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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7664, 26 June 1896, Page 2

Answer to correspondent, " Twenty years Gif.bornito." —You show a small knowledge of the world in asking sucli a question. The populitiou of Gore exceeds 500. It is given in the last cen ub aa 20<2 'I ho population of Uisboine aud suburbs is 382 G. Our Parliamentary reporter wires : —Mr Carroll, who is sufforiug from a severe cold, has been confined to his room since attending (,ho social to the Premier on Monday night. Messrs Common, Shelton, and Co. will eel by auction at their stores, Peel street, to-morrow some quiet dairy cows close to calving and several head of young cattle, also horees, etc., and on Wednesday next this firm hold their monthly sale of live stock at Wftoreuga-a-hiku yards,

In consequence Of the wool sales Mr G. RWyllie will not hold his usual horse sale to-morrow. The first number of Hansard is to hand. The report of Mr Ward's speech seems to have been toned down. Tenders close at noon to-morrow for felling 500 acres of bush on Messrs Barlser Bros.' property. The Tongariro brings from England for the Ohristchurch Museum a box containing a complete suit of the seventeenth century armour. The Hawke's Bay races are fixed for tomorrow. The locally-owned horses, Lord Raven and Zanzibar, are both considered to have a big chance of annexing the Hurdles. A meeting of the members of tho Giaborne Farm Homestead Association will be held to-morrow nfcernoon at 2 o'clock in Mr Towuley's hall. There aro now 246 pupils attendiug the Wellington College, the largest number at any secondary school in the colony. " I'll bet the hon. member any money he likes that I am correct," said the Minister of Lands in the Hou3e the other day. The Speaker ruled wagering out of order, and the bet was cried off. The Assets Realisation Board has sold the Middleton property, of 71 acres, near Christchurch, at £65 per acre, to the Government ; and 10 acres at Belfast, at £75 per acre, to a private individual. Mr J. W. Pope, Inspector of Native Schools, who was lately thrown from his horse iv the Bay of Plenty district and seriously injured, is making a rapid recovery. Mr C. D. Pitt holds his usual weekly salo to-morrow, commencing at 11 o'clock, wheD ihe sale of trees will be continued At noon he will submit a section of land at Ormond, comprising an acre, with buildings. The Waimate Workers' Union has decided to establish a branch of the society at Gisborne in September next, should Mr Haatie, the Hawke's Bay organiser, be able to attend to the matter. A business firm in Oamaru received notice the other day (says a Sonthern paper) that the final dividend would bo paid in the estate of a bankrupt who had filed 25 years before. Messrs Williams and Kettle, Ltd., the local ogpnts of tho Australian Mutual Provident Society advise us that the bonus certificates for the year 1895 were posted to the members of the society in this district to-day. The second round of the Rugby Union's senior matches start to-morrow, when the T e Rau- Wanderers and Gisborne Clubs again try conclusions. A good game is likely to ensue, despite the fact that the combined team are decided favorites. Mr Bell, M.H.R., while in London saw a good deal of our new Agent-General (Hon. W. P. Reeves) who, he says, is " filling the position with a degree of ability that augurs well for his complete success." Mrs Strong, step-daughter of the late Robert Louis Stevenson is at present on a visit to Wellington. The Post says that of Mr Stevenson's delightful household Mrs Strong wus a bright, clever and cordial member. " We have to-day a Government in which only two strong men remain — the Premier aud the Minister of Lands —the remainder is a tail."