Poverty Bay Herald. PUBLISHED EVERT EVENING. GISBORNE, TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1904

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 10038, 3 May 1904, Page 2

Poverty Bay Herald. PUBLISHED EVERT EVENING. GISBORNE, TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1904

The Fire Brigade meet for practice to-morrow evening. Mr Justice Edwards leaves to-morrow morning for Auckland, where he presides over the criminal sittings of the Supreme Court,- commencing on Monday. At i half-past six lost evening an alarm of lire was given, vigorously on both bells.. The Fire Brigade turned out, only to discover that the cause for the ringing was a rubbish heap burning m the west end of the town. Captain Tucker telegraphed from the Bluff last night:—The s.s. Rimu is leaving again for tlie Campbells to-morrow. No stock will be taken for the Aucklands this time. The steamer is taking the Shetlanders and stores for the Campbells only. We expect to be back here again on Sunday. - The following team will represent the juniors m their match against Te Karaka Club on- Tliunsday next: L. Tate, H. Kelly, G. Petersen, H. Gibson, R. Wili 0 r ck, B. Bright (capt.), G. Witty, S. McDonald, C. Taylor, E. Swainson, C. Somerville, Mbran, T. Hickey, George Moore, P. Lynch; emergencies, H. Sternum and A. George (backs), and Jenson and J. Third (forwards). . Mrs J. C. Williamson has received a letter from Miss Ada. Crossley, re her South African tour, which was throughout a ti-iumplial .procession. She mentions tliat her Australian friends m some instances - sent 500 miles for flowers to present'" to her. Amongst the presentations made to her by her admiring countrymen were a silver kangaroo holding flowers, a. silver jackall, a gaross, tea sets made but of shells with Mauser bullet spoons, and samples of South African produce m the shape of diamonds. Mr Massey, m referring to railway aiid ao-operatiye /wlorks iv his address.at Owaka, said the latter was m many respects as near perfection as possible, and yet the progress made was not so great as tlieyi might reasonably expect. He thought men should be allowed to choose their own mates, and that when the price for work was fixed they should be allowed to make a. much as ever they possibly could, perhaps 10s, * 12s, or 14s, if they liked to work for it. At present men were not encouraged to do the best,they could. If they made too much the price was cut dowiii, and very often, as was only natural, they eased off m? their work. A special meeting of the Harbor Board was held this afternoon at 2 o'clock, when there were present: The Cliairman (Mr Townley), Messrs Sievwright,. Whinray, Matthewson, and Harding. Tlj^ annual balance-sheet was received from the Auditor-General.—Tlie Cliairman stated there were no tags of any kind on the balance-sheet, which was duly certified to.—Mr Sievwright seconding, the balance-sheet was adopted, and ordered to be printed.—The Board. then proceeded, to consider the reply to the. Public Trustee's letter re the Harbor Board funds. : A Dunedin -cor.respon.dctit telegraphs,: Dredging returns—Electric No. 2 3160_, Manuherikia l2Bo_, Sandy Point 540z, Rise and Slime >No. 1 440z, No. -2 16oz, Alexandra. Lead 40o_, Perseverance No. 2 340z, Rising" Sua 30oz. Blackwater River 390_, No-Town Creek 390z, North Beach 28oz. Quotations: Alexandra Lead. 6s 6d. 9s: Bignell's No-Town, 18s 9d, 29s 6d; Blackwater River, sellers 12s; Premium Electric, 31s 6d, 325; Enterprise, sellers 20s; Hartley and Riley, 71s. 72s 6d; Manuherikia. 48s 6d, 51s; No-Town Creek, sellers 21s; Rise and Shine, 235. 26s 9d; Sandy Point, 235, 23s 3d; Unity, sellers 7s 6d. The Molyueux river is 4ft sin above normal. The sea off coast to-day still continued heavy, though it liad moderated slightly on that running yesterday. News received from Napier by the manager of the Union Steamship Company reported' that a heavy sea. was running there. Tlie Talune arrived at Napier at 9 a.m., and was unable to berth. She is being tendered by the Ahuriri, and which'leaves the Spit with the outward passengers at 8 p.m. The Talune arrives at Gisborne early to-morrow morning, and on account of the 6_te of the sea, there will, be but one boat to tender her, the Waihi leaving the wharf with outward passengers at 7 a.m. The Mararoa •is due from Sydney and Auckland to-morrow afternoon, _ and intending passengers should communicate with tlie Company's office to-morrow to ascertain launch arrangements. In the meant inie the last boat has been advertised for 5 p.m., but the [announcement, is not definite and may I have to be altered. 1

Several good bags have been made by local sportsmen at the opening of the shooting season. Shooting at Repongaere two shootists secured 103 ducks, and another pair are reported lo liave obtained 50 at Awapuni. By the steamer Bombala, which reached Fre mantle last week, there arrived a large number of Australians and others who luive returned from South Africa. When the Bombala was at Durbar* three hundred persons applied for passages to Australia, but only a third of that number could be accommodated. The returning passengers spoke very despondently ojl prospects m South Africa. One man said, "I'm quite satisfied that those people who are always running down Australia don't know what tliey are talking about. I -know this much, that now I've boen and had a taste of what some people call a 'grand country,' and know iviiat. Australia is, I'm more than ever determined to set to and make a do of things here."