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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2739, 18 February 1910, Page 4

A meeting of the Hospital Trustees is to be- held at 7.30 p.m. to-day.

Present indications lead to the belief that the Besses o’ the Barn Band will not include Gisborne in its present tour of the Dominion. A meeting will bo held at the Technical School at 8 p.m. to-day to receive pupils and make other arrangements in connection with evening classes.

The next Matawhero stock sales will be held on Wednesday, February 23rd. Messrs Williams and Kettle advertise their present entries in this issue. At Port Awanui yesterday, a halfcaste native, Benjamin Gardiner Milner, remanded from Gisborne on a charge of carnal knowledge of a Maori girl under 16 years of: age, was committed for trial.

To-morrow the train which usually leaves Gisborne for To Karaka at 9.30 p.m. will leave at 10.30 p.m., and will run an hour later than usual throughout. This is to enable country visitors to attend the performance of “Dandy Dick” at His Majesty’s Theatre. The box plan in connection with the performance is filling very satisfactorily. A “Gisborne Times” correspondent in Wellington made some enquiries as to when the money for the local loan was likely to be available. The information obtained was not particularly encouraging. Nothing of a definite nature will he done until all the applications are in whereupon each will be considered and dealt with according to its merits. Whether or not there will be sufficient money available to satisfy all claims is unknown at present, but in the meantime it is worth noting that the application forwarded by the Gisborne Borough Council does not contain all the particulars which will be required by the Government Department before giving its request consideration.

At the Police Court yesterday morning, before Mr. W. A. Barton, S.M., John Hoaiphy , oil a charge of drunkenness, having been previously convicted during the past six months, was again convicted and was lined £2 with costs 2s, in default 7 days imprisonment. The name accused was also charged with having procured liquor fluring the currency of a prohibition order. Sergt. Hutton said there was a long list of convictions against , the accused, who had only come out of gaol on Saturday week last. He now had an order to go into tlie Old Men’s Home. In view of this His Worship did not inflict a penalty, but warned the accused, and bound him over in his own recognisance to come up» for sentence when called upon. A first offender was dealt with in the usual manner, and another first offender, for having been drunk while in charge of a horse, was fined 10s with' 7s costs, in default 4 days’ imprisonment.

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The ordinary meetings of the Cook and Waikoliu County Councils are to. be held this morning. The annual meeting of the Poverty Bay Hunt Club, which was to have been held to-morrow evening, has been postponed till Saturday, March sth. The Telegraph Department notifies that to-day the Dunedin and suburban, offices- will observe a half-holiday from "J. p.m., re-opening at 7 p.m. Mr. It. C. Mather, Patutahi, advertises a black and tan sheep dog found on Messrs Mather and Mclnnes’s property, Patutaihi.

An alarm of lire, was sounded at 9.45 last night, and a glare was observable in the direction of ‘Awapuni, past the abattoirs. The brigade did not turn out, as the fire appeared to die away, •and it was thought that perhaps some ncrsoji in the vicinity was burning rubbish.

As will be soon from an advertisement in this issue, an excellent programme has been prepared for St. Patrick’s sports, to be held in Victoria Domain on Thursday, March 17tli. It includes races for men, boys and girls, bicycle races, a cigarette race, and rip sawing and phloe-kieking competitions. The prize-list is a liberal one. Entries are to close at 9 p.m. on Saturday, March 12, those for cycling events with Air. H. Anderson, and those for other events with the bon. secretary, Mr. M. Segedin. Swans, which are in large numbers in Bluff harbor just now, are said to lie destroying large quantities of young flounders. According to the “Southland News,” a resident states from experience that that is a habit of the bird, and adds that on one occasion when be shot one of the birds its stomach was packed with small flounders. The swan feeds in the shallow waters on the beaches, and the young flounders fall an easy prey to its appetite. The “News” adds that the flounder is a diminishing quantity, and if the swans are allowed to multiply unchecked it will become scarcer j'ear by year. At the Police Court yesterday morning, before Mr. W. A. Barton, S.M., Christopher Gisborne Piesse entered a charge against Madeline Ilofeu for hav_ mg aided and abetted her husband in removing chattels, over which security had been given. Mr. Barnard appeared for the informant, and asked for a remand, on the grounds that the husband had been apprehended at Invercargill, and was to appear at Gisborne on the 24th instant. A remand to Monday next was granted, accused being granted bail, on her own surety of £5. A further remand will probably be applied for on Monday, to the 24th inst.

The new set of cinematograph fi Ims to he shown at His Majesty's Theatre next Monday evening by the Rathe Pictures arrived by the mail on ’Wednesday, and was run through the machine yesterday. The programme is well up to date, and includes a lengthy and comprehensive series illustrating the visit of King Manuel of Portugal to London, comprising views of the welcome at Portsmouth and Windsor, and tlie arrival at the Guildhall. Some views of Portugal are to lie shown, including the famous Portuguese Infantry (the sth Cacadores), one of the regiments which fought side by side with British soldiers in the Peninsular War

The Auckland military authorities are busily preparing for Lord Kitchener’s visit "of inspection (says the “New Zealand Herald”). Some idea is now being gained of the number of men who will lie- under canvass, and it is anticipated that the muster will be a very large one. The district orders have been issued some time for the field manoeuvres, but. that lor the garrison artillery has only just been issued by Lieutenant-Colonel G. C. B. Wolfe, O.C. Auckland military district. It states that “The officers commanding detatchment R.X.Z.A. and Auckland division N.Z.G.A. volunteers will arrange to assemble their commands in eanip or barracks at such a time os to be ready to man the defences at any hour after seven a.m. on March 1.” A Napier telegram states that the steamer Mokoia, from Gisborne, missed connection with the mails yesterday morning, but the passengers just managed to catch the express. Mr. J. W. J. Preston, local manager of the Union Company, states that the Mokoia leit Gisborne at 10.30 p.m. on Wednesday, and she takes an hour to tie upi at Napier, but should have- been in plenty of time to catch the express, which leaves at 7.30 a.m. The fact that tlie vessel was burning local coal from Auckland would account in some degree tor slow steaming. She took 28J hours from Auckland to Gisborne, having called at Tolcomaru with 13 passengers coming down. She arrived here at 6.35 p.m... and handled 100 tons of cargo, getting quick despatch. The fact that the passengers caught the express leads to the conclusion that, with smart handling, the mails should also have caught the train.

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