Local and General.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3385, 28 November 1911, Page 4

Local and General.

The prcsiiling .lusiioes at the Police f Court yesterday were Messrs Vincent Pyke and J. Warren. Two first offending inebriates were convicted, and each was ordered to forfeit the amount of liis bail, 10s. When the steamer Regulus arrived at the wharf at noon yesterday, one hour and forty minutes after high tide, she was drawing lift (fin. and she came up to the wharf and berthed without difficulty. The tender of Mr. ,T. King for surveying the balance of the Tauwharoparae endowment was accepted yestcrdav by the Harbor Board. It was decided to ask for the plan* to be ready by March. Owing to the ordinary date of the next meeting of the ifilarbour Board failing on Christmas Day, it was decided yesterday to hold the meeting om December 18th. Woi'd has boon received by cable that the Nestle and Auvglo-Swiss Condensed Aliik Company have been appointed by Royal Warrant, purveyors of their highclass products to His Majesty King George V'Dive secretary of the Gisborne Harbor Board yesterday placed a return before the Board snowing the aggregate tonnage of the vessels that have visited, some of the smaller ports of the Dominion during the year. The figures were as follows : —Oamaru, vessels, 76 / ,;>/9 tons ; Bluff. 329. 0/9.269 toils; Timaru 358, 440,937; New Plymouth' 389, 168,830 tons; Gisborne, 617 628,028 tons.

rri , be ik) exhibition <:-f fhiilm i>- lr-mVht, but tu-morrow ovenPicluifs , jii „;os:nt an j nE tit- management l , c cutirolv now programme. a S"S Cis. ,!lJ " 111 - regarding the S river front. c-x< ( ‘ ( 7i snw *ioii to give It was deenUd 4^‘ ‘ (t] K - width S"Ss;i*-D. iK'<*Cft - -:arv authority. \ii iiruc-e who arrived i» Oi.sbonm jc-rt of very . K „ vs; “Am.f tdonl.;) favounto ir sKTwK *??<• «HI. rLjC \r v \ JJ Andersen. neci-etai \ <-l «1 vesta-day m>>" ' " ' gtS Kafcmiroa, U ;: <" , IV „,. meetings in ,i c,„ jpv.ai,,.. ... \r (J Nasmith a..-, .an. J “ shipments torn, Hw. an claim that on tins a-aotm th -s ,«• ml I'TS' «?> Snntt.Ni-. !”IsNrfl hmotvnNvtt:, m the jmveMerv business in tot ■h>- ; vu-4- of 30 years. and tli •re fore iuft •' thorough knowledge ,f il»> re Hmvements of the district. Ihe disp.a> at present being _ niaoo embimcs d »• * ran2e and incudes soirm no.o] am. quisite of the -dvermnith s art.* . A new voted, which it p nmir-r ;.n .o •: s to he entered m mo tunnel mn 'between Taurange and Gisuon. . arrived here on her initial vi-at ye-mrda.s morning. Slio is named (.aed f Kailtlie, and is rigged a-a scow. Ifo tonnage is given at 62 tons, aim she » tim: able t-o oany ab au -j !.>■■■■ i <;f timber. A rather uumi finau- exporiencp b-cfel tlie vessel so- n alter saving Tauranga on the prevent trip, when a here- squad breky over oer. snai-’-irg off rim main gab »!;« incr away the roiemil. Bad weather eon tinned for sonic time, but ternpoi ary repairs were effected, and t toe /-few was able to proceed alter a simit oemy. Thereafter slip experienced numerate weather, and arrived h< re very httm the worse for her experience. AJes.~7i' Brown. ■'f Ixaipara. were the builders, and the ves-e] is civmhl by Alio .Jones, of Auckland. It is probable that she will return north, to-morrow evening. At a meeting of the Fr< overs' I mon last evening. Air. A\ . Rowell was elected secretary vice Air- A. H. Anderson. resigned. _%fi*. A i mensem lia> a-r> resigned tim secretaryship or the Labourers’ Union. •'•lt w. itli n groat dec! im r remarked the chairman oi tlie Harbor Board yesterday, referring to a tender of £3o* bv Alessrs Niven and Co._ for the scrap iron on tlie breakwater irora the old Hercules crane. The Board, after ccnsideration, decliiKxl to accept the offer. Sir James Carroll leave- to-day on a visit to the AVairo-a distm-t. He will proceed via Tiniroto and return via Nuhaka. '‘Probably be will return t 4 > Gisborne at the end of tlie week. It is understood that trie Drlrei.s - Union last evening endorsed the icsolution of the Hotel Employees Union not to take any decided stop a-s a Union in regard to tlie licensing question. A large iiumh-r of the leading Natives of this district will meet Sir James Carroll to-day in order to extend to him their hearty congratulations upon liis accession to knighthood ; and also upon his return unopposed ns the Parliamentary representative for Gisborne. Tltere seems to be every likelihood that in the near future the licensing ]K>l]s .will not be liekl < n the same date as, the political contests. Allusion wT .» tins matter vas made rtv >ir James Carroll in the course of a few remarks at the complimentary function whicn was held in his honor yesterdav. He declared that there was in. doubt in his mind that next elections would see the* two issues [separated. A< far as Gisborne was concerned it would, in view of the iaet that there was no political ngnt. Jiave an opportunitv of seeing how it would work oil this eecasionT •Pir James Carroll went on to sav that the intensity o: nublie foehn- ‘to-dav on T he minor issue—i.e. the hiensink question—simply dwarfed into insi<ui£ ncan.ee tlie greater issue—tin* i- 'tho political. Umm this occasion tlie w'sition of Gisborne would, therefore bo unique, for here there would be " the first instance of an election <m the one issue. A long jenny into the top pocket is rue of tlie most intricate shots in bit lmrds. and can only be obtained wit i true 1111 AJ ° n ta s lll £ s , v ‘hioli are oenectlv 31t e sr f &nnth aud Robins >.. propi letors of the new billiard parla i ; n nCd ip'l n - ! ’ n ? . (upstairs) take a 1 , keeping their tables fas: and a isolulclv true; ;{ i» 8 treat o play on them. ’ * 8