Local and General.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3254, 27 June 1911, Page 4

Local and General.

The Finance Committee of the Gisborne Harbor Board met last night to consider the question of, tenders tor. insuring the dredge Maui -'TI her irip to Auckland, where, she. is to go into dock. It is understood that they decided on one tender, and the matter wilt probably be formally decided upon today.

Vlrs Helen Barton, who is a Parish Councillor of Glasgow, and is to arrive in Gisborne on Wednesday morning to begin 'her Fo-licen.se campaign, is to meet the members of the W.C/i'.U. and lady members of the Temperance Association in the Y.M.C.A. rooms at 3 o’clock the same afternoon. At 8 o’clock in Whinray’s Hall a public reception will be tendered to the visitor by the local No-license League and kindred organisations. While the public in general are all invited to this reception, workers and sympathisers are particularly desired to attend. On Thursday afternoon at 2.40 the inauguration of the Women’s Crusade is to take place in Whinray’s Hall. In the evening a general meeting will be held in the Makauri public school at 8 o’clock. Other meetings are to follow. Mr W. A. Barton. S.M.. held a sitting of the Old Age Pensions Court yesterday, when three renewals and one new pension were granted. The supplying of information to the Press by officers of the Harbor Board was the subject of criticism by members of the Harbor Board yesterday. It was decided, after some discussion, to instruct the Board’s employees not to give information to the Press until it had been dealt with by the Board, nor should they express opinions on matters of policy to the Press.

The Xo-iicense League met in. St. Andrew’s schoolroom Last night. The executive met at 7.30 and was principally occupied with the arrangement of the meetings to be addressed by Mrs Barton, who opens her campaign in Gisborne to-morrow. A special meeting of the executive is to be held on Monday, July 10th to go into the question of literature and finance. Mr L. M. Isitt has promised to visit Gisborne about August. The Rev. W. Lamb and Mr M. McLeod gave an account of tlie recently held Dominion Convention at Wellington. Special reference was made to the optimism of the delegates as regards the Dominion vote. One of the most telling meetings was that in which delegates from the sixteen Xo-lieense electorates in the Dominion gave testimonies as regards the effects of Xolicense in their districts. The Rev. F. W. Chatterton was appointed bv the League to represent- it as a sneaker atthe reception to be tendered to Mrs Barton. The U.C.T.Ui. the Temperance Association, and Tent of Rechawere also to appoint a speaker apiece.

“I suppose von have been twenty-five years in the Dominion.” Mr Barton jocularly inquired of an aged Maori, who made application for an old'age pension yesterday. The Native for a moment looked bewildered, and' then replied' through the interpreter, £> T was born here.”

An account for £4OOO for Messrs Barker Bros, for compensation iii regard' to improvements on the Tauwbareparae estate was among the payments passed by the Harbor Board' yesterday. The weekly meeting of the Girls’ Friendly Society, held'm Holy Trinity school room last night, there being about 50 members present. The evening was spent in drill and marching taken by Miss Bargil. The meeting was brought to a close by the singing of the Vesper Hymn. At a special meeting of the GisborneSchool Committee last night it was decided to nominate- Mr Geo. Wildish for the vacancy on the Hawke’s Bay Board of Education, caused By the- retirement,, by rotation, of Mr W. Morgan.

A somewhat interesting remark was made by a lady speaker at tlie meeting of tlie Xo-lieense League last night. Speaking on the subject of Mrs Helen Barton’s Gisborne itinerary she said, r ‘l think we cannot hold’ too many women’s meetings, as the women require educating more than anyone else.” The remark was presumably confined to Xolicense matters.

Tlie intensely interesting picture ‘‘The Vicar of Wakefield” will be screened at His Majesty's Theatre for the last time this evening, together with the other attractive items of the present programme.

The only occupant of the police cells last night was a man who had earlier in the day been fined for disorderly behaviour iii a railway carriage, and* who was arrested for drunkenness later in the dav.

The condition of the man Wells, who was injured while bushfelling at Hangaroa, and is at present in the Hospital, is unchanged. Entries for tlie- three-quarter mile handicap skating race to be held on Thursday night close with Mr. C. Morse at 8 o’clock to-night. There will be morning and afternoon sessions only to-day, as the rink hold a session at Ormond to-night. Intending competitors for Thursday night’s race may practice at the rink between 12 and 2 each day without charge. A great improvement was noticeable in the soundings which were placed befbre the Harbor Board yesterday by the Harbormaster. Capt. Gumming. At the end of the breakwater there was a depth of 13ft-. Between the third and sixth bollards the minimum depth was now 12ft 6in., while opposite the Snark’s landing there was 10ft 6in. At the crane there was 13ft, and opposite the Waikanae Creek 12ft. There was also an improvement in the depth along the wharves, except near the No. 2 shed. .

R. Robertson, clothier and mercer,, having taken over the premises lately occupied by Messrs Cox Bros., tailors, Peel Street, has opened it up as an vp-to-date juvenile and rug department in conjunction with his own. To commemorate the Coronation of King George he lias decided to hold a Coronation Extension. Sale, commencing to-day, the 27th, which is advertised in this morning’s issue.*

The Coronation of the King now being an acknowledged fact, kindly forward your orders for wood, coal, coke, to the Gisborne Wood and Coal Company (opposite the Royal Hotel), 2s per bag. No credit.*