The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, JULY 27, 1901.

Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 168, 27 July 1901, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, JULY 27, 1901.

The football match this afternoon will bo Kaiti v. West End. The hockey match between the Gisborne and To Arai ladies’ clubs will be -played at To Arai this afternoon.

, A Waihi telegram states that a boy ’’ named Jcphsoij,- aged three years, has . been drowned by'falling into a stream. All accounts against the late Mr T. Kirk must bo rendered at once to Mr It. ■seymour, watchmaker, Gladstone road. At Wairoa to-morrow a memorial service will be held in the Presbyterian Church in regard to the death of Trooper McKeclmio. At Dunedin Wm, Campbell has been remanded to the Supreme Court for sentence, for stoaling .£4O, the property of the Public Trustee. Tenders must be sent in by 2 this afternoon to Mr J. M. Gumming, secretary of the Poverty Bay Turf, for the caretaking, etc., of the dab's course and grounds at Makaraka, A house in Purnell, Auckland, owned 1 by Mr Petford, aud occupied by Mr McKenzie, has been burned. The insurance on the house is .£l5O in the Commercial Union, and on the furniture £75 in an office tlw name of which is not known. The debate on the third reading of the Land for Settlement Act Amendment Bill was continued in the House yesterday morning after the Times went to -press. The third reading was carried by 82 to 6, and the Bill passed the final stages. At 8.25 a.m, the House adjourned till 2.80 p.m.

At the last meeting of the Star of Gisborne Lodge, No. 61 of the' 1.0.0. F. of N.Z., A.C., degrees were conferred, the N.G.,8r0., Colebourne, presiding. Several brethren were advanced from the initiatory to the first degree, with the usual impressive ceremonies. The next meeting of the Lodge will be held on Thursday evening next at 7,30, at the Lodge room, Masonic Hall, Childers road, Mr J. A. Harding received the following telegram from the Premier last evening:—“A cable received to-night says that Lieutenant Cotter isslightly wounded in the shoulder. This may bo Lieutenant Trotter, of Gisborne, and the name has been mutilated in transit. I have informed the Hon. Mr Carroll.” Lieutenant Trotter was the first Gisborne representative to go to the front, joining the Second Contingent at .Wellington. He returned in February last, but Joined the last contingent, in which he secured a commission as lieutenant,

Mr W. A. Barton, S.M., is on his way back to Gisborne from Wairoa.

A reminder is again given that entries for the poultry show close to-night. Tenders are called for the building of the Presbyterian Church at Paiutahi. Mr James Macfarlane, County Chairman, returned from the South this morning.

Fruit and ornamental trees are to be offered for sale to-day by Messrs Wyllie and Mason.

A meeting of the committee of the Acclimatisation Society takes place this afternoon.

Messrs Banger and Co. have taken the promises adjoining Messrs Allen Bros.’ City Bullet. Mr Cr. Matthowson, J.P., presided at the Police Court yesterday. A first-offender for drunkenness was discharged. Mr W. Dobson, of Tolago Bay, leaves for Auckland by the Mararoa this morning on a holiday trip. It is feared that one of the men drowned by the wreck of the Lizzie Bell is a brother of Mr Lang, of Gisborne.

A second instalment of Mr W. Douglas Lysnar’s interesting articles on co-opera-tive dairying is given in to-day's Times. The liev. B. F. Bothwell’s subject at Wesley Church on Sunday evening will bo “• Hero of an ancient i eldt, or a big fight over a little patch of little peas.” Mr Elliott, who has been appointed Gisborne manager for Messrs Dalgety and Co., arrived by the Mararoa this morning. He was accompanied by Mrs Elliott,

" It appears to mo that all you want in dealing with'this matter is a liifle-common sense, and it is a very scarce commodity in all local bodies,” remarked Cr Cooper at the County Council meeting yesterday. In Parliament yesterday Mr Fisher made an attack on Commissioner Tunbridge, but his charges were so poorly supported that a motion was lost on the voices.

Our Wellington correspondent telegraphs that the Cook County Council’s Wheel Tax Bill has been introduced, the only objection so far received being from the Liberal Association. A meeting of the Young Men’s Club is to be hold at 2.80 to-morrow afternoon at Wesley Church. , An address will be given by the Bov. J. G. Paterson on Books and Companions.” All men are invited.

