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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 26, 31 January 1901, Page 2

A cable received from London yesterday states that the Daily Express announces that the doctors despair of Kruger’s life. The members of the Matawhoro School Corps are asked to meet at the schoolhouse to-morrow to consider urgent busi--: ness. • When Wiiliam IV. died it took four months for the news to travel to Sydney. What a different state of things there, is. nowadays. . . A Press Association message recqived last night states : —The poll of ratepayers of St.-Kilda carried by a large majority a proposal to borrow 47000. :-d The late night this week for business purposes, it may be as well to impress on country people, will be on Friday. Saturday is to be observed as a close holiday,' and therefore the late business evening will fall on the Friday night. The usual Thursday half-holiday-will not be observed to-day. Our Waerenga-a-hika correspondent writes :—At a meeting of the committee, held at the Vicarage on Tuesday night, it was decided to hold the Church Fete on Thursday, February 28th, instead of on February 7th, as previously arranged. Extensive preparations are being made to ensure the success of this popular gathering. There was some excitement in Gladstone road last evening. A horse attached to a brake got into a fractious mood and commenced to “play up,” managing to get across the pole. But Mr Ted ReUly, who was driving, did his work so well and coolly that the horse was soon in splendid work again. Mr Reilly’s handling of the horse elicited warm expressions of admiration. Constable Donovan arrived in town yesterday, having brought from Tologa Bay a Maori named Rori Porangi, who is supposed to be a lunatic. Rori, it appears, makes it a practice of going into houses uninvited. He carries about tins and' drosses himself in a grotesque style with feathers.. On Tuesday he was clearing the road of stonesj' le*f horses should have their feet hurt, Seop’le Were becoming alarmed at his antics, and it was judged Wise to place hits under restraint, ;