The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, DECEMBER 14 1901.

Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 290, 14 December 1901, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, DECEMBER 14 1901.

A tiual notice to ratepayer.; is advertisecd in this issue by the Borough Council. The office of the Gisborne Co-operative Building Society has been removed to premises lately occupied by -Messrs Nolan and Sheet, next .Messrs Cratvlord and Son’s.

At 11.30 this morning, under instructions from Mr T. J. Dickson, Messrs Wyliie ami Mason will sell the choice suburban lots which that gentleman has had cut up for residential sites.

Mr K. R. Macdonald, of the Health Culture Depot, has to hand a novelty in game boards. It is termed the Crown Combination board, and as many as 3Q games can be played on it.

At the Police Court yesterday Messrs J. Townley and 11. 11. Mason, Justices, presided. For threatening behavior in Gladstone road on the sth inst., John Pritchard was lined £1 and costs.

A Press Association message received from Auckland last evening states that the Rev. George Carver, of the parish of Wagga-Wagga, Bathurst, has been nominated for the position of Vicar of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Auckland.

The Natives of the East Coast are arranging for a race meeting to bo held on the Tatapouri beach on Boxing-Day, to be followed by a concert and dance in the evening in the Pouawa Hull. Full particulars will be seen in our advertising columns.

The Salvation Army’s junior annual gathering takes place in the Barracks tomorrow. The meetings at 3 p.lll. and 7 p.m. will be conducted by the local officers, assisted by the junior workers. A special song-sheet has been prepared for the occasion, and a profitable,series of meetings is expected.

Tenders are invited for the privileges in connection with the To Karaka Sports, to be held on Now Year’s Day. The rights to be disposed of include refreshment booth, fruit stall, and gates. The Committee are making extensive arrangements for the meeting, which promises to be a great success.

The cableman is evidently hard up for news, and has sent the following not very startling item from London ; “ The game of pingpong, or table tennis, still retains its popularity in England. There are 250 entrants for tho forthcoming pingpong matches to be played at the London Aquarium.” Wesley schoolroom wa3 crowded yesterday afternoon, when Mrs Bracher gav e a second lecture to ladies only. A great deal of excellent advice was given as to how to maintain the health. Mrs Bracher strongly advocated a reformed style of dress, and denounced the use of corsets. The lecture was very interesting, and was much appreciated, An exceptional opportunity to acquire a compact dairy farm is offered by Messrs Barker and DeLautour, who have for disposal the goodwill of a lease of a dairy farm of 90 acres, with buildings, dairy herd, and all necessary plant. The property is on the main road, three miles from Gisborne, and within two miles of tho KiaOra factory.

Preparations have now been fairly completed for tho garden party to be held next Thursday, in connection with the Church of England. The gathering takes place in Mr Humphreys’ grounds. In the evening there will be a concert, among the items of which will bo chants by the students of Te Itau Maori College. The Band will be in attendance.

A telegram received from Auckland yesterday states : —A heavy northeasterly gale is raging. Torrents of rain fell last night. There is a very high sea on the coast. Tho Northern Company's steamer Clansman, on the passage from Tauranga to Auckland, met with the full force of the gale, and her decks were swept by heavy seas, and 53 sheop out of 100 were washoi} overboard. All the poultry was drowned,

The attention of settlers is directed to Messrs Williams and Kettle’s stock advertisement in another column. The firm’s next sale will be held at Matawhoro on Thursday next, and a fine lot of cattle have already been entered. Present entries include fifty 18-month to 80-month well bred steers, twenty cows and heifers, forty 8-year-old steers, thirty-five 15- to 18month heifers (an exceptionally good lino), fifteen 12-month steers, and a number of fat bullocks and cows; also milch cows and springers. Mr A. F. Kennedy will conduct the sale.

