Poverty Bay Herald. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. GISBORNE. WEDNESDAY,JANUARY 2l, 1903.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9645, 21 January 1903, Page 2

Poverty Bay Herald. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. GISBORNE. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1903.

• , Mt ! J ' s , wllit;l1 >i'ft Melbourne on Decein17th aIT ' Vt "' d " l London ou J«nuuiy The Gazette notifies that the niihwv fre.ght on white pine timber from K.-.ita- ' illSfici." feet™ WHI W 10 ° • iJ'V 11 " 3 !^ of aggregate scores at the Jovvlmg loun.ameut, Whataupoko was I■' #9 . llSt , V iUl 225 ' * aiti 19tl ' wjtli 212, and Ui.sl.orne 23rd with 203 ' f^ 1 ™ I"™*-'11 "™*-1 scored 317 points and HastA dispute similar to that which arose «t Dniiedm between the woolburers and i brokers occurred at Napier, the buyers objecting to the delivery charge of Is 6d per baJe us excessive. The nnitter has now been amicably settled by the brokers & agreeing to reduce their charges to Is per bale. A telegram was received by the Borough > Council last evening from Dr. De.Lisle s dated 19th inst., Tolaga Bay, stating he could meet the Sanitary Committed ou Ihursday or Friday. He would be back vi Gisborne on Wednesday afternoon. It s was decided that the Committee should meet Dr. DeLisle at 9.30 a.m. on Thurs- , day. j ' Special notice is directed to the clearing sale to be held at Mr W. B. Jlingstons to-morrow (Thursday) at 1 o'clock. The entry comprises a line of good ewes and lambs which will be .sold separately, 25 choice dairy cows, one Jersey bull* and other line*. The Mile will be held on the premises, Whataupoko, the late. Mr J Von i ein s farm, and will be conducted by Mr Bright. The buy has presented a very busy ap- [' peuratiee during the present week. This morning there were lying at anchor the barque Gladys, steamers Niwaru, Maori, „ A At" tt "V. Oma l ) ««v. aiid -Fanny, and with the Waihi and lighters m. attendance the scene was one of considerable activity l|i the afternoon the Zealandia. also arrived. Ihe vessels m port during the day ( aggregated close- on 23,000 tons ' The N.Z. Times, which suffers from the same trouble as ourselves m having its iKws Ulched by other papers without acknowledgment, says : —"Some morning . the New Zealand Times will publish m it* local news column the Eighth Commandment, m. order to ascertain how many papers will reprint this to them unknown law as an original item." We have thought of appending a copy of the commandment to our reports of local meetings and special correspondence. Cr Whinray^ at last night's meeting of the Borough Council, drew attention to the fact that though £25, the result a. of a ping-pong tournament, had been handed over to the Beautifying Association some three months ago for seats on the Recreation^ Gruond, nothing had b.en done. Enquiries had been made through the press, and Cr Whinray said I he was sorry Cr Kennedy was not present n to reply to the question! It wius decided to write to the Beautifying Association on the subject and give them a reminder. , There was a full attendance of Councillors at the Borough Council meeting last evening with one exception, a happy condition which has Hot existed for some time. A difficulty m getting a quorum c l has ruled at previous meetings during the lasj, six mouths, but the prospect of ;i di.scus.sioii on the borough loan proposal.* was probably responsible for the full d Council last evening. The meeting lasted till about ten minutes to 11, and then Ci Whim-ay courteously agreed to diis mo -. tion re the Makaraka Domain beiiig held over. [ ' The returned bowkvrs speak highly ol ' the manner m which they were catered for at Palmerston North. They were entertained at- luncheon, on the green | } each day, while afternoon tea was handeu ' round by a committee, of ladies, wliosu good work met with hearty appreciation. On Wednesday afternoon there were fully 1000 people at the tournament and it is worthy of note that not one person passed out* of the gates without having been supplied with refreshments, showing the completeness of the arrangements. The secretary of the National Dairy - Association writes us: — "I beg to advise that arrangements have been made witli the Union Steam Ship Company to charge freight at the rate of 10s per ton gross S weight on all butter and cheese from nongrading coastal ports to London steamers i. at Wellington. When shipping it will b be necessary to consign same either to i- the ocean steamers for which the produce is intended or to the. New Zealand Shipi ping Company, or the