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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2593, 30 August 1909, Page 4

Mr. W. D. S. MacDonald, M.P., leaves for Napier by the s.s. Tarawera this morning. Sir. and Mrs. A. F. Kennedy return to Gisborne this morning by the s.s. Tarawera from Auckland. Air. W. Charles worth, engineer to the Waikoliu County Council, leaves for South this morning. There will onl~ be one launch to tender the U.S.S. Co.'s Tarawera this morning, arid it will leave the wharf at 7 a.m. sharp. A general meeting of the Gisborne No-License League will be held in St. Andrew’s Schoolroom at 8 p.m. to-day. A meeting of the Executive will he held at 7 p.m. The revenue collected at the Gisborne Customs House last week was: Customs duties.£s23 18s Id, light dues 4s 2d, shipping fees 13s 6d, other receipts ss; total, £525 Os 9d. The body of The late Mr. W. Adair is to be landed at Gisborne from the s.s. Tarawera this morning. The funeral is to leave his late residence at 2.30 p.m. to-day. The Telegraph Department lias forwarded the following memorandum: — Berne advises: Communication between Casablanca and Mogador interrupted; telegrams for Mogador are sent by post from Casablanca.

The brethren of Lodge Turanganui, 1840, E.C., are requested to attend the funeral of their late Bro. Wm. Adair, which will take place this afternoon. A brake null leave Redstone’s Stables at 2 p.m.

The splendid programme now being shown by the Pathe Picture Company can only be shown in Gisborne to-night and to-morrow night, as the company visit the country towns for six nights, commencing on * Wednesday. Two quarter-acre sections in the village of Motu, and a rural section of 9 cares 28 perches in the Waikoliu survey district, will be offered for sale by auction at the Lands Office, Gisborne, at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, September Bth.

Nominations for the extraordinary vacancy on the Waikohu County Council, caused by the resignation of Cr. H. E. Tiffen, closed on Saturday. Only one nomination was received, that of Mr. Edwin Vidal Palmer, who has been duly elected. A special general meeting of the Alhambra Club will be held at the Club rooms at 8 p.m. to-moiTow to elect a president in the place of Mr. W. R. Brady, who has resigned in consequence of his approaching' departure from the district.

The following passengers were hooked to leave Gisborne this morning by Messrs J. Redstone and Sons’ coaches: — For Tiniroto, Miss Marshall, Mr. Kennedy ; for WTiangaroa, Air. R. Murphy and two children; for Tologa Bay, Air. F. Fraser ; fox* Tarewa, Air. G. Reynolds. The Borough Council has decided to purchase an up-to-date, road-sweeping machine, which, according to description, is drawn behind a cart into which the dust or mud is lifted automatically. The machine will be imported from England, and will not arrive in Gisborxic for some months. Mr. C. F. Lewis’ son Ronald underwent an operation at the Gisborne Hospital yesterday morning, and had an abscess removed from the chest. The patient came through the operation safely, and was doing as well as could be expected \yhen inquiries were made last evening.

Very slight improvement is reported in the condition of Master J. Lang, the injured junior footballer who is at present an inmate of the hospital, suffering from a kick in the chest. Messrs Spencer and Beard, from the Mangatu and Motu districts, are also said to be progressing somewhat slowly but satisfactorily. Tenders are invited for a completely equipped sawmill, together with about s'i million feet of standing and fallen timber in theAVhangarei district. Full details may be inspected at the office of this paper, and the vendor—Mr. Thos. E. Whitten, public accountant, Auckland—-will supply all information required. The question of what was termed the unfair competition between shopkeepers and street hawkers has lately been the subject of several complaints to the Borough Council. That body has now decided that hawkers taking up a stand with carts, wheelbarrows, etc., shall, -in future, pay a, license fee of 5s per month and shall be under the direction of the police.

A number of local school teachers and several from the surrounding country districts met at the Gisborne school on Saturday morning to ‘ attend a lecture by Mr. Loten, who has recently been retained as agricultural instructor to the Hawke’s Bay Education Board. The meeting was also to make the preliminary arrangements for the inauguration of agricultural instruction m the schools of this district, but Mr. Loten failed to put in an appearance. Mr. W. Morgan announced that lie had received a telegram from Mr. Loten, stating that he had arrived at Tiniroto on his way overland from Wairoa, but that the roads at that point were in an impassable condition. The sealed pan system will shortly be instituted in the borough, and up to the present only 800 orders for the new utensils have been received at the Council Chambers. Fully 1600 pans will be required in order to supply every house, and it is the wish of the authorities that orders should be placed immediately. Speaking to a ‘-‘Times” reporter yesterday, His Worship the Maror sounded a note of warning, when he said that once the new scheme has been started those householders who have not fallen into like and provided themselves with the new pans will bo omitted from the service, as it will be impossible to run the now and old system conjointly. A warrant of exemption under the Infants’ Life Protection Act has been issued by the Government in favor of the Gisborne ’Maternity Home. A child therein will not be given out, except to its mother, until authority is obtained.’ The Coo’k County Women’s Guild desire to express thanks for the following donations:—Mrs. J. H.. Martin, sheets; Mr. J. Sheridan, £1 Is : Mr" O. - Baxter, £1; Mr. W. Hamon 10s; Mr. L. H. Ferguson, 10s 6d; Mr. J Towuley (witness’ foe), 10s; Mrs. W. Graham, fire-guard. . Members who have not paid their contributions to the bread and milk fund are requested to pay them to Mrs. Towuley as. soon as convenient.