There was a large attendance at Wesley schoolroom on Thursday evening, when a most successful meeting of the Band of Hope took place, Rev. B: F. Rothweli presiding. Mr Pcckover was the speaker, and gave a most instructive address. Songs were contributed by Miss Langford, Messrs Granville and V. Wilkinson, and recitations by Misses Langford (2), Mr Burrow, and Ernest Vowies. The item which caused the keenest interest and enjoyment was a dialogue, splendidly given by Misses Bowley, Langford, and Vowies, and Messrs Wilkinson, Ellerbeck, and Russell. Messrs Nicholas and Burrow played the accompaniments. Mr 11. R. Smith has just opened up several large shipments of Christmas and Now Year goods, and persons about to purchase presents would do well to inspect the stock to be seen at Goldsmith’s Hall. The new goods include all the latest novelties in gold, silver, and electroplated ware, muff chains, links, and a thousand and pne articles suitable for Christmas and New Year presents, Mr Smith has just completed extensive alterations to bis shop, and the fine stock that he has opened up makes his establishment ono of the most attractive in Gisborne. All goods are sold at the lowest price for cash, and everyone can be suited. Persons requiring Christmas and New Year presents will find a grand assortment to select from at Goldsmith’s Hall,

A phasing ceremony took place during ( choir practice u!' Trinity Church last night, when a presenta,.' 011 w *® “ a “ e to Miss May Stewart and Mr PaiuM"f, the near approach of their marriage, of a cream-jug and basin, sugar-sifter and spoon, electro-plated ware. The presentation was made, on behalf of the Choir, by the Rev. Mr Welsh, who wished the recipients every joy and happiness, and in commending the recipients for their past services as members of the Choir, he said he was very pleased to know they would still reside in Gisborne, and he hoped that in the married state they would still do their best for the Choir. Mr Paltridge modestly replied, giving thanks for the handsome present and the kindly’ manner in which it was given.

A visit to Mr K. R. Macdonald’s Health Culture Depot is of great interest just now, in view of the direct importations recently made by the proprietor. There is a fine assortment of training exercises, including McFadden’s, Whitley’s, Professor Dowd’s, Sandow’s, and Moosehead's, and Hendrickson's wrist machine. These exercises for the development of the physique are highly recommended by leading medical men. A special feature is made of massage rollers, which are dailycoming more into favor, being strongly recommended by the medical fraternity. . A line that will be of special interest to ladies is the facial toilet set, which includes a complexion brush, massage roller and health culture skin food, and gluten soap. A vaseline spray imported is for the use of people suffering from affections of the throat. There are numerous other importations that are novel and valuable. The books on sale contain works by the most able writers of the day’, among them beiug the finest works published appertaining to health without tko use of drugs. It is unnecessary here to specialise these books, but it may be mentioned that some are having a ready sale. An excellent journal is Health Culture, a monthly journal devoted to practical hygiene and bodily culture. Mr Macdonald has the agency for Robinson’s Turkish Bath and also for the Quaker Turkish Bath. He has received a remarkable contrivance in the form of a table that can be put to ; many uses, and when not in use takes up i very little space, '

A Bulky memorial iund lias been started in .Sydney. Six harness hoVses are to be offered for sale at 2 p.m. to-day by Messrs 'Wyliie and Mason. Tenders are invited by Mr W. J- Q U 'S' ley, architect, for additions to Messrs Teat and Friar's business premises in Gladstone road. The following corrections in the Telephone Exchange list are notified o-, Gisborne Freezing Works ; 13. Gisborne Gas Company ; 153, E. E. Goldsmith.

The Wairoa Guardian states that Mr lan. Johnson, Government Valuer, intends staying in Wairoa district until the end ot March, and will value every property in the countv.

Wesley Church Services, to-morrow (Sunday School Anniversary) : —U a-nn, Rev. A. N. Seotter ; 3 p.m., Mr H. Lang I 7 p.m., Rev. B. F. Kothwell. Special hymns by the children. Holy Trinit y Church Services, to-morrow (Sunday): 11 u.m., Morning Prayer; subject (Advent Voices), “The First Resurrection” ; 7 p.m., Evening Prayer ; subject, “ The Wisdom of God in a Mvstery.”