The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, JULY 18, 1901.

Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 160, 18 July 1901, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, JULY 18, 1901.

A special mooting of the Harbor Board will bo held this afternoon. A cablegram states that Robert Carpenter, the cricketer, is dead, aged 71. The West Australian revenue for the year is .fid,078,000, and the expenditure £9,165,000. Captain Edwin wired at noon yesterday : Moderate westerly winds glass fall ; cold night.” The last launch for the To Anau will be at 9 o’clock this morning, not 8, as previously notified. Mr Quigley, architect, calls for tenders for the purchase and removal of the Argyll Hotel buildings.

The football matches for Saturday are : Senior Cup, Kaiti v. West End ; junior Cup, City v. Wfcst End. Members of the City Band are requested to meet at the band-room at 9 o'clock sharp this morning. Our readers are reminded that the Co-operative Building Society dispose of two appropriations of TdOO each this evening in the Wesley schoolroom. Occupiers of business premises are requested to close from 9.d0 until 10 this morning, in crd.ey to allow employees to participate In the reception of therpturned troopers.

Next Sunday is to bo a special day at Wesley Church. The morning service will be conducted by Mr Buckingham. Young men are specially invited. Subject : “ Three Young Christian Heroes.” Evening subject by Rev. B. F. Rothwell, “ Life of Christ,” illustrated by select music songs and hymns—Hr Barlow, “ Eec.s Homo ” ; Mr Buckingham, “ Calvary ” ; Mr East will play the

“ Hallelujah Chorus.” An erroneous impression has got abroad that the volunteers taking part in the reception this morning will not wear uniforms. At the committee meeting yesterday it was decided that the volunteers attending the social on Monday evening next would not appear in uniform, and this is evidently how the misunderstanding has arisen. It will bo seen from the advertised order that members of all companies are to appear in uniform this morning.

The annual general meeting of the Gisborne Bowling Club is to be held at the Masonic Hotel on Wednesday evening.

Mr P. Maher advertises that ho has first-class beach shingle for sale in any quantity, and is prepared to deliver it in town and suburbs. The Island Dairy Factory Company, South Island, disposed of their cream for the winter season at 111 per lb for butter fat. equal to 5d per gallon for milk. Sarcasm from- the Wairarapa Times: The Borough Council in the present state of its streets should alter its bicycle bylaw, and make it prohibitive to lido " a wheel ” off a footpath. Mr W. Lueena, who has been a resident of Hawera for a number of years, and who is known to a good many in Gisborne, has left for Australia, where he intends settling.

An unmanly person who snowballed a

lady in Christchurch got rather more

than he bargained for. The lady returned the fire vigorously, and, having given her assailant a good snowballing, rushed him, laid him in the snow, and generally crumpled him up.

The Star of New Zealand Tent No. 0, which was very successfully opened yesterday afternoon, is to celebrate its establishment by an invitation social in McFarlane's Hall this evening. The Committee have issued complimentary invitations to the troopers returning this morning.

A good example of the necessity for dehorning cattle was to bo seen at the Addington sale yards the other day. A cow that had come by rail had one of her shoulders partly torn off by being gored by another beast in the same truck. The cow was sold for only half the price the owner had given for her. In honoring the loyal toast, “ The King,” at a gathering of tire Binwood liiiios, Captain Drayton took the opportunity of informing tho men that tho proper rendering of tho first lino of tho National Anthem is now : “ God Save our Lord the King.” Tho quarterly meeting of officials of Wesley Church took place this week. All the reports were of a most encouraging nature, and the finances showed marked

improvement. The meeting welcomed Mr E. H. Buckingham to the district, not only as an able choirmaster, but also as a most acceptable preacher. A voto of thanks was accorded Mr C. J. East for his long and faithful services as organist. Mr Lionel DcLautour, who recently returned to Gisborne from India, announces that ho is prepared to teach mechanical drawing and design, freehand, model, and geometrical drawing, building construction, mechanics and steam. Mr DeLautour has passed several high examinations in London, and by practical experience he has had in engineering in India is well qualified to teach tho subjects mentioned. When tho Maoris wore giving their war dance on tho Rotorua racecourse before the Duke, an earthquake was distinctly felt in the town, tho shock travelling from tho racecourse in a northerly direction. It is supposed that the combined stamp of tho Maori braves on the thin crust of earth loosened a mass of tho interior region sufficient to produce a small earthquake.

