The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING GISBORNE JANUARY 22, 1903.

Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 806, 22 January 1903, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING GISBORNE JANUARY 22, 1903.

The s.s. 21 .tori it ft a c evening for Napier. A bay :■ «:■, .at 1m muds high, -tyrs old, hat j-.-n ..it, aud .s uu.ertised lor. Two Pulled Aliens bul!- ,ud 193 rams arrive •’ Ay .<■ - : ~ei r ni.y yesterday. Tin ' ii ib. i..-rs’Association's next . .•■...■ I. b-.-i.l t. .-morrow.

Tin C...\ ii.f.l in.- stiil practising assiduously for tin: forthcoming contest. The prevai.ng winds thioUghout the colony yesterday were X.Ji. to S.E.

The s.s. Zeulanuia left Auckland at 3.15 p.m. Tuesday, and arrived here at 3 p.ai. yestei day. The schooner Gisborne arrived at Mercury Jiay yesterday, having made an exceptionally fast run.

Mr 0. .Bolton left by the Omapere last evening for Hick’s liny, in order to resume his school duties at time place. Among recent caller;-, at the AgcncyCcncrui in London were Mrs and Miss Sutherland, of Gisborne district. Tiio funeral of the late W. McKinley will leave the Hospital for the cemetery at 2.31) this afternoon.

Captain Kennedy wired yesterday : “ Wind generally moderate between east and norm-east auu north ; barometer rise ; sea moderate ; tides decreasing.” East Cape wired yesterday : “E. light breeze ; barometer corrected, 30.40; thermometer in shade, GO; gloomy weather; sea moderate ; tides good.” The first round of the Gisborne Rowing Club's Champion Sculls, for a silver eup presented by Mr 0. Buseke, will be rowed this afternoon.

By the Zealandia yesterday from Auckland five seamen arrived to join the ship Gladys on her Home trip. Tho Poverty Bay Co-operative Company’s new creamery was opened at Waerenga-a-hika this week. Mr C. \V. Seymour, surgeon dentist, left for the South last evening, and resumes practice on February 4th. A treat was afforded the public last evening by the City Baud parading ttie town and playing the tost selections.

According lo Mr Lvsmir, flic Prohibition party in Gisborne only gained six voles in 131)2, as compared with the election of lSUri.

Tenders are invited for tho purchase o 1 the stock-in trade, tools, leasehold in teres 1 in section, and patent rights in the bankrupt estate of Joseph Robert Sigioy. A meeting of all those interested in the annual St. Patrick's Sports gathering will bo held at the Masonic Hotel to-morrow night. The new ltomau Catholic Church at Makauri is rapidly approaching completion. Messrs Haismau and Son are tho contractors.

Splendid work is being done by the Waiapu County Council on the Hikuwai road, with their road machine. Mr McCracken is in charge. Thore is a large entry for Messrs Williams and Kettle’s Stock side at Matawhero to be hold ou Thursday next. Present entries comprise 5000 sheep and 300 head of cattle.

Captain Foote, of the ship Gladys, informs us that he expects to complete his loading of tho . ship on Saturday, after which ho will sail direct for tne Old Country. Captain and Mrs A 1 wood left, for Sydney by Hie Wcstralia from Auckland. The captain was much distressed at the finding of the .Nautical Enquiry in regard to the Eliugawite. Mr Marcus, manager for Mr Rickards’ company lately in Auckland, expects to revisit New Zealand in May with a vaudeville company of which jaques Inaudi, the great ligbtniug calculator, will he the star.

The Now Zealand Clothing Factory notify that special concessions will ho offered during their stocktaking, which is now on. .Discounts are aiiowed on all goods, and no reasonable cash offer will bo refused.

\Vc are informed by Mr W. .Walker’ mailman, that there are two very dangerous places on the road from Tolugo Bay to Tokomaru, namely, the Delta and Mangatuna cuttings. Ho says it is very unsafe for wheel traffic.

Mr Burkett, late chief officer on the Elingamite, aud Mr Renaut, who was second officer, are now acting in the same capacity on the Zealandia, and were passing through Gisborne yesterday.

At the Reform League meeting,. Mr W. Webb stated that he knew of eight votes in one house in Gisborne recorded in favor of prohibition, which would have been cast in favor of reform had there been a promise of the latter.

Mr McNeill, of Tolago Bay, who was the successful tenderer for the formation of the road alomr the bed of the Mangahawini creek, between Tokomaru and Te l’uia Hot Springs, is to commeuco his contract early next week, and will push it through with all possible speed, The facilities of travelling on the coast are being taken advantage of to a great extent. Last week Mr \V. Walker brought the following passengers by coach : Misses Hutton, White, Dewsbury, and Messrs Geisler and Wilson. Mr Walker is a very capable driver, and has had a lot of experience on tho coast.—Waipiro Correspondent. Nominations for the Waiapu Racing Club's Annual Meeting must he in the hands of the secretary before 8 p.m. on February the 7th, and acceptances are due on Friday 28th, at 8 p.m. The meeting promises to bo a great success. The fuii programme, together with conditions, etc., appears in another column, and is weli worthy of attention from horseowners. c

A meeting of the Star of New Zealand Tent, No. 8,1.0. R., S.U., was held in the Tent room last evening, Sister M. Birrcll, Chief Ruler, presiding. The balance sheet for the past quarter, which was very favorable, was presented and adopted. It showed an increase in the funds, and also a gain in members, the membership standing at about 85, an increase of live for the quarter.

