Local and General.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 4002, 7 August 1915, Page 4

Local and General.

The Wellington-,Suez despatch of goth -June arrived in lanid on on -Ith instant. '

Word has been received from tne Labor Department at Napier, that 20 married men are to be sent to Gisborne to work on road works in this district.'

Daniel .McGuire, a second offender for drunkenness, appeared before Mr W. A. Barton at tho Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning. and was convicted and fined IT and costs 2s, in default four days.

A meeting of the Waimata Settlers’ Association urns held on Thursday, when it was decided to fall in with the proposal to provide a machine gun. The sum of LIOO subscribed in the room. Mr A. R. Watson uresided.

■‘lt is 'quite'evident you have been using the cow with the iron tail pretty freely,’' remarked Mr W. A. Baitnn. S.M.. at the Court yesterday in lining a milk vendor for adulterating his milk beyond the limit allowed by the Act.

A regular field day was experienced at. tho -Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning, no less than 7-1 cases being set down for hearing. Of these .‘J7 wore for breaches of the Borough bylaw.-, while ten were for alleged adulteration of milk, uie'i-r the Sale of Foods Act.

The operation of the Gisborne : nilway section for .the four-v,.>••!•, lv primd ending .June fib resulted in a total earning of £1577. the expenditure being £l2lO, leaving a surplus of £BO7. The revenue c oi the mid-winter monfn this year exceeded that of the previous year by CM 11, whilst the earnings for the .June quarter amount to 66 r "0 tins year, as against £OSSO in 1011.

Two g; nth-mmi ni-s lialed before ihe Court yesterday morning on charges of Agoing n-feints liable to '■tamp defy, failing to stamji such receipt •>. Uoth the defendants stated tiia; the offences were due to an oversight and not to a desire to defraud the revenue. Hi' Worship '..Mr Barion, 5.M..) said he was satisfied that there was no intention to defraud trie revenue, inn he would have to eonviet them. 'i'hey were each fined 10* 1 p till 10-dav 95 men out oi 188 required for the mounted section of the draft to leave on the loth inst. 1 1 av reported at the Defence Office as ijfady to proceed to Treniham. Of lie other sections fit out of 89 iuStUtry. lb out of fifi aid illery, and all «BipV‘>lgiliecrx ale! I wair-i s required 6a’v<« re|>orte:l. Any man not reporting beiorc the ]fich u ill o-:i no account be included in the dra.it and his place will lie filled from the DO odd n.... v. ho an uniting an <*jjjtw-rttun iy to proceed to the front.

Ti:.. Annie P.-uk'cr (Mr Buruanis v. IVrcival Curtiss (Mr Daws<m). a elaini for £B.B ‘2<. being arrears due on a main!., nam-c order, came beioi.- Mr Barton, S.M. Mr Dawson ■-.bi! lil- cLi-ui admitte., tlie offence, but asked for a remand in order to give him a chance to settle up the arrears. Mr Burnard said the warrant had been out since March Til. His Worship >aid that the defendant had promised once before to settle up arrears but had not done so. Tlie defendant was plainly entitled To no consideration whatever. Defendant was sentenced to three•ynomhs’ hard labor, prisoner to be released on payment of the amount of the arrears.

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, like most other institutions, lias suffered during tlie past year as it result of the war. This congregation felt the si rain especially through the loss of their minister. Chaplain-Major ((rant. At the time of Mr Grant’s departure many, both inside and outside tlie church, generously promised assisted to the finances if such were necessary. Ihe time has come for those who appreciate Mr Grant’s noble action to show that apnreeiation in a material form. A golden offering is ;o be received at the services tomorrow, and those who cannot bo present- may send their donations to Mr A. Graham, 70 Bright Street.

