The Gisborne Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 1910.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2712, 17 January 1910, Page 4

The Gisborne Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 1910.

A sitting of the Native Lands Court will open here this morning. The annual meeting of the members of the Turanganui Library will he held at 8 p.m. to-day. It is expected that the Hon. George Fowlds, Airs Fowlds and Dr. Valintinc, Chief Inspector of Hospitals, will visit Gisborne on the occasion of the opening of the Maternity Home. By the scow Tramp, which arrived from Auckland on Saturday, 147 tons of rails were brought for the Otoko section of the Gisborne railway. Two other scows are on the way with further shipments. The members of the Gisborne Rifles indulged in class-firing at the Kaiti range on (Saturday afternoon. The ranges were 100 and 200 yards, and some good scores -were made, both by the recruits and the older members of the corps.

The following was the amount of the Customs duties collected at the Customs House for last week: — : Custom duties £BBS 7s 3d, Surtax £lB 7s 2d, Beer duty £25 13s, light dues 2s lid, other receipts £7 Is 3d; total £936 11s 7d.

A preliminary meeting in connection with the next St. Patrick’s Day sports isi to take place- in St. Mary’s Schoolroom after the 10 o’clock service on Sunday next. As St. Patrick’s Day this year will fall on a Thursday it lias been suggested that the gathering should be made somewhat of a general citizens’ sports meeting. It is intended to have members on the committee from outside the Roman Ca_ tliolic community.

There was a very large gathering of townspeople at the Kaiti beach yesterday afternoon, when the City Band rendered an enjoyable programme. The band was considerably handicapped by the absence of two first cornets, but nevertheless the .performance was a distinctly good one. The rendition of.the test quickstep march “Electoral” and the selection “Echoes of the Empire” was especially good, and elicited hearty applause. Liberal response was made to a collection taken up in aid of the Baud Contest Fn„ a.dunclomfwy cmfw Baud Contest Fund,; and a number of the bandsmen were entertained at afternoon tea by Mr Hamlin.

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A meeting of the Hawke’s Bay Land Board will be held in Gishorne this morning.

“There is not a better grass-produc-ing country in New Zealand than Pov. erty Bay,” declared a speaker at the nieeting of the Farmers’ Union, on Saturday.

Mrs Tanlay will meet intending members of the Gipsy Camp, to bo held in aid of the Maternity Home, at the residence of His Worship the Mayor at 3 o’clock this evening. At the Lowe Street Mart on Saturday Messrs Miller and Craig held a clearing sale of furniture at which there was a good attendance and satisfactory .prices were realised. The sale will be continued on Wednesday next, when the balance of the stock will be cleared. The Gisborne Borough Council notifies that Mr Robert Thelwall has been appointed registrar of dogs for the present year and that all dogs must bo registered immediately. A table of foes, with other information on the subject, is given in an advertisement in this issue. .

To-night the Patlie Pictures reappear at His Majesty’s Theatre. An entirely new sot cf films are to be shown, chief among which is a long sensational drama depicting “Niick Carter, the King of Detectives,’’ in a jewel robbery case. This programme will be shown to-night and to-morrow night only. On Wednesday a fresh lot of pictures will lie given.

Last winter members of the Y.M.C.A. formed a Carpet Bowling Club, in connection with the Y.M.C.A., it being believed to be the only one in New Zealand. The club affiliated with the parent body, the Scottish Carpet Bowling Association, and elected Mr J. Johnston, formerly on the executive of the S.C.B.A. as secretary. On Saturday the secretary received from Scotland a handsome medal from the Association, in recognition of his club being the only affiliated club in New Zealand. The medal, which bears the words “Presented to Gisborne Carpet Bowling Club,” is to be competed for annually, the winner each season to have bis name engraved on it. It is on view in Mr H. J. Grieve’,s window.

