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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2477, 16 April 1909, Page 4

Mr. W. Sievwright is still very ib, and his condition shows no improvement.

Tho usual monthly meeting of the Cook County Council will bo field this morning.

The annual general meeting of the Gisborne Football Club will be held in Mr. Morse's hairdressing saloon at 8 p.m. to-daj'. *

The Cook County Council notifies that the bridges on the Whataupoko-Ormond road are unsafe for loads exceeding three 4 tons gross weight.

The Waikohu County Council will meet afTe Karaka to-day, when appointments will probably be made lor the positions of county cleric nnu county engineer.

A “Times” reporter was yesterday authoritatively informed that Mr. It. Williamson’s Ngatapa station has not been acquired by the Government for closer settlement purposes.

The Commissioner of Taxes notifies that returns of mortgages in pursuance of the hand and Income Assessment Act. must be forwarded to his office, Wellington, on or before May Ist next.

There were about 25 couples present at the Cinderella dance held in Kr.sk ine'o Hall. Peel Street, last evening. The music was sunplied by Miss Lang, and Mr. Walter Pilcher acted as M.C.

A meeting of parents of children attending tbs’ Gisborne District School, and others interested in the welfare of the school. will be ho.d in the school buildings at 7.30 p.m. to-day, to make arrangements for a social gathering in connection with the school, to be held on May 6th and 7th.

Air. John Coleman, deputy-assignee, notifies that William Oscar Wright and Tbn= as Wright _ and Kerr, of Wliataupoko, coach and livery stable proprietors, have been adjudged A meeting of creditors will be held at Air. Coleman’s office at 11.30 a.m. on Afonuay. April 26.

Captain Evans, officer commanding the East Coast Mounted Rifles, has received information from the director of defence stores, Wellington. that the new pattern short Lee-Enfield magazine rifles are now available for issue to mounted corps in the Wellington district, and will be issued as soon as all tile rifles at present on issue are returned to store.

On a recent Sunday (says the Nelson “Colonist”) a large shoal of whalre — to the number of fully fifty—entered tho West Wanganui jin let, and disported themselves in its waters for about six hours, eventually gfling out with the receding tide. This interesting and unusual visit was witnessed bv several residents of the locality. It is estimated that the average length of the whales was not less: than 30 feet.

A largely-attended meeting of ladies was held at the residence of His Worship the Mayor (Mr. W. D. Lysnar) yesterday afternoon to iorm a “Battleship Fund” Collecting Committee. The Mayoress occupied the chair, and it was decided to arrange, for the distribution of subscription lists throughout the town and country, and to place lists in the offices of the newspapers, and of tim Town Clerk, where subscriptions will be received from women and girls who may wish to contribute.

The annual meeting of the Turanga Musical Society was hold in the Patutahi Public Hall on Wednesday evening, Mr. J. C. Woodwind in tho chair. There was a largo attendance, and the following committee was elected : Mesdamcs Falkner and Spence, Her. Mr. Cole, Messrs J. C- AYoodwanl, C. Parsons, E. Thomas, and 1). B. Watt (lion, secretary). Ten new members were elected, and the. hope was exp/rcssrd that the Society would have a successful year. The applications for the position of conductor were left to tho committee to deal with.

Dr. Hastings Young, of To Karnka, met with a painful accident last Sunday while returning from the Alotii, where he had been visiting a patient. Tho doctor was driving in a gig, and in turnin'*- an awkward corner one of the wheels caught in a piece of manuka that was sticking up in a rut in the road. The gig was upset:, and the doctor was thrown heavily, receiving some nasty wounds and sustaining a fracture of tho left arm. With the assistance of Alessrs J. and J. Tobmps-ou the broken limb was act.

Archdeacon Averill. vicar of St. Michael's Parish, Christchurch, lias been mentioned as tho probable .successor to the Right Rev. Dr. William- in the Bishopric of Waiapn, but nothing definite will be known till the Synod specially meets, probably next month. Archdeacon Averill has been in Christchurch fur over twelve years, and is exceedingly popular there. In view of the la tog Native population in the diocese of Wainpu, some potedns think that V m eceVomtie. who-is also a -Maori linguist will probably bo appointed, but, on the. other hand, it is pointed out that a maioritv of tho Maoris now speak Kurdish, and the necessity for the Bisliop of the diocese to speak Maori ik not H) groat- jiow as* it was formovtv.

Mr. Robert Johnson owing to* business reasons, decided to becomea candidate for a scat on the iioroagli Council.

• A meeting of footballer interested forming a new club in oovujx,<*v,on wi)h last year’s junior ropres .iHt.ves nil be held at the Royal Hoa. to u.ght.

The shooting season .« the East Coast Acclimatisation diuvr-ct for cock pheasants, quail, native p gums, and grey duck opens on May Ist, and closes on July 31st.

At + lio Police Court yesterday mornin'r before Mr. W. A. Barton, S.M., two first offenders for dren'kenneis were convicted. One of them, who dul not appear, was ordered to forfeit tho .unbuilt of his bail, £L *»r.d the other was fined 5s and 2s costs, or 24 hours imprisonment.

There is likely to be a public demonstration of the process adopted by Ferguson's Mining and Smelting Company m a few days, as they have not got sufficient of the iron ore flux available to treat the 600 tons of ore which they have on hand. It is. anticipated that there will be a considerable increase in the value of the shares immediately afterwards.

