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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2559, 21 July 1909, Page 4

A concert is to be wiven in the feocial Hall of the Cosmopolitan Club to-mor-row evening for the. entertainment of the members and their lady friends. A young mail was admitted to the Gisborne hospital yesterday suffering from a badly lacerated hand, caused by a circular saw. The passengers by Messrs J. Redstone and Sons’ coaches yesterday to Gisborne were Messrs Cathell and Buchanan, both from Waipiro Bay. The annual meeting of. tho East 1 Coast Society for the prevention of Cruelty to Animals will take place in the Borough Council Chambers at 3 p.nr. to-day. , From inquiries at the hospital late last night ,it was ascertained that Mr. J. J. Fry, who is suffering from bloodpoisoning, is progressing as favorably as can be expected.

Joseph Gurzinslci, laborer, of Gis " borno, has hied in bankrupt y. It is announced that a nieeting o ; members of the Poverty Bay Jam « Club, for the transaction of very portant business, will be held m the Club’s rooms at 2.30 p.m. on Saturday. Mr Albert Bruce, who has h«e n Clerk at the Thames for many yea , has resigned.. The Borough CounU. passed a motion regretting b.s retire ment. Captain R. S. Matthews, New Zealand Militia, - who served through ■ the South African. War, left Wellington by the lonic last week to undergo a yeal s training in England, at his own pease. •* J On July 12th ,at Wellington, Justice Edwards granted letters of * ministration in the estate. of the ' Bartholomew Dennehv to his wife H* orah Dennehy, on the motion of Mi. F. W. Nolan. Unclaimed letters from places beyond the Dominion for the following persons are lying at the Gisborne Post Office. Mrs. W Goodwin, Miss A. Grace AHenderson, F. E. C. Smith, E. F. S a - ford, Jas. Wilson. This evening Miss iv. Gainsiord, a missionary from India, will give an address in the Baptist Tabernacle on the subject of life and work in India.. Friday afternoon Miss Gainsford is to give an address in the Tabernacle to women only.

A small boy, who was gathering stray pieces of coal at the wharf yesterday afternoon, had themisfortune to fall into the river, and but for the prompt action of Mr. E. O. Arthui, who jumped in and got him out, a drowning fatality might have occurred. The Deputy Official Assignee, Mr. J. Coleman has accepted the tender ot Mr C H. Whittet at £8 12s 6d for the book debts in the bankrupt estates of T. .Pizzey, C. F. Kernot, J. Lang, C. Duncan, Wright and and J. rl. Warner.

The following have been added to the telephone exchange: 389, Burleigh, t±. S residence, Mangapapa (three long rings); 389, Bousfield, F. B-, residence, Mangapapa (two long rings); _ 5/2, Stone, R. W., residence, Lytton Road; 574, Hustler, A., grocer, Gladstone Road ; 575, Hood, A., builder, Ballance Street. Deleted: 195, Rev. M. Cockerill.

Boring operations arc progressing steadily at Waitangi Hill. There has been some little delay owing to having to await the delivery of special piping and while the operations have been carried down through difficult ground; it has also been found necessary to go deeper than was anticipated. There are still excellent indications, however, of a good flow. Mr. H. E. Hill, Registrar of Electors, is busy purging the roll of the Gisborne electorate, and already out of the 1211 persons originally notified that their names would be struck off 911 have been erased by reason of removal, death, etc. Mr. Hill, however, anticipates that this number will be materially increased. Copies of the new 1909 roll are expected to come to hand shortly.

The clever young entertainers, the Riroriros, from the Salvation Army’s Children’s Home at Wellington, are to arrive in Gisborne this morning. They will open a season of four entertainments'this evening by giving a performance at the Salvation Army Citadel commencing at S p.m. To-morrow and on Friday they are to appear at His Majesty’s Theatre, and on Saturday thev will <rive a performance at the Citadel. His Worship the Mayor, Mr. W. D. Lysn-ar, will attend the performance of the Riroriros this evening to formally welcome them to GHJiorne. A meeting of the High School Board of Governors was to have been held at Mr. C. A. deLautour’s office yesterday afternoon to further consider the. plans for the new High School building which it is proposed to erect on the Stanley Road site. Only Messrs deLautour, Mann and Coleman, with the secretary (Mr. W. Morgan) were present, and as there were not sufficient members of the Board to form a quorum, the meeting was allowed to lapse. An informal talk, however, took place, when*Mr. deLautour said that tlio two plans, which had been submitted to Mr. Mogben, InspectorGeneral of Schools, had been returned, and one had been recommended and a few minor alterations suggested. The plans, it might he stated, were prepared by an architect who has only been practising in Gisborne a little over a year. The members yesterday discussed the advisability of calling tenders for the new school, and other members of the Board will be consulted during the week, and in all probability the work will be proceeded with. The Y.M.C.A. Debating Society provided a most enjoyable entertainmentlast evening, when the President, Mr. F. S. Malcolm, was responsible for the programme. The large room was crowded. ,Mr. Malcolm showed a number of sleight of hand tricks, made handkerchiefs and cards mysteriously disappear and caused a skull to add figures and answer questions, greatly to ‘the bewilderment of an present. A reading, embracing three scenes from Shakespeare's comedy ‘‘Much Ado About Nothing,” was given by Mrs. T. Clarkson, Messrs C. Gl Bloore, T. Clarkson, and L. T. Burnard. The reading was excellently given and was heartily applauded. Mr, H. J. Brownlee conducted a spelling bee. There were about fourteen competitors, and after sonie rare and puzzling words bad been’ spelled exit Mr. Bloore was adjudged tii-o winner, with Mr. D. Miller in second place. During the evening Mr. Warn a eke played a violin solo, Mr Torrens a cornet solo, and an orchestra composed of Mrs. Brownlee, Messrs Torrens and Warnecke played a number of selections.