Poverty Bay Herald. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. GISBORNE. SATURDAY DEC. 28, 1901.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 9336, 28 December 1901, Page 2

Poverty Bay Herald. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. GISBORNE. SATURDAY DEC. 28, 1901.

Mr and Mrs Biddies returned from their trip to England this morning. Mr Barton, S.M., and Mrs Barton left for Auckland and Rotorua- this morning. The Hon. J. Can-oil has consented to meet a deputation from the Chamber ol Commerce to discuss district requirements on Tuesday morning at 10.30. Messrs Kennedy and Evans, agents for the North British and Mercantile Insurance Company, sends us one ofi their useful desk calendars. Mr W. Morgan, saddler, Gisborne, is giving a trophy, value £1 Is, for the ladies' driving competition at tlie Wairoa, A. and P.. show. Lieutenant Trotter, who recently returned to the colony from South Africa., arrived m Gisborne this morniug, and was welcomed back by many friends. At St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church to-morrow morning the subject, of the Rev. W. Day's sermon will be "The Cost of Redemption," and m the evening "Time as used by Jesus Christ." The East Coast Mounted Rifles will hold their regular monthly mounted parade on Thursday next at 10 a.m., when it is proposed to get as much of the class-firing as possible done. In consequence of the holidays and the time taken m preparation of the Christmas supplement earlier m the week, the usual Saturday supplement is omitted this week. Mr C. F. Lewis notifies a clearing sale of fancy goods, toys and many articles too numerous to particularise, as he requires the room for a large stock of pianos, sewing machines, and musical instruments arriving. As showing the interest, taken m the test cricket matches m Australia, 'a Melbourne telegram states that at the Austrnl Cycle Meeting the scores m the match at Sydney were posted on a huge scoringboard, to the great satisfaction of the 25,000 or more persons who were present. The Premier has received cablegram* sttiting that Private Gouletfc (Wairoa), left Capetown on the 10th inst., and iimougst a batch of troopers returning by the Aotea, which left Capetown on the 17in inst., are Sergeant T. R, Porter and Private Bougen, of Gisborne. Thirty-eight horses have been purchased by Mr Campbell Thomson (Stock Inspector) on behalf of the Government for the purpose of mounting the Eighth Contingent. The prices paid varied from £8 to £19 per head. The Inspector is awaiting instructions as to where be! will forward the animals purchased. The following fatality was reported from Dunedin on Thursday :— A. Stewart, a young man employed by Irvine and Stevenson, was run over by the 11.20 train from Dunedin between Toiro and Warepa. The train was slopped, and it was found that Stewart had been badly injured. He was unconscious, nnd died a few minutes afterwards. Mrs C. P. Davies desires to tender her grateful thanks to the donors of articles supplied to help to realise the satisfactory result of her mission sale, which gave the substantial sum of £46 Is 6d. Of this amount, £23 is for the Melanesian ship fund, and the balance goes towards the Native mission fund. At last year's sale the sum realised was £32, so that on the present occasion a very gratifying increase has been made. A young man named Lindsay was found man unconscious state on the road about two miles on the Gisborne side of Karaka yesterday forenoon, having been evidently thrown from his horse.' He wis i brought m to the hospital m Cassidy's coach, and has remained m the same unconscious stote for over 24 hours. There is a bad bruise over bis eye, and Dr Craig, the hospital superintendent, states that he is suffering from a severe concussion of the brain. Much disappointment was expressed at a chopping contest not being brought off at the sports on Thursday. As there are * good many bushmen about town desirjus of exhibiting their skill with the axe, Mr Quinn, of the Royal hotel, has kindly oflered a gold medal valued at £3 fpr the championship of Poverty Bay. There will also be a cash prize of £5 for the champion. The contest will take place at the Royal hotel grounds on Now Year's hxc, and the necessary blocks will be provided. No charge will be made for admission, and those who desire to witness the match are welcome to attend iintnes close at ten o'clock this eveninff, and tlie contest will commence at 2 p.m on Tuesday. r The friends of Mr Llewellyn Smith, Unei District Surveyor at Gisborne, will be pleased to hear of his promotion to the position of Chief .Draughtsman at Wellington. Mr Smith duriug his few years' residence here has shown a most conscientious and tireless energy and devotion to duty. He has been extremely courteous to all with whom he has come m contact, and though they congratulate him on his promotion to Wellington, where his home is situate, there an? many who will regret his departure from Gisborne. No news has ret been received officially of who the new District Surveyor at Gisborne will be, but there is reason to believe that Mr Martin Smith, whose successor as CroTTO Lands Ranger arrived the other day, will be appointed to the position. It is an appointment that would give great »afciß--factiou.

