EAST COAST EDITION.

Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 483, 24 July 1902, Page 3

EAST COAST EDITION.

TOKOMAEU BAY. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Beautiful days with sharp frosts at night have boon tho order for the last weok. Long may this continue. Our local fishermen have been very successful the past week, as many as ono hundred and thirty wharebau in one boat bavo been brought in at a time, this is the finest fish, according to the Natives, in theso waters. . Mr Furlev is hero at present inspecting the telegraph lino and making arrange ments for the putting in of telegraph appliances. I hear that a new office is likely to bo erected shortly, in the meantime it is necessary to make an addition to the old one, so us to enable the new system to bo worked, also to meet the increasing business of the ollico. . As the election time is approaching wc may possibly hoar something ro the policeman and the promised sitting of tho S.M. Court; wo are certainly being brought face to face with tho necessity ot theso promises being fulfilled. The Times' Coastal letters are looked forward to with great interest, and the * i lentily of the various correspondents is a matter of constant and interesting com-

is there tiny indication of anyone opposin'! Mr Carroll, or aro the prohibitionists coins to have a walk over in this electorn.to ? I supposo thia it* probable il the lion. James Carroll is unopposed. The proceedings of tho Native Lands Council held recently at Csborno have boon tho subject of much discussion up this way. I hear that tho Loard is likely to hold a sitting at Tuparou m about six wcoks’ time.

tolago bay. (From Our Own Correspondent.) It is gratifying to noto tho marked interest tliat is being taken throughout fiToast in tho long pending and most unsatisfactory working of thojahvc, la question, and your able lead ‘ n p l tho 'l'i.mks of last Thursday dealing with that vexed and costly, portent,ous question is heartily eulogised. It it needless for ino to further reitorato my expressions of last week and tho feelings of your readers. •‘Pro Bono Publico ” is quite justified in his remarks ro tho reluctaney especially of tho young natives to help themselves, •< un l o ss by way of the proverbial bottle. _ Tba tolcgrapb linomeu aro making rapid progress with their work, having completed tho Tolago Bay portion last ThursOhurch sorvico was hold at Hauiti and

Tolat'o Buy last Sunday by tlio Bov. Herbert Williams, there being largo congregations at both places. Very oloqucnt and interesting sermons wero delivered. The Maori Council and interested native land ownors have boon requested to consider the advisability of allotting a largo area of their Hauiti land for the purpose of a town Bite, but the result of several formal meetings do not augur well for such disposal. The principals are strongly opposed to the subject matter unless then Pakeha friends are contented with a situation at reasonable distance from their kaingas, which liberality I am airaid will not be appreciated. A meeting in respect to the uawa bridge was hold at the Tolago Bay Hotel, asking that a X3OOO estimate be placed for that purpose, and that some slight alteration bo effected in the structure per previous plans, etc. A largo number of interested residents wero present, and resolutions in regard to the above wero carried. What wo want now is to have our share of the Government surplus sent right along und then wo shall bolievo that thcro really was a surplus, which many up this Way aro inclined to doubt. The past inclement weather appears to bo' spout and wo are again enjoying a comparatively spring chango which is most appreciative. Bushfelling, whicn had hitherto boon retarded, appears to have quite reinspired our young axemen, and work is again vigorously progressing. Tho good old song of reciprocated sentiment “ Oh, Woodman, spare that tree ” is adversely upset and its sheltering proclivities aro alas soon to be no more. A requisition to the Ilcgistrar-Gcneral at the instance of the householders hero is boing numorously signed,, praying that a general office for tho registration of births, doaths, otc., be established at Tolago Bay. Thi3 ixiattoL* is doubtless ono of very worthy momont, and it is clearly ovidout tho value and convenience of such an institution is fully realised. Of courso a compulsory travol of 35 miles (which diatanco iB situated tho nearest office— Gisborne) under unassured weather conditions, penalties, etc., tho aptitudo of nature soon dovisos a sebetuo of rcliof. "Wo are also in diro want of sundry necessities, and if operations in tbo futuro bo conducted with tho same amount of spirit and unity of action wo probably shall bo rewarded by more satisfactory issues,

WAIPIRO BAY, (Prom Our Own Correspondent.) . A painful accident occurred to n boy named Dewes, six years of age, when returning from school on Thursday niter* noon. He was riding in company with his sistor when tho horse got ono of his foot in a bog-hole ; both children were thrown otf, the boy sustaining a serious fracture of tho arm above the elbow. His sistor being uuablc to assist him rodo home and told her father, Mr Geo. Dowes, who wont immediately to tho sceuo of tho accidont and brought his son into Waipiro, whore ho was attended to by Dr Davis. Tho boy is said to bo progressing favorably. The schooner Waiapu arrived hero on Thursday morning, having on board tho body of tho Maori centenarian Kowcno Tamckotore. TUPAROA. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Beautiful weather and trado very quiet 30cms the prevailing cry on tho Coast. Tuparoa just now has formed aPootbali Club, with Mr E. R. Ludbrook, an Old Country rep., as President; Messrs ivoody, Fry, Jackson, Travers, K. b. Williams, and R. Wickstead as Vice-Presidents and Committee ; with Mr E. Adair as Secretary. It is intended to accept Waipiro Bay challange and play next Wednesday week if possiblo.