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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2430, 19 February 1909, Page 4

Tho annual meeting, of tho Gisborne Club will be held in the club-house, Lowe Street,-at 7.30 p.m. to-day. A special general meeting of tho Poverty Bay Golf Club will bo hold in the Farmers’ Union Club rooms at 8 p.m. on Monday next. A general meeting of the Gisborne Chamber of Commerce will be held in the Borough‘Council Chambers at 7.30 p.m. to-day. As it is intended to add five members to the Council, a full attendance is requested.

The election of Mayor and Borough Councillors is to take place on ApDJ 23. It is stated that a poll is to he demanded in connection with tlio i ati tahi tramway scheme.

The half-yearly sitting of the feupfeme Court will bo held m Cisboine, before Mr. Justice Edwards, on Maxell

Tenders for 60 chains of fencing and 25 chains of road • formation roi the Taruheru Itoad Board will close at noon to-day.

The present Rotorua season is an exceedingly good one, and during the past few days' many hotel proprietors have had to refuse intending guests.

A general meeting of the Civil Service Sports Club is to be held on March 24, for the purpose of electing officers and transacting other business.

At .a representative meeting of the South Canterbury grainbuyers it was decided that the price to be paid to farmers for sacks this season be 5Jd irrespective of size.

Mr. Poynter, a candidate for the representation of the Te ICaraka it'd irig on the IVaikohu County Council, has an address to the electors in tin advertising columns of this issue.

The following letters from places beyond the Dominion, received in the postal district of Gisborne, are still unclaimed: —11. Boniface, P. Cahill. A. Gilmour. J. A. Jackson, Geo. Judge, F. Kipping, IV. Marshall, J. Russel, G. Wilkinson.

The complimentary social tendered to the performers in the spectacular carnival “The Birth of the Empire,’ r will take place at- the Garrison Hall to-night, commencing at 8 o’clock. The public will bo admitted on payment of 2s for ladies and 4s for gentlemen.

There is a considerable amount of business for the sitting of the Magistrate’s Court this morning. A Juvenile Court is also to be held, before which two girls will be charged, one with alleged theft of jewellery at the Garrison Hall last week, and the other with alleged theft of a lady’s watch and chain and some articles of clothing.

In connection with the Waikohu County Council election on Wednesday next, it is announced that the polling place at Hakaroa, in the Kanakanaia Riding, will be Mr. Hall’s wooished, and that there will be a polling place at Pakakorokoro. at Mr. Gouldsmith’s wooished. In the Karaka Riding there will be a polling place at Hanomatuku, at Mr. Palmer’s wooished.

A meeting of the members of St. Patrick’s branch, No. 373, H.A.C.B.S. was held in St. Mary’s Schoolroom last night in connection with the St. Patrick’s sports, t-o be held on March 18, on the Victoria Domain, it was reported that the various arrangements were progressing satisfactorily, and it is anticipated that the gathering will prove very successful.

A very attractive programme has been prepared for the Turanga garden fete, to be held in the College Grounds, Waerenga-a-hika, on Thursday, March 4. The gates are to be opened at 10.30 a.m. Afternoon tea is to be provided for a sixpenny charge, luncheon for Is, and tea (from 0.30 p.m.) free. The attractions comprise a sale of work, a gymkhana, athletic sports, and in the evening a grand vocal and instrumental concert.

There was an excellent muster of members of the corps at the weekly parade of the Gisborne Rifles lasi night, and some useful work was indulged in. Necessary arrangements were made for the week-end camp, and Captain Beere 'addressed the men after the parade. Colonel Davis, In-spector-General, arrives from Auckland next Wednesday, and will inspect tlio Defence Cadets on Thursday evening. On the following evening he will deliver a lecture to officers and non-commissioned officers, and on Saturday afternoon there will be a combined parade of the Gisborne Rifles, East Coast Mounted Rifles, and Defence Cadets.

Quite recently it was decided., at an enthusiastic meeting representative of all parts of the Auckland province, to initiate a national testimonial to Mr. W. F. Massey, ALP., Leader of the Opposition, in' recognition of his long, practical and valuable services to the Dominion. In commencing this movement it was felt that there were many hundreds of people- who, whatever their political leanings, would be glad of the opportunity of testifying to their practical appreciation of Mr. Massey’s sturdy integrity and sterling worth. Subscriptions of one shilling and upwards are therefore invited, and for the convenience of the many people in Gisborne who will doubtless wish to subscribe, a list has been placed in the office of the “Times,” where any sum towards the testimonial will be received.

Yesterday evening the Key. Father Lane entertained the Children of Mary, the members of the Hibernian Society, and-their friends at a social gathering in St. Mary’s Hall. There was an attendance of about fifty couples. Dancing was indulged in to excellent music played by Mr. AY cotton’s orchestra. Songs were sung bv Mesdames Hennessy and Barry and Messrs Gibson and Pope. Refreshments were provided on a very liberal scale. Mr. H. J. Alley, on behalf of the guests, heartily thanked the Rev. Father Lane for his kind hospitality, and expressed the hope that the members of the Catholic community and their friends would organise other social gatherings for the purpose of promoting good feeling among themselves. Father Lane thanked Mr. Alley for his remarks in an appropriate speech. There aro several degrees of a lie, and they are placed by Shakespeaic in the following order: The retort courteous; the quip modest; the reply churlish ;- the reproof valiant; tho 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 iourpence each at Parnell’s Popular Saturday Sales, Saturday, 20tli instant only.'

