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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 9460, 23 June 1902, Page 2

The quarterly meeting of the Hibernian Society is called for to-morrow evening. The Hon. H. Williams, of Whangarei, is on a visit to this district. Mr Fred O'Meara, an old Gisborne boy, is now chief accountant in the Union Company's Melbourne office. Mrs Leonard Hughes' friends will be glad to learn that she and her young daughter have arrived in London in good health. Flags were flying at half-mast on the shipping in the harbor to-day as a mark of respect to the memory of Captain Irving. We learn that sixty-four acres of Ruangarehu have been disposed of at a satisfactory figure by Mr J. E. Foster, the purchaser being Mr Alfred Bond, of Ormond. The result of Saturday's, football match places Kaiti-City one point ahead in the contest for the Poverty Bay Rugby | Union's senior championship. The combined team lead wtih 5 points, West End 4, and Huia 3. Mr Arthur Bull, formerly of the local staff of the Union Steamship Company, but latterly of Hobart, whence he was transferred from Gisborne, is in town visiting his old friends, prior to his departure for . South Africa. Mr -Bull has left the Union Company's service, and is going to try his luck in the new British colonies. We join with many here in wishing him good luck. While- rounding -Gable End Foreland yesterday at 11 o'clock the scow Bravo met with a large number of whales about a quarter of a mile this side of the Gable End. The school was estimated to contained about twenty of these monsters of the deep. The whales were, moving slowly in a north-easterly direction, arid the crew of the Bravo were greatly entertained by their gambols, as, breasting the warmer waters of the north, they played hide-and-seek in their natural element. The captain of the Bravo reports that several captures of whales have been made in the north recently. There should be a large audience at the Academy of Music this evening, when Mr W. L. Rees delivers, his lecture, "Builders of the Empire." The subject is one to which Mr Rees has given much study, and on which he is a. great enthusiast, and it is bound to' be treated in a masterly manner. ' The lecture is, being given under the auspices of the ! Gisborne Mutual Improvement Society, and the proceeds are to be devoted to the Beautifying Society. The City Band will render several appropriate selections during the evening, and there will also be some singing, in which the audience are invited to join. Special Coronation services were held at St. .Andrew's Church yesterday. In the morning the Rev. J. G. Paterson preached on the crowning of Hezekiah. At tha. offertory the solo "Angels ever Bright and Fair" w;is beautifull sung by Miss Large. There was a crowded con- j gregation in the evening, when the subject of lecture was "Two Crowns." Mr Paterson, after prdoucing a relic of Queen Victoria's Coronation in the shape of a newspaper giving an account of the ceremony, referred to the great growth of th eßritish Empire, and. contrasted it with the Roman Empire, which it greatly exceeded in extent and.wealth. He spoke strongly of the pleasure he felt at the fact that the King was subscribing to the oath to maintain the reformed Protestant religion, • for which inestimable boon our fathers had bled and died. Satisfaction was also expressed at the fact that the war ,was ended, and that the Coronation would be celebrated in peace. The rev. gentleman the"n proceeded to point out distinctions between earthly and heavenly kingdoms. Greatness was counted* in the earthly kingdom by the number of people that served one, but in the other it was by the number of persons one served, not by receiving service, but by rendering it. - The time would come when earthly crowns would pass away, and the crowns of those who had given themselves to the service of mankind would, grow brighter. He contrasted Nero and Paul. The crown of Nero had sunk to dust and ashes as compared with that of the "ugly little Jew." Similarly, the crowns of George IV. and of such men as Sir William Wilberforce, Lord Shaftesbury. and John Howard were compared. Even the best. of the world's crowns gave no satisfaction, but there was complete and lasting satisfaction, in the crown of life. The lecture was attentively listened to, and before dispersing the congregation sang "God Save the King." A feature of 'the service l was a fine Coronation hymn, composed by Mr Paterson, which was heartily sung by choir and congregation.

