The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, FEBRUARY 13, 1902.

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 339, 13 February 1902, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, FEBRUARY 13, 1902.

A special bank holiday is to be observed on February 20th, from 11 a.m. The Gisborne Firo Brigade held a wot practice last ovening. The Rev. Canon Fox roturned to Gisborne by the Mararoa yesterday. Captain A. D. Chrisp has been appointed to the command of the Omapere. A native named Henare Tuatai was yesterday committed to the Auckland Asylum.

It is expected that a' sum of £3OO will be realised from the recent fancy fair in aid of St. Mary’s Church. The Cook County Council notifies that all dogs must be registered before the 28th inst. Mr R. Boyd, of Matawhcro, has a fourroomed house and two acres of land to let at Matawhero. The Wairarapa Star states that the brothers of a Masterton woman who is an old age pensioner are worth £IOO,OOO. Captain Edwin telegraphed at noon yesterday : “ Moderate to strong southerly winds, changing by the west; glass riso ; tides decrease.”

Tenders are invited by the Tarulieru Road Board for the supply of 300 yards ot gravel. Tenders close at II a.m. on Saturday. The Secretary of the Post and Telegraph Department advises us that the San Francisco mails of January 11th arrived in London on the 10th inst. . Mr 11. J., Bushnell, printer, was the successful tenderer for the race books for the forthcoming Poverty Bay Turf Club’s Annual Meeting next week. Advice has been received by the County Council that the Mangatu loan of £2500 and Huanui loan of £2OOO (Kenway’s) have been approved by the Colonial Treasurer.

In the latest issue of the Prohibitionist) Mr F. W. Isitt, Secretary of the New Zealand Alliance, contributes a very racy account of his recent visit to tho Waiapu electorate.

Mr Woolley, a celebrated temperance lecturer, is expected to arrive in Gisborne somo time in Juno. lie intends to work in tho temporance cause till the poll is taken in December. The Gisborne Methodists some little time ago decided to prepare for a *■ Forest Fair ” and Sale of Work, which will be held some time about Easter. The proceeds are for the Church and school renovation fund,

It is with regret that we chronicle the death of Mrs Bennoy, who died at her residence last evening at 8 o’clock, after an illness extending for three weeks. The deceased leaves a husband and a family of young children, for whom much sympathy is felt in their sad aflliction. A meeting of the Gisborne Tent, No. 54, 1.0. R., S.U., was held in the Tent-room last evening, Bro. M. G. Nasmith (jun), Chief Ruler, presiding. A lot of routine business was transacted, and two new members were initiated. A harmony meeting was held after the conclusion of business.

The sale of stock advertised to be held at Waimata on the 18th inst. by Messrs Common, Shelton and Co. has been postponed until some further date. The firm notify that this stop has been taken after consultation with the various settlers in consequence of the present uncertainty of the sheep market as shown by the last three auction sales.

1 At a meeting of citizens held od Tuesday night it was decided to invite the officers and men of H.M.S. Penguin to a gathering at the Domain on Saturday afternoon, as a slight return for their kindness to the Gisborne school children. Assistance is asked towards the provision and dispensing of refreshments, and it is hoped that everyone who can will assist to give the sailors a good afternoon’s enjoyment in recognition of the splendid manner in which they worked to entertain the children last Saturday. Mr C. H. Walter Dixon has been appointed hon. secretary, and will receive the contributions of townspeople disposed to help. The Gisborne Racing Club’s Summer meeting opened at the Park racecourse yesterday under favorable circumstances with regard to weather, but the attendance was not quite as large as was expected. The racing was good, and the fields in most of the events were large. The arrangements for the meeting were splendidly carried out, and reflected great credit upon the Club’s Secretary, Mr M. G. Nasmith, who was most assiduous in bis efforts to promote the success of the gathoring. The dividends were.-fairly substantial, the largest being in the Maiden Hack race, when the sum of jE23 Is was paid. The meeting will be continued to-day. '■ \

The Gisborne Racing Club’s Summer MVeting will be continued to-day. A horse sale is to be held by Messrs Common, Shelton and Co. to-morrow,-for which further entries are invited. To-morrow will bl St. Valentine’s Day, but tiie old rage lor sending valentines lias nearly died out.

Mr F. W. Eure requests that all overdue accounts be settled by the 20th inst., this being his annual balance.

Tenders for metalling portion oi Putae Hill will be received up till 12 o’clock on Saturday by the Cook County Council

Entries for the classes that are be-

ing formed at St. Joseph’s Convent for the theory oi music close tomorrow. The examination takes place in June. A stock sale is t,» be held by Messrs Dalgo ,ty and Co. at the Makaraka sale yards on Monday next, the entries for whieli at present consist of 103 head of cattle, 400 ewes, arid 30 rams.