Sliaw, Savill and Albion Company. Railage to or lighters a,ge at the port of shipment is not included m the above rate, and will, ol ,1 course, be borne by the shippers." ■ An. application from the custodian of the Old Men's Home for an. increase m salary was dealt with at the Charitable Aid Board meeting last evening. Speaking for tho Visiting Committee Cr Lysb nar favored an increase to the custodian. He was pleased to see the way tJie place Q was kept, and the manner in* which the garden was looked after. The old men were comfortable, and the only thing y wanted was a few more seats. An. advance of £1 a month was granted by the Board. The Mayor and Cr Miller were paired off as a, VisHting Committee for the month. The Gisborne bowlers returned home by the Te Anau this morning. They report having had a pleasant trip, and* though naturally disappointed at losing the chani- ) piouship everyone agrees that the tournament was a most enjoyable one. On 3 Monday the bowlers journeyed to Feildj ing, and tested the local club's green, which was 'in fine order. It is admitted ■* that the Gi.sborne Clubs were truly out--1 classed at the tournament, and this was due largely to the greater combination displayed by the winners. At Palmerston t there was a good sportsmanlike spirit m evidence amongst the bowlers. All did not want to be skips, and men were ready p to play m. any position when called upon. - This resulted* m their selecting a strong team, which played well together. s A very pretty wedding was solemnised at St. Mary's, Meanee, yesterday, by the Rev. Dean'BLnsfield, the contracting parties being Miss Margaret O'Rourke, eldest daughter of Mr Richard O'Rourke, of Paputura, and Mr Joseph J. Martin, of Gisborne. The bride, who looked very 5 becoming m a pale blue silk voile, trimmed with Maltese lace and chiffon, hat > of white chiffon and feathers, was given away by her father. The bridesmaids ' were the Misses O'Rourke (2), sisters of t the bride. The bridegroom was attended by Mr J. Quinn. The bridegroom's pre- • sent to the bride was a handsome gold • bangle,' with diamonds ; and to the brides- • maids gold sapphire brooches. After the r ceremony the guests were entertained at the residence of the bride's parents. In. the evening the happy couple left en route for Wanganui aaid Auckland, where the honeymoon will be spent. The wedding , presents were numerous and reiy useful.

The schooner Uisborno made a steamboat passage of 30 hours from Uisbome t.(i Mercury Hay. arriving at the latter port this morning. Ea..st Coast residents are being entertained tfijs week by Mr Whitehouse's biuchroiioscope. Tokomaru was visited LisL evening, and the exhibition given beiiire a large audience. The- Na.pim- Telegraph i.s strongly pro-te.-ling against the iJbU.OCO loan propu.sil for that iioiough, and is calling upon tiie governing body to wake up, put its lioum.---m order, and re-organise its finance. News from Tauranga- states that Mr J. Murphy, principal ot Queen's College at that place, succumbed on Monday to injuries received on Saturday night through falling from the balcony of the college. There are eight inmates at present at (the Old Men's Home.. Recently there ' were seventeen, but owing to deaths : and the good discipline kept by the cus- : todian the number lia.s been reduced more than half. . A total of 193 Romney rams was I brought, by the Fanny this morning from Napier, consigned through Williams and Kettle to Messrs Strachan, Kenway Uios., iMcPhail, and Hutchin.son (Waihuka). (Two polled Angus bulls also arrived for the Manga tiiikapua station. : Mr S. !■:. McCarthy, S.M., Dunedin. m giving hi s decision m a case m which a ; Cingalese applied .for an. old age pension, 'held it vvius quite clear that sub-section 4 of the Act did not apply to Asiatics who had been bom British subjects, and. . therefore, such persons were entitled to a pension if otherwise qualified. j A very interesting game of bowls was i played yesterday on the Napier Rink I bi'tww.u thei Wha.taupoko team, with ;Mr Buttle as substitute for Mr Sidebot- ■ torn, and a strong team of Napier bowlers. The game was very interesting all through, and was won by Whataupoko by 3 points. The Government Poultry Expert purposes leaving shortly on a prolonged tour of the northern districts. In Hawke's Bay he will deliver a series of lectures' on poultry-keeping for the benefit of the many people who a.re turning their attention to this industry. Mi Hyde will visit Gisborne, where, "it lias been urged a. Government poultry farm should be established. A Gisborne gent lonian who returned from a visit to