Local and General.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3429, 22 January 1912, Page 4

Local and General.

The monthly mooting of the Scottish Society will bo hold on Friday evening in Wootton’s rooms, and will take the form of a Burns’ Night entertainment. An -especially attractive programme has been arranged. Messrs Miller and Craig notify that the clearing sale of the furniture and household effects of Mr W. Hoff, which they had advertised' for Wednesday next, has been indefinitely postponed. The usual weekly meeting of the Poverty Bay Cricket Association will be held at the British Empire Hotel at 7.30 o’clock this evening, when business of importance will be dealt- with. Mr H. F. Toogood, engineer to the Hokitika Harbor Board, was in Gisborne for a few days last week, and left for the south yesterday by the Mokoia. During the time .Mr Toogood lias been in charge of flic I-lokitika Harbor Board's 'works there has been consider- , able improvement made in the entrance i to the river. Apropos of this the Ancle- j bind Weekly News” remarks: “The! depth of water on the bar at present ranges from lift to 13ft. -It is the general opinion that as the north and south training walls are extended further seawards a further improvement of the channel will bo noticeable. This improved condition of affairs must ve verv gratifying to the members of tho Hokitika Harbor Board; and Mr H. F. 'l\.-u gaud, C.E., the engineer.”

1 A,X dng 8 a ls pair t off broken off* shafts' dragging a near Mr W. Street An. aocjY i. 1,,, a evidently occurred, as m ad-r+-V to the broken shafts a portion of ■ harness on the horse was broken Mr McKee put the horse man hi often. ~ , j t evening, and moSS at the stables as to the ownership without reSU Amongst other lots to be submitted at Ormond on next by Messrs Pearson, Max Jackson anti ue S is * «» /'?? YS’rT i> »ki fVmfrrcss in foal to liojai vorite ” and with colt at foot. Three “Lincoln Stamp” saddies harness, and 'rear of all sorts will also be sold. “ /Harry Francis Lester, the boy who pleaded guilty to the theft of a watch and a fountain pen the property of Messrs Miller and Craig appeared before Mr W. A. Barton, 8.M., on -Saturday for sentence. The Magistrate said that he had spoken to Mr Mestbrooke, Inspector of Factories regardin>(r employment lor the Ik)J , oud. kmdty interested himself m the. boy, and found employment for him with a well-known locci .-wtr.-ar He would, therefore, admit accused to three months’ probation on tae usual terms, all d on condition that he entered tins settler’s services and remained with him during the term of his probation. Ite was not to enter licensed premises or'a racing stable during that period.

Members of the Turanganui Rowling Club are requested to meet at the Club’s Pavilion to-morrow (Tuesday) evening at 7-30 o’clock for the purpose of bidding farewell. to the secretary, wiio is leaving the district. A large king-fish, weighing 371 b. was caught off the Onehunga wharf the other day by a Mr Orrnerod, who. was using an ordinary schnapper line and hook. On examination the fish was found to have some ten inches of the snout of a swordfish sticking into its gills, presumably as the result of an encounter. Mr Orrnerod considers that it would have been impossible to secure the fish had it not been in a feeble condition by reason of its wound.

iSomc comment has lieen heard in local military circles, says the “Dominion," in connection with a battalion order drawing attention to the .fact that old service uniforms must be produced to the number of men for whom capitation is to he- drawn this year. “New uniforms.” it is stated, “will only be issued to those in each company in -excess of the number for whom capitation is to lye drawn. It will he necessary, therefore, to issue all the old uniforms before measurements are taken of those members who cannot be supplied from the old uniforms in stock.” By a good many this order was interpreted as involving the distribution of old uniforms to new recruits, but inquiry into the matter yesterday elicited the statemesnt that this interpretation of the order was probably due to some misconception. There was no intention on the part of tlio authorities to even suggest that recruits for the new territorial force should be asked to wear old uniforms.

While there appears to be a great deal of diversity of opinion as to whether Stevenson, George Gray, Reece or Inman is really the champion player of the world, local billiardists are unanimous that in Messrs Smith and Robinson’s billiard rooms, upstairs in Dunlop’s Buildings, Lowe street, are to lie found the truest and fastest tables in Gisborne.* The survey of a road to connect the Northern Waiapu with the Bay of Plenty district is now nearing completion, says the “East Coast Guardian.” The survey work is being pushed inland from Hick's Bay by Mr Ramie, of the Survey Department, and from Whangaparoa. where it comes out on the Bay of Plenty side, by Mr O’Ryan, engineer of the Waiapu County Council. The new road, which will take the place of the present difficult track, passes right through the Wharekahika blockthe subject of the recent trouble, and should greatly facilitate the settlement of the block/

According to the “Dominion" a petition is to be lodged against the validity of the Horoutu poll (the district where prohibition was carried) on the ground that the poll was not taken in strict accordance with the law, and Messrs Chapman, Skerrett, Wylie, and Triop a're acting for the petitioners.

Do municipal opera houses always pay? Apparently not. During the last meeting of the Palmerston North Borough Council two applications wore received to lease the Opera House, which has not been a paying proposition to the council of late. The applications were not considered, but it was decided to call for applications for the lease of the building. These applications are to be called both in Australia and New Zealand.

A contest in the air bv rival aviators for a girl’s hand was the feature of a one-day aviation meet arranged for at Lima, Ohio. Two of the aviators. Jack Bachelor and Bert Chambers, had been laying siege to the heart of Miss Dorothy Dale, of Tiffin, Ohio, who intimated that she would accept the on? that made the highest altitude record during tho day. A big treat is in store for every thrifty man and woman in the district. C. Rosie and Co.’s Summer Bargain Sale starts on Wcdnesda- next, and if you believe in making a big saving on goods -on want to buy you will bo wise in visiting this sale early to secure firstpick of the rich harvest of bargains.*