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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 342, 17 February 1902, Page 2

Gisborne’s new dredge, the John Townloy, left Lyttelton for Gisborne at 9.20 on Saturday morning. The dredge should reach Gisborne to-morrow.

Messrs Dalgety and Company’s next stock .sale takes place at the Makaraka yards to-day. The auction will be conducted by Mr G. E. Eliott. The current number of the Auckland Weekly News contains the photos of Messrs James Macfarlane, Lissant Clay, ton, and H. N. Lysnar, officers of the Poverty Bay section of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union.

A special meeting of the School Committee will be held on Tuesday evening to consider applications for the position of head master. Thirty-two applications have been received for the position, and the committee have a hard task before them to make a selection. The applications are from all parts of the colony, from Auckland to Invercargill. At the Taruheru Road Board on Saturday, the Chairman (Mr Jas. Macfarlane) and Captain Tucker being present, for the supply of bOG cubic yards Waipaoa river gravel, for Makauri middle road, the following tenders were received : —W. Jones, 2s lOd per yard ; Kane and Co., 2s lOd ; T. King. 3s (declined); H. Of. White, 3s Bjd (accepted). At the bowling green on Saturday, the following matches were played : Willock, Lewis, McGowan, Poustord (skip) 31 v. Witty, Score, Bright, Holland (skip) 24 ; Massey and. Martin 11 v. Gan din and Sidebottom 22, Martin and Massey 21 v. Sidebottom and Gaudin 9. In the two matches on the aggregate Martin and Massey won by one point. Play took place on the new gre.en, whies is in fairly goad order. ' j Members of the Bowling r jlub wtii be interested to hear that amongi the applicants for the position of headmister of the Gisborne School are several veil-known colonial bowlers, including MrPorteous, af Invercargill, who won the championship at the recent tournament fer the best single player. Mr Thwaites, of tie Epsom School, and formerly master of tie Auckland Truant School, is also an applicant,

The s.s. Mourn did the run hour Auck land yesterday m -■> hours.

The members oi the Wilson Barrett Company pass through Gisborne on Sunday .next.

Bookmakers arc prohibited from attending the Poverty Bay Turf Club’s race meeting this week.

A .notice in the Gazette declares cholera, yellow fever and influenza infectious

The Turunga Church Fete next Saturday should draw a large crowd of visitors from town aud country.

The secretary of toe school picnic,

J. Stubbs, retail eats tradespeople to send in their accounts as soon as possible, so that tbs committee may pass the saute for payment. A special meeting of the Gisborne School Committee is to be held to-morrow evening to deal with applications for the position of headmaster. The worst iloods tseen for years past on the East Coast were experienced last week, and considerable damage resulted in many districts in the vicinity of the East Cape.

The iate Mr John Goteh.of Gordon and Gotcb, the well-known publishing firm, has left real estate in Victoria valued at A'oo,S;)9, and personal at 127,847. It is peculiar (says the North Otago Times) that in some parts of the district the crops are pretty badly affected with rust, while in others no rust has appeared. Tenders are invited for repairs and metalling to Hooker Road, Titirangi. Intending tenderers will be met on the ground, Wednesday, the 19th inst., at 8 a.m., and the work indicated. It is rumored in Greymoutk that two large and thorough up-to-date hotels will be shortly erected in the town. Something like 1120,000 is the sum mentioned as likely to be required for their erection.

On February Ist, Charles S. Young, while stepping from a tramcar in Melbourne - street, Brisbane, was knocked down by a dray and suriously injured, and succumbed to his injuries in the General Hospital.

Sparks from the engine of tho Sydney to Melbourne express were the other day the cause of five outbreaks of fire at Albury. The passage of the express is the cause of great uneasiness among the residents.

The other night William Brown was set on by larrikins in Fitzroy, Melbourne, because he refused to supply them with drink money. They knocked him senseless with a blow from a sling shot.

The following tenders for metalling portion of Putae Hill, Tolago-Gisborne road, were dealt with by the County Council Office on Saturday : —W. Jones, Matawhero, 7s 6d per yard (accepted); R. McNeil, 7s 9d. It is the opinion of Lieutenant and Paymaster Taylor, of the Seventh Contingent, that TBOO a year in New Zealand is quite as good as £SOO in South Africa, where exorbitant prices are charged for most things. Living at a cheap hotel costs 12s fid a day. and 2s 9d is charged for a meal of two courses.

A man named George Hardy of Faillord, New South Wales, met his death by being gored by a bullock. One of the bullocks in a team tripped and fell, and Hardy, after undoing the chain, was charged by the enraged beast, and jarnbed against a hardwood log lying close by. The horns went nearly through his body, and he died in a few minutes.

