Poverty Bay Herald. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 8685, 2 December 1899, Page 2

Poverty Bay Herald. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING

GISBORNE, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2,

The Gißborne School Committee will meet on Friday instead of Wednesday next week.

The Pukaki from the South thiß morn, ing brought 50 rams consigned to Messrs Williams and Kettle, and the Mararoa also brought 45 for the same firm.

A gentleman, in proposing the toast of Palmerston North's prosperity at a smoke concert recently, estimated the daily turnover of the Palmerston business to be £15,000.

The Hogan Minstrels arrived from Napier by the s.s. Mararoa this morning, and open their season in the Theatre Royal tins evening with "Uncle Tom's Cabiu," giving their) minstrel entertainment on Monday.

A recent report, upon the artesian wella of Christchurch shows that they are gradually failing. The report gave the time it takes now and the time it took a year ago to fill a water cart, and six out of seven showed a failing supply. Even new wells are rapidly failing.

The Mararoa this morning brought nine pigeons from the Wellington Homing Club consigned to the local manager of the Union Company, with instructions to liberate the same on arrival of the steamer. The birds were fed by Mr Cargill, and at 10 o'clock this morning set free from the Waihi at at the breakwater.

Judges Mackay and Mair, sitting as an Appellate Court at Tokomaru Bay, have disposed of seven important appeal cases during the past month, affeoting the titles to a large area of Native property around Tokomaru. There are still a number of cases to come before the Court, which is not expecled to conclude its work at Tokomaru before Christmas.

The rainfall for the month of November was 3 4 54 on "21 days, the heaviest fall on one day being 1 '58, recorded oo the 12th. The average fall for November is 3-38 on 12 days. Only nine days in the month were without rain, which constitutes a record, there never before having been a November recorded with fewer than 12 rainless- days.

Our rea'Jers will be interested to learn that we are making complete arrangements for the display of the returns from the various polling booths throughout this electorate as well as returns from all oyer the colony. Mr S. A. Harding having kindly offered facilities, these will be displayed, as on former occasions, from the Masonic Hotel balcony. The City Band have kindly volunteered to play selections from the balcony during the waits.

In the Civil List contingencies return appear the items : Monument to Henare te Kani, £89 ; monument to Ropata Wahawaha, £52 10s Bd. There are also items : Flags, £24 19s ; general expenses, £'20 12s; travelling expenses, passages, and lodging allowances of Natives, £49 ; use of hall, Wanganui, for Natives attending Major Kemp's funeral, £30 10s; fees for interpreting and reporting Native meetings, £28 9s 4<l ; photographs supplied to Mahuta and others, £18 19s lid; j and other items, bringing the total vote up to £792 8s lid. *

About five and three-quarter owt. of gold, en route for Dunedin, was sent through Milton by train one day last week from the goldfields, reports the local piper. Roughly this means about 77000zs of gold of the value of £30,000.

It is stated that the total consumption of butter and cheese in England is estimated at 495,000 tons per annum, 264,000 tons of which have to be imported. As tho exports of these products from the shores of New Zealand have not reached 8000 tons, there is plenty of scope for a I large increase in the output.

At St. Andrew's Church to-morrow morning the Roy. J. G. Paterson will preach from the subject, " How Christ is Formed in the Heart of the Believing Soul," and in the evening the subject of lecture will be, "The Eve of Battle— A Rallying Cry for the Present Conflict." All temperance workers invited to a prayer meeting after the evening service. Entries for tho Horticultural Show, to be held in the Theatre Royal on Friday, December 15th, are coming in very well, and everything points towards a successful Show. Mrs W. L. Rees offers a special prize of 10s 6d for the best enlry of Canterbury Bells, two or more varieties, the latter having been added to the schedule. The Secretary also acknowleges the sum of £1 Is from tho Hon. James Carroll towards the prize fund. The The schedule appears on the fourth page.

The following further particulars from the examination report on the Gisborne Catholic school have been sent us : — "Standard VI, presented 3, present 3, passed 2; Standard V., presented 3, present 3, passed 3 ; Standard IV., presented 8, present 8, passed 7 ; Standard 111., presented 14, present 14, passed 12 ; Standard 11., presented 8, present 8, passed 7 ; Standard 1., presented 3, preBent 3, passed 2; Class P., presented 42. Grammar very fair ; geography of Standard 11. very good ; mental arithmetic very good ; repetition good ; recitation very good ; drill and exercises fair ; calisthenics fair ; singing intelligently and well-taught ; needlework very good ; comprehension of the language of reading lesson fair. The standards are good, well-pre-pared, and of commendable promise. The style of work is very good. The preparatory classes under tho pupil teacher are in good working order. They show an interest in their work. I was pleased with the intelligence of the answering in the oral exercises set by me. Remarks : The average progress made by this school since my examination last year is good. The pass and extra subjects have been very fairly prepared, and the work is in advance in general proficiency to that submitted last year. There is a nioe spirit of emulation among the pupils, and the style of the work on paper aud in books afford evidence of good training and supervision."