Traffic returns for the Gisborne r-td-way section for the four weeks < ml ng •June 26 comprised 6<>59 pas-; Mgers (increase of 11.48 upon corresponding period last year), cattle 08, sheep 1578, chaff 42 tons, re wood 216 tons, \ mi.er 52$ tons, woo! 48 tons, grain fiefi tons, Merchandise 2!0 tons, coal l-Ge tors, parcels 848. The revenue was cade up as follows:—Passengers £6..$ fix dd (£42s 8s Ud for .June, 191-1), parcels, luggage and mails £BS Ms 10 i, g us £7>' 2s Id (£655 10s !<l for ihe piwious.luiu'), misci'lbincons £B9 7s ieid.-. and commissions £55 (is - in l , d t'L’d’7

(ax against £1268 18s 9d l«u- lum 1.91 I.)'

'The total Post: and Telegr.i;i!i teieniic collected at Gisborne for ii.e dune qeaiter totalled .-£'62l-1. as comp ire, 1 with £94 48 for the corresponding ]>eriod last year. The big falling off is due to the different period at which ihe telephone subscriptions are collected, as the amount shown under this heading for die past quarter was £267. as against £8782 for dune quarter .1914. The total postal revenue this year was £B2-91, ah crease of .£255, whilst telegrams showed a decrease of £56. Bureau communications for the past, quarter yielded* £IO4O, an inerease of £9B. The money order office issued 8971 orders aggregating : £2J .- 981. whilst 1657 orders were paid amounting to £10.156. this business also showing a slight decrease.

To-day at 11.30 a.m. at. Miller's Mait Messrs; Williams and Kouio, I - 11 !.. will hold ;l . sale of town ami suburhan sections, the town sections being on account of Mrs Win tor Hainan, is nice and quiet, hut is nevertheless within easy distance of the Post Office and wiiliin two minutes of the trams. Sections of this size give just enough area for a modern villa taking into consideration the dentil of the sections. which is 132 feet with a 10 foot frontage. Section No. L is a corner and should excite keen competition. The suburban sections of Messrs Barker Bros, are well situated and just escape the borough rating, but the water and drainage comes right tip to the property. These sections are all quarter-acres with the exception of two which are half-acres. The upset prices are extremely reasonable and the terms advertised in this issue arc equaHy so. j. Jy flopping into-, the lllm. Yes. jfVMi’jf A elearitp bfeJ uldt \-\viVr is goih|jycneap thorn'.* \J V ,

The World’s Pictures advertisement will in future appear orx this* page wind not on page I.*

Mr R S. Florance, S.M., a»d Messrs J. R- Kirk and H. I’R’L solicitors, together with Mr K- ilo ° H l ;',; interpreter, who have been attending the Coast Court circuit, returned to town yesterday.

Private advice was received in Gisborne yesterday that the Mayoress (Mrs W. G. -Sherratt) had undergone a serious o]>eration for appendicitis at Nelson, arid was progressing a« r-atis-factor.’lv as could be expected.

The outstanding feature in the neve change of programme to be prcw?iitrtl at tlie Opera House to-day and nn evening is "Shannon of the ,>ixtli. a magnificent drama with a. hackgio i of Indian and military native Me.

Nominations in connection witn the election of two members to represent ihe parents of pupils at the Gisborne High School on tin- High School Loan! of Governors close at noon do -Monday next with the Hon. W Morgan, rturniiig officer, at Good s Bui 1 1 ig -• TJui election will take olace on Writ.st ] ( J.

Mr If. -J. Wackrcll, secretary of tlie S./. Romney Sheep Breeders' Association has received official notification that the Association has been awarded a niedai of honor for the collective exhibit oi Komriev wool sent to tlie I a ,) - ama Exhibition. San Francisco. Jhe exhibit was collected from a number oi Romm-v breeders in different parts o; the Dominion ami sent forward in a handsome case* oi -New Zealand native woods.—P.A.

'J'he Presbyterian Church C-noi i gave a second performance _of_ Dr Minim’s sacred oratorio. "’I he Captiveof Uabvlon.” in the Presbyterian Church 'last evening. There was a larder audience than at the first form.-nice, and the powerfully interpreted solos, choruses etc _ were greatlv appreciated., i’he choir vras under'the’baton of Mr F. IK Morton A.Mas., who conducted with marked precision, and when the final choi us was sung the audience was entirc-sy in accord with the spirit of the oratorio. Mr H. Prime wa,s again at tutorgan. *