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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 325, 28 January 1902, Page 2

The next boding tournament is to be held 9) Pahnrfston North, Redding assisting byKakinJ several rinks daily.

A cousigiment o£ SO rams were lauded from the pkwea on Sunday, to the order of aud liettie. The. turning of bush by the settlers, proceed apace, the town yesterday being envelofid in the deuse smoke of the fires. Bliss’- Lydia Lewis, a teacher in the local shool, has been appointed assistant mistris at Waipavva. MrJ. Tombleson purchased 720 2tooth wes at 10s 7d at the Patoka sheep sale i:Hawke’s Bay recently.

Caplin lldwin telegraphed as follows yesterday morning : “ Strong west/fy winds; glass rising, tides decresing,” Th closely-cropped paddocks round abouGisborno are now showing a sumswhacarched appearance—tha result of the summer weather. Msrs W. Pcttio and G. Humphreys, who ere present at the bowling tournauieum Wellington, returned home by the Maroa on Sunday. A’inquest is to be hold at Awanui to-d:. to enquire into the circumstances of tl death of a Native woman named Wiloria Pohatu, who died suddenly at Te Jra.

Mars Common, Shelton, and Co. hold theiiext stock sale at the Waerenga-a-hikaards on February oth. The present entu include a large number of sheep andittle.

Oses are being formed, in connection witlSt. Joseph’s Convent school, for thel of music. The examination is to takdace in June, entries for which are to oe on February 1-lth. Aieeting of farmers interested in the ertSdn of a creamery at Ivaraka is to be beldiis evening at the Ivaraka school-l-oor It is to be hoped there will be a largttendanco of fanners.

Aummoned meeting of the Star of Ciisbie Lodge, No. 61, 1.0.0. F., A.C., is (be held this evening, when the Gramaster of the Order in New Zealaudro. Aitken, instals the new officers. Meeting of the committee who opposthe water and drainage scheme, reoen carried by the ratepayers, is to be h e ]» Blr W. D. Lysnar’s office toevening.

q season of Bliss Janet Waldorf and hcibinpany at the Theatre Koval, to coience on Saturday next, will be uuithe patronage of His Worship the M# and the leading citizens of Gisbo>

The Fire Brigade meet for practice to morrow evening.

All persons having cliiims against the estate of the late Captain Thomson are requested to) render accounts before 3rd February.

The scow Totaru, 011 the passage from Whananaki to Auckland, with a cargo of logs, sprang a leak, and was beached at Kawau. She is full of water and almost on her beam ends.

The first portion of .Ur li. King’s letter to Colonel Newall, suggesting reforms in the method of drill, appears in to-day’s issue. The letter will be read with great interest by those interested in military matters.

The young native, Rakati Thompson, accused of an unlawful assault at Tolago Bay, was brought before the Police Court Yesterday morning, and on the application of the police, Mr Barton, S.M., remanded the accused till Wednesday, February sth.

The Star of Gisborne Lodge, No. 61, ol the 1.0.0. F., held their regular meeting on Thursday, 16th January, Bro. J. H. Oolcbourne, N.G., in the chair. Several new members were elected, four elected members were duly initiated, and others proposed for membership. Several homing pigeons were brought up from Wellington by the Muraroa on Sunday for the purpose of liberating them in a race from Gisborne to Wellington. The homers wore liberated 011 Sunday morning, and should have madefast time to Wellington.

At the last meeting of Court Wm. Gladstone, No. 60:10, A.0.F., hold in the Court-room, Masonic Hall, Bro. G. Wildish, P.C.R., presided, and installed the following officersC.R., Bro. W. Edwards ; S.C.R., Bro. C. F. Lewis ; Secretary, Bro. W. L. File; Trees., Bro. H. J. Bushnell; S.W., Bro. A. G. Wheeler; J.W., Bro. J. Morris; 5.8., Bro. W. Thompson ; J. 8., Bro. R. Little.