At the meeting of the Farmers’ Union on Saturday, the chairman (Mr. W. D. Lysnar) moved as follows: “That the Government be requested to make a substantial reserve around Waikaremoana Lake and along the main Lake and Tab ora. roads and to Rotorua, for the purpose— (a) Making a bush barrier to prevent rabbits spreading to this district from Galatea side, which is infested with rabbits; (b) to preserve the bush for scenic purposes; (c) to preserve the bush with the object of keeping a breeding ground for native birds which may otherwise become extinct, if substantial bush reserves are not made.” The motion was seconded by Mr. T. Holden and carried unanimously. It was further resolved that copies of the resolution be forwarded to the Premier, the Hon. James Carroll, and the Minister of Agriculture. At the Magistrate's Court, on Saturday morning, before Mr, W. A. Barton, S.M., Joseph Weston was charge dwitli committing a grossly indecent act on the Esplanade, on the 14th inst. Sc-rgt. Hutton explained the circumstances, which were particularly bad. Accused was also charged with resisting Constable Dandy in the execution of his duty, and with procuring liquor during the* currency of a prohibition order against him.' He pleaded guilty to all three charges, and was convicted in each case, and, on the first charge, sentenced to one month’s imprisonment, in Napier gaol, with hard labor; on the second charge fined £3, with costs 2s, in default 14 days in Napier gaol, with hard labor, the sentence to commence upon the termination of the former sentence ; and on the third charge fined £5 with 2s costs, in default 30 days imprisonment, the sentence to be concurrent with the former ones.

The Rev. J. A. Lochore. during the service in the Methodist Church last night said that the statistics had just been compiled .by the secretary of the Conference, all the Synods havingsent in their reports. The following increases are recorded : —Eleven churches and nine other preaching places, four schoolrooms, and six parsonages. The European church membership has increased bv 516 —exactly 100 more than the increase reported for the preceding year. There are four additional Sunday schools, with an increase of 61 teachers and 531 scholars. In the “Maori work there has been an increase of 224 church members, showing that the revival in the Maori Church is continuing. The only decrease of note is in the Christian Endeavor work, and it is thought that Bible classes and other organisations are taking up the wotlc. The secretary of the Conference adds : “On the whole the past year lias been one -of progress, which has been well distributed over the six synodical districts, and the progress .is manifested in nearly all departments of the work.” Mr Lochore remarked that the increase of 740 church members was one of the largest ever recorded in the history of the New Zealand Church and gave evidence that the Church was fairly alive and active.

Elbert- Hubbard, the great American writer, says:—“l am to-day what 1 am. because of what 1 was yesterday.’" No truer application of this can be shown than- in the business world, so the people of Gisborne are to-day looking forward to sharing in a real big bargain feast at Pottie’s Sale, because of tbe genuine character of the sales, which have been held by Wm. Pettie and Co. This firm holds the faith of the people because of what it lias dono —it builds for to-morrow by what it does to-day. Their Summer Sale opens on Wednesday next, and their reputation for genuine bargain-givmg will be more than upheld right throughout this great trade event.* Just as every man thinks he is a judge of music, so pretty well every inventor lias a lingering idea that ho can run his own business in the matter of his patents. Novel* was i greater mistake. The wise inventor puts himself under the guidance of a skilled agent. Messrs Baldwin and Pay ward, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin, are agents of repute. They see to the preparation of working drawings, and stand botween the inventor and his risks.

Are you aware that your personal appearance is vastly improved by ,a visit to our Hairdressing Saloon. Our Operators are Artists in their profession, and make a careful study of the gentlemen who come under their care and treatment. Don’t forget! v\e have the finest equipped saloon in the city. Try our Ice Shampoo and note that we always give our customers an Ice Wash after a shave. We are the sole agents for the far-famed “Parasene” liair-restorer. “Paraseno” is no local concoction and is entirely free of acetic acid or any ingredient that will injure the hair or head. C. Morse’s Central Hairdressing Saloon, Gladstone Road.*

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It is intended to bold a sacred concert in aid of the funds of the Children’s Home next Sunday evening. It is understood that Mr. W. B. Mackie, engineer of the dredge John Townley, who left for Glasgow to take part in the construction of the dredge Maui, at Messrs Simons Bros.’ works, has received an appointment at Salt Lake City, United States. Mrs. Mackie left by Saturday’s steamer on route to join him there. A Gisborne resident, Mr. William James Hook, who was recently sent to Auckland for surgical treatment, yi’as brought back yesterday in the s.s. Tarawera. He was suffering from complicated internal troubles, and Dr. Savage, of Auckland, considered that an operation would he of no avail. Mr. Hook was in an extremely critical condition on arrival in Gisborne, and Dr. Collins was hastily summoned. Every attention was shown to the invalid by the Union Steamship Company’s officials, and on landing at the wharf be was conveyed to his home in Kahutia Street, on can ambulance stretcher. He died late last night, and bis funeral will take place to-day at 3 p.m. Much springs from little is very evident these bard times. To see the happiness that Grieve’s Bands of Gold bring would make food for thousands of poets. , Grieve, Jeweller and Watchmaker, makes a specialty of Rings.*