\ number of excellent building sites on Ivaiti. within ten minutes walk from the Post-Office, will bo offered for sale by Messrs Williams and Kettle, on Saturday next. Very low reserves have been placed on the sections, which should meet with keen demand. Messrs Williams and Kettle will also offer a number of other choice suburban properties, particulars of which are advertised in this issue. Mr A. F. Kennedy will conduct the sale, Messrs Eure and Ambridge, the Ecouomie drapers and clothiers, have an important announcement in the issue. They have just received several line shipments of men’s and boys’ clothing and underwear, which they they are offering at remarkably low prices. The goods are of excellent quality, and should meet with ready sale. Boys’ school suits are shown in great variety. A child named Frederick Severn Coomb Davies, aged one year and nine months, died at the residence of its parents in Victoria street, Auckland, on Monday. The immediate cause of death was measles, whooping cough, bronchitis, and congestion of the lungs, but the medical attendant, Dr A. Knight, refused a certificate of death in consequence of the deceased's mother having alleged that a man had, on December 29th, thrown a bucket of water over the child. Had this taken place, he contended death would have i been accelerated. At the inquest a 1 verdict of death from natural causes t was returned. 1

The race for the Wellington Cup is .u he run to-day.

Two one pound notes were lost yester dry. and are advertised for in our “ Lost’ column.

Mr .Sinclair's Toiago Bay coaeii .service is to leave each morning at a time lu suit the tides.

There is to he a large gathering at the howling green to-day to welcome hack the visiting representatives who went to Palmerston North. Air -J. Colley, of the firm of Mackrell and Colley, builders, is at present on a visit to Toiago Bay, in connection with the extensions to the school there The work of constructing the Coronation baud rotunda <u the Recreation Ground is being proceeded with, and t he .structure should he completed early next month.

A letter which appears elsewhere, dealing with the iisiang industry, is one mat should command the attention o: our readers, an important subject being dealt with in a way showing a thorough knowledge of what is being written about.

i; is expected that there will he a huge garnering of howlers and their iriends at ihe Gisborne Clubs green this afternoon to welcome the local representatives. in all probability, the City Band will be in at tendance, provided arrangements can be made. ’Three rinks will lie selected to play' the iearns that went to Palmerston, and some good play should he witnessed.

.Quick despatch was made with the .Shaw-.Savill Company's steamer Muon, and a very large cargo was shipped from tins port. The steamer started loading on Monday, and shipped over 11,0U0 carcases of mutton, 2uii casks of tallow and pelts, and 340 bales of wool. Loading operalions were greatly facilitated'' on account of the steamer coming in to a close anchorage, which was much apjirceiated by all concerned in the vessel’s despatch.

“ I was looking for a superabundance of energy on tlie part of the Reform League, and it is conspicuous by its absence,” remarked Mr R. IVI. Birrcll at the meeting last evening. “ We must make, a start and extend tile League lo Wellington and Christchurch,” replied Mr Wallis. “We shall do no gooil until we extend its operations.” It was agreed to call a general meeting at an early date lo receive’ the recommendations of the committee as to the proposed reforms in the trade.

The wild uucks at the Rotorua Sanatorium have brought home several clutches of young, and the English mallard has also a clutch of six young ones. A few days ago the Paradise ducks took liight, and after a day’s absence returned to their old quarters.

There' were 2US artisans and 3230 laborers employed on Government cooperative works in the colony during last month. The Public Works" Department employed all the artisans aud 1607 laborers, and 1573 men were employed by tho Department of Roads.

Last month tho Wellington branch of the Labor Department assisted 114 single and 77 married men to employment in the city. The number of persons dependent upon the men assisted was 319. The domestic servants assisted by the women’s branch of the Department number eight married and 30 single women. A child six years of age named Linda Winifred Leslie Armstrong, daughter of Thomas Armstrong, farmer, of Titirangi, died in L.ynnholine Private Hospital, i'onsonby Road, Auckland, on Saturday. Deceased had been suffering from her tonsils, and it was while undergoing an operation in regurd to this that death took place.

An unusually tragical shooting accident occurred at Tenteriichl, •••New .South Wales, a few days ago, when Mrs .John MeKerihau was killed by her soil William. The hoy was playing with an old Winchester rifle,which was not supposed to be loaded, when the weapon exploded, and (be bullet passed ihrongh Ihe neck and head of his mother, who was standing in the doorway of the room. Death was instantaneous.

A comparison of tho indebtedness of the four chief municipalities in New Zealand, made by the Christchurch Press, shows that Auckland has a debt of £5 54,900 ; Wellington, £1,100,074 ; Christchurch, £180,140; Dunedin, 41037,725, a total of £2,534,039, borne by a population not much exceeding .120,000. Wellington, which had a population of 43,03b' at the last census, has thus a municipal debt of about £26 a head to bo added to the indebtedness of about £67 per head for the colonial debt.

The poultry-keeper up-country in Now South Wales has some novel enemies to guard against. Mr George Somerville, a farmer at Kiatna, says that, hearing a fowl crying out iu distress, he weut out about ten o’clock at night to investigate the cause, and, turning the light up the tree in which fowls were roosting, saw a large snake, which subsequently was found to measuro 6ft iJia long, preparing to make short work of a full-grown hen. On seeing an enemy in Mr Somerville, the snake promptly dropped from the tree, and made its escape in some weeds growing underneath. An hour afterwards Mr Somerville thought he would see if the snake had returned, and took a gun with him. The reptile had certainly paid another visit, for there he was again with three coils round the identical fowl, which was quite dead. A shot from the gun ended its career. Turanga Church Services. Sunday next: Te Arai (with lloiy Communion) 11, Patutahi 3, Waeronga-a-hika 7.