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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2486, 27 April 1909, Page 4

A Cinderella dance will be held in Erskine’s Hall, Uc-ol Street, to-night.

A meeting of Thursday footballers of the Y'.M.C.A. will bo held in the Association rooms on Thursday night.

Mr. AY. D. Lysnar will address the burgesses, in connection with tho municipal election, at 8 p.m. to-day at His Majesty ’ s The a t re.

A smart lad is wanted to deliver papers. Application must be made to the “Times” office. _ Good wages will be given to a capable lad.

The Cook County Council invites tenders, to close at .noon on Saturday next, for widening and cleaning Patutahi main drain, in four contracts.

His AYorxhip the Mayor requests tradespeople to close their premises at 1 p.m. to-morrow, in lieu of Thursday, on account of the municipal election.

Mr. AV. Miller's committee have arranged for a series of short addresses on municipal matters, to bo delivered from the “Herald” balcony at 8 o’clock this evening.

A meeting of ladies is to be held at tli.o« Poverty By y Tea Rooms, Lowe Street this afternoon, for the purpose of forming a class in invalid cookery, in connection with the Technical School.

At the meeting of the Harbor Board yesterday, tlie Chairman gave native to move at the next meeting, “That- tho Board consider the advisability of taking steps to reduce tlie range at the entrance to the river.

It was resolved, at yesterday’s meeting of the Harbor Board, to proceed with the enlarging of the waterside workers’ shelter shed at the wharf, and to install the water supply- The improvements arc estimated to cost £42.

The following have been added to the telephone exchange: 555, Nurse Wade, Rut-one Road, Ivaiti; 556, C'apt. Palmer, near Flagstaff;- 352. Tahora station (G. Scott, manager), one long and three short rings. Deleted: 459, W. H. Warner; 382, S. O. Oates.

This- evening, at the Lodge! Room, Grey Street, the ladies of the Gisborne Ilebekah Lodge, 1.0.0. F., are entertaining the Star of Gisborne Lodge. The first part of the evening is to take the form of a book title competition, to be followed by music and dancing.

The committee of the- Gisborne Rowing Club, taking into consideration the laroe membership of the club, originally intended to confine the “smoko,” to be hold at the Cosmopolitan Club on Thursday evening to members om s - The committee has, however, at the request of many non-members of the club, decided to make the gathering open to outsiders, especially supporters of rowing. Tickets may be obtained from Messrs R. -Cowan, P. Hamilton, r fm. -ru , T. . Vth'-rs,. L. Manning, I>. Bright, u::.i If. J. Grieve.

Dunedin schools haV6 been exponents-* ing a series of burglaries. During the holidays at least four schools veto reported to have been robbed. At one place £3 and curios are stated to h‘lv& been obtained by tie*'thief.

A bay named Tait r while sitting oW the wharf on Saturday afternoon, _ had the. misfortune to fall into the nver, and but for the plucky action ol Mr. J. N. Weston, in jumping m to Ins rescue lie would have been' drowned.

The Auckland “Herald” dees not expect a shortage of oysters in Auckland though the bivalve will not be so plentiful as last year. _ It Ls practically certain that picking will not be done at Rangitoto, nor along the coast as iai as Gull Point. i

In connection with the proposed course of instruction in the preparation of food for invalids it is stated that 11 the- number of ladies wishing to take the course be large enough to form a full class, the fee will be 10s Gd for the course of tem lessons.

A passenger, Alfred Otter (38), was in the engine-room of the steamer Taranna, on her way from Hobart to Tew Norfolk, when he became dizzy, or took a fit, and fell in among the engines. When removed lie was quite dead, his body being badly smashed.

The second meeting of the- present session of the Y.M.O.A. Debating Society takes place in the Association s rooms this evening, impromptu-speeches being the order of the evening. The meeting will commence at 8 o’clock. Ladies and other visitors are cordialL. invited.

a high-pressure filter before passing into the boiler, which is automatically fed from a reservoir tank, an ingenious design, of the proprietor. The lolly works manufacture wholesome ana tempting sweets of novel design, an attractive array of which may be seen in the window.

