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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 351, 27 February 1902, Page 2

Messrs Kettle’s monthly sale of stock takes place to-uuy.

The Whataupoko Hoad Board’s monthly meeting tai;e3 place to-morrow. The Fire Brigade had a wet practice last night with the steam engine. A Taranaki farmer last month drew .£270 in payinc-nt for milk supplied to factories for the previous month. After the races at Pakarae to-day a social will be held in the hall in the evening, and should prove a great attraction. The monthly meeting of the Harbor Board takes place this afternoon, when a report will be made as to the new dredge. Good progress is being made by Messrs Webb and Son with the erection of the new post-oibce, which is now assuming stately proportions. There was a most objectionable odor arising from the water thrown on the streets last night by the Fire Brigade, and much complaint was made. Probably the greater force of the new boiler causes a larger supply of mud to go with the water.

The following are to represent- the Napier Rowing Club against the Gisborne representatives at Easter: —Seniors: R. McLernon (stroke), N. Heath (3), R. Heath (2), T'. Ronlston (how). Juniors: A. H. Palairet (stroke), J. Gillespie (3), B. Cuthbert (2), A, Aplin (bow),

Messrs Williams and Kettle hold their monthly stock sale at Matawbevo to-day. _ A cablegram from Sydney states that the wife of Mr George Rignold, the actor, is dead.

At the bowling green this afternoon a match will be played Town v. Suburbs. Teams will be selected from tiiose on tire ground at two o’clock. Captain Edwin wired at 1.17 pan. yesterday:—“ Strong north to'west and south-west winds ; glass fail ; tides decrease.”

The last number of the Mercantile and Bonkrupicy Gazette gives particulars of the filing of live dredging companies, harrowing money. In one instance £2OOO was advanced at 25 per cent interest.

Christchurch Truth, in an article condemning the local detective force and its administration, says that perhaps the safest occupation for an energetic person in that city is the ancient one of the Skeleton Key and Jemmy—“ the profits arc so good, the chances of detection so infinitesimal.”

Speaking at the Christchurch antigambling meeting, Bishop Julius said there never came a race day in Christchurch without tradesmen having to wait for the payment of pi3t debts while gambling debts were being paid. The same remark might apply to every place in the colony.

The Takat-ao Jockey Club hold their annual meeting to day, and favored with fine weather there should be a largo attendance from Gisborne and coastal districts. A capital programme has been provided, and excellent acceptances have been received for the several events. Mr W. Gault, of Gisborne, will act as judge. OTic-illy’s brake leaves the Albion Hotel this morning for Pakarae, returning in the evening.

Thus pathetically writes a correspondent of the Post with regard to the 11 National Purse ” proposal : “ We read of sending £SO cheques for the Seddon presentation fund. liow many such will come to the widow and family of the poor fellow (Talbot) who sought umAdden refuge at the gates of death the other day ?” —referring to the unfortunate clerk who committed suicide through financial troubles.

At Russell on Monday great excitement was caused when it was discovered, at 5 o’clock in the morning, that the Bussell wharf was on fire. A bucket-brigade was formed, and the fire was soon extinguished. It is thought that the fire originated through someono throwing a match down after fighting a pipe. Several planks and one bearer in the wharfinger’s office were very much damaged, and one goods shed slightly, The fire had apparently been smouldering for some hours before it broke out.

A man named Jack Trainer, a papermaker, had remarkable experiences at Melbourne recently. He fell from a second storey of a building, crashed on the verandah, and rebounded into tho roadway, where be was found by a constable, who locked him up on a charge of drunkenness. After sleeping oft’ the effects of his libations he awoke, and merely complained of feeling a bit stiff. He had received no more than a slight shock to the system. A curious sequel to the General Beatson and “ white-livered curs ” incident has beon enacted in Victoria. James Steel, one of the mutineers of the Fifth Victorian Contingent, who was sentenced to death and subsequently pardoned by tho King, has been arrested in connection with a brawl at Maltlioura, Victoria, and is now awaiting trial at lleniliquin quarter sessions on a charge of assaulting and obstructing a policeman. In regard to tho interview between Mr Morgan, the Gisborne delegate, and the Education Board, Mr C. A. DeLautour yesterday had an informal conference with Messrs Morgan and Hill, and assured them that so far from there being any objection to Wairoa being included in the districts from which pupils for tho High School would be taken, the feeling was that the school should bo open to all pupils who had passed the sixth standard anywhere. What the Governors and Committee want is a full school, and it would be unfair to bar a boy or girl who came with their pa-ronts from Napier, Dunedin, or any other town, simply because the child had passed the sixth standard outside of those counties. Practically what is proposed is an open school, free to all pupils who have passed the sixth standard anywhere, if it suits them to attend the school. That, no doubt, is the attitude that will be approved of by the people generally. A telegram sent from Invercargill on Monday states:—The s.s. Westralia went ashore entering the horbor at daybreak. She was coming in dead slow, when a strong current from the North Channel caught her opposite the lightship, and swung her bows in shore. She grounded on what is said to be a sandy bottom, and it is not anticipated that she will suffer any damage. The tide was at threequarter ebb, and it was expected that before high-water (2.30) she. would float off. A survey will bo made when she reaches the wharf, and if this is satisfactory she proceeds on her journey to Melbourne. Fortunately, the morning was very calm. Several of her passengers intend to join the Ophir at Melbourne, reaching London in time for the Coronation ceremony. A later message stated : The Westralia was floated off at midday, and is now alongside the wharf. Apparently she has not sustained the slightest damage. She sails for Melbourne at 5.30 o’clock this evening.