Our Tolaga Bay correspondent informs us that a number of East Coast people are coming into Gisborme for the Coronation Celebrations. During the interval at the concert on Wednesday evening, the Mayor will present Mr E. O'ltielly with the watch sent by his friends in Hawke's Bay. Preparations for decorations and illuminations for the Coronation celebrations are in evidence in town to-day. Shopkeepers report a brisk sale of Chinese lanterns and fireworks. _ There is a prospect of the Rev. Jas. Yyall, ;i Scottish-American evangelist, who Jias bejen conducting evangelistic missions in various parts of the colony, visiting Gisborne in August. Mr G. W. Sampson, Chief Postmaster, was called away to ■Wellington last Thursday on account of his mother's serious illness, and his place is being filled by Mr Dale, of the Napier Post Office. The second evening of the Gisborne Rinking Club has been postponed until Tuesday, July Ist, on account of the Theatre Royal having been previously engaged. Tickets may be obtained from the Committee. Mr D. Dwyer, of the Napier Railway Department, who has -been appointed guard at Gisborne, was presented with a smoker's outfit by Mr Payne, station-mas-ter, on behalf of the railway employes, prior to his departure from" Napier on Friday. The ladies' examination in '.'First Aid" commences to-night at half-past seven sharp at the High School. Ladies should be in attendance a quarter of an hour earlier for instruction. In connection with the St. John's Ambulance Association, efforts are being made to provide an Ashford litter for Gisborne. Mr C. F. Lewis informs us he has had a marvellous run on Coronation medals and Chinese lanterns. Of the ktter he has a fine selection.: Those who have not yet obtained either ol these necessary decorations for Thursday should do m at once, as Mr Lewis has only a small lot left. Mr Cowles,. of the Richmond State School (Nelson) has made a suggestion to the Nelson Press in connection with the conclusion of peace. It is that there should be a combined effort by Christmas to send to the children of South Africa, that is to say, the children of our late enemies, gifts as a peace offering, to comprise useful articles, but also | a large, number of toys. ! It is to be hoped that the present fine weather will last over Coronation Day. Captain Edwin, however, does not hold out much promise of it doing so, for in his weather forecast, issued at noon today, he states :—''Gale from between north-east and north and west after 16 hours from now; glass fall; sea heavy outside; tides good; much rain." At St Andrew's yesterday announcements, respecting the Coronation service to be held in Holy Trinity on Thursday morning were made from the pulpit, and the Rev. J. Paterson stated that the Rev. Mr Welsh, the Vicar, had done an unprecedented thing for. an Anglican clergyman, by inviting bath Mr Rothwell -and himself to take part in the service, but no only showed what a liberal minded man Mr Welsh was. At the Holy Trinity Church last evening Miss. Large gave an excellent rendering of Gounod's "Prayer for the King," the solo being much appreciated by the large congregation. _JVIr W. E. Taylor presided at the organ. At the conclusion of the service the choir was augmented by several members of other churches, and a'most successful practice was held, in view of the Coronation service to be held on Thursday next. The Rev. Mr Welsh last evening urged the members of his congregation to be present at the service on Coronation Day, and meivtioned that it would be of a most impressive character. The service is announced ! for 8.30 a.m. Information has been received by the Agricultural Department that a great impetus has lately been given to the dairy industry in the Auckland district by the increase of small farm settlements. There has been such an increase of co-operative dairy factories in both the Auckland and Hawke's Bay districts that the Department's instructors have been sent North to give their advice and assistance in the work of organising and equipping the new concerns. Messrs McGowan and Shirley are at work in the Auckland province, and Mr Cuddie is in Hawke's Bay.. Great preparations are being made throughout the North Island generally for the next dairying season. Usually work is in full swing from November,: and the Dairy