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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 375, 26 March 1902, Page 2

There will be no issue of the Times on Good Friday or Easter Monday. The Orchestral Society resumes practice this evening. The monthly meeting of the Hospital Trustees takes place to-night. The Riverside road is closed for traffic pending repairs to bridge. A meeting of the Hunt Club is called for this afternoon at 2 o’clock. The Borough. Council will meet at noon to-day for the purpose of signing the burgess roll. The sea on the coast has moderated, and the s.s. Omapere should he able to work Awanui to-day.i • The New Orleans Juvenile Minstrel Company give a . performance at the Theatre Royal to-night Two charges of laying totalisator odds have been brought against a Christchurch bookmaker, Mattnew Barnett, and adjourned for 4 fortnight The hospital race at the SL, Patrick’s Sports resulted in a gain of £33 to that institution, for which there is much reason to feel pleased;, Tiie Zeaiandia Quadrille Assembly to-morrow night has extended hours for dancing, and supper .will be provided.

Tenders are invited by Mr Finneran, architect, for building a brick addition to the Kia Ora butter factory. Tenders close at noon on April Ist The Harbor Board’s small dredge was sunk early yesterday morning. The boat was got into shallow wateryesterday, and should be pumped out to-day if the bottom is sound. A lady correspondent writes informing us that many good cooks use arsenic in the making of cakes, as it gives them a “lovely” appearance. This information is given in view, of recent experiences' elsewhere,., The Maori Council representatives at Waiomatatinj resolved that efforts be made to establish a Maori hospital in a central locality, and to call upon the Health Department to appoint more doctors for Maori districts^ Sir Joseph Ward has intimated to the Secretary of. the Farmers’ Union Unit lie will if possible be present on 011 the opening of tiie railway to Ormond, and deliver an address under the auspices of the Union,, Major Winter leaves for Napier this morning to command "the ' battalion camp at that place. Lieutenant Tombleson, and a lew other members of the East Coast Mounted Rifles also proceed to Napier this morning.;

A rifle match in connection with the East Coast ■Mounted Rifles will take place on Easter Monday, when the corps’ share of Government prize money will he fired for. It is proposed to have some rapid firing tests in connection with the Government vote. Firing will commence at 8 a.m. sharp. Special Easter services, are in course of preparation for Wesley Church, next' Sunday being Easter. Special anthems are being prepared by the choir. At the evening service Mr Rothwell will preach a sermon on “ The verity and importance of the Resurrection of Christ,” Doubters are invited, Messrs Common, Shelton and Co., Limited, notify in their advertising column that their stores will be closed on Good Friday and Easter Monday, and open as usual on Saturday. Special attention is drawn to their, auction sale to be held on Saturday of small farms and residences at Bushmere, which is a good opportunity for settlers to obtain a central position as a homestead site or receiving paddocks.- .. •

The disposal of £9OO by the Gisborne Co-operative Building Society took place last night. There was a record attendance. Mr L. T. Symes (Chairman of Directors) presided. The appropriation of £3OO by ballot tell to Mrs William Sandlant, The remaining £6OO was disposed of by tender as follows £IOO at £27 ; -€3OO at £27 ; £2OO at £26. The Chairman slated that there were 53 sharesStill unsold, hut of that number fi\e were bespoken" in the room. On Monday night fifteen shares Were taken up. The list will close on or before the 17th July,

Mr Geo. Tattersall, who is leaving Gisborjip this . morning for Auckland, was last night the recipient of a gift from his cricketing friends. The presentation was made by Mr H. Roland, who made reference to the high esteem

in which Mr Tattersall is held, not only jyi cricketing circles, but in the community generally, All, he said, would heartily wish him health and prosperity in his new sphere, and wherever he went lie would- take with

him the good wishes of a large circle of friends. Mr Tattersall modestly replied, saying that he would always remember with pleasure the many happy hours he had spent in Gisborne,

An exciting “ bolt ” occurred on the Kaiti yesterday. Captain Edwin wired at 1.10 p.m. yesterday : Moderate to strong south-east to . south and west winds ; glass rise ; tides good; heavy southerly swell outside.’' The following passengers had booked by the Waikato, going South Messrs Waugh, Large, Cooper, Todhaiu, Stewart, Young, White, Gibb, Chrisp ; Mesdames Ferris, Chrisp, l r oung, Winter, Storkey and child ; Misses Adair, Newman, and Dennison. The following passengers had booked yesterday by the Moura, going to Auckland early this morning :—Messrs Tattcrsall, Neisen, Johnsen, Tobin, Slater, Dain, Heady, McKenzie, Potter, Graham, Finneran, Martin, Forester, Piesse, and Ching Ping ; Mesdames McKenzie, Jones, ltitchie, Martin ; Misses Miller and Jones. Yesterday a fresh westerly breeze was blowing at Cape Maria Van Dieinari, with overcast weather; S.W. at Auckland, overcast; Napier and New Plymouth, S.W., blue sky; Wellington, light northerly, blue sky; Greymouth, light N.W., cloudy ; Christchurch, S.W., blue sky. A smooth to moderato sea prevailed along t e coast, with good to high tides. Information as to the weather south of Christchurch did not come, owing to the breakage of the wires. Mr S. M. J. Woods, captain of the Somerset County Cricket Club, passed through New Zealand on his way Home, after spending a brief holiday in Australia, the land of his nativity. Mr Woods proceeded to England when a youth for the purpose of finishing his education at the great English Universities, and eventually took up his residence permanently in the Old Country. There is no more popular player in England than “ Giantheart,” as his friends style him, and he is one of the finest all-round players that country possesses, having numberless first-class

performances with both bat and ball opposite his name. “ Sammy ” took his departure from Now Zealand by the Ruapehu, which left Wellington a few days ago. Writing of the maize crop on Friday

the Auckland Herald has the following : Since last report there have been landed 1242 sacks of maize, for which the market is now firm at 2s 5d on the wharf for wholesale lines of prime quality, slightly inferior samples having changed hands at a trifle less money. The steady demand for Australia is likely to cbntinuo, another 476 sacks leaving by tho Burrumbeet on Monday for Newcastle. There is no grain grown in the vicinity of Newcastle, and as they would have to get their supplies from Sydney in the ordinary way of business, Auckland shippers get the advantage of the cost of the extra freight from there, as against a through freight from here. The Sydney price is not high enough to induce shipment so far, but the inevitable result of tho drought which appears to be so general through New South Wales and Queensland will bo that a hotter demand will set in before long. Even if they had any maize in the up-country districts they could not get it down to tho centres, as the rivers are all so low. There is a good Southern inquiry, aud orders have had to be held over till arrival of further supplies on Friday. The prospects of the new crop are good, provided that frosts keep off for a few weeks longer. The yiold is expected to be large and quality prime, the latter feature being specially welcome after the large proportion of poor samples that have come to hand since last harvest, which was about tho worst on record.

Turanga Church Services.—Good Friday : Waerenga-a-hika 11, Ormond 3 p.m. Easter Sunday : Rakauroa 10.30, Whakarau 2.30, Motu 7 Canon Fox. Waerenga-a-hika 3 p.m.—Lay Reader.