TOWN EDITION

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11141, 3 December 1907, Page 6

TOWN EDITION

'Hie scow Gannet, which arrived froir. Tairua this aitemoon with a cargo oi timber, has completed a record trip. The vessel left Gisborne on Friday, Xovcmbei 22, and has thus done the round trip m ten days. Which is the wettest spot m New Zealand? It rained twenty-five out oi the thirty-one days of October at Otira. during which period 23£in .of rain fell. This astonishing rainfall was exceeded at the Mount Cook Hermitage, where Over 26in of rain fell m nineteen days Nearly 13in. were recorded m (ireymouth on twenty-one days, and 17£in. ft'H at Te Mnta (Kaglan) on nineteen days. From Wairoa to Gisborne m eight hours was the accomplishment of a former Gisborneite, Mr J. Kennedy, a cyclist mechanic. • Mr Kennedy made the trip on a motor cycle, and found, the road exceedinly rough. . The run to Tiniroto was made m 3hrs 20mins, but the worst part of the road then lay ahead. Had he not started with a low battery the cyclist affirms he would have done the jou-rney m seven hours'. Prior to the Native Land Commission proceeding with its work to-day, Mr W, L. Rees, tin behalf of the Law Society, represented to the Chief Justice, Sii Robert Stout, the insufficiency of the accommodation it the Supreme Court buildings. The Minister had declined to entertain the Society's request for extensions, but would probably do so on representation being ' received .from the authorities and the Judges, whom the Society purposed approaching. . His Honor raid he wou-ld be pleased to look into the matter. . At the inquest this afternoon on the body of Frederick A. Kirk, A. E. Davy, continuing his evidence, stated the body was fully dressed. On Sunday morning witness was aalloping along the beach, when deceased stepped m front of him, and asked if he had "any smokes." Witness had none, replied to that effect, and rode on. — The Coroner asked if there was any evidence to connect deceased with Frederick A. Kirk. — Alfred Dewing, man ager for Messrs Nelson Bros.'s Gisborne works, stated that a Mr Kirk had been instructed at Tomoana to come to Gisborne as slaughter-house clerk at the local works, but although he left 1 Tomoana, he never reported himself here.— The jury returned a verdict of "Found drowned.'' The Coroner added there was nothing to show deceased took his life. He was m the water, but might have been washed out by a strong waveA start was made with the second round of the Poverty Bay double sculls last evening when C. Somerville (sse'c) and A. Kirk I4sec) competed, the former winning by ,ibout half a length. In R. Jones (scr.) v. A. Burnett (4sec) Jones won by default. In R. Wilkinson (Msec) v. C. Clark (ssec), after an exciting race Wilkinson won by half a length. ..The races' will be continued this evening. The fol--lowing crews' have been selected to compete m the next double sculls for trophies' presented by Mr R. F. Seymour, a, supporter of the Clvb :— C. Smith and L. Clark, A. Gifford. and J. Teesdale, W. McGuffie and W. Barnes, T. MeConheil and J. McConuell, W. Prichard and B. Williams, A. Burnett and T^ Parker,, J. Newtc-n and W. Brown, R. Kirk and H. Anderson, B. Lowe and F, E. Porter, R. Jones and W. Williams, F. Seymour and C. Orr, C. Clark and A. Briscoe, J. Webb and C. Ferguson, J. Nicholas and E. iioche, V. Johnston and W. James, R. McGuffie and E. Thaxter, A. Lyford and ,J. Scott, C. Winter and D. Murray, S. Ledger and A. Knowsby, W. Brokensbire and R. Huston. The above races will be lowed on the Waimata course.