— Mr G. W. Russell, Government supporter, on his chiefs. On a charge of having abducted a girlchild of eight summers who had been placed with a foster-mother, Annie Taylor, stepmother of the child, and Emma Watson, its elder sister, have been committed for trial at Christchurch. Tho peußion of the late Under-Secretary of Justice, Mr C. J. A. Haselden, who a short time ago resigned his office, amounts to £255 193 Id per annum, which is to be paid from Ist July next. One of the chief objects of the visit of Mr H. D. Bell, M.H.R., to England was to eudeavor to induco the Masonic Grand Lodge of that country to recognise the Grand Lodge of New Zealand, but up to the present he has received no information with regard to the result of his negotiations. A Royal Commission exonerates the officers of the Stock Department at Oamaru from the charges of harsh treatment in prohibiting a farmer named Thos. Johnston from selling milk from twenty-four cows, six of which were suffering from variola, holding that the action was justified. Two Southern doctors — Dr Tevan, of Geraldiue, and Dr Hayes, of Temuka — had the other day to cut away some bone that had been driven into a little boy's brain by a kick from a horse. With the aid of artificial light, the operation was successfully performed, and part of the brain put backinto its place. The Napier News publishes a statement to the effect that the boy James O'Connor, who died in the Napier Hospital from lockjaw, was brought to the institution at 3 o'clock in the day, and kept waiting outside the door in a buggy till five minutes to four before he was admitted. The following team will represent the Te Rau- Wanderers 11. in their match against the Turanganui 11. to-morrow afternoon : — Goldsmith, Driberg, Thomson, Lewis, Reid, Harris, Collins, Rodgers, Williamson, Leech, Peniwaru, Hohepa, flatara, Taylor, Tyson, W. Stuckey, Murphy, W. Hillson. The midwinter wool sales were held to-day in MrJO. D. Pitt's auction mart, and were very satisfactory, reserve prices and above beiug obtained in almost all lots submitted. The buyers were Messrs Butcher (Napier), Warnock (Auckland), and Tidswell and Roke (Gisborne). The complete sale list will appear in our columns to-morrow. It was aboard the Takapuna on the ruu between Wellington and New Plymouth, and there happened to be a member of the spieling fraternity amongst the passengers who waa travelling without having gone through the form of paying for a ticket. Mr Dodgiu is the name of the Takapuna | purser, and he met the spieler face to face in one of the alley-ways. "I'm Dodgin, the purser," he said, addressing the suspiciouslookiug customer, who instantly replied — "So am I, old man ; let's pop in somewhere aud have a quiet smoke." A former resident of Gisborne, Mr W. B. Common, has been distinguishing himself as an athlete in Christchurch. According to the Weekly Press he undertook the other day for a small wager to compass the mile in fair walking within 12 minutes. Mr Common, accompanied by several friends, adjourned to Lancaster Park, where the feat waa performed to everyone's satisfaction within the prescribed time. Mr Common had made no preparation for such a feat, and performed the journey without a pacemaker. He took things rather easily at first, but finding that he was losing time, increased his pace, and ultimately finished amidst much applause in llmjn 52sec. Mr C. F. Todhunter was the punter on the occasion, and was satisfied that he had underrated Mr Common's prowess. Although the Fire Brigade members managed to sweep Gladstone road nice and clean with the force of water from the hydrauts, it has been remarked by many people that the process was au expensive one at the present price of metal, and if repeated often would lead to the washing J away of the street altogether. SThe surfacc|of the road was not hard enough to withstand the force of the sluicing, and small stones and powdered metal which formed a blinding to the larger metal were washed away, leaving the surface in some places very i uneven. This effect will hardly tend to the bettor wear of the street, aud opinions have been freely expressed that not only was the old method more economical, but it was just as efficatiouß and not so HUely to injure the road. tb was thought yesterday that owing to Ihe rough sea in Hawke's Bay being likely to prevent tho s.s. VVefen leaving with the buyers on board the local wool sales would have to be postponed until to-morrow, and Messrs Huddart, Parker, and Co. were communicated with and asked to postpone the departure of the Tasmania for Auckland until afternoon to-morrow in order to allow the buyers to go on by that steamer. Thin they very courteously agreed to do, but as the Weka was able to get. away from Napier and brought the buyers the Bales took place to-day, and there will be no need to delay the Tasmania, which sails to-morrow at 10 a.m. for Auckland and Sydney,