Tho Opotiki Herald states :—“ Tho Motu, besides being famous for fat sheep, is now setting up a claim for distinction as a turnip-growing country. A local settler, who visited tho lpcality recently, states that that ho saw a field of “ nceps ” tho smallest of which was larger than tho town fire-boll. This is good, and if truo, Mr Hogg will have to look to his laurels.”

Boor war yarn.—An Australian colonel was told by headquarters to expostulate with his men for killing sheep. Ho spoke on parade, “ I’ve been told,” ho said, to put my foot down upon this sheep-killing, and I’m going to do it.” Then (quietly): “ Of course, you know, men, if a sheep attacks you, I can’t blame you should you in self-defence .” A yell of laughter drownod the rest, and fresh mutton remained plentiful in camp. During the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York to Tikitcrc (says tho Hot Lakes Chronicle), tho Duke asked the driver of tho coach what sort of a place it was they were about to visit. The driver told him it was known as tho Inferno, on account of the weird sights to be seen, and that all tho inhabitants were at Rotorua. “ What,” said the Duke, “no band, no soldiers, no school children, no ! God Save the King !’ Thank God for that.”

Mr James Mills, manager of the Union Steam Ship Company, interviewed in London, said :—“ The accommodation of tho British stoamers is not at all up to that of the New Zealand boats. They aro not nearly so convenient, and there is really no good accommodation as compared with that to bo found on board tho Union steamers. The British boats are of course faster, and no doubt the fact that they have to bo made of exceedingly light draught to get in and out of tho shallow harbors must hamper tho designs a good deal. Still, the fact remains that their accommodation is not up to the mark.

A sad tale of poverty comes from Sydney. Emily Harriet Taylor, aged 62 years, and her sister, Mary Taylor, two years younger, rented a small room at Arundel terrace, Globe. They had formerly hold good positions as governesses, but being in necessitous circumstances had applied for old ago pensions. The sisters retired to rest at thoir usual hour one night recently, and not making an appearance next morning, and no reply being mado to tho knocking at the room, the door was forced open. The elder sister was fouud dead in bed, and had apparently been dead several hours. Mary Taylor was unconscious, but after treatment at the hospital she is now on a fair way towards recovery. The medical man detected the odor of chloral in tho room, hut a search failed to discover any trace of it.

The interest which New Zealand has evoked in the minds of people in many parts of the world is evidenced by the number and variety of the letters which are reaching the Superintendent of Tourists and Health Resorts by almost every mail. All sorts of information is asked for, and the most curious requests are being made. One of the latest letters to band is so quaint, so “ cute,” and characteristic that it deserves reproduction. Hero it is:

‘Two young ladies, aged twenty-two

years, natives of Ohio, would doom it a great favor if you would kindly send us the names of some young business men or ranchers in your vicinity with a view to correspondence. We have hoard and read so much about your beautiful country that we think we would ho delighted to live there." The letter is written in a “school girlifled ” hand, and is signed by two young ladies, hut, sad to say, no stamps have been sent for reply. The two wool clippers—the ship Drumblair and the barque Saxon—which left Wellington on March 10th for an ocean race to London port for a substantial wager, have reached their destination, the Saxon arriving on June 22nd, 104 days out, and the Drumbiair arriving on June 26th, 108 days out. The smaller vessel

therefore scored an easy victory, though it was thought when they left—being towed out almost together—that the groat spread of canvas which the ship carried would tell against the barque with her smaller canvas area. A more surprising fact in connection with the race is that the barque Lorraine, which left Wellington for London nine days after the Drumbiair and Saxon, on the 19th of March, heat both vessels, having reached the Thames on the same day as the Drumbiair (.June 26th t, thus beating the Saxon in actual

sailing time by five days. It was the boast of the captain of the Lorraine when he left port that he would make a race of it with the Drumbiair and Saxon. At the time his remark was not taken seriously, though his vessel was admitted to be a fine sailer. Luck was evidently with him.