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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 277, 2 December 1901, Page 2

Tenders for wharf extension are invited hv the Gisborne Harbor Board, to be in by February 27th. An oiiieer, writing from South Africa, states that Colonel Porter intends being present at the coronation ceremony. Common, Shelton and Co. call attention to the fact that they have just received a supply of really good chaff.

A young man named John Soames fed dead' off his bicycle in Christchurch on Saturday. Heart disease was the cause.

The general meeting of the Gisborne Lawn Tennis Club, called for Friday evening last, lapsed for want of a quorum, and has been adjourned indefinitely.

MrW.P. Finncran, architect, notifies that tenders close to-morrow for painting grandstand, etc., on the Poverty Bay Turf Club's ground.

A new halfpenny evening paper is announced for Wellington, under the title of the Sun, with a democratic and labor policy.

Tenders close on Wednesday for the purchase of the goodwill of Mr Erskine’s bakery business at Waorenga-a-hika : for the baking utensils, shop fixtures, and plant, as per schedule, and also for the horses, carts, and harness, as per schedule. A returned contingenter informs the Melbourne Argus that in the section to which he was attached there were 30 waggons, 28 of which were reserved for eider-down quilts, spring mattresses, and such luxuries for the officers.

The cantata, “ The Captive Maid,” is to be given by the choir of St. Andrew’s Church on Thursday evening, December 12. The production of the cantata is with the object of providing funds for the purchase of books for the use of the choir.. There was a large attendance at St. Andrew’s Church last evening when the Rev. J. G. Paterson, who is about to go South for a holiday, gave a stirring sermon, in which he made reference to his work since he had come to Gisborne. The work of building the now Gisborne Hotel is being vigorously pushed on, and excellent work is being done by the contractors. The new hotel will be a great improvement on the old building for size and general convenience.

The report as to the ease of suspected leprosy on a Chinaman at Palmerston South states that he is suffering from leprosy in its early stage. He has been isolated in a place two miles distant from any other habitation. An objector to the tipping system in hotels states that there is a certain hotel in Manchester where the head boots pays the managers £2OO per annum for his job, and that ho is able to clear between £7OO and £IOOO a year. “ Why don’t you show us why Jones left homo ?” shouted a barracker on the Victorian cricket ground, when Jones, the Englishman, was very carefully handling some dangerous bails. With the next strike Jones sent the ball over the fence for five, the crowd cheered, and the barracker in turn got laughed at. Constable McLeod, of Gisborne, has received information that ho is to be promoted to the charge of the station at Tolago Bay. The promotion is well deserved, and it is pleasing to notice that his conscientious and diligent work has received the recognition of the authorities. At a meeting of the Hatuma settlers the Hon. W. C. Smith stated that the Government had consented to re-value the settlement, which was now valued at £50,000 higher than when owned by Mr Purvis Russell. The Government valuer was now re-valuing the settlement.

There was a largo attendance at St. Mary’s Church last night, when the usually bright musical portion of the service was added to by Miss Falconar, the contralto singer from Christchurch, sin'ring “ Like as the Hart Desireth.” The choir was under the conductor-ship of Mr Palairet.

Messrs G. Humphreys and Sons arc now in full swing in their new premises in Bright street, near the Wesleyan Church. The high reputation which Mr Humphreys holds for the excellence of his workmanship, and the first-class training which the sons have received, should bo a permanent recommendation for the firm.

Lieutenant Hackley, who loft for South Africa as a trooper in the Fourth Contingent, returned to Waipawa on Wednesday a commissioned oflicer. Ho was presented yesterday by the woll-knwn chief Martin Ropiha with a horse by Jet D’Eau from a Patriarch mare, a huia feather, and a huia beak mounted as a scarf-pin. Mrs L. E. Brachor, of the Sanitary Institute, London, and Government lecturer on “ Hygiene,” arrived in Gisborne on Saturday morning. She is arranging for a series of five lectures, which will be duly advertised. The lectures will be illustrated throughout, and with the further attraction of “ admission free ” should succeed in gathering large audiences. Mrs Braeher has been encouraged in other places.

On Saturday night Gisborne people had two contrasts in the way of horsemanship. The crowd promenading tho main road had to make way for a horse on which a lady was mounted on a man’s saddle, and ridding behind her on the same horse was a man who was very much in the background, and who was being “ barracked ” by the impertiment small boy who is always ready to have a laugh at other people’s expense. Another horse, but which went by a side street, was mounted by a man with a baby in front of him, and behind him, on the same horse, the wife also rode.

At last there appears to be some prospect of the men at the Old Men’s Home being comfortably housed, The present unsightly cottages which form the men’s quarters are a disgrace to the borough, and not fit for anyone to reside in. At the last meeting of tho Charitable Aid Board, the matter was again brought up, and the committee deputed (Crs Whinray, Lysnar. Miller, and Junes) have visited the Home, and, having decided what is necessary to be done, will ask the Building Inspector (Mr J. IV. Little) to report to tho next meeting, when it will probobiy be decided to vail for tenders.

Mrs Ann Alarm Behovv, win: of Mr Peter ••'chow, of Ball’s lane, sJeau's, C.mtcrb.s /• m :s Xov. 23rd kneeling do., u in tli-r Lien,-;: washing her baby, when she • tidiiciiiv called to her kusbaud, “H ;■ too up :am dying.” Iter husband - nee lifted her up, and she said, “IV.. - - lan, dying; put me to bed.” Dec.'. v.'.i was put to bed, but died in a few utes, before Dr. Diamond, who had been sent fur, arrived on the scene. Deceased had been complaining of pains ia her head and shortness of breath. Death was due to failure ot the heart's action.

At Holy Trinity Church yesterday there was a good attendance morning and even- [ ing, tho services being conducted by the Ilev. Mr Welsh, Mr DeLautour reading the lessons in the evening. In the morning Miss Falconar sang, G Best ip the Lord,” her rich contralto voice being heard to great advantage in this selection from “ Elijah.” In the evening the choral portion of the service was Jackson in F, with the anthem, “ The Radiant Morn.” The Bov. Mr Welsh gave a most impressive sermon on the subject of making use | of one's gifts. Mr Cooper presided at the j organ, and the choir was under the eon- ; ductorship of Mr Parker.

Apparently nothing but pure chance in the first place, and the coolness of one or two young men in the second prevented the destruction by fire of the Oriental Hotel in Wellington from resulting in such a holocaust as would have transcended in horror any similar disaster in New Zealand. As it is, one man has t already died from the effects of injuries, 1 another is not expected to live, and two others are seriously injured. Considering I that the hotel was an old wooden build•■■l'th intricate passages, that it was ■ i.„i rc l erSi and that the fire ln = V, -, lrr , ' --rs of the night crowned tUtu. broke out in the small a--. "U >= I in the middle storey, the - ' T amazingly light.-Christciuuck I res*. ,