Tenders for the purchase of dairyfarms in the Ellerslea property are to be lodged with Mr Sievwright on Monday, March 3rd. Particulars and conditions of sale, etc., may he inspected at Mr Sievwright’s office. Messrs Wyllie rnd Mason hold their annual horse sale at the Waerenga-a-

bika yards to-morrow, when 200 horses will be offered. There will also be submitted for sale a three-horse team, dray, arid harness. One young man in the Forty-Mile Bush disposed ol' his farm, his stock, his all, and went to Masterton to join tho Ninth Contingent in South Africa. He found, to his disgust, that he was about a stone too heavy, snd could not be accepted.

A New York contractor is reported to have just closed an export contract for 500 pianos. Tho pianos aro to be shipped to Australia for the purpose of competing with small German instruments in that market.

According to experiments conducted by Mr H. Janssen on Mont Blanc, it is not necessary to erect poles for stringing telephone and telegraph wires in snow covered countries. If the snow is several inches thick it serves a 3 a good insulator ; the wires can simply be laid down and be ready for transmission of messages. Yet another record has to be placed to the steamer Kotomahaua’s list of noteworthy performances. The vessel left Wellington on Friday at 8.13 p.m., and arrived at Lyttelton at 7.24 a.m. on Saturday, thus making the passage in 11 hours 11 minutes, averaging 15.6 knots an hour on the trip. This beats her previous record by 15 minutes. In France the women teachers elect women members on all Boards of Education. In Sweden women vote for all elective officers except representatives ; also, indirectly, for members of the Upper House. In Ireland the women vote for the Harbor Boards and Poor Law Guardians, and in Belfast women householders vote for all elective officers and on all local matters.

It is stated that the amount to be paid by the British Government to Charles Lillywhite, as compensation for his wrongful arrest on a charge of having committed a murder at Colchester, is £6OO. This is supposed to eovfer a year’s salary at his trade and his law expenses. The Home Government will also pay his passage back to New Zealand, where he intends to settle.

Instructions have been received by the officer in charge of the workman on the Napier-Wairoa road that every man is to be at once discharged. If slips occur there will be no one to clear the road. There are three or four bridges in an incomplete state, where, by a little more work on the approaches and decking of the bridges they could be of service, but the order is imperative, and a good deal of what has been done will now be futile.

Dentistry is now an accepted and often flourishing profession of women in France. In a country town of Seine-et-Marne a qualified young lady dentist enjoys the monopoly of tooth-drawing, a dentist’s businoss in provincial Franco consisting of little else. French country folks, even of the wealthier sort, raroly, if ever, iudulge in a set of false teeth.

The two Swiss geologists who have been in New Zealand rucking researches, told a Christchurch Press reporter that they were very much struck with what they considered the extreme honesty of the New Zealand country people. • It appeared to them most remarkable that men should be able to leave their swags by the roadside for a few hours, and return to find everything intact and untampered with.

The fear of tho earthquake is still strongly felt in the Cheviot district. One school committee refuses to open the school until chimneys are built outside the building, so that in tho event of an earthquake the bricks will not come hurtling about the pupils’ heads. One morning recently seventeen put in an appearance, but owing to the chimney question being unsettled they were sent home again.

On Wednesday, the 2Gth inst., Mr J. B. Kells, instructed by the Registrar of the Supreme Court, will sell at Messrs Common-Shelton’s store, by public auction, several thousand acres of land in Poverty Bay and the Mahia Peninsula. The sale is being made by the mortgagee, am information can be obtained from Mr C, A. DeLautour, solicitor for the mortgagee. The Turanga Chinch Fete, which takes place at the College grounds, Waerenga-a-hika, oa Thursday, Feb. 20th, is expected to be a big success. During the afternoon .a gymkhana will be held, together with sports and attractive side-show/.;. Tea wi'l be on the tables at 5.30 p.m., and at 7.30 p.m. a vocal and instrumental concert will be held. Popular prices have been fixed, and tickets are on sale at Messrs Crawford and Son’s, the country stores, and from members of the Committee.

A four-roomed house belonging to Mr H. Wilkinson was totally destroyed by fire yesterday morning between three and four o’clock. Mr Wilkinson, who is employed at the freezing works, left home tor work at about one o’clock, and everything appeared safe. Between three and four o’clock Mrs Wilkinson was awakened by one of the children crying, and she discovered the room full of smoke. She immediately got the children out on the verandah, and by the time this was done the house was one mass of flumes. She was not able to save' anything, all the clothing and effects being destroyed. The building was insured for £l7O in the National, and the furniture for ,£IOO in the same office, and £BO on the piano. Mr Wilkinson estimates his loss at £l5O over the insurance.

Turanga Church Services.—Sunday next Karaka 11, Onnond (with Holy Communion] 3, Waerenga-a-htka 7. —Kev. B. (i. Box.