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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2488, 29 April 1909, Page 4

The Technical School cookery classes will start to-night, commencing at halfpast 7 o’clock.

Application for letters patent has been filed by Alessrs A. F. Alatthews and F. Hall, of Gisborne, for a sanitary tray.

The first annual general meeting of shareholders in Adair Bros., Limited, will be held in Townley’s Hall at 7.30 p.m. to-day.

It- is officially notified that the East Island cable is interrupted, and that it will probably not be repaired before the middle of the next month.

The borough water supply was turned off yesterday while the main pipe-line was being connected with the top intake at the To Ar-ai river.

The eleventh half-yearly general meeting of the Poverty Bay Co-opera-tive Supply Association, Ltd., will be held in Townley’s liall at 8 p.m; tomorrow.

The Auckland Electric Trams Company is advised that at the annual meeting in’ London on Alay 4, the directors will recommend a six per cent, dividend.

The following had booked passages last night by Alessrs Redstone and Sons Coast coacli'this morning:—For Hikowai, Aliss Smith; for Toko m am, Aiastor Smith.

The training ship Amokura returned to Auckland from north yesterday, having completed class-firing. Two Auckland boys, Talbot and V> oods, head the list.

Notification of the disestablishment of flic Gisborne District High School -and approval of the scheme of control ol the new High School on the part of the Minister for Education is gazetted.

It is estimated that the present reduction in tlhe Native Land Court Judiciary and staff, together with the abolition of travelling allowances, will result in a saving of £IO,OOO annually.

The usual weekly sale of stock will ha held at Alatawhero to-day. The sale is timed to commence at 10.45 a.m. ■sharp. Alessrs Williams and Kettle, Dalgety and Co., and Common, Shelton and Co. advertise particulars ot their entries elsewhere.

Local • post and telegraph appointments are gazetted as follows :"-r-Por-manent, R. T. G. Carter, letter carrier, Gisborne; non-permanent, 0. Hansen, post-master and telephonist, Kaitaratahi; G. J. Proud foot, postmaster and telephonist, AYhatatut-u. v

The various chemists within theBorough have signed a requisition for presentation to tlio Borough Council, asking that the closing hour for their simps"on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays shall lie 8 p.m. The (closing hour on other days is fixed by statute.

J)r Do Lisle, District Health Officer, arrived in Gisborne yesterday morning, and left again in the evening by the Mokoia for Napier. During the day he, with the Borough Inspector (Mr J. R. Little) inspected two houses where cases of sickness had occurred, and had a general look around the more congested parts of the town.

Tlio Board of Managers of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church met •yesterday afternoon to consider a site for a Manse. It was reported to the meeting that the Misses Morico had offered Brngive a half acre of land for a manse on Childers road, and it was decided to gratefully accept the gilt. The Board also decided to proceed with the. erection. of the building as soon as possible.

The following letters from places he.yonfl the colony, received during the month of March, are unclaimed at the Rost Office, Gisborne:—United Kingdom : Titos. A i tl\on, Mrs sfil l s, Jo nil Murray, Robert Wood, Master J e W colic ft; Victoria: Jas. Graham, Geo. Munro, E. Noshit ; Tasmania Mrs Johnston;* New South Wales: L. JJones: Western A-vtstvalia: A. Morn.d::; Oyl,n: M; o Annie Young.

Mr. H. J.' Grieve, jeweller and watchmaker, advertises for an apprentice.

Mr. <H. Adair, of the Phit-Eesie Bool> Store, has a change of advertisement in this issue.

Mr. H. J. Grieve,' watchmaker and jeweller, has a change of advertisement in this issue.

It is announced that al¥ trespassers on the Puhatikotiko Station, with or without dog or gun, will be prosecuted.

Messrs. F. S. Malcolm and Co. announce that they have £250 worth of beautiful furs on view and for sale privately at their rooms, Gladstone Road.

Those who are fond of light fiction will be interested to learn that the proprietors of the “Gisborne Times” have secured the sole rights for this district of a series of smart detective stories entitled “The Adventures of JRussell Howard,” written by a new author, Mr A. E. Jobson, whose skill in handling this class of subpeet has gained for him great popularity. The first of these stories wjll be published in Saturday's supplement.

A concert that is likely to arouse considerable local interest is to be arranged shortly as a benefit to Miss A. Mcllhone, who, after a short absence, intends to resume the teaching profession, in this town. Miss Mcllhone is so well and favorably known in Gisborne ■musical circles that special efforts are being made to ensure that one of tire best programmes provided locally for some time will be submitted. A strong orchestra will provide instrumental items, the Vita. Brothers will assist, and arrangements are in progress to secure the presence of Madame Cassier, the popular Auckland .soprano.

The post and telegraph revenue collected in the Gisborne postal district for the quarter ending March 31, 1909, was £33-50.' Of this amount postal -revenue representing £1277, including private box and bag rent £382, money order commission £7l, sale of stamps £795, and postal note commission £24. Telegrams yielded £2004, and telephone exchange £6O. A total of 2626 money orders were issued, representing £13.107, whilst 1042, representing £5129, were paid. At the savings bank 652 accounts were opened, and 447 were closed. Deposits, £59,438, exceeded withdrawals by £8750. The local t-e'e-graph offices handled 31,233 ordinary telegrams, 1641 urgonts, and 1498 press telegrams. Bureau communications numbered 21,349. Postal notes of the value of £lßl3 were sold, and £1829 were paid.