The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING GISBORNE, JUNE 12, 1902.

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 440, 12 June 1902, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING GISBORNE, JUNE 12, 1902.

The Matawhero monthly slock sales will be held to-day.

A full practice of the Holy Trinity Church choir is requested for this evening, at 8 o’clock. The Gisborne Uidles are working up a squad for bayonet exercise for Coronation

Day. Owing to the state of the roads, tho Wairoa-Morere coach has discontinued

running during tho winter months. A salo of drapery will be held by Messrs Wyllie and Mason at 11 o’clock this morning. Nino hundred casual hands have been discharged from the Victorian railways during the past nine months. The monthly output of the New Zealand Flour Millers’ Association is about 45,000 tons for the whole of the colony. A section of land in Masterlon, which originally cost £1 per acre, is (says au exchange) vaiued this year at £IOO per foot. The annual meeting of the Beautifying Association is to be held on Wednesday, July 9th. A working bee in connection with the Beautifying Association is to operate on the Haiti Esplanade this afternoon.

Thoro was another big attendance at the Ernpiro Skatiog Kink last night, and a capital evening’s amusement wa3 enjoyed by the patrons. The Empire Skating Rink will be open this afternoon to the public from 2.80 to 4 o’clock ; also to-morrow afternoon,when only ladies will be allowed to rink. Tenders are invited by Messrs Common, Shelton and Co., up to noon on Saturday, the 21st, for the purchase of 350 a 8r 21p in Nuhaka North. The half-yearly summoned meeting of the Turanganui Lodge, No. 7, U.A.O.D , will be held in the' Lodge-room, Masonic Hall, this evening at 8 o’clock.

A memorial service for the late Mr W. Marr, who filled the position of choirmaster at Holy Trinity Church for some years, will be held on Sunday morning. Mr and Mrs McKinley desire to thank all those who so kindly rendered assistance to them yesterday morning, when their house was destroyed by fire. During a disturbance at St. Helena penal establishment, Brisbane, a Chinaman was so badly injured that his recovery is doubtful.

According to the Victorian Governmen; Statist the population of Victoria has in creased by over 11,000 during the pasi year.

It is a remarkable fact that 70 per cent, of the prison population of New South Wales arc in gaol, on account of the nonpayment of fines. During his visit South, Mr E. P. Joyce, who is President of the Liberal Association, interviewed Ministers in reference to bridging the Uawa, and other important East Coast requirements. The Tyser steamer Indralema took the following cargo from this port: By Messrs Williams and Kettle, 3794 carcases mutton, 154 carcases lamb, 1229 quarters beef, 5000 pieces mutton, and 12 cases of meat extract. At the Police Court yesterday Mr J. Townley, J.P., presided. A young man named John Kelly, who pleaded guilty to using threatening language in Gladstone Road, was fined 10s, costs 2s, in default seven days’ imprisonment. Miss Sunderland, eldest daughter of Mr John Sunderland, formerly of Gisborne, is now privute =ecretary to Miss Octavia Hill, the well-known philanthropist. Her younger sister, Barbara, is under housekeeper at King’s College Hospital. The residents of Ormond will bo in terested to hear that as a result of the benefit concert tendered to Mrs Lester and children the sum of .£l6 4s is likely to be realised. The promoters, who personally discharged all the expenses connected with the concert, are to be congratulated upon the success that attended their efforts on behalf of so deserving a cause. Tlie interest in the forthcoming Coronation Eve City Band concert was seen by the sharp booking that took place on the opening of the box plan at Chrisp and Son’s music warehouse yesterday. Those holding tickets or requiring front seats are strongly advised to make application at once, so often is this matter delayed and disappointment is the consequence. The local racehorses Papatu and Paria were brought back to Gisborne yesterday in charge of Mr A. Wil-. liams. Mr John Clark, the popular owner, had very hard luck witn noth horses. Papatu fell at Avondale and hurt his leg, being unable to -race during the Grand National Meeting, whilst Paria fell in both races. On one occasion the son of Albert had a good lead to the last hurdle, where he unfortunately came down. Medallius, another local competitor at the Grand National Meeting, was taken on to Napier to fulfil his engagements at that place.

The Coronation Committee desire any persons having green foliage, such as pongns, tree ferns, karakas, or other native shrubs suitable for decoration purposes, to intimate the same to the Town Clerk, also stating if they could cart the same to town or to the railway line. The Committee have much pleasure in invit-

ing the Natives of the district to be represented in the procession on the occasion of the crowning of Kv j Edward VIL and opening of the railway to Ormond. The procession leaves the Haiti Bridge for the railway station at 10 o’clock sharp, on Thursday, 20th inst. In conversation with Mr G. Oman, the owner of Medallius, a Times representative was informed by that gentleman that the cause of the son of Medallion falling in the Maiden Hurdle Race at the recent Grand National Meeting was in no way to be attributed to bad horsemanship on the part of the rider, •Mr G. Jones, of Gisborne. Medallius had a good lead to the last jump, but did not take kindly to the crowd that gathered round the hurdle, and the shouting that- prevailed evidently frightened the horse, who made a bad jump. Jones rode according to instructions, and the Gisborne party wore satisfied that ha was in no way responsible for the horse falling.

Turanga Church Services. Sunday nest: Karaka (with Holy Communion) 11, Ormond (with Holy Communion) 3, Patutahi 7.—Canon Fos.