AUCKLAND SPECIAL

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 363, 13 March 1902, Page 2

AUCKLAND SPECIAL

NEW BOAT FOR GISBORNE

(Special to Times.) Auckland, last night. On Saturday last Mr Jas. lteid launched from his yard, Breakwater Hoad, a 26-foot launch, which ho has built to the order of Messrs Skoats and Bockaert. The launch has been named Stanley (says the Auckland Star), and is nicely finished. She is fitted with a 6 h.p. engine of the American motor design, and on a trial spin down the harbor everything worked smoothly, the boat doing about 7 knots. The launch which is being built by Mr Jas. Reid for a number of young men at Gisborne will be finished about Thursday, and Mr Keid hopes to ship the launch by the Moura, sailing for the South on Saturday. NEW FIRMS FOR GISBORNE.

It will be of considerable interest to the musical public of Gisborne and Poverty Bay district generally to hear that the London and Berlin Piano Company and Messrs A. Eady and Co., music sellers, 1 of Auckland, are about, to open a joint branch establishment in Gisborne, under the management of Mr J. 11. Gittos. Mr Gittos has for years past been known to the Auckland public as a musician, and as an accompanist has few equals. He has held a prominent position in the Auckland “ Orpheus ” Club since its inception, and has also been identified with the leading church choirs of the city. With reference to the London and Berlin Piano Company, their output of pianos is one of the largest in the North Island, whilst the reputation of A. Eady and Co. as an up-to-date music firm is too well known to warrant further comment. A NARROW ESCAPE.

t The Star’s Waihi correspondent reports 3 a very narrow escape from a horrible ' death, as follows: A man named James 3 Gore, employed in the surface drive on the 5 Martha Hill, had a very lucky escape from being suffocated. In consequence of the recent heavy rain, the rises 'had got : charged with a considerable quantity of ■ water, and Gore, while engaged in tanping a rise some few hundred feet in the surface drive was knocked down by an avalanche of liquid clay, which in a few seconds completely buried him. His smothered cry and the noise of rasbinnmud brought a couple of men, who were working some little distance off in a branch drive, to the rescue. Hurrying through the clay which poured along the level,

they reached the scene of the catastrophe, j The rush of dirt from the rise had ceased, | ""' 1 f,li o opening had become blocked. 1 They prodded about I" ,lie clay for a few j minutes, when a yellow object resembling in form a man’s head suddenly protruded, j and in less than half a ffiiuute tbe\ j pulled the unfortunate fellow out. For | some minutes lie was unable to speak, and I in the meantime the rescuers hurried him along the drive into the open air. Apart e from a bruise or two, Gore is now none C the worse for his immersion. ) A PRESENTATION. d Dr F. W. King, who goes to South Africa as Surgeon-Captain in the Ninth

Contingent, has been presented by the Auckland Bowling Club with a valuable

pair of field glasses as a parting gift. Dr King is well-known at Gisborne, having represented the Auckland Club at the

Gisborne bowling tournament,