Wo have received from Mr Thomas Adams, bookseller, a copy of the Christmas Number of the Strand Magazine, ft is a double number, and is brimful of racy stories, besides containing a largo amount of useful information. Tales from the pens of such writers as Jacobs, Max Pemberton, Conan Doyle, and L. T. Meade, are to be found in the number. It should meet with a ready sale, comprising as it does such a large amount of reading matter.

the Police Court yesterday morning, before Mr Barton, S.M., James Lamb was charged with attempting to commit suicide by drowning on January 22nd. From the evidence it appeared that the man had been drinking, and His Worship said that if the accused would consent to a prohibition order being issued against him he would be discharged. The accused consented to this course, and His Worship discharged him on payment of 15s 6d costs and entering into a recognisance of £35, with two sureties of JBIO each.

A meeting of tho Citizens’ Committee was held last night, the Rev. H. Williams presiding. The successful result of tho poll having been reported all accounts were passed for payment and referred to tho finance committee to deal with. Votes of thanks were passed to the Rev. H. Williams as chairman of the general committee ; to Mr J. Cumming, secretary ; Mr W. Rateiitfe, assistant secretary, and to the members of the finance committee, Messrs Miller, Kennedy, and Hennessy. The Star of Gisborne Lodge, No. 61, I. of New Zealand, held an emergency meeting last evening at the Lodge room, Childers Road, at which the Most Worthy Graud Master, Bro. John Aitken, of Invercargill (who is on his official visit to all the Lodges subordinate to tho Grand Lodgo of Now Zealand) was enthusiastically welcomed. Six candidates were duly initiated in a very impressivo manner by the Officers of the Lodge, who were afterwards complimented by the Grand Master on their able and impressivo services. He returned thanks for bis welcome, and will officiate at the Installation of tho Officers this evening, when every member is requested to be present, after the ceremony. Harmony I will be the order of the rest of tho oveni jng, assisted by refreshments. ' At the last meeting of the Borough Council Cr Harding referred to tho desirability of recognition of brave actions in tho saving of life. Little did he tlion think that a few days later his own son John would distinguished himself by the rescue of three lives. On tho Haiti beach on Saturday, Misses Simson, Hansen, and Harding, were bathing in the sea, and were swept out by the drawback into a deep hole. They sank, being unable to

swim. Jack Harding was near at hand, and seeing the children struggling, rushed to tho spot. Ho dived into the water, and brought the three girls out in succession. Miss Hansen, the last one to bo rescued, was in a critical condition for some time. Young Jack deserves the warmest praise for his bravery and promptitude. Tho Free Lance thus describes the Gisborne bowling team at Wellington:— Gisborne sends a powerful team, and, with such doughty skips as Ponsford and Coleman in charge, it won’t be far away at the finish. Judge Batham is the little man with tho long beard and the basso profundo voice. Walter Gaudin is one of the youngest and smartest players in the tournament. Is one of the owners of that

live and hustling paper, the “Gisborne Times.” which has wakened up the East ©oast since it began to raise its voice. Massey is a well-known musician, while everyone knows and esteems Captain Ferris. Gisborne also carries a mascotte round with them in tho person of Coleman’s youngest son Stanley', fourteen years of age, who, for seven years past, has attended every tournament, and can himself play a splendid game. In another column, the full programme of music to be rendered by Mrs Barrington Waters at her grand pianoforte recital on Thursday evening next appears. Tho works which will bo performed by Mrs Barrington Waters are among the choicest

gems of pianoforte music, and, as she is said to be oue of the few piauistes who can attract and hold to the finish the attention of her audience, a great treat should be in store for those attending the recital. Her reputation in the large Australian and New Zealand centres is founded on a faultless and wonderful technique, absolute mastery of the text,' and an appreciation of the sentiment of the music—a combination of qualities very rarely found in a single individual. Her memory is so wonderfully retentive that she can, without the notes before her, render upwards of 600 pieces, any one of which would bo a tax on the memory of

the ordinary performer. Intending patrons are advised to book their seats before the evening, as the accommodation of the hall is somewhat limited.