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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2432, 22 February 1909, Page 4

The adjourned meeting of the Gisborne High School Board is to he field at 4 p.m. to-day. • It is announced that the transfer books of the Gisborne Gas Company will be closed from to-day to Friday next, both days inclusive. The borough valuation list is now open at the Borough Council office. Objections therto must be left at the Magistrate’s Court on or before March 15. The following revenue was received at the Custom-house last week: Customs duties £748 18s 4d, beer duty £3-5 12s 6d, light dues £ll 14s 54, other receipts £1; total, £797 os 3d. The attendance at the _ Gisborne High School is steadily increasing. The roll number of Friday last wa£*—, 87. Two additional pupils are expected to join to-day. The Salvation Army Band paid a visit to the Hospital yesterday afternoon and played a number of select:ons for the benefit of the patients, by whom the music was heartily appreciated. The Gisborne Oi! Company anticipates the arrival of some of its heavier machinery on Wednesday next, and several men are at present gaged opening up a track to allow the machinery to" be conveyed to the site of the proposed bore. At the Police Court on Saturday morning, before Mr. W. A. Barton, E.M., a man named Geo. McKeesick, for a second conviction of drunkenness within six months, was fined 10s and 2s costs, with the option of 48 hours’ imprisonment. Mr. A. Anderson, of Messrs H. Anderson and Soils, has just imported a motorocosbe motor cycle of the latest pattern. It is provide with magneto ignition, spring handle-bars, and other modem improvements, and is a. handsome and useful machine. Revised district valuation rolls for the Waikolm Riding (outlying) and the Whataupoko and Haiti portions of the Whataupoko Riding, are open tor inspection at the Cook County office. Objections to the valuation must he lodged not later than March IG. A Press Association telegram from Christchurch states that the “Press” Company removed to their new buildlegs in Cathedral Square on day. The name of the evening paper, “Truth,” published by the company, has been changed to the “Evening News.” s The following have been added to the telephone exchange : —430, Turanganui Public Library, Peel Street: •339, Gisborne Slieepfarmers’ Frozen Meat Co., Gladstone Road; 540, Progressive League (W. Maddison/secretary), Albion Lane. Deleted: 96. F. J. Wilson.

The three one-act plays •’•Her Dearest Friend/ 5 -‘The New 'Gun/ 5 jg and “'A Judicial Separation/ 5 to be’ produced by Miss Rosemary Rees on Wednesday, March 3rd. were written by herself, and all three have been produced with success at leading London theatres. Arrangements are now well in hand for the tramway that is to be taken to Mr. F. Hall’s timber mill at Maikova. It is likely to occupy about- two months in construction. The bush to be cut out will be chiefly white pine, and iu connection with the mill a cooperage plant is to be installed so as » to manufacture barrels and casks for f the local market. Donations for the English Bread Fund (the fund for the relief of the English unemployed) have been received as follows:—Received by the Borough Council: Friend £l. N.J.L. IQs. Received by “Herald”: W. Walsh £l, T. Weeks IQ?.. M. Spencer •ss. “Herald” sympathisers £2 11s: total, £5 16s. The telephone exchange was open A last night for the first time from sevon to eleven o’clock. The service was used by a number of subscribers up to nine o’clock, but from then on until closing time less than half-a-dozen calls were received. A number of people were evidently unaware of the new departure, which will doubtless prove of great benefit to telephone users in the immediate future. Inspector W. Miller, officer in charge of the Agricultural Department’s Gisborne branch, has concluded his inspetcion of the Maori potato and kumera crops in the Muriwai locality. Ho states that much of tho potato crop lias been blight-affected, and is consequently poor, but by cutting the tops some of 'it- has been saved. The kumera crops ore in good order and there are also several fine maize and rape crops. A meeting of directors of the Gisborne Oil Company was held on Saturday. Present: Messrs W. D. Lysnar (chairman), D. J‘. Barry, Anderson, J. Clark, and Ti Adair. Satisfactory reports were received as to the preliminary arrangements for starting boring. A quantity of routine business was transacted, and Messrs Kirk and Barraud were appointed solicitors to the company. It was stated that sufficient piping and plant had been ordered to bore down to over 2000 ft. Thanks to tlie scientist, there is little lack of new opportunity in any of the colonies. Even if their more apparent resources were insufficient, every day brings with it some discovery" or another, such as 'kitchen pokers with cold handles for seven each at Parnell’s Popular Saturday Sales, 27th inst. only.