Commissioner anticipates the busiest season our farmers have known/ There are also indications that there will be a big increase of output in the South Island during next season. A publication which gives, a large amount of interesting information in a readable form about the land we live in is "Nature in New Zealand," compiled by Mr J. Drummond, and .edited by Captain Hutton, F.R.S., of the Christchurch Museum. The book is attractively got up and profusely illustrated, and is issued by Messrs. Whitcombe and Tombs as one of their public school series, in the hope that it will prove interesting and instructive to the boys and girls of New Zealand. Not only should the object of the publishers be achieved, but the well-written work will appeal strongly to those children of a larger growth who have more than a passing care as to the why' and the wherefore of this favored part of the .world, and the origin of its native inhabitants and- productions, in which they are privileged to reside. Mr J. Drummond, the compiler, was formerly on the staff of. the Poverty Bay Herald, and he must be congratulated on his maiden" effort at bookproducing. The Wanganui Chronicle of Wednesday last states: —-There always appears to be an exceptional element of sadness attached to the passing of a young life, and therefore it is with deep regret that we have to record the death of Mr William George Tingey. fourth son of Mr Edward Tingey, of Wanganui. 'The.deceased, who was only 22 years of age, intended entering the-'dental profession, for which he had been qualifying during the past few years.' For the past six or eight months he had been resident in Gisborne, where he recently met with an accident necessitating his return home a week ago. •. Nothing serious was feared until Saturday last, when the medical advisers pronounced the case to be one ofsevere diabetes; The disease rapidly ran its course, and resulted in death at an early hour yesterday morning. Sincere sympathy will be felt for the bereaved parents and sorrowing relatives in this the dark hour of their deep sorrow. Commenting on the last test match, the Sydney Daily Telegraph says:—The probability is that in a straight-out; fairly contested match or series of matches England would win. English cricket, so far as an opinion may be expressed on "paper form," has seldom if ever had a stronger representative team than it can put into the field now. At any rate, it is very questionable whether it ever Jiad at one time two such successful bowlers as Rhodes and Hirst, or such a plentitude of batting excellence that a player of Hayward's calibre could be ignored. On the other Hand Australia is rather badly off for cricketers of the first-class, especially bowlers; and its weakness there is aggravated by the fact that the players who have been and those who are attacked by illness include nearly all those most relied upon in that department of the game. But at best, under the most propitious circumstances, the "test" match is really not worth half the interest that is shown in it, because it is not what it purports to be. Very largely the "test" game is one of chance more than skill. ■ The Glasgow gentleman burglar—one Goodfellow —is surely entitled to rank among the most notable of the "cracking" fraternity. Twelve years, in convict prisons failed to damp fiis ardour as an expert burglar, and he seems to have completely baffled the police by his dash and daring. A town and seaside residence, a "spanking pair of greys," and a well-ap-pointed yacht were among his "properties," and these at times stood him in excellent stead. Occasionally he would commit a big robbery at a coast town where his yacht was anchored, and then, like Sir Ralph the Rover, he sailed away, and no one for a moment suspected him. For a time he was next-door neighbour to the. Glasgow Procurator Fiscal, that official being, of course, in complete ignorance of his character and history. One of his most successful "plants" seems to have been to "accompany to church those whose house he meant to ransack, and make excuse to leave before the service was over." But there is always an end to these things. Murder will out, and so will much else. The law has again laid Goodfellow by "the heels, and he has got other six years in which to hatch fresh plans of preying on his fellows.