Canterbury this morning informs us that the present season promises to provide a record harvest for the fanners of that province. The- crops are enormously heavy and are very extensive. Travtilling'through Cante-rburv the visitor is gladdened by the sight of ripening grain on every side. Needless to say, the farmers are m good heart at tlieir rosy harvest prospects. The three days' engagenfent on the Basin Reserve between Lord Hawke's team and a Wellington team proved the most successful cricket match yet played m i\ew Zealand. It is estimated that during the three days no fewer than 15,000 people attended the match. The Ukinjzs nt the gates aggregated £606, ;„*! other returns are expected to bring the total •receipts for the match up to £650. This amount constitutes a record -'Kate" for New Zealand. A material reduction has been made by the Postal Department m the rates o*f commission charged upon money order telegrams. On sums telegraphed within tlie colony up to £20 tlie commission is now 6d for each £5 or fraction thereof • with a telegraph fee of Is m addition. • In the Ciise of urgent money order teleI grams the telegraph fee is 2s. A corresponding reduction has been made m the , commission on intercolonial money order . telegraans. i The Gisborne Rilles Band will give an . open-air convert on Saturday evening ■ when the two test selections "that are to be played at Masterton will be rendered , by the Band. The Band have been for [ some time steadily practising these sei lections m the hopes that they would visit I the contest this year, every preparation s having been made, but owing to the debt on the Band's instruments and new uuis fovms_, the members decided to stsiv at home and try to pay it off. , In his remarks last evening it t tht Borough Council m support of his mo- ; tion to raise a loan, for the acquirement oi L VVailurere. the Mayor gave some interest- . ing figures. He staled that since the bet ginning of October only 4.14 inches ol j rain luid fallen, and only four times with- . m the Ja.st 25 years has the district had a less fall than this. The average fall for the past 25 years was 8.12 inches, ami I vet with half the fall Dr. DeLiale In'hl • been satisfied that there was sufficient J water at Waihirere 5 The scarcity of farm laborers m sonu I portions of the South Island is severely B felt. A southern paper says that "m tlu t case of a squatter m the ' Lakes District „ the difficulty has been especially harassing, there being much work to' do, am' no men to do it. He telegraphed & ' every likely place m Southland witlioui _ success, and at last had to wire to DunL> edin m the hope of b*eing able to obtair | laborers. The same difficulty with re- ■ gard to getting labor is being experienced m very many quarters." A novel application (says (lie Wesl i- Coast Times of the 14Ui in'st.) came be fore the Kducation Board, being a reL , quest from the holder of a seliolarshir. s at the Hokitika District High School win t is leaving with his parents to live m Scot T land, to have the scholarship extended tf • Scotland till it expires. Some members of tin" Board were m favor of grant r ing the request, arguing that the Acl ■ [X authorised payment of a scholarship ir c another district. It was pointed out however, that Scotland could hardly bt . looked upon as a "district" within tin meaning of the Act. The Board decidec that it had no power to grant the re ? quest. ti t The Olago Daily Times, referring t< ii the South African steamship service, says : r "Will Sir J. fi. Ward enquire whethei ii the Devon has not m fact loaded ai d Brisbane for South Africa, and will hi c be surprised to. learn that she. lias aiJlec d at Sydney as well as at Brisbane, anc t that at the former port she has openly i competed for freight for South Africa* ii Tlie .somewhat curious point may also bi remarked that whereas the steamer lef . New Zealand as one of the New Zealanc g African (Steamship Company's vessels slu y is boldly advertised m Sydney as flyinj y tlie flag of the Federal Steam Navigatioi n Company. We shall be interested to hea: c what explanation Sir J. G. Ward, on be •I half of the Government, may have t( -s offer concerning this interesting circum [| stance. ! r Yesterday's N. 55. Times reports : — A „ pitched battle took place at about mid : j night last night at the Ghtsgow Whar between about forty members of the crew; of the steamers Sussex and Papanui. I '• appeal's that a vendetta- has existed be tween the crews of the two vessels. Thii •-' originated at Lyttelton, where botl •} steamers were berthed m proximity tc 1 each other, as they