The Gisborne Times. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. GISBORNE, SEPTEMBER 23, 1902.

Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 525, 23 September 1902, Page 2

The Gisborne Times. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. GISBORNE, SEPTEMBER 23, 1902.

Tho dredge John Townley was at work at tho wharf yesterday. A notice in regard to tho Matawhero pound appears in this issue. The partnership existing between Fredrick Irving DeLisle and. Dr. Beauvoir DeLisle, trading as DeLisle and Sons, sheep-farmers, of Waimata, was yesterday dissolved.

A special train will run to Ormond on Thursday afternoon, leaving town at 2 o’clock. The return trains from Ormond leave at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. Good progress is being made by Mr M. McLeod with the work of the extension of the wharf, and the piles have been driven for over a third of the distance contracted for. Captain Edwin wired at 1.10 p.m. yesterday " Heavy gale from between west and south-west and south ; glass rise ; sea very heavy on Coast; tides binh ; colder weather. 1 '

Messrs Dalgety and Co., in conjunction

with Messrs Wythe and Mason, will hold a special horse sale on Saturday, October 4th. Present entries include ono hundred horses, principally hacks and harness horses. Six young draught horses and three tirst-class hacks will also be offered on account of Mr George Spence.

Early yesterday morning a fire broke out on the steamer Miranda whilst berthed at the wharf. The fire was discovered by the nightwatchmau (Mr O. J. Morellj before much damage was done. Tho decking above the boiler was burnt awav, and the portion of the foresail and gear was damaged. The fire is supposed to have originated through the eoai getting heated in the bunkers. _ There was no one on board at tho time of tho accident.

{or i!;e elrction of one j meuiber iuir tne l'o\\ rtv Uny Board ; Pujliover and Co. advertise town propel ties f>r sale, ami also a new sixruomod rueidc-nce on \ ictoria beucii. Tie Marguerite Assembly hold their tin ill dunce oi the season (witn fancy uressi oii lii i iy evening. Attention is directed to Mr T. 0. LawJess’ change of advertisement. Town and country properties and a profitable cab business are offered for sale. The purebred Clydesdale stallion Young Herd Laddie will stand this season at Makauri. Settlers having suitable mares

should make eaily application lor service. The Rev. .J. Lead's mission meetings will be held in the Theatre Royal Cecil evening this week, commencing at hudpast seven. We are pleaseu l j learn that Mr S' Earle, who has been laid up for some time from tlie effects of influenza, is about again.

Wo regret to learn that Mr T. Steele, the popular proprietor of tfie Albion Club Hotel, is at present seriously indisposed. His many friends will join with us in wishing him a speedy recovery.

On account of the Trinity Coliege cm animation Mr Mistovvski will defer his visit to Gisborne till the tHili ilist-. The concert which was to be given by the Coil vent pupils on that evening will be postponed till Tuesday the oOlb mst.

A miner named John Willett, in the Avoca district, the other morning decided to give Rediiank, where he had been prospecting, *• a last trial." and dug up a nugget of pure gold weighing Kill and -loz of loose gold soon after .-.farting work.

The voting on the Bible in schools question in me Tokomanno district has oven pincticuliy completed, and trio latest figures available show that 700 vot. d “ yea ” nod Mi “ no.” Twenty-five weic in favor of the New South Wales system, and 160 did not record their votes.

A presentation was made to Mr Harry M> rgan, who bit on Sunday to take up an appointment in the Justice Department at Christchurch. On taking leave ot nis chums ic was presented by them with a neat (hissing ease. In making the presentation Mr M. Cox expressed the regret they all felt at his departure, and hoped the sim.il token would help to keep him in mind nl Gisborne. Mr Morgan suitably responded.

Mr Neeiian writes : hir.—Vlien: arc some kind persons who are always anxiois lo give the public- nilomuil inn which ihey try to make the pubb believe Hey are going to oMxbit by, while i.i their own mind they are trying to entirely benefit themselves 'I here lias been a rumor that then: have leeii no foals by the entire horse Belplin. Now iam prepared to put bio against any oilier mail's Ltd that I can bring as many foals by Dolphin a,s am other horse in liis class in Poverty Bav, the twenty pounds to go to flic Hospital. This is open for two weeks. ’'

The Auckland Herald has the following reference to Madame Melba : —“ Bbo lias broken down national barriers, as great artiste always do, and won her victories ill the citadels of the foreigner. She bus sung her way inm the love of those who hate her nation and fear her people. She has levelled caste and made rank meaningless. She has stretched her Seeptro of Song over lord and common, man and woman, inlander and outlander. Those who inherit thrones havo done homage to the glorious voice which a simple colonial girl got from the Giver of Gifts. Those who preach equality have humbled themselves before this woman of the people, who had but to open her mouth to convince them that some are set apart from others by a mysterious Providence. It is impossible to exaggerate the power, the prestige, the place, which such a gift as that of Melba's accords to its possessor. YVhat- wonder then that Australian cities do as we would do in Auckland if the great colonial singer were here 1 ” What hurts us in London (says the N.Z. Horald) is what hurts us here, we fritter and dribble away our borrowings to the amazement of our creditors and to our own great injury. Wo are always borrowing, borrowing, borrowing, in comparatively small amounts. Such Public Works Statements as that now before Parliament absorb many millions in the long run, and in a most wasteful and extravagant manner. To allot a paltry jEdO.OOO to the IlelensviUeNorthward which could profitably employ a quarter of a million sterling is simply playing with management when we know and evciy body knows that the quarter of a million must be raised sooner or later and that the district languishes for want of it. Do the people ol Waihi think there is un advantage in taking years to build a small line which ought to go through in as many months ? Do the people of Rotorua consider their interests attended to because of the scanty thousands proposed whero tens of thousands must be spent and because of the equal expenditure required to mako good the scandalous drainage bungle ? Does anybody really think itTmatter for congratulation that the Main Trunk should be uallied