The funeral of the late ex-Chief Detective Hendrson took place at Onclrunga cemetery on February G, four detectives being the pall-hearers. —A Press Association telegram from Dunedin states that the Hon. T. Mackenzie, at the unanimous request of the Education Board, decided to continue as a member till the expiry of his term some months hence. At Napier, recently, a batch .<>l about 20 domestic servants arrived ]1 o’clock, and stayed for the night at a boarding house. The noxU.mrning at breakfast time they had hU obtained situations except one girl, who was in ill-health.

According to the Dunedin correspondent of the Christchurch. “Press” the No-license party there have nominated their candidates for the licensing election, and there is every prospect'd’ their being elected. Their election will mean the reduction of ten houses. There has been considerable activity in the way of harvesting operations in the country districts around tiawera during the past week or two. Some splendid oat and barley crops have been gathered in, the season having proved a very good one for these cereals. A subscriber called in yesterday to state that ho had seen an elderly gentleman appropriate the “Times” from his residence in Childers Road, yesterday morning. He has no desire to have the person in question prosecuted, but hopes that tins will serve as a timely warning.

Farmers at the Matwahero stock sales yesterday were mutually rejoicing at the recent rains which hare been "the means of freshnlng up the grass and promoting new growth. Their satisfaction was made evident by keener competition and higher prices than have been ruling of late. The Napier Hospital trustees have"*resolved to reinstate Nurse Brown, who recently got judgment against the Board for £ 120 damages for wrongful dismissal. The reinstatement is made on the understanding that the Board is released from legal obligations. The chairman, Mr. G. H. Granby, strongly opposed the reinstatement. and resigned his position in consequence.

The Government .has decided to make provision for both islands being thoroughly prospected fop gold by parties of mining experts. _ Systematic tours of all mining districts will be carried out. Several small parties of experienced miners will prospect each island. They will probably start operations north of Auckland and in the Buller district. The object is to discover new goldfields and to thoroughly prospect districts where geld has been already found. A man named John Matiison was brought before Mr. IV. A. Barton. S.M..atthe Police Court yesterday morning on a charge of drunkenness. Sergeant Hutton pointed out that the case was a very bad one. Accused had been before the Court seven times since September 20, and had only returned from Napier last Saturday after serving two months’ imprison--, n.ent for drunkenness. On Monday he was before the Court, and in view of his statement that he had work to go to the justices had dealt leniently with him. His Worship severely reproved the accused and imposed a fine of £'l and costs 2s, in defaultfour days' hard labor. A Melbourne newspaper states that a senseless practical joke was attended by fatal results at Maryborough last week. Martin Klein, a young man. was watching one Ostenfeldt building a skiff in a disused wharf shed by the aid of flare lamps. Fnobserved by Klein . a young man named McPherson rolled a stone along the floor, and Klein exclaimed. “The place is haunted!” cj.* her son seizing the ghost theory as a good opportunity to scare Klein, rattled empty tins and blew the flares out while Klein was looking for the cause of the noises pro duced by the shock. Klein fainted from tiie shock. Restoratives were immediately applied and Dr. Penny was called, but he declared that Klein was dead. McPherson at once reported to the police the shocking result of his joke.

At the Magistrate's Court yesterday Mr. AY. A. Barton. S.M.. gave judgment by default in the following cams: James McFarlane (Mr. lieij v. William Johnson. £2 ISs 6d, and casts £1 8s; Matthew Peter Poole (Mr. Hoi) v. William Walker, £9 ss--3d, and costs £1 ISs 6d; Cecil Bertrand de Lautour (Mr. Stock) v. Gilbert William McMillan, £37 15, and costs £2 12s; Williams and Kettle, Ltd., (Mr. F. W. Nolan) v. John Greaves, £lO 10s 6d. and costs £l- - Robert Harper (Mr. A. Trevor Coleman) v. Karaitiana Ruru, £6 0s(xl. and costs £1 13s 6d. Joseph Jurzinski- (Mr Bright) proceeded against Alfred James Nicoll (Mr. A. Trevor Coleman) to recover £25 10sJd, for damage through alleged negligence on defendant’s part in not safely keeping and taking proper care of certain goods. Air. Coleman intimated that he was only instructed in the case after the Court opened. An adjournment was granted, but when the Court resumed defendant did not appear. Judgment was therefore given for plaintiff by default for "the amount claimed, with costs £4 9s. In tho case of J. J. Niven and Co., Ltd., v Frederick Hall and Reginald Bcdingfield, judgment was given against Hall, as the other defendant had not been served, for the amount claimed, £lB 12s 7d, and costs £1 13s 6d. In the judgment summons eases, the fol-' lowing orders were made: Spence Bros. (Air. Stock) v. John P. Warn, immediate payment of amount of debt- and costs £5 Is 6d, or in default six days’ imprisonment. Clayton and Nisbett (Air. Blair) v. Nepia Kongo, for payment of amount of debt and costs £3 19s 3d, on or before March 18, or in default, 4 days’ imprisonment. After hearing the evidence in the case of Robert Robinson (Air. Blair) v. George Pevreal his Worship made an order for payment of £1 2s--6d for the first month, and £1 for every succeeding month until the amount of the debt and costs £3 2s 6d is liquidated. There are 5265 joint-stock companies, with a nominal share capital of £137,907,836, registered in tho United Kingdom.