are at present. Hos c tilities were not confined to fists law - night, a veritable fusilade of bottles anc c iron bolts adding stern reality to tin - scene. The arrival of three constable: i did not cause a cessation m the uproar - and it was some time before the brawler - retreated to their respective boats. Som< c of the men were severely hurt. The world is very small after all. Hen ' is a, good illustration (writes a Wcllingtoi c correspondent). A few months ago ai ' artist, now m the northern part of thi: £ colony, was travelling m Thibet. Hi had as a companion an Englishman, win " lived somewhere on the border line o; • that strange country and India. Tht ■ latter spoke of his friends, some of whon he thought it possible the travelling paint t*r might meet m his future wanderings j One man he named particularly, and com , mended him to the artist's' friendship He was believed to be somewhere m Eng " land. A short while after his arrival Fi this colony the painter made a- sketching trip to the Great Barrier Island, when f he chummed up to a settler who turnec a out to -be the very man his Thibetai b friend had spoken of. He htad left tilt - Old World for the New only a shorl - time ago, and chance had thrown them • together m this singular fashion. c b The bowling tournament,, which was ii carried out at. Palmerston North lasi j week, (says the Rangitikei Advocate] - served to bring into prominence twe r striking facts. Firstly it demonstratec r very clearly that bowling Ls fast 'increas a ing m popularity m this colony and, sec ondly, it furnished clear evidence that tht y ojd players are being fa«t superseded I by young men, who are now largely ir ! the majority at tournaments. A feature . of bowling is the gentlemanly conduct „ of the players, and this fact did noi t escape the notice of spectators at the . recent tournament. . Even when games , reach their most? exciting stage arid riv- \ airy is very keen,^ no feeling whatever. . us shown, and no improper language is s used. h\ addition to this, one nlvei i hears of a club throwing away a game ito benefit another club. The sport ii i kept pure, and while it remains so, bow--1 ling will continue to be one of the most j- popular games m New Zealand. r I" the course of an interview after a brilliant day's racing at Sydney Major laylor was asked wluit he thought oi • Walker. He replied :— "What do I thinfc - of Walker now? Well, my previously • high opinion of him has been enhanced ' by his showing of to-day. It is hard to ' compare him with the Continental riders, t as they go m for an entirely different style of racing and training. All their " work is over short sprints. Neither Jacquelin nor EUegtird could have stood three minutes of the pace-changing, rip- ' ping Bye miles race wliich Walker won i so brilliantly this afternoon.. The last three- laps of that race were a. corker. ', aud made me absolutely tired, so tlisit I finished slow. Ido not complain of that, ' as it was only to be expected, m view ' of the small quantity of work I have bad ' on the track. I really did not expect to ,' finish at all. But the end of that ride ; lias made me quite pertain that 'there is \ not a rider m America to-day who could • beat Don Walker."

Air Hugh Pollen, Colonial Umler-sec-retary, is at present m Auckland. He a.nd Air Hasclueii, W.M., am Liv: Uomwis-sion-ers to inquire into the alleged irregularities m connection with the registrar ot elector's oittce there . The Tourist Department recently had sent out through the agtiiu for the colony a new stock of ice-axes, sleeping bag.-., snow ghusses, putties, gloves, etc, wlncii nave been forwarded on to Mount (Jooi<_ tor the use of tourists who wish to Uo Alpine climbing. A large number of laborers have be-jn passing tiiiruugli Wellington during the past seven or eight days, en mute to lianks Peninsula, uhere- the annual gnisaseed harvest is to be started during inih week. The crop is reported to ue tiic best ever known m the district. The range and vagaries of the. Australian cLuuute were illustrated recently by the fact that while the shade reading m : some districts wun at 124, aJid m; /our days there were 20 deaths at one town through heat — aged and ailing people can--1 j not stand a "heat-wave" — it was snowing i at Kiandru ! The Lyttelton Times, m a leading article the other morning on the latest railway returns, contends that the results warrant further concessions to the travelling public, and adds: "We may be sure that if further concessions are made the public will mark tlieir giatitude by scoing that the revenue returns show no falling off."