Detective Nixon this morning arrested on v warrant from Cliristchurch a, man named John Merigold, charged with, failing to maintain his child. At Holy Trinity to-morrow evening the choir will sing Garrett's "Evening Service m F," and repeat the anthem sung on Christmas morning, "0 Zion that bringest good tidings." The rainfall returns for November are gazetted. At Matahiia the total full was 3.78 inches, Tolaga Bay 3.39 inches, Portland Island, 1.82, Gisborne 3.53, Patutahi 2.82, Takapuu 4.28, and Waikaremoana 3.30 inches. Wesley Church services will be conducted on Sunday by Rev. B. F. Rothwell. Morning subject, "Our Thoughts of Christ"; evening, "God's Faithfulness." Special Christmas music by the choir, including Stainer's "O Zion that bringest good tidings." By this morning's boat the Native who has been m custody for several days on the grounds of lunacy was taken by his friends to Auckland. An operation will be performed at Auckland with the object of ascertaining whether there is any pressure on the brain due to the fall the patient sustained from a horse some time ago at Tolaga Bay. . At the bowling green last evening Cokman's rep. team defeated Hennessy, Quigley, Carroll and Simson (skip) by 32 points to 23 fin a game of 26 heads. Ponsford's team met Johnstone, Orr, Dixon, and Witty (skip), whom they defeated by 22 points to 18. The two rep. teams are trying their strength with each other this afternoon. Messrs. Redstone and Son intend making a special trip to the Nuhaka Hot Springs on Wednesday next, returning the following day, which will give those with limited time an oppoi-tunity of visiting the springs. The firm notify that from Monday nest the Whatatutu coach will resume running on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, returning to town on the alternate days of the week. Mr Andrew Carnegie's which he is anxious to dispose of, has been heard of even among the Maoris. Te Pipiwharauroa has published a letter addressed to Mr Carnegie from several notable chiefs, praying him to help them m the erection of a school for the educ.itiou of their girls. The letter has been forwarded to Mr Carnegie, and it is interesting to await the reception which the appeal may get. Our Wairoa correspondent telegraphs : There was splendid weather for the Caledonian sports yesterday, and a large attendance. The sports were a great success. The result* of the principal events are: — Maiden: F. Alemes 1, W. Boven 2, G. Lawton 3. Caledonian Handicap: A. Cato 1, H. Lambert 2, E. Anderson 3. Hurdles: A. Cato 1, W. J. Strickland 2. Half-mile: C. Ingram 1, W. J. Strickland 2, A. Harwood 3. Mile : W. Gardiner 1, S. Lambert 2, C. Ingram 3. Mr J. Whinray was outspoken m his opinion of the manner m which the Government have proceeded with the Gisborne-Karaka railway line during the course of his remarks on the requirements of the district at the Chamber of Commerce meeting last evening. Although a Government supporter for many years, he unhesitatingly condemned the co-operative system m carrying on public works, and said that the line should have been carried to the Motu for the amount it has already cost. The work done up to the present was as easy to form as a garden walk. Mr Whinray, it will be seen from our report, was given a special commission by the Chamber to advocate the possibilities of the Motu and the necessity for a speedy completion of the railway; line when the deputation interview Mr Carroll on these and other requirements. At the Chamber of Commerce last evening Mr Pettie said that other towns were possessed of a town clock, and he mentioned the matter merely to ascertain whether the Chamber would care to take it up as one of Gisborne's requirements. He understood the Government would subsidise subscriptions £ for £ up to £150. — The President was of opinion that a town clock for Gisborne was a requirement which members could watch, and the matter could be brought before the Chamber later on. — Evidently the bigger fish were occupying the minds of members, and nothing was decided on, Mr Whinray remarking that it was a minor consideration compared with that £9,000,000 m the Motu timber. The sum for which Martin, the winner of the Austral Wheel Race, was backed is said to have amounted to £8000. One member of the betting ring, interviewed on behalf of a Melbourne journal a few days before the race, stated that* he had laid to members of one party £300 to £15, £1000 to £90, and £800 to £80 against. Martin. Another well-known "nietalliciazi" had laid them some time ago £200 to £12 and £400 to £40, while even after the first day of the Austral meeting he had laid m the same quarter £500 to £50. After Martin's brilliant form on the second •diiy of the Austral meeting there was a still further rush to "get on" to him for the final heat. On the Monday all the 4 to 1 and 3 to 1 money was snapped up, and the cable shows that on the Saturday following he actually started an odds-on favorite. With so much money at issue on the race, we need not be surprised that one competitor was disqualified for running m the interests of other competitors —doubtless against Martin, whose defeat would have brought so much grist to the mill of the bookmakers. Is it necessary to point out what the ultimate end must be of a sport which becomes so discredited? and are the managers- of other sports prudent enough to profit by the obvious lesson?