A meeting of the Finance -Committee or the Harbor Board was held yesterday afternoon. A statement prepared by Mr. J. W. Witty, as to the proposed means of paying for the new dredge, was read and discussed, and will be presented for consideration at the meeting, of the Board on Monday. The members present were Mr. J. low nicy (chairman), the Hon. Captain Tucker, and Mr. W. D. Lysnar. Mr. Blakey. representing Messrs Simons and Co., was alio in attendance. The statement is published elsewhere in this issue.

Just before the sales started at Ma~* tawhero yesterday some excitement was caused by a grey home dragging a light trap about one of the paddocks. Ibe bridle was attached to the step of the trap, and the horse, in its frantic endeavors to get loose, smashed the shafts and body of the vehicle to pieces before it was liberated by.one of the auctioneer’s clerks. The owner of the horse was in no way concerned with rlio proprietorship of the conveyance that was damaged, and he denied having tied the horse to the step of the vehicle. The owner of the trap demanded compensation for the damage, and openly stated that unless he was paid he would ake Court proceedings for its recovery.

At the S.M. Court yesterday afternoon some time was occupied in tin* hearing of a claim brought by Andrew Gregg (Mr. 11. Bright) against Charles Smith (Mr. T. Alston Coleman) for £*Hi for work clone and material supplied in connection with the tarring c-f the yard at defendant’s residence, V\ liataupo’ko. The sum of £*o 11s had been paid into Court in satisfaction of the claim. Evidence for the plaintiff was given by himself, Matthew Morgan, and W. 0. Sheet to shovv that the work was properly done and that the charge was a reasonable one. Defendant s contention was that the work had not been properly done, and that the amount was excessive. Evidence was given in support of this view by defendant. Airs. Smith, J. S. Dods, and W . E. Barker. Ilis Worship gave judgment for £1 9s in addition to tho amount paid into Court, but did not allow anv costs.

A general meeting of Air. ALlier s Committee was held last evening, and was, as usual, largely attended. Air. A. F. Kennedy was in the chair. The secretary reported that matters were, in a forward state. A communication was received from the Trades and Labor Council, inviting Air. Aliller to attend a meeting of the Council on Saturday, the 24th iust.. at 8 p.m. It was resolved to thank the Council for their kind invitation, and to recommend the acceptance of same by Air. Miller. In the event of Air. Aliller being unable to return before the date mentioned, it was resolved that cue of the committee be appointed to address tho meeting and answer any questions if such a course would be acceptable to the Council. In the meantime a copy of AIV. Miller’s address is to be posted to the secretary of the Council. Much useful information regarding municipal affairs has been collected, and will shortly be published either in pamphlet form or through the advertising columns of the newspapers.

At tho Magistrate's Court yesterday morning, before Mr. AV. A. Barton. iS.M., judgment by default was granted in tho following civil cases: —AV'. D. Bruce (Mr. H. Hei) r. Hirini Peniba.

-i 18s, and costs £3 7s; Bennett and Shornt-t (Mr. Barnard) v. AVm. Leonard Butler, £*23 8s 6d, and costs £4 W ; Grundy and Shennan (.Mr. Burke) v. Thomas Kerr, £*24 2s 6d, and costs £3 4s; Water lies (Air. Barnard) v. Denis O’Meara, balance of claim £1 3s (xl. and costs ss; Common. Shelton and Co. (Air. Stock) v. Hugh Rinrne, £2 8s 9d, and costs IDs. An order was made in tho judgment summons case of Johnston and Aliller (Air. Hei) v. Ilehangn, for the immediate payment of £ls 5s 6(1. in default 16 days’ imprisonment. In the cases of A. H. Hillman (Air. Hei) and AI. P. Poole (Air. Hei) against To Puka (Air. Bright), a:i order was made by consent for the payment of £1 per month until the amount of the debt is satisfied. In the adjourned ease of "William Dovcry (Air. Bright) v. AVm. Oscar Wright and Thomas Kerr, an order was made for the immediate payment of £47 10s Bel, in ikteiut. 48 days' imprisonment in the Napier prison.

At the Alagistrate’s Court yesterday, l before Mr. AV. A. Barton, fe.AL. the 1 case of Tom .Swann v. Pei atone Tutae claim for £3O in respect of a filly and damages for wrongful detention of same was again called on. Mr. AV. L. Rees, for the plaintiff, called additional evideueo to answer defendant’s contention that the filly was born before plaintiff accepted its mother from defendant in* exchange for a buggy. Rangi Jones, John Jones, and James Callaghan each gave evidence to this effect. The defence relied on the evidence of defendant, Natives named Wirikuna and Hati Alceau, and Chan. AVestrup, which went to show that the foal wae born some months before the exchange of themare for the buggy, and also that defendant was away from homo at tho time of the alleged wrongful seizure of the foal by his son. At- the conclusion of the evidence,.Air. Rees and Air. Buruard each addressed tho Court, and His Worship said that there was sufficient evidence to show that the defendant had directed tho removal of the filly. The evidence as to the birth of the Sky was most conflicting, but cn the whole he was of the opinion that- the foal was not horn at the time of the exchange. Judgment would be for the plaintiff fr<j the ret urn of the. filly within 48 hours, or to pay its value, £25. Damages were assessed at £l, and the- costs toia-.1.R----I*B 1(« lid.