Among the latest improvements in Gisborne are the Dominion Lolly Works and Tea Rooms, to which attention is directed in our advertising columns this morning. Dir. C. E. Christopulo, the proprietor, has had the tea rooms, which are upstairs, tastefully furnished, and they should prove most popular. The Te Avai water used passes through

The. monthly sitting of the Old Age Pension Court was held before Mr. v> . A. Barton, S.M., yesterday, when the following pensions were renewed: Jas. Jackson £2B, Elizabeth Dolcman £26, Henry Edward Greaves £25, Elizabeth Martin £26. Wm. iviunro £26. John Carr on £l9,' Elizabeth Higgins £26, Arihia Tako £26. Original pensions were granted to Andrew Lawson ~-L and Mary Ann Solomon £26.

Rumors of sly-greg selling on a large scale, on the railway line have been very rife for some time, but the police have so far been unable to secure a conviction. Some useful evidence might have been obtained a few days ago when'! a truck load of “empties” was despatched from WaikoTiu to Gisborne. As there are over 400 workmen employed on the Gisborne line it is recoguised that there is a rare field for the energies of a sly grog seller.

Dir. W. D. S. MacDonald. DI.P.. has received a communication from the Hon. J. A. Dlillar, Minister for Railways. to the effect that the proposed change of-the name of the present railwav terminus from Waikohu to “Millow Crossing” did not commend itself as a name for a railway station. The letter went on to say that it liad been decided sjo call tliq stations by Maori names where possible, and requested Dir. MacDonald to suggest a suitable native name for the new station.

A Wellington Press -Association telegram states that Mr. W. R. Alorris, acting secretary of the Post and Telegraph Department, has been appointed Acting Commissioner of Old Age Pensions and Acting Commissioner of Stamps. Mr. P. C. Corliss, who recently arrived from Dunedm to take up duties in Wellington, becomes Deputy Commissioner of Stamps. Captain T. W. McDonald, Assistant AdjutantGeneral, Wellington military district, succeeds Colonel Loveday in charge of school cadets with the rank of major.

A meeting of the Chess and Draughts Club was held in the Y.M.G.A. rooms last evening, about thirty being present, Mr. F. S. Malcolm'Mil the chair. The following committee was elected: Messrs W. E. Ross, J. C. Aitken, J. C. E. Kissling, and J. Dawson. Mr. A. L. Winter was appointed secretary. It was decided that Wednesday should be the club night, tho club holding their first meeting next week. The members were very enthusiastic, and the more proficient- players decided to teach tlic beginners so as to raise the club to a high standard.

At the Gisborne school baths on Friday a competition in life saving, for a cup presented by the Mayor (All*.. W. i). Lysnar) was held among the boys of the school. The tests were (1) rescuing a boy, (2) finding and bringing to shore a dummy sunk to the bottom, (3) resuscitation of the apparently drowned. Mr. Chas. Morse, captain of the Swimming Club, kindly acted as judge in the first two tests, and Dr. Schumacher in the third. The results were ns follows: (1) Etera Ahuriri 57 points, (2) T. Munro Pore and H. To Kani Pore 56 points, (4) F. Hayes 55-A points.

Among the wedding gifts to the Hon. Kathleen Piunkei is an old Irish -potato ring, given by the French Consul for New Zealand. It is like a large serviette ring, about eight inches in diameter, curving somewhat in towards the middle, and about four inches in depth. These are very old and valuable, and many are richly chased, the work of a celebrated Irish school of silversmiths of generations ago. They were intended as a rest- for the bowl of potatoes. The Irish silver has not the ordinary marks that- show the date of English silver, and many of the patterns are" unique. Specimens are, therefore, particularly interesting to connoisseurs.

A catalogue illustrating autumn fashions has been issued by. Messrs Win. Pettfe and Co., Ltd., and whilst fulhPing the duty for which it has been published, allows the advance and decided improvement of a local printing house. The work was executed by the “Times” Job Printing Department. The cover bears a three-color illustration of a iasluomihlo costume and a ■Lsi&t-oiul design in red and blue. The inside pages contain a large number of blocks illustrating the fashions at present- 'ini vogue for costumes, blouses, and millinery. The whole is very tastefully printed m art paper, and is a meritorious pro due!ion* showing the development o* nr kiting in Gi'.sorne.