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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 248, 28 October 1901, Page 2

The unsold sections of Messrs Graham s and Grayson's properties are open for sale on application to Messrs Common, Shelton and Co.

Mr Oscar fisher, the Farmers'Union organiser, proposes to start this week and thoroughly work the various townships in this district.

Messrs Wyllio and Mason on Saturday sold Mr A. McKee's pure bred Clydesdale stallion Gallant Prince. Farmer Jones, of Ormond, was the purchaser, the prise being .£IOO.

Time for acceptance of tenders for carting metal to depots and metalling AVaimata road has been extended to 11 n.m., Saturday, 2nd November. Persons having alrealy tendered may withdraw their offers and put in fresh tenders for above date.

“ Townsman ’’ writes :—To the Editor: Sir, —It is time that the King’s Birthday holiday were decided on. I think it should be Saturday, in keeping with the banks and Government offices, but the sooner the day is decided the better. A paragraph in Saturday's issue stated that Mr C. G. Piesse had entered into partnership with Mr T. G. Lawless, land and estate agent in Gladstone, whereas it should have read that he had been received into the latter gentleman’s employment. At the Magistrate’s Court on Saturday, before Mr Barton, S.M., Martin Carr, for being found without lawful excuse on the stabling premises of Air F. E. Desßarres, was sentenced to thirty days’ imprisonment with hard labor. There had been previous convictions against him. Wesley Church congregation was very good last night, and the singing hearty and enjoyable. The choir sang “hi Jewry is God Known,” and during the offertory Misses Freeman and Wilkinson rendered a duet very sweetly, the large choir joining effectively in the refrain, “ Come." The sermon was 011 Christ weeping over Jerusalem, and was attentively listened to. The Pollard Opera Company concluded their Gisborne season on Saturday night, when there was again a crowded house. “ The Belie of New York ” was the piece chosen, and of course went off' splendidly, all the parts being well taken. The company left for Auckland yesterday morning, all being well pleased with their Gisborne visit.

A mooting of the committee of the Gisborne Bowlin;; C’li+b was held on Saturday afternoon. Messrs Poiistord and Coleman were appointed skips in connection with the coming inter-club matches for the pennant (lag. Some discussion took place with regard to changing the date of the Whataupoko-Gisborne fixture, but nothing definite was arrived at. A meeting of the committee will Jbe held to day to consider the matter. In another column Airs -I. Erskine announces that she has purchased the bakery and confectionery business recently carried on by Air J. Erskine in Gladstone Road. She solicits a continuance of the favors accorded to iter predecessor, and assures customers tiiat every effort will be made to insure satisfaction. The business is an old-established one, and under Airs Erskine’s capable supervision should receive a full share of public patronage.

} [There were large congregations at Holy Trinity Church yesterday, when farewell serv ices were given by the Rev. Canon j Webb. Alluding to the fact that he was I sbdE'y io leave Gisborne, t.ho ro»«» —j* that he believed it would be better for the j church and better for his own health. He j considered that the worlt of the parish required a younger man, In an impressive sermon last night the Canon gave a fine summing up of the Truth as he had sought to impress it upon them. The meetings held by the Salvation Army yesterday were well attended, and the proceedings were full of interest. On Thursday next at 6 p.m„ a coffee supper will be held, and the soil-denial total will be declared, when a large attendance is j expected. Ensign Moulding, of Gisborne, ' who has been an officer of the Army for 1 seven years, has been reluctantly com- j pelted on account of ill-health to resign j her position. General regret is felt j throughout the ranks at her resignation, j The Ensign speaks highly of the treatment received from her superior officers,

Tiie YVhutaupoko Road Board call ! for teiuKrs for forming and metalling | roads. A new advertisement from Mr T. G. : Lawless, estate agent, appears in tins j morning's Times. : Capital punishment was abolished in Italy in 1875. Since then murders nave j | increased 42 per cent. \ The biggest round tower in Ireland is at ; Kimnioduagh, IU3 feet high. There are i . j 45 of them in ail. 1 | Land in Belgium rents for 30s an acre— j j a world > record. English land is worth i * 17s an acre a year. i -1 , ' The Italian vessel Lepauto, now sixteen \ , years old, was the tirst war vessel to cost 1 i a million. I At Barrow-on-Humber Fair the proj prietor of a roundabout offered an hour's j i takings in -aid of the building fund of a ; | new church at New Holland, near Barrow. | The llev. 1. Barker; the vicar, not only ! ! gratefully accepted the offer, but set an ■ | example to iiis parishioners by making a j 1 series of trips on the roundabout, and the | j result was to add Lb Os bd to the building ! d | fund. j The King has approved of the appointI inent of the llev. Canon lioskyns to be B Bisiiop Suffragan of Burnley, in the '*■ diocese o: Manchester. The Kev. Edivyu jF Hoskyns, who entered the church in 1874, has held the appointment of vicar of RoltoLi since 1895, and became hon. canon of M.mcbester in 1899. He rowed in the Cambridge boat it! 1878, and has been a ?s ’ great athlete. Tiiis evening s meeting of the Mutual ! Improvement Society will be an interest- ! ing one for many reasons. A lecture will ibe delivered by Mr 11. T. Kohere on

"The Origin and Coming of the .Maori.” Apart altogether from the nature of the subject, which is full of interest, the fact that an educated native will lecture in English to a European audience is a striking illustration of the intelligence and mental capacity of the native race.

