and subsequently released on bail will be called upon to answer for their in•diligence this morning ut tlie Police Station before -Mr \\ . A. Barton, S M Mr. W. A. Barton, S.M., attended at the police station on Ihursday nior■njng. .and fined a- first offender for drunkennesss, with costs 2s, and a second offender named John Feeney £l, with costs 2s, in default 4b hours’ imprisonment. A Press Association telegram states that the Prime Minister (Sir Joseph Ward) is spending the Christmas holidays in Wellington. On Monday evening lie will leave for the south, returning to Wellington about the sth* or 6th of January. A Wellington Press Association telegram announces that 'Mr G. 1 • Gee, who has been man a gey of the Wellington branch of the National Bank fod the past fifteen years, has resigned his position and will leave the in about two months time. To-morrow, being the last Sunday of the year, at the Baptist Tabernacle the Rev. W. Lamb will deliver appropriate messages. In the mornin*T the subject will be •‘Thou .Shalt Remember,” and iu the evening, “The Trinsitoriness. of Lite. At 6.50 p.m. the orchestra will play. “The Sacred Wreath, No 16, and vocal and instrumental solos will be rendered. . The -Austral "Umscope Company o-ave an entertainment in His'Majesty's Theatre last evening. The pictures were very well shown, being thrown upon the screen by the aid ot a high-class mechanism, and a powerful electric light. The subjects of I films were all of a. sentimental nature There was a crowded audience Miss Maud Fenton and Mr Stephen French contributed songs at intervals. The Company will appear aeain this evening.. , cl-. In the opinion of the Federal Government, in whose jurisdiction Ih. lame smiling fire , shovels for eightneiice each this week at Parnell s PopSlra Saturday &lee, Christmas Eie onlv instead of Saturday. . To the average dairy farmer profit is a great consideration, and he will go to®a great deal of extra labor to Teen re. it, but more profit with less labor is so attractive that hundreds of farmers have installed the Lay illies Machine in tlieir dairies, and are now reaping the benefit of their enterprise. Tho LA.h. Machine- is not a new idea, but one that has stood the test of time and stood it well. When you purchase a milking machine, be satisfied w onlv the best, viz., the L.K.G. *ull particulars and information sent post f ree .—J.'B. Mac Ewan and Co. Ltd., sole agents, Fort Street, Auckland.