— Otago Daily Times. The Dunedin papers contain accounts of the breaking up of the Overn Lodge school (Miss Rees, 8.A., principal), at which ceremony there was a lai"ge and fashionable attendance. The Very Rev.* Dean Fitehett, who presided and distributed the prizes, spoke at tconsiderable length of the development which had taken place m the higher education of women, the number of subjects now included m their syllabus, and the thoroughness with which they were taught. The programme of entertainment, which had been arranged with much pains for the occasion was as follows : — Piano solo, "Serenade de Guonud," Miss Cora Clark (pupil of Miss Stewart) ; piano solo, "Adagio from sonata," Miss Vera Chapman; French scene, "A gui la faute," Misses K. Osmond, A. Burnett, J. Cogan, K. Bridger, X, Morrison, and L. Decleene; piano solo, "Polish Dance," Miss M. lies (pupil of Miss Stewart) ; dialogue, "Quarrel of Brutus and Cassius," Masses D. Sim and H. Chapman ; piano solo, Miss Olive Little; scene, "An Incident m the Revolution of 1688," Misses D. Sutton, L. Bulleid, V. Williams, M. Sale, G. Powley, E. Burnett, V. Chapman, and K. Ulrich; piano duet, Misses D. Sim and A. Burnett. In her report Miss Reea took the opportunity to explain what her viewsi on education were, stating : —Short lessons, short hours, variety of subjects, alternation of teachers m each class — these methods provide the relaxation and elasticity by which the mental faculties of both teachers and pupils are kept healthy awd vigorous. Education, she went on to say, is infinitely more than the- mere inculcation of facts. "The success I most ardently desire is to see the minds of my girls being filled with images of beauty, to watchi the high thoughts of great writers blossoming anew m them, breaking down prejudice, self-sufficiency, the narrowing walls of ignorance, arid what Tennyson calls 'the 6ins of emptiness — gossip and spite and slander.' Character-buUding, 'widening of sympathy, deepening of conviction, intensification of feeling, the raising of ideals, a juster appreciation of true . tteauty— all these are the natural fruit of study, and the attainment of these is far more truly 'success' than that, which is too often regarded as the' chief object to be. aimed at — namely, the passing of examinations. The whole charm which teaching has for me lies in' the opportunity it gives me of directing the reading of the girls under my care towards new thoughts ; of watching those thoughts becoming rooted m their minds, and of observing how month by month the soul's outlook is indefinitely widened, 'For all experience is an arch, wherethro 1 Gleams that untravelled world, whose margin fades For ever and for ever as we move.' " It is mentioned m the report that out of 16 candidates prepared at the classes 13 have successfully passed the matriculation examination. A branch of the Ministering Children's League had been formed at the school, and as a result of the work of this and other branches, a cot had been endowed at Dunedin Hospital, and £25 presented to the School for Maori Girls. The school had also sent £33 to Dr Barnado, as the result of a sale of work.

A New Plymouth telegram to-day states that a man named Matthew Raine was buried through a fall of stone m a quarry near Waitara this morning. Whilst Mr and Mrs A. Gray, of Makaraka, were driving to Nuhaka on Christmas Day they met with an accident at a spot about two miles beyond Trafford's. A branch of a tree had been put on the road to guard- traffic off a soft part, and the gig bumped heavily passing over this and threw its occupants out, Mr Gray falling alongside the horse and Mrs Gray between the horse and the trap. The animal became frightened and bolted, and went over the bank, where it was found lying on its back with its heels m the air kicking vigorously, and the gig also overturned. Fortunately both Mr and Mrs Gray escaped serious injury, though the latter had . a wheel of the vehicle pass over her leg ; nor was much damage done to the trap.