The gilt civic Slaio coach for the use

of Alderman Bell, Shorii't'-eleet, on Lord Mayor’s Day. and for the Coronation, has been completed. The carriage is of blue and gold, the heraldic eolors of Mr Bell. On the door panels are emblazoned the City arms. The hammer cloth consists mainly of blue velvet, and the interior of the carriage is upholstered in blue brocade and gold liice. The two massive lamps are of solid brass.

. The work of marking lambs is in ful swing everywhere, says the Timaru l’osf The tallies, on the whole, are satisfactory, although they are not quite so large as last year’s, Reports of large lambs dying still come in, and the causes given are various. Many liock-owners find that their losses take place when the youngsters commence to take pickings of grass, and lambs which have been opened after death have been found to contain grass and wool iu a hard lump. Details are published of the lynching of the negro Nolcs, who was burned at the stake at Winchester, Tennessee, on suspicion of having assaulted and afterwards murdered a white woman. When being dragged to the place of torture, Notes told the mob with a smile that he had committed the crime, and that he

did so because be had nothing else to do.

When, however, he was tied to the stake, and the torch was applied to his oilsoaked clothing, the poor wretch screamed in agony, and appealed for mercy until he collapsed. A remarkable instance of the practical joking characteristic of Baris took place the other afternoon at the expense of the police. Burglars were reported to have entered a house in the iiou Louis-le-Graud, and soon police officers were seen entering, while a crowd of about 2000 persons gathered outside the doors. Locksmiths were called in, without any trace of burglary being discovered. Then the crowd outside became impatient, and an enthusiastic young fellow entering the doors to join in the search, he was promptly set upon by the mob, who pronounced him to bo a burglar. The police had considerable difficulty in rescuing him. There is not the slightest clue to the author of the hoax.

The opening of the season of the Gisborne Lawn Tennis Club, which had to be postponed from the previous Saturday on account of had weather, took place last Saturday afternoon, when the members ol’ the Club held an “ At Home,” which was

very largely attended, there being about 250 people present. The five tennis courts and one croquet court were kept going all tho afternoon, and by the amountof interest shown by the spectators it would seem that tennis is going to take a very forward place among summer sports in Gisborne. There is already speculation among players as to who is likely to win tiie two championship events which are to take place on the 20th and

27th December, Entries for a men’s single handicap tournament close with the secretary in the beginning of this week, and the first round will ho started

as soon as the handicaps can he got out. In spite of all the talk about opening up the South African market to our produce (says the Christchurch Press), and the expressed desire for more steamer communication, there does not seem to he much inclination on the part of shippers to make use of such accommodation when it is provided. At the present time tho s.s. (ftarama is announced to sail for South Africa about the end of this month. The New Zealand Shipping Company have advertised the steamer from Auckland to the Bluff, and the company’s managers and agents have made personal enquiries of likely shippers as to tho spaco they were prepared to take. Tho response, however, has been most meagre. So far the only cargo offering has been 40 tons of pumice, 1000 boxes of butter, 2000 cases of meats, a quantity of out sheaves, and a few crates of poultry. No oats or wheat have been offered. Needless to say this is most disheartening, and there is not much chance of tho colony getting a regular service to South Africa unless shippers are prepared to give better support than this.

Aii eccentric individual, attired in a seedy suit of black, suddenly descended upon a country township down South the other day, and informed a few of the leading members of the local church that the Bishop had sent him down to spend a few weeks there, and to hold Sabbath and week n ght sen ires while the pastor was aw.,y , i a hohday. The -stranger was wcli received, bus ills peculiar, i. ,t to say extra.) I diary, manner, and hi-' genera get 1 ,.', -nr.-'- - red suspicion, which was not-• -•,! n;t night when • pseudopars . jof a constat.!-. '»> hilo in i sou: . tiled condition. A u-h-.gi-ain to in- ■; • ‘ the diocese elicited a reply that;:,; g uilimian knew nothing of the visitor, whose oncer conduct m,\t day led the con tabic in Sock him up as a lunatic. Tile mental derelict refused to say where he 1 1 :;i: rune ir.mi. hut said he was not nm. nc.i -he repudiated the insinuation \vi' : •' ! have committed a great many follies in this life,'' he went on to say, " hut I have never married,' It transpired later that the man was employed as a shepherd in an adjoining district. The ionolin.es: of his occupation had made him somewhat light-headed, but he performed his work faithfully, and, as his employer was willing to-take him back, and look after him, the religious shepherd was released.