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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2577, 11 August 1909, Page 4

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Borough Council will bo held this evening-

Mr. H. Garrett, chemist, advertises the loss of a bicycle taken from his shop front last evening.

Mr. Malcolm McLeod, Mangapapa, advertises a first-class milking cow for sale -

Messrs Goodley and Somervell (Tologa Bay), and Henry (Tokomaru) tvere passengers for Gisborne by Messrs J. Redstone and Sons’ coaches yesterday. The ceremony in connection with the re-opening of the lighthouse at Tuahine Point is to take place on Saturday next.

Mr. Williamson, Bright Street, announces that he has 15 tons of prime table potatoes arriving by the s.s. Wanaka. - i

“The Bridge of Sighs,” to be shown at the Rathe Pictures to-morrow night, is described by JJie Auckland papers as the finest specimen of animated art Vet shown in Auckland. The Koromi'ka arrived at Auckland at noon yesterday, from Fiji, with the Vancouver mail aboard. The mail went South by the Main Trunk last night.

Mr. Esam, Government Inspector of Orchards, will give a demonstration of spraying at Patutahi, in Mr. James Atkins’ (sonr.) orchard, at 2 p.m. tomorrow. On Friday next, at 2 p.m., he will give a similar demonstration in Mr. Heron’s orchard, Ormond. There was a good attendance at the Y.M.C.A. Debating Society’s meeting last evening; Mr. F. J. Rowley presiding. The Society’s journal was presented, a large number of papers were read and discussed, and an enjoyable and profitable evening was spent. A “Basket Social,” in connection with Lodge Turangamn, No. 7, U.A.0.D., will be held in His Majesty s Theatre on Friday, August 20th. The charge for gentlemen’s tickets is to be 4s each. Ladies who bring baskets of refreshments will be admitted free. “I suppose the Motu will be a resort for anglers in about three years’ time, said a resident of that district to a “Times” reporter yesterday. “We have put 75,000 trout ova into the streams, and if they do well the railway lino should be well patronised by visitors.”

A sculling match is likely to eventuate between George Whelch, of Akaroa (champion sculler of New Zealand), and George Day,, of Sydney, to be rowed on the Manawatu River. Whelch has already put up a deposit, which is likely to be covered by Day. In that case' the race will probably take place in November. The announcement that Dr. W. H. Hosking had withdrawn his offer of £SOO for a ladies’ bath at Masterton caused one unsophisticated lady resident to remark to her better half, on reading the doctor’s intention to purchase radium with the •money: “Fancy Dr. Hosking. instead of giving that £SOO to the ladies’ baths, intends to buy £SOO worth of radium, and give tins of it to the poor!” The poor innocent person had only heard of Radium in the form of a well-known boot polish. Drin'k is the subtle enemy of John Jacob Keefe. He was before the Police Court on Monday when he was fined and he was no sooner liberated than £1 for being drunk on Saturday night, he went straight away and got drunk again, the- result being that Constable Scott took charge of him, and lie made his third appearance on a charge of drunkenness within six months, before Mr A. H. Wallis, J.P., at the Police Court yesterday morning. Keefe lookod verv depressed when n fine of with 2s costs, in default t dajs imprisonment, was imposed.

The readjustment of the ridings within the Cook County, consequent upon the formation of the Waikoliu County, will result in two councillors being required to represent each of the following ridings:—Gisborne, 'i'ologa, and Patutahi. The members at present representing those ridings will therefore have to resign their scats so that the 'councillors required to represent the ratepayers can be elected at the one time. The members of the County Council who will bo thus compelled to resign are the Hon. Captain Pucker, Crs. Sherratt, and E. Boland.

Apparently the most diverting of all feathered humorists is the kea. Mr Edgar F. Stead related at Christchurch during a lecture that five of these interesting birds that he had in captivity would throw up tins merely for the fun of hearing them rattle when they came down again. He also showed a lantern slide depicting a kea standing on the edge of a rock with a sheer fall of 150 ft dropping chips and pebbles over the face in an ecstasy of whimsical delight. Another picture showed a male and female kea on top of a stump, aud the good lady dutifully scratching her lord’s head with her 1 beak. “When she got tired and stopped for a moment or two,” Mr Stead added, “He bit her feet and made her go on again.” Yesterday morning the heads of the ,various importing houses in Gisborne met at the Customs House to make- a presentation to Mr E. ‘McGregor, who has been transferred to Christchurch. Mr J. Townley, on behalf of those present, j>resented Mr McGregor with a purse of sovereigns, and said that the business people of Gisborno were pleased to hear of Mr McGregor’s promotion. He had always been courteous arid obliging to the Government’s customers, but nevertheless faithfullly watched the Government’s interests. Those present wished him to accept the little purse in token of ; tho esteem in which, he was held', and wished him health and prosperity in the future. Mr McGregor thanked Mr Townley and the gentlemen present for their gift and said that he would strive•. to serve the Department in the hope that some day lie might come to Gisborne as Collector!