The Gisborne Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, APRIL 3, 1901.

Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 75, 3 April 1901, Page 2

The Gisborne Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, APRIL 3, 1901.

The Kaiti Road Board moot this morning. Attention is directed to an advertisement referring to the Budge 'Whitworth bicycle, which appears in another column A meeting of members of the Turanganui Football Club will be held this evening in the Royal Hotel, at 7.30. Captain Edwin wired yesterday, afternoon : “ Strong north to cast and southeast winds ; glass fall ; tides high ; sea heavy ; more rain.” A meeting of Whataupoko and county district footballers will be held on Saturday evening next, at 7.30, at the Albion Hotel. A large attendance is requested. At the meeting of the Borough Council last night, apologies for non-attendance were accepted from Crs Sheet and Lewis, owing to illness. Mr W. Cairns notifies that lie is prepared to sweep chimneys -at a moderate charge. His address is Clifford street, Whataupoko, or care Messrs McConnell and Co., Gladstone road. The Central Hotel, Auckland, offers excellent accommodation to visitors to that city. It is splendidly situated, the attendance is good, and the charges are moderate.

Messrs Fitzgerald Bros’, wool-shed at Maungatokerau, destroyed by firo on Friday evening last, was insured for £IOO in the Liverpool, London, and Globe office.

The members of the Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor hold a picnic round the Kaiti beach on Easter Monday. A mefeting of the Social Committee of tlio Society was held last evening to make necessary arrangements. Nominations for the Borough election, nine Councillors and Mayor, must be in 011 Saturday, April 13th, and the election takes place on Wednesday, April 24. The Councillors take office on election, but the Mayor continues to hold office until the second Wednesday in May. The Library Committee have appointed a sub-committee to arrange for the purohasc of books with the Government subsidy just received. Thirty-two new books have been added to the Library during the past month. The Australasian lias been added to the list of papers filed. To-morrow evening the sacred cantata “ Under the Palms ” will be rendered' by tlie choir and school children of the Matawhero Presbyterian Church. The proceeds will go towards the cost of improvements to the church. A large attendance is expected.

We arc pleased to see that the suggestion made in our loading columns yesterday with rogard to the increase in insurance rates has been taken up by the Chamber of Commerce, a meeting of that body having been called for to-morrow evening to consider the subject. - At Patutahi funds arc being raised for the erection of a Presbyterian Church at that place. A committee consisting of Messrs Mossman, Hamilton, Morris, William Gedyo, son., and E. J. Harrison have the matter in hand, and plans for a building are being prepared by Mr W. J. Quigley. Tlig population in and around Patutahi is increasing very much, and the Committee should have little difficulty in raising the amount required for the church.

An entertainment of an attractive kind is promised for Tuesday evening next, when the Mormon elders at present visiting this district will give a magic lantern show, accompanied with songs, recitations and instrumental music. A first-class programme has been arranged. Admission will be free, but a collection will be taken to defray expenses, and the surplus will bo devoted to local charities. The visitors have in thoir ranks a number of first-class musicians, who will contribute items at the entertainment.

At the meeting of the Borough Council last night, the usual stereotyped report from the night watchman was road, giving the pleasing intelligence that thore had been no fires during his hours of duty for the past fortnight. The Mayor said it would be a good thing to collect these reports for use in connection with the meeting to protest against the increase in the insurance premiums. Councillors agreed with that. Cr Harding said that everyone in the place should attend the meeting as a protest against the threatened increase in the premiums charged,

“ Laborer ” writes as follows :—“ Can you or any of your readers kindly inform me what statutory holidays throughout the year are compelled by law to be observed. More especially I wish to ascertain the particulars of this matter as applying to Freezing Works employees ; also whether employees, regular or otherwise, can legally claim wages for such statutory holidays. I feel sure that information regarding this matter will bo interesting to many, you in anticipation.”—[Perhaps some of our legal frionds will oblige us by giving the required information —Ed. Times.] A very pleasant gathering took place at Mr George How-Chow’s Coffee Palace last evening. The social was in connection with the disposal of the business, which Mr and Mrs How-Chow have so long and successfully conducted. Upwards of a hundred and'fifty guests, amongst whom were many business people, were present, and a most enjoyable evening was spent. The large dining-room was cleared for dancing, and devotees of the terpsichorean art were able to enjoy themselves to their hearts’‘content. An excellent spread was provided by Mr and Mrs How-pjiqy/, who went to no end of trouble to promote the comfort of all present. A number of songs were contributed by ladies and gentlemen present, and a very pleasant evening terminated shortly after midnight.

At the Borough Council meeting last night two tenders were received for ironwork, shoeing', etc. -The fgnderers were Mr J. H. Ormond and Messrs'Humphreys and Davys. The tenders were so close that Councillors had a difficulty in deciding. Cr Hepburn said that if there was hardly any difference it would not be worth while making a change, Thp Mayor : Then what is the use of tendering a Pall ? Cr Jones said that it was impossible’for Councillors to decide which was the lowest; the Qy.erseer should go into the prices carefully and decide. Qn the motion of Cr Joyce, seconded by the Mayor, it was resolved that. the lowest tender be accepted, the Overseer to examine the prices comparatively and decide,

It is said that Christchurch is likely to soon provide the public with details of another serious scandal. “"The meeting should be attended by ■every, man in the town —it is scandalous,”, said Cr Harding last night in reference to the attempt the insurance companies arc about to make to put the screw on to the small towns. A conference of Mormon elders will be held at Murewai, on Good Friday, when it is expected that upwards of forty representatives from different parts of the colony will be present. The conference opens at ten o’clock, and three services will be held during the day. The public are invited to be present at the services. A recent number of the Yorkshire Post gives a very interesting and vivid account of the passing of Queen Victoria, and the writer, Mr John Foster Fraser, concludes in the following eloquent peroration: — “ I have peered from the height of the Pyramids, and stood in the shadow of Sphinx; I have seen the dawn kiss the casements of Benares and watched the maidens of India stand knee-deep in the waters of the Ganges the holy and bond obeisance to the Lord of Light; I have beheld the pyres aflame and listened to the crackle of the twigs while the smoke wreathed upwards to the pale bleached sky; on sandy headland have I sat and mused where in the old and fabled days Dido wept for the coming back of /Eneas ; on the arid plains of Persia I have climbed the crumbled stops and crawled into the little tomb where Cyrus, Master of the

World, lay buried, and I have' camped in the ruins of Persepolis where Xerxes ruled Alexander feasted; I have idled and dreamed on the sward by Cyduus side where Antony looked first into the eyes of Cleopatra; I hayo heard in whispering breeze the jingle of pagoda bells in far-off Mandalay; I have walked barefoot and reverent in the temples of quaint Nippon ; I have walked in the Garden of Gcthsomane, looked on Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, walking with mournful feet the Via Dolorosa; I have crouched through the narrow doorway and in ecstacy of emotion kissed the stone whereon tradition says our Lord was laid —yes, I have looked upon many a sad impressive sight, but never so impressive a sight as this.”