Local and General.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3193, 12 April 1911, Page 4

Local and General.

A meeting of the social committee or the Poverty Bay Bowing Club was held in the clubhouse last night, Mr J. Webb presiding. There was a large attendance of ladies and gentlemen interested in the club s. coining social, which is to be hold in the Garrison Hall on Easter Monday night. It was reported that all arrangements were well in hand and that tickets were selling rapidly. The services of an efficient orchestra have been obtained' and everything points to a most successful function.

A horse attached to a cart took fright in Gladstone road yesterday morning and bolted, but it was stopped near Peel street. Fortunately no damage was done. Mr. F. Harris was nominated yesteiday for a seat on the Borough Council.

The- Resident Engineer (Mr C. E. Armstrong) will probably examine the proposed Hangaroa railway route after the Easter • holidays. Owing to the southern steamer being delayed on Saturday, the Hawke’s Bay hockey team will be unable to visit Gisborne to play a match on Easter Monday.

A young man named Arthur Dixon, who was emnloyed by Mr J. Hegarty, of Mangatu. was riding near the homestead about 9 o’clock on Monday morning, when lie was either .thrown from his horse or knocked off in coming into contact with a stump. He was found sumo time later on tho roadside, jiis right foot having been fractured. As liis iiiiuries could not be attended to at Man’gatu, lie was brought into the hospital bv last evening’s train, and was stated'to be progressing favourably at a bite hour last noglit.

An adjourned meeting of the Borough Council will be held at 7.30 p.m. today to consider the specifications in connection with the *' sewerage system, a few tenders and general business.

The man' James Blanch, who was injured op. Saturday night in Gladstone road, was operated on. at midnight on Monday, but his condition has not improved, and at 10.30 last night lie remained insensible.

There -was an unusually large attendance of members of the Gisborne branch of the Court William Gladstone at the Masonic Hall last evening, when the Court entertained' upwards of -30 members of the Druids Lodge at a card party. Games of cribbage, euchre and wliist were played, and a thoroughly einjoyable evening was spent, the games resulting: Foresters 42, Druids vided. Bro. Wildish, on behalf of the officers, thanked the visiting brotheis for their attendance. Bro. Lawless suitably responded.

Mr W. A. Barton, 5.51 •, at the Magistrate’s Court yesterday imposed a fine of £l, and costs is on I rank C. Airey for driving across the Whatau-pok-o bridge at other than a walking pace. A very curious case which has occurred at the charity hospital at Valencia is considerably puzzling the doctors there. A patient, 21 years of age, was seized with violent cardiac spasms, , and apparently died in a. few .lours. While examining the corpse, the house physician who ihud attended the case observed a total absence of all the usual symptoms of organic change, and consequently ordered the body to be kept under close observation. The body lias remained in the same condition. without exhibiting any sign of the changes which ordinarily accompany death. The case is still being watched with the utmost vigilance, butit is imnossible to say whether the man is alive or dead. A special meeting of the Chamber cif Commerce was held yesterday afternoon at the Borough Council Chambers to consider the question of appointing a secretary, Mr F. H. W. Trail! having rcsienod. Mr, J. Bright, president, was'in the chair. After discussion, re was decided to leave the matter in the hands of a sub-committee consisting of Messrs A. Waclismann, T. E.Toneyc-iffe. W. G. Compton, J. B. Kells, AY. I‘. Cederwall and Dean. The president stated that Mr Cederwall had kindly consented to act as secretary pro tern. The municipal roll for the forthcoming elections in connection with the Borough Council and the Harbour Board closes to-day at 5 p.m. Nominations for seats on the two bodies mentioned close next Wednesday. The Bathe Picture Proprietary have been very fortunate in securing four complete programmes for the holiday season, when picture entertainments are at’a premium. _ To-night a magnificent programme, including the mucli-talkecl-ot 'Love, Luck and Gasoline” comedy film will be shown. A further new series will be shown to-morrow night and on Friday evening the management will, by special arrangement with the British Biograph Company, present a programme of sacred pictures. This will be shown for one night only, another complete change coming to hand on Saturday. t An exciting adventure is reported from the Chathams. Captain Eastick, of the trawler Nora Niven, states that as two men from the Chatham Islands Fishing Company’s station, at Owenga, were fishing about three miles off shore one day last week an enormous shark, which they assert was between 30 and 40ft long, made its appearance and attacked their boat. The monster bit a big piece out of the port side of their little craft, and it was tound necesray to resort- to hailing to prevent the boat from sinking. The shark was beaten off with a boathook and an oar, and as soon as it had ceased its unwelcome attentions the fishermen returned to shore with the greatest possible speed. Captain Eastick saw the boat before be left for Wellington, and says thatmarks of the sharks teeth are plainly visible on the gunwhale. In connection with the new Canad- , ian-Australian mail service the I n ion S.S. Co. have a special advertisement regarding refrigerator space for frozen cargo. Applications for allotment of such will be received up to July Ist. 1911. Full particulars can be obtained on application at the local office of the Union S.S. Co. The steamers to be employed under the new contract will be the Marama, with a capacity of about 29,000 feet; the Alakura, about--090 feet; and the Zealandia about 10,699 feet. It is quite probable that the capacity of the last-named vessel will be further increased. The Land and Income-Tax Department gives notice that returns of land must be furnished not later than Ist May. The Gisborne Racing Club's steeplechase meeting will be held on July 6th and 7th, end the programme, which is iu this issue, is a most liberal one, and should attract the attention of owners. The stakes range from 50 sovs for four minor races to 150 sovs. for the Gisborne Park Steeplechase Handicap, the principal event on the first day. The Te Hapara Steeplechase of 120 sovs is the chief attraction for the second. Nominations for all events close witn the secretary (Mr H. E. Dodd) at 9 p.m. on May 31.st. Weights for the first, days handicaps will be declared on Friday, June 16th. The fascinating pastime of rollerskating, which has, been eagerly looked forward to in Gisborne, will commence at the Garrison Hall to-night, and no doubt- there will bo a large attendance. The rink will be open again to-morrow and Saturday and on Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday next week. An excellent programme of music has been arranged, and refreshments can be obtained at the hall.

MB. W. MILLER’S OPERATIONS. In the advertising columns of this issue of the “Gisborne Times’’ an announcement is made in connection with one of the oldest and best known business concerns in Gisborne. Mr William Miller -announces that from and after April lltli, Messrs George Tattersall and Percy Bayly become partners in all departments of his business. Mr Miller has been appointed Australasian representative and attorney for H. M. Cochrane, Ltd., of Peekham, London, and it is his intention to extend the firm’s operations. He will leave by the Tarawera this morning, catching the P. and 0. Company’s Morca at Auckland on Friday, for Sydney, where lie will arrange for a representative to work the firm’s enterprises in Australia. The operations of the firm will still, be conducted under the name of William Miller, and the headquarters remain at 'Miller’s Corner, Gisborne.