Tenders for the erection of new County offices and for the purchase of the old Council Chambers close on Friday at noon. It is a pity no one directed the attention of Dr Finch to the deplorable state of the present building, as he would have condemned it on the spot. A much more sanitary building, the property of a private person, was condemned here about a year ago.—Wairoa Guardian. Mr Miller (stock inspector) and Mr Banks (Government veterinarian) arrived on Saturday afternoon’ from Nuhaka where they purchased eight horses ; ten were purchased here on Saturday. A mob of 33 horses left early on Sunday morning in charge of Mr J. F. Smyth. It is expected the total will be made up to 60 on the route. Some of the natives, we hear, asked no less than £25 and £35 for their mounts.—Guardian. At Auckland a little fellow named Jas. Johnston, a 12-year-old son of Mrs Sarah Johnston, grocer, accidentally shot another boy named Herman Furey through the nose. It seems that earlier in the day the boy lohnston went to the Savings Bank, and, drawing some money standing to his credit, purchased an air gun for fis, and lib of shot. Returning to his home, he sat down on the doorstep and was aiming at some sparrows in the roadway. Just as he pulled the trigger Furey, uimoliieed by the youthful sportsman, passed by and received the contents of the gun in his nose.

The sacred concert given at the Hospital yesterday afternoon by the members of Wesley Church Choir was a great success. There was a large attendance of the public, and the patients and suaff of the Hospital were well represented. The anthems were :—“ Who Are These “ Stand Up for Jesus,” “Jesus of Nazereth,” “ Rock of Ages,” “ God Reigneth,” “ The Sinner and the Song,” and “ The Lord Shall Comfort Zion.” Miss Oxenham gave a pleasing interpretation of

“ Galilee,” and Miss Langford sang “ The Better Land ” with good effect. At the conclusion of the concert, Mr R. Johnston, on behalf of the staff and patients at the Hospital, thanked the members of the Choir for their kindness in promoting the concert. It is intended to give another concert in about a month’s time.

There was a large attendance at Messrs Wyllie and Mason’s horse bazaar on Saturday afternoon, when a large quantity of valuable thoroughbred stock was offered on behalf of Messrs Gaine Carrington and A. B. Newman. For the two-year-old filly St. Leger—Ladybird, owned by Mr Carrington, bidding went as high as 240 gs, but the owner declined to part at that price, and the filly was passed in. A yearling Saracen —Frivolity was sold to Mr Martin for llgs, and a four-year-old Crackshot—Chacita to Mr Neeuan for lilgs. Mr T. Byrne bought the black mare Ebony with foal to Strowan for 12igs. Further sales were: Brown mare Nora, by Woolbroker—Maymoon. 7gs, Mr Fitzgerald; brown mare Frivolity, Bgs, Mr I). Wright ; ytarling gelding by Saracen, llgs, Mr T. Byrne ; brown mare and Strowan foal at foot, lfilgs, Mr T. Byrne ; bay filly by Saracen—Little. Gun, sgs, Mr Mitchell; two-year-old filly bv Crackshot Yogoza, logs, Mr K. McCormick ; chestnut mare, from Leoleur, l'2gs, Mr Seymour.

It is estimated that there were nearly a thou.aim persons at the Victoria -Domain on Saturday ou tho occasion of the sports arranged in honor of H.M.S. Penguin. A large marquee had been erected, and a plentiful supply of provisions was at hand. The City Band, under Bandmaster Morrison, was present during the afternoon, and rendered a number of appropriate selections, the music being much appreciated. The Secretary (Mr C. H, W. Dixon) had left no stone unturned to make the gathering a success, and he was ably assisted by a strong committee. A capital sports programme had been arranged, and Messrs C. W. Dixon, B. Cole, A. W. liees, J. H. Bull, and E. H. Mann acted as a Sports Committee. The course for the flat events was marked by little flags, and the Union Jack was prominently displayed over the marquee and canteen. Great amusement was caused by the wheelbarrow-race, the prize for which was captured by F. Baynor and Crook. Mr Matthews and other members of the School Committee, with the Secretary (Mr Quigley) worked hard to promote the success of the gathering. Messrs Darton and M. Morgan had charge ,of the commissariat department, the arrangements for which were attended to by the following ladies :—Mesdaines Townley, "Warrei , East, Humphreys, Ponsford, Cuthbert, Quigley, Spence, Graham, McLeod, Hamblett, Church, Springe)!, Misses 'MoJice (2), Matheson, Wilson, Quigley (2), Larsen (2), Ponsford, Townley, and others, Befreshments were dispensed during the afternoon, and were much appreciated. The sailors were highly delighted with the manner in which they were treated, 1 the gathering in every way proving a ; most enjoyable one, | !

A public trial of the .tones lever binder will take place in Mr Witters’ field of linseed, opposite the Kia-Ora butter factory, on Tuesday afternoon, at 2 o'clock.

A serious accident befell the BellingcnGraftoii mall c-.,acii, New South Wales, the other e\cuing, and a man named 11. Kendall was terribly injured.

The incroaseu valuation wil’ ■ dd about £IOOO to the revenue of .e Napier Harbor Bond fur the p t year as compared with last year.

The Vi'uiroa and Mai metis (says the Wairoa Guarduc art selling everything they can . _. h. ids on to raise funds for prost; mg the actions against Wairoa sheetlarnurs. ix is a pity the Maoris have not someone to advise them as to the folly of their proceedings. s