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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3142, 11 February 1911, Page 6

Half a dozen of the trucks obtained for the Gentle Annie tramway were put on the line yesterday afternoon, and used in connection with ballasting operations. They were found to work admirably. The locomotive which was put on the line recently is also giving every j _ J| f Dr. C csju m|d"li Acceptances and entries in connection with the Tologa Bay Jockey Club's meeting will close on- Monday next. Particulars are given in an advertisement in this issue. The anniversary services of the Methodist Church are to be celebrated tomorrow. A rally of, the parents and children is being held at the eleven o’clock service. Music of" a. special nature will be rendered, including an anthem by the choir and solo by Miss Grey. In the evening, besides the anthem. Mr. McGibbon is to sing, and at the conclusion of the serviee the anniversary celebration of the Communion will be held. The sanctuary will be decorated fo r the services, which will be conducted by the Rev. J. A. Loch ore. The wharf presented a busy annenrance yesterday afternoon. Besides the usual fleet of lighters there wore four vessels in port namely, the Waimea (400 tons), Ripple (250 tons), lvaeo (100 tons) and Awanui (85 tons). AH these vessels, with the exception of the Awanui, were discharging, and the wharf was littered with timber and j other non-perishable cargo. The dredger Maui put in some good work on the silt bank at the lower end of the town wharf, and she was the object of much attention. . Messrs Nelson Bros.’ lighters were passing u-> am! down the river going and coming from the 12,000 ton liner Star of India in the hay, and altogether the spectacle was an animated one. Under. the new defence regulations all Territorial establishments will be on a much larger scale than those kept up during the volunteer era. It is understood that many companies, will lie recruiting extensively to bring their number vm to that allowed bv the regulations. Captain Beere, of the Gisborne Rifles, states that he will have a number of vacancies for recruits at an early date. The advantages of joining the torn to rials are too well known to require explanation, and those desiring entrv would do well to apply early. Included m the cargo of the s.s. Ripnie, which arrived from Nanier yesf"irdav. were 307 particularly fine-look-ing Romney rams. Of these 215 were fgr. Mid E..-Monels ton. of To Kara’ka, Of) foi-'Mi-; J. C. Field, of Home-bush, and two for Mr; .John Clark’s Waipaon station. Work lit the Technical School will be resumed next week. The dates on which the various classes will commence are given .in' an advertisement in this issue. Mr. Edward Nelson ,of the International Bible Students’ Association, is paying a. visit to Gisborne. He is to give an address in Town ley’s lift 11 tonight. on tile subject of the end of fthe world and'on Sunday afternoon he will give an address at the Y.M.C.A. rooms.

Inspector Dwyer informed a reporter ( yesterday that when the new. gaol is completed the present premises will probably be demolished to make room for more adequate station buildings for the local force. The persons nrrested would be confined in the new gaol. With the closing down of the Napier gaol, long-sentence prisoners from Gisborne would be sept to Wellington' or the new central gaol along the Main Trunk line. A decision had not been come to regarding short-sentence prisoners (up to three' months) hut he thought that provision, would perhaps be made to have 'them detained at the new gaol. Mr. J. Aneurin Jones is to conduct the service at the Baptist Tabernacle to-morrow morning. In The evening Mr. S. Morris, secretary of the Y.M.C.A., will preach on the subject of the survival of the unfit. A solo and anthem will ho given at the evening service.

The annual meeting of the Waiapu Racing Club will be held on the Mangabane a. Tuparoa, on Saturday, March 4th. The programme is advertised in this issue of the “Gisborne Times.” Nominations are duo on February 18th, weights on February 20.11, and acceptances on March Ist.

Residents of Otoko, Waikohu, and intermediate districts are to be afforded special facilities to witness the first production here on Wednesday night of “The Lion and the Mouse,” as the J. C- Williamson management have made arrangements with the Railway Department to run a special train to Otoko, leaving Gisborne at 11.15 p.m. A new programme of Pathe Pictures is advertised for to-day, both afternoon ami evening. Owing to the theatre being engaged on Monday and Tuesday for the John.son-Jeffries pictures, this series can only he shown to-day. A't Broken Mill the other day Walter W. Lawson, aged 18 years, a fitter’s assistant on the Zinc Corporation plant, was sent, to gaol for two months for stealing 4d in coppers from his comrade's clothes in the change-house. A second charge of stealing 9d from another man’s pocket was withdrawn. A watchman witnessed the pocketsearching-, and took charge of Lawson.

A well-attended social under the auspices of the Junior C.E. and Junior Boys’ Bible Class was held in the Methodist Schoolroom on Thursday night in honor of Master Ben. Hawkins, who is entering the Wellington Training College for Teachers. He has been an active member in the above organisations and will be much missed. On. behalf ol his associates and a. wide circle of well-wishers, the Rev. J. A. Lochore presented Master Hawkins with a beautiful Bible, an edition of Tennyson in art binding, and a set of 'toilet brushes. He and other dwcj+ on the youth’s excellent character, and on the high hopes which were entertained tor bis future. Master Ben. and his lather made feeling and appropriate speeches in reply.

A Press Assoication teiegram states that the annual camp meeting and conference of the Now Zealand Seventh Day Adventists is being held at l’etone. ft lasts till the 19th February. It was stated that, there had been many converts during the year, and that the various institutions were in a flourishing condition. The recommendations of the committee in the direction of developing the work of the denomination wore adopted.

A dispute between Janies Edwin Benson (Mr. Stock) v. Robert Campbell Miller (Mr. Nolan), regarding a dividing fence, was before Mr. W. A. Barton, S.M., at the Magistrate's Court yesterday. After hearing Wm. Graham, of Ormond, who made an inspection of the fence, Mr. Stock suggested Mr. Graham should he appointed to decide the line of the fence. Mr. Nolan said that defendant preferred Mr. T Holden. It was decided that the solicitors should confer on the matter, and the case was adjourned till today.

Mr. \V. A. Barton, S.M., presided at the Police Court yesterday morning. John Ryan and Henry Dennett, alias Thomas Topping, who were charged with procuring liquor during the currency of prohibition orders, were each hound over in the sum of .-CIO to eomo up for sentence when called upon.