The Gisborne Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNINIG. MONDAY, JULY 19, 1909.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2557, 19 July 1909, Page 4

The Gisborne Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNINIG. MONDAY, JULY 19, 1909.

The next sale tinder the auspices of the Gisborne Woolbrokers’ Association is to be held on Tuesday, August 3rd. Messrs V. Barker and C. A. deLautour returned from Auckland by the Tarawera yesterday. The Right Rev. Bishop Williams left for Napier by the s.s. Tarawera last evening. A notice elsewhere in this issue announces the dissolution of the partnership hitherto existing between Dr. J. C. Collins and Dr. Hastings Young. Messrs Williams and Kettle, Common, Shelton and Co., and Dalgety and Co. announce their entries for the stock sales to be held at Matawhero on Thursday next. Dr. Frengley, of the Public Health Department, who came hero on Saturday on departmental business, left for Wellington, by the s.s. Tarawera last evening. Mr. W. Miller left by the Tarawera last evening on route for Christchurch, on busines connected with theatrical matters. He expects to be absent from Gisborne for three weeks. The Riroriros are to give four entertainments, in aid of the Salvation Army Children’s Home, in Gisborne this week. The first is to take place in the Army Citadel on Wednesday next, J uly Captain Ross, recently in command of the Union Steam Ship Company s Squall, arrived from Auckland yesterday to take charge of the Tuatea (luring the absence of Captain Hawkes on leave. A Press Association telegram from Wellington states that Mr J. K. Logan, Superintendent of Telegraphs, was entertained by the postal employees on Saturday evening to mark their appre- , ciation of the conferring of the Imperial Service Order upon him. The revenue received at the Custom House, Gisborne, last week was:—Customs duties £827 13s Bd, light dues £4 9s (id, shipping fees £1 Is 6d, other receipts £7 ; total, £340 4s Bd. '1 he port charges collected amounted to £HP 2s sd. * Homi Tutapu, an elderly native, who admitted a second conviction tor drunkenness, was on Saturday find £1 with costs 2s, in default 4 days imprisonment, by Mr. W. A. Barton, S.M., who presided over a sitting oi the Police Court. A progressive euchre party will be held in St. Mary’s Social Hall, Childers. Road ,on Thursday, July 22nd. These parties have proved most popular in the past, and the approaching one promises to eclipse all others in this respect. Play will commence at 8 p.m. sharp. The following passengers had booked .last night by. Messrs Redstone, and Sons’ coaches leaving this morning:— For Frasertown, Miss Bradley; for 'lnuroto, Messrs Jones, Bowden (2): for Wairoa, Mr. Armstrong; for lologa, Mesdames Sinclair, Fitzgerald, Misses Wallis, G.. Fitzgerald; for Glenroy, Mr. Iniyker; for Waipiro, Mr. Jennings. An interesting demonstration ot spraying with lime, salt, and_ sulphur was given on Friday at the AYaerenga-a-hika Native College by Mr. E. J. ;West. in spraying and orchard work. The various*steps, from the mixing and boiling of the ingredients to application to the trees were watched with much interest by the pupils. A specially good programme will be given in the Y.M.C.A. rooms row under the auspices of the I.M.C.A. Debating. Society. Mr. F. S. Malcolm will be in charge, of the programme, and among the items already arranged for are two displays of magic, a Shakespearian reading from “Much Ado Abut Nothing” by several ladies and gentlemen, and a spelling bee. The sacred cantata, “Messiah’s Reign,” preceded by a miscellaneous programme, will be given in St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church on Thursday next, .July 22rul, by the combined Presbyterian and Wesleyan choirs, assisted by a full orchestra. The soloists will be Mesdames Johnston Brown and ' iShierlaw, Misses Bonar Miller and Gray, Messrs R. Mitchell, Barlow, McGibbon, McClymoht, Chrisp (cornet), and recitation by Mr. W. Johnston Brown.- Mr. C. East is to be the organist, Mrs. P. Schwab© pianist, and Mr. A. T. Hookey conductor. The secretary. of the Coo’k County Women’s Guild lias received the follqw- \ .'in'* -letter irony Colonel Winter, churchwarden ,of Holy ' Trinity. Church: I have pleasure in informing you- that the vestrv of Holy Trinity Church' decided to pav £3 for a cot in the Children s Home, and £3 a year maintenance. The' secretary also wishes to thank an those who have given private donations. Owing to the scarcity of.work in the district, the foundation stone ot the Maternity Home will prqbably be laid on September 2Gth (Dominion Da>) instead of Labor Day. as at first suggested. ;

Mr. J. F. Pettie was a passenger for Napier by the s.s. Tarawera yesterday evening. The Mayor and Mayoress (Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Lysnar) returned from Wellington on Saturday morning. Mr. Ray Phillips, advance representative of the. Edwin. Geach Dramatic Company, which is to open here on Monday next, arrived from Auckland yesterday by the s.s. Tarawera. Tenders for the book debts in .a. number of'bankrupt estates, a list of which is advertised in this issue, will close at the office of the Deputy Official Assignee at noon to-day. It is ex-pected that the Hon. James Carroll, Acting-Premier, will visit Gisborne shortly for the. unveiling of the Tuahine lighthouse. In all probability the Hon. T. Mackenzie will take the samo opportunity, to visit the Poverty Bay district. On Saturday morning a pleasing ceremony took place in the tailoring establishment of Mr. G. G. Shierlaw, when the fellow employees .of Mr. Murdoch, who for several years has been foreman of the tailoring department, met together to present him with a handsome set of pipes as a token of their esteem on his departure from the estalishment. Mr. Murdoch left by the Taluno on Saturday en route for Sydney. Messrs Common, Shelton and Co. have received intelligence that on Saturday morning an attempt was made to haul off the auxiliary schooner Kaeo, ashore at To'koinaru, by means of tho vessel’s own engine power and a block and tackle to the wharf.. The only result was the shifting of the schoooner about a foot. The tackling was not altogether well suited for the purpose, and it is expected that better results will be obtained by the use of the appliances. which were taken to Tokomaru by the Union Co.’s s.s. Flora, which left Gisborne on Saturday. Another attempt to get the Kaeo off will be made this morning.