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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2552, 13 July 1909, Page 4

The Chief Postmaster advises that the mail coach left Motu for Te Karaka yesterday morning, and the Waimata Valley coach left town on Sunday morning. •

The soup kitchen, established by the. Salvation Army and Charitable Aid Board conjointly, to .provide meals for any persons in distress, did not find a client yesterday. A dance, under the auspices of the Poverty Bav Rowing Club, is to be held in Whim-ay's Hall at 8 p.m. on. Thursday, when the prizes won last season will be presented during the evening. The weekly meeting of the Y.M.C.A. Debating Society will tie held this evening, when Mr. W. E. Akroyd will deliver a lecture upon ‘‘Petroleum as it occurs in New Zealand.” At a meeting of the Foxton Harbor Board recently a business man stated that the benefit to Foxton from visitors to the beach was from £ISOO to £2OOO per year.

A Mastorton banker states that monev is not so tight as it was a while ago, and, though not available for speculative purposes, is procurable tor legitimate business transactions. " Information was received from Tokomaru yesterday to the effect, that there was no alteration in the position of the schooner Kaeo. The weather had moderated considerably, and it was thought that practically all danger was passed. The U.S.S. Co.’s Squall, which was to have left Auckland yesterday afternoon, will call in at Tokomaru and load salvage and launching gear into the Kaeo’s surf boat.

The Tai Rawhiti Maori Land Board held a meeting yesterday.- Mr. A. Keefer, President, occupied the chair. The following applications for consent to lease were approved: Ruaohinetu ]BI, 15 acres, for 14 years, to Robert Preston (Mr. H. Bright); Puhatikotiko Ml 21). 10 acres 2 roods 14 porches, tor JO years, to T. W. McCarthy (Mr. H. Bright); AVaituhi 2A, 3 acres for 42 years, to J. and G. Jones (Mr. 41. Bright). The friends of the Right Rev. Bishop Williams are reminded that a gathering is to be held this evening in His Majesty’s Theatre to bid him farewell on tlie occasion of his retirement from the see of Waiapu. An address is to bo presented to His Lordship, and a musical programme will bo gone through. Tea and refreshments' are to be provided. All the Bishop’s friends and admirers, both European and Maori, are invited, and, of course, no charge will be made for admission, y

A conference, of delegates of local bodies and the Agricultural Associations and schools was held at Timaru. on Saturday to consider the proposed contribution to the cost of an agricultural instructor for the South Canterbury education district. Dr. Hilgcndorf, of Lincoln College, who was present, ex-, plained that the nature of the teaching required advantages for such instruction. The delegates generally were favorable, on condition; that a good instructor could be obtained, and they adjourned to allow the Education Board to endeavor to , obtain such a man, when the conference will resume and discuss the matter of contributions fHither. The chairman, a member of the Board of Education, said lie might have an offer >of £SOO a year to a suitable man. ■