A four-roomed dwelling, the residence of Mr MeElhinnoy at Paramamhi, Ormond, was destroyed yesterday. A tire broke out in the kitchen, and got too firm a hold for Mrs MeElhinnoy to bo able to do anything effective towards extinguishing the flames. A ■ largo batch of letters appears in to-day’s Times, and others ate unavoidably held over, It has boon necessary to tone down some of the replies to the remarks made by Mr Cooper at the Harbor Board mooting. That gentleman’s words were reported correctly, but we believe he had no intention of hurting anyone’s feelings, his lino of thought being that to work the land properly nee led men with capital and experience in breaking in busli country. On Monday evening the 27th annual meeting of the Gisborne Building Society will bo held at the office of the Society. Profits have been distributed on the basis of 6 per cent., and a balance to credit of ,£•35 16s lid lias been carried forward to next year. Four hundred and eighty-six borrowing, 53 permanent, aud 595 investing, or in all 1134 shares, are on issue from the Society. The retiring directors are Messrs Evans, Friar, and Bushncll, who are eligible for re-election. The scene was the Chamber of Commerce meeting, and the hour was ton o’clock. Members were anxious to get home and the press representatives were showing signs of impatience. A member at last came to the rescue aud suggested that the several matters under review might bo referred to the Committee. All were in favor of this proposal but Mr Whin ray,. who remarked, “ I cannot but notice with what alacrity the members acquiesce in anything that will get thorn out of hard work.” The press representatives were struck with the incongruity of the situation, and quickly fled lost the mooting should be resumed. The Cook County Council has decided to make it a stipulation in any contract work which they lot that the ' contractor shall insure his men under the Workmen’s Claims for Compensation Act. At the meeting yesterday, the local Postmaster, Mr Sampson, attended at the invitation of members, and explained the provisions of the measure as affecting local bodies. It was shown that the rato to be paid by tho Council to insure its own workmen and officials against accident was 10s per hundred per year. If a policy wore taken out for six months, an additional 10 per cent, would bo charged. Tho Council decided to take out a policy in the Government office.

Lato telegrams regarding the Lizzie Bell state that sho was sailing at 12 knots, with the second officer on watch, the captain also being on deck. With little warning a rock w’as struck. The men got clear of the barque, but had a fearful experience in the boat, which capsized, but was righted again. During the night two men died in the boat, and two who had reached shore safely, and had strength to get out of the boat, were dead when the rescuers arrived. They were lying with their heads among the rocks. One of the apprentices had a very close call, but after restoratives had been administered

he was brought back to life. At the Natives’ Association Ball on Thursday evening, the arrangements for supper were in the bands of Mr J. Craig. An excellent spread was provided, and the tables were most tastefully laid. The Committee hit upon a most novel idea to prevent a crowd at the supper tables. As each person entered the hail he or she was presented with a red, blue, or pink badge, and later in the evening the throe colors wore put in a hat and drawn by the Committee. Red came out first, and this denoted , that those persons with rod badges wore entitled to first call on the | supper tables, blue was awarded second place, and pink third. It was a most fair and happy arrangement, and worked splendidly, The dancers were true to their colors, and there was in consequence a total absence of the usual supper rush generally seen at social functions. A quiet but pretty wedding took place at the residence of Mrs J. Murphy, Peel street, on Thursday afternoon, when Mr Ernest Grilling, one of tire most popular officers of the Union S.S. Co.'s Moura. was un ; ted in the holy bonds of matrimony to Miss Kitty Murphy, the daughter of Mrs J. Murphy, of Gisborne. Toe ceremony was performed by the Rev. Father O’Connor, in the presence of the intimate friends and relatives of the contracting parties. The bride was charmingly attired in a travelling costume of electric blue, trimmed with white satin, and picture bat with white plumes, and was given away by her mother. The bridesmaids were Miss Murphy and Miss Nelly Murphy, the former being tastefully attired in a black lustre skirt, cream lustre blouse and fichu, whilst the latter was prettily dressed in pale grey with pink picture hat. Mrs Murphy wore a handsome costume of black lustre, with white stlk trimmings, jet bonnet, and pink roses. The bridegroom was attended by Mr J. Murphy. The bridegroom’s gift to the bride was a pretty gold bangle, and to die bridesmaids gold brooches. At the conclusion of the ceremony the guests were entertained by the mother of the bride, and early in the afternoon the happy pair left, amidst the good wishes of their friends, for Ormond. Mr and Mrs Gilling leave by the Mararoa this morning for Auckland, en route for Rotorua. They were the recipients of many valuable’presents, including a handsome piece of plate from the officers of the Moura. Roman Catholic Church Services, to-morrow (Sunday).-Gisborne, Mass 8 and 11 a. i11.. Vespers 7 p.m.; Makaraka, Mass 9 a.m.; Ormond, Mass 11 a.m.— Rev. W. J. O’Connor.

Grey Street Halt, To-moirow (Sunday) evening—Mr Deck will deliver the first of a s.-ries of Addresses on “The New Birth,” illustrated by Diagrams, Opening address: “ Its Necessity." Wesley Church Servlec-3, To-morrow (Sunday).—ll a.m., “A Plant of Renown”; 7 plm., “ A Hero of the Ancient Veldt, or, a Big Fight over a Little Patch of Little Peas," Ormond, 3 p.m,—Rev. B. F, Eothwell.