The fire brigade station at Wagga (N.S.W.) was destroyed by fire last week and all the plant lost. A solicitor in Palmerston North, who sued to recover the amount of a 'dishonored promissory note, was non-suited on the ground that the bill had not. been properly stamped. Solicitors, as a rule, are not guilty of such carelessness. The chiefs of the Salvation Army are at the moment conducting a drink crusade in different parts of England. Here is a story from Sir Bramwell Booth's speech at Manchester the other day:—"l once asked a little slum child: 'Do you remember your mother?' After a time the poor little thing said, 'Yes, it was that fat woman that used to beat me and get drunk!' " "What Sir Joseph. Ward might very well do would be to invite a Boer deputation, consisting of prominent leaders, to visit New Zealand and ascertain what life in a self-governing colony, under British rule, is really like. Such a visit would be instructive to us, probably, as well as to the Boers. Perhaps if Louis Botha or Christian DeWet were one of the party, General Babington might not be altogether averse to consulting him on the organisation and training of the colonial force."—Lyjtejton Times. A correspondent writes to the Oamaru Mail:—At Clydevale, one of the N.Z., and A.. Land Company's stations, while visiting* there recently, I was agreeably surprised to see the electric light in full swing. Mr Dunlop, the blacksmith on the station, at great trouble and with determined perseverance, has made a dynamo of 60 volts; also bringing the water-pow-er from a dam some distance away, and Shaking the water wheel drive the dynamo Then, carrying the two wires up from his shed, at the water.wheel, into his dwel-ling-house, he has succeeded in having it beautifully lighted with the electric light. It is one of the sights of ihe place. From whatever cause (says the Age) Melbourne has an epidemic of crime in it. Burglaries are astonishingly frequent, and other varieties of lawlessness in the same proportion. Householders are in a state of alarm, and some are grimly prepared to do that service for themselves which the law seems powerless to do for them. When criminal audacity attains to certain dimensions, it ameliorates itself by provoking every citizen to constitute himself an avenger of outrage. Should the present state of criminal impunity continue, a lethal weapon will be at the bedside of every healthy householder. The Pomahaka settlement, according to the Southern Standard's correspondent, is fast drifting towards an ignominious end. He writes : —'At present Pomahaka resembles a deserted village. Weeds of every known, variety are growing splendidly. The improvements on the vacant sections are going to ruin fast. Most of the fences, which were erected five to seven years ago with light manuka stakes, are now flat on the ground. Stray cattle can easily get access to the vacant sections, and it is a usual sight to see a a cow poking her head out .of a bedroom, which was once occupied by a hardworking settler.- The Land Board can write off the improvements at once, and give up all hopes of securing back rents on these sections." The fame of Andrew Carnegie is worldwide and his practical exemplification of his "Gospel of Wealth" is exhibited by his strenuous endeavors to rid himself of some of his superfluous cash during his life-time. Mr Carnegie's public gifts already amount, to the splendid aggregate of 134 million pounds sterling. The United States, where most of the aged Caledonian's wealth was "piled up" has benefited to the extent of over 53 million' 2& Canada has reaped nearly 880,----000 dollars, Cuba over a quarter of a million dollars, England 420,000 dollars, Scotland. nearly, 14,000 dollars, and poor old Ireland 65,000 dollars. And yet today Andrew /Carnegie is probably as wealthy as the most boomed of American millionaires. The New Zealand Herald has been shown an envelope that has been returned after a ten months' tour of the globe Ine envelope, which was specially made, and measures 13in by sin, was despatched from Auckland in August last, and has in turn passed through Dayton (Ohio, ji » ;i' HaVana (Cuba), Montreal (Canada), Nassau (Bahamas, 8.W.1.), Port of Spam (Trinidad), Bertice (British Guiana), Valpanso (Chili), Kingston (Jamaica, Besancon (France), Brussels (Belgium, Odessa (Russia). In the latter country the postal officials evidently objected-to the packet, for a notice-« Non admis au transport—caused the envelope to be returned to Auckland,. It i 8 certainly a novelty from a philatelic point of view. . The annual dinner of the "Correctors of i the occurred the other night in London, and naturally many anecdotes were told to. .illustrate how printer's readers save authors from the consequences of their own and tKe printer's laches. One of, th, e.s ef was of American parentage, and told how a certain Texas editor was interviewed by an irrate "Colonel" (with a six-shooter) and called upon for an explanation as to why' his (decorative emphasis) rag' had referred to self (the Colonel) as a "bottle-scarred veteran." Of course the Editor threw all the blame on Mr Printer, who had taken a slight liberty with "battle-scarred," and promised an explanation in next day's issue. Judge of the Colonel's wrath when he met with this apology :—"We greatly regret that owing to an unfortunate printer's error we yesterday referred to Colonel Blank as a 'bottle-scarred veteran' Of course what we meant to say was 'battlescared veteran!'",. ■