Local and General.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 4003, 9 August 1915, Page 4

Local and General.

'The local Defence .office received advice from headquarters last night stating that the local men for the Sth Reinforcements will not leave Gisborne until Sunday, August 21, and that they will leaves Napier for Trentharn on August 2-1.

The World’s Pictures advertisement will in appear on this page; and not on pages IT

Mr Con. Noonan invites his friends to a .social in the Ormond Hall on Thursday evening next. As a number of troopers are leaving Ormond -liortly for the training e-amp, the* settlers ares taking this opportunity of bidding them farewell.

The u.-'!n o at the Opera i ion.-w bad an t'xe-e-rdirigiy busy times on Saturday evening in getting the bug- audience sealteel. •'■'Shannon, of the Sixth,’’ a story of the Indian mutiny, was the chief attraction, -and will 1, ■ repeated this evening.

The directors of the Poverty Bay Farmers’ Meat Company, Ltd./ at a meeting on Saturday morning, decided to hold the ceremony of laying the foundation •■•tom* esf their new works at Waipaoa on Thursday, August 20.

"Getting Acquaint, d,’’ a maelstrom of mirth by the Keystone Company, in which Charles Chaplin fairly excels himself, will be repeated by Pa the Pictures at. I i is Ma jesty’s Theatre tonight. It. i., the last, word in iq>r. it. i ions merriment.

Ily the s.s. Pa I non a last night, the Gisborne Savage Club forwarded -500 magazines and paper-covered novels and -1-50 eluth-bou net books for use on troopships and to be distributed to the military hospitals abroad. This handsome collection was the outcome of the appeal recently made by the Club to ils members.

Mr F. .M. Harnett, of Christchurch, and Colonel it. -I. Collins, of Wellington, have bee n elected president and vice-president respectively of the Dominion Dowling Association, which now lias a membership of 12.(>00. The rl’“mpionship tournament of 1916 will be held at Christ hufch (says a P.A. message).

At the Salvation Army Citadel last evening, the three brothers Ratcliff*?, wlio Imve been bandsmen in the local corps band, and who have been ac <-epted for service, said farewell. Deep interest was aroused as the three brothers stood with their father under the Army colors while .Bandmaster Sloin offered prayer for those who were in any and every way connector! with war.

A meeting of the directors of the Poverty Bay Farmers’ Meat Company, Ltd., was hold on Saturday morning. Owing to the absence (on account of the illness of his wife) of the May or. Mr W. G. Sherratt, who is one o too directors, and also on account ol ihc engineer and architect for the works (Air James) being informed by his medical adviser that he cannot come to Gisborne next week (though he will be able to do so later), the directors decided to postpone' the function iixed for next Thursday—the laying of the foundation-stone of the new buildings—until Thursday, August 2Gth.

An advertisement will appear in our columns in a- few days of a land sale to be held on Saturday, September 4. when Messrs Williams anti Kettle, in conjunction with Air \Y. Lis-ant Clayton, will odor by 'public auction the To Karaite ]{arecourse, comprising 04 acre's 1 rood 12 porches of rich alluvial at:. Owing to the Club being unable' to obtain a tot-a lisa tor oerniit, it has decided to wind up, and the reserve is only placed at a figure to cover liabilities, being so exceptionally low that a great bargain is assured the fortunate “purchaser. The buildings with the right of removal will be' offered separately.

Messrs K. Chvisp and Son have sent us a copy of Mr Archie Don’s now song, “We Shall Get There in Time. This song is an improvement on the composer’s last one, “Our - Territorials,” and that was good enough. The theme of the song is that the British troops Mill get to Berlin in time for the linal flutter. _ It goes with a fine swing, aiid t-iie air is quite as catchy as “Tipperary.” Mr A,. Don is tv el I - kntijwn to Gisborne oeople, and bis musical. abilities require no praise lie're. This song was put on in the “Cingalec’’ at Hastings, and proved to lm the hit of the season. Copies cun now be* had at Chrisp s.

A voting man named Edward Arthur Kcioji was before Mr AA . A. Barton. K.M., at the Magistrate’s Court on Saturday morning, and was convict-eel for drunkenness, and fined os aim costs 2s, in' default 24 hours’ _ haret, labor. On a further charge of procuring liepior while nrohibited a. ecu seat was fined ,C2 and costs 2s, in delauit seven days' imprisonment, SenioriSorgeant Hutton remarked that this was accused’s first lapse, and it nas not one of the usual cases ot this kind. The Magistrate told the accused if he had any cash to spare it would he better for him to give Uto the War Fund than to waste it in the wav lie had been doing. AA u~ liam Joseph Brady, for drunkenness, was lined the amount of Iris bail, .bi-