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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2428, 17 February 1909, Page 4

The Technical School class for instruction in bookkeeping 'will begin at the school at 7 p.m. to-day. The Taruhcru Itoad Board invites tenders, to close at noon on F rid ay, for.about 60 chains of fencing .and about 25 chains of road formation. The weekly parade of the Gisborne Rifles takes place to-morrow night instead of Friday as usual. The corps will hold a, week-end camp this week, leaving town on Saturday afternoon. The tender of Mr J. Somervell has been accepted for the alterations to His Majesty’s Theatre, the plans for which have been prepared by Air F. J. Wilson, senr. The Hon. It. McKenzie, Minister of Public Works., who will visit Gisborne •shortly on railway matters, will be accorded a civic function, and duriffg bis stay he will be asked to formally open the new Waikohu bridge. Miss Rosemary Rees has been fortunate in securing an exceptionally lino cast for the production of her plays at His Majesty’s Theatre on Wednesday, March 3rd. The plays to be produced are ‘'A Judicial Separation,” “The New Gun,” and “Her Dearest Friend.” There was a fair attendance ol shareholders at a meeting of the Gisborne Co-operative Building Society last evening, when two appropriations were disposed of. A loan of £SOO in No. 1 issue fell by ballot to Messrs J. limes and C. Uldmg (joint shareholders), and a loan of £SOO in No. 2 issue was sold for £52 per hundred The members of the City Band leave for Napier by the steamer on Sunday evening to take part in the annual band contest which is being held at Hastings. Messrs Jolin Townley and Wm. Webb have made a canvass for subscriptions towards the cost of sending the Band away, and so far have collected the sum of £34. At the Police Court yesterday morning, before Messrs. John Townley and F. W. Riach, Js.P., Joseph Russell was fined 10s for cycling on the footpath in Lowe Street on February Bth. A further remand, until Friday, was granted, in the case of Norman AicLe*od, charged with the thefcir oi a horse, saddle, saddle, and bridle from Air. J. R. Shaw, of Pakarae. The following were the arrivals by Alessrs. Redstone and Sons’ coast coaches yesterday afternoon: —From Waipiro: Alessrs. Sparks, Cabe, and hour Natives. From Tologa: Aiesdames Busby and R, N. Jones, Judge Jones, Alessrs. Goffe, Busby, Witterson, Brenmer, Loisel, and AJ aster Bremner. From Wailiau: Airs. Ling. From Tatapouri: Air. Davey. For its size, the quantity of telegraphic business done in Gisborne is considerable. Unfortunately, however, provision is only made in the Post Office forgone receiving clerk, anti as this official is frequently rushed with a mass of telegrams, business people wishing to despatch messages have often to wait from five to ten minutes before being attended to. Appearances indicate that the staff is undermanned, and the presence of another receiving clerk, thus ensuring prompt attention to telegrams, would be welcomed by the public.

The following report is to be presented at the adjourned annual mooting of the High School Board of Governors, to be hold on .Monday : —"The year now closed is the last of a long series oi years during which the Governors have aided secondary education in the District High School at Gisborne. The work of the year within the necessarily limited lines upon which it has been based has been fair. Having regard to the rapid development of the East Coast and the increase of population at and near Gisborne, tlie Governors concluded, after very careful consideration, that the time had come when a High School should be established. Arrangements have been made to open such a school at the opening of the ensuing school year. The Governors will be able temporarily to utilise the High School room and the Gisborne Technical School not at present fully utilised for technical instruction. At the earliest possible moment a High School building, standing in its own grounds, should be provided. Negotiations have been proceeding with the Minister for the acquirement of a suitable education reserve in the Borough of Gisborne as a site for the permanent school. The work of the Technical School in all its branches has been excellent, and a good interest lias been maintained.”

The Sanitarium Health Food Depot is now open in premises lately occupied by Mr Hawkins, draper. This wc feel sure is a long-felt want, and it will be interesting and profitable to visit the Sanitarium Health Food Depot, and obtain some of the choice foods that will be kept in stock. There will be Protose, Nut Meat, Nuttosc and Nuttoleue, which will not only take the place of meat, but is said by leading physicians to be far in advance of a flesh diet. There is also Granola and Granose, which are described as being highly nutritious breakfast foods, already so thoroughly cooked that only a few minutes in tlie saucepan or in the oven renders them fit for the table. Also Toasted' Corn Flakes, Glutin Meat and Sticks.. Wlicatmeal and Oatmeal Biscuits. Caramel Cereal takes the place of tea and coffee, and other foods too numerous to mention. Unfermented Grape juice a specialty. These foods will bo sold at the lowest possible price for cash to those desiring to obtain them.*

There arc several degrees of a lie, and they are placed by Shakespeare in the following order: The retort courteous; the quip modest; the reply churlish ; the reproof valiant • the countercheck quarrelsome; the lie with circumstance ; and the lie direct. All these you may avoid but the lie direct, and you may avoid that, too, if you buy Saucepan Scrapers at fourpence each at Parnell’s Popular Saturday Sails, Saturday, 20tli instant only.

Judge Jones, of the Native Land Court, and Mrs. R. N. Jones, returned from the Coast to Gisborne yesterday afternoon". Mr. George Miller, of Alessrs. Miller and Craig, who has been suffering a severe illness, is making good progress towards recovery, but it will be some lime yet before ho is able to resume business. Mr C. C. Reade,. who for three and a half years was connected with London journalism, and who has been for a short time on the literary staff of the “New Zealand Times,” has accepted the sub-editorship of the Auckland “Graphic.” r" Air. It. B. Morris-, Inspector 37 Post Office Savings Banks, arrives from South this morning, and will relieve Air. W. Id. Renner, Postmaster, who goes on a month’s leave of absence. Air. (3. Gordon Armour, general secretary of the Dunedin Y.Ai.C.A., has received a call from the Alontreal Association to take up secretarial duties under Air D. A. Budge. Air Armour intends to spend some two years in America studying the latest methods of work in the modern Y.AI.C.A. He will probably leave Dunedin about the middle of next month to join the s.s. Asturias at Sydney.