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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 7012, 26 June 1894, Page 2

A descriptive account of a trip from Gisborne to Waitnata, during the recent floods ; also a report of the enquiry into the late wreck on Portland Island, will be found on the fourth page of this evening's issue. Mr Bloomfield's yacht, which put m here for shelter a day or two ago, resumed her journey to Napier this morning. At the Validation Court this morning before his Honor Judge Barton, the title to the Wharekopae No. 2 Block was validated. The half-yearly meeting of Court William Gladstone, A.0.F., will be held this evening at their Court-room, at 8 o'clock. The misplacement of a figure yesterday materially altered M. Carnot's age. He was born m 1837, not 1873 as accidentally printed. A special meeting of the Harbor Board was called far 3 o'clock this afternoon, but as only two members were present— the Mayor and Mr Matthewson — the meeting lapsed for want of a.quorum. During the month of May there were 17 days on which rain fell at Wellington. The highest record was on the 29th, when I*6 inches were registered. We hear that Mr Charles Silvester, champion roller skater-of Australia, intends to open the rink for the winter months, and will exhibit many novel and clever acts m roller skating. The annual home mission meeting of the Wesleyan Church will be held this evening at eight o'clock at Wesley Church, when the Rev. W. Morley will give an address bearing upon the special features of the work. The chair will be taken by Mr DeLautour. Owing to bad weather the Choral Society practices have had to be discontinued for the last three weeks. Members will notice on reference to another column that work is being resumed this evening m the City Rink, at which they are particularly requested to attend, as it is intended that the concert shall eventuate at an early date. Mr W. W. Beswick (Chief Postmaster) desires us to place the following information before our readers. It refers to a book of code words to be used for messages by cable sent through the Eastern, the Eastern Extension, Australasia and China, the Eastern and South African, and the West African Telegraph Companies : — An arrangement was made at the Paris Conference of - 1890 for the International Bureau at Berne to prepare an official vocabulary of code words. This work is now approaching completion, and it is expected that the list, which will consist of about 200,000 words, will be issued shortly. The words will be arranged alphabetically, and will be numbered consecutively 000,000 to 200,000. Tho employment of words taken from this vocabulary will become obligatory for all code messages exchanged between stations m the European system after the expiration of three years from the date of its publication. It is expected that the use of the words contained m this vocabulary will also become obligatory for messages exchanged with the Extra-European system shortly after the next Conference. These companies propose to sell the code vocabulary to the public at cost price, plus an amount to cover freight. The price will probably be something between 10s and 15s per copy. Orders ipj^JJiiB book should_bereceived Dj|^^ygp 1 h-

Mr Miller informs us that there is every probability of Dr. Talmage lecturing here on Friday night, that is if suitable arrangements can be made with the Union S.S. Co. as to steamer. Vital statistics for last month disclose the following facts concerning the chief towns of the colony : — Auckland, births 115, deaths' 47; Wellington, births 104, deaths 29; Christchurch, births 93, deaths 28 ; Dunedin births 79, deaths 46. The highest proportion of deaths to each 1000 of population was m Auckland, where I*lo was recorded. The trophies for the hunter's events m connection with the Gisborne Park Steeplechase Club's annual meeting are now on view m Mr S. McLernon's window, and consist of two handsome bracelets and two highlyfinished cups. The selection committee who secured the articles have certainly shown taste, whilst those who succeed m winning them will have every reason to feel satisfied with their prizes. The wrestling contest between Donald Dinnie and J. Sutherland, on Saturday night (says the New Zealand Times) at the Criterion Theatre, resulted m a win for Dinnie, who succeeded m throwing Sutherland twice m the Cumberland and twjce m the catch-as-catch-can style, thus winning the best of two out of the three styles chosen, and securing the match. Sutherland, however, won four falls, three of them m the Grseco-Roman style, showing wonderful cleverness and agility. The Napier Telegraph contains the following results of the sheep dog trial at Maraekakaho :— Class II : Mr T. Tolmie 1, Mr W. M'Kinnon 2, Mr P. M'Donald 3. Class III : Mr A. A. Dunnage 1, Mr W. Langford 2, Mr W. S. Lumsden 3. President's Cup: Mr W. M'Kinnon. Mr T. Hallett'a special prizes: Mr W. M'Kinnon 1, Mr A. S. Dunnage 2, Rota 3. Messrs Ringland and Thomas's prize for best bred dog : Mr E. W. Langford 1, Mr P. M'Donald 2. Shepherds' Race : Mr T. Emsley I, 1 Mr Lincoln 2. Club's special prize : No entry. The Dunedins Star's opinion of the Premier is as follows : — " Whatever may bo the opinion as to his qualities as a statesman, there can be no doubt that Mr Seddon displays admirable tact and judgment iv dealing with deputations. Vain are the attempts to induce him to commit the Government definitely, or entangle himself m his talk, while be is sttictly courteous and apparently ' willing to give due weight to arguments adduced. It would, however, be as easy to • catch a weasel asleep ' as the honorable gentlemen napping ; he has always his wits about him, and takes care to be thoroughly informed upon the subjects brought before him. Members of deputations have, consequently to be careful as to the statements they make, not frequently finding themselves bowled out m regard to matters of fact, about which they find the Minister better informed than they show themselves to be." A correspondent furnishes us with the following interesting particulars regarding the late Mr Louis Stevens :— On Sunday morning, with terrible suddenness, and after a very short illness, Mr Louis Stevens died at hi 3 residence, Patutahi. There are few men m Poverty Bay so well known and fsnerally esteemed. He has been storeeeper and baker for many years, and his employment brought him m touch with his neighbors so frequently that it is difficult to realize he will not minister to his customers again — as so short a time has elapsed since he was among us. As coachdriver and mailman he was a familiar figure on the road and m Gisborne, and made many friends. No entertainment was spoken of but he was ready to help, and bis constant attendance at the services held here and his help m the Sunday School made him a central figure m the village life of Patutahi. He has left a widow and a large family of young children, for whom there is expressed much sympathy. A memorial service will be held on Sunday afternoon next, at the Public Hall, Patutahi, when Canon Fox will preach, and appropriate hymns will be sung, and no doubt many of his friends will attend, as a tribute to the memory of a good man, settler, and friend. As an instance of his I singularly generous nature, it may be mentioned that at the time the Public Hall was seized for debt, Mr Stevens, though the owner of a rival place of amusement, came forward and guaranteed the amount dve — giving bills for the amount due— which he had subsequently to meet, as the efforts of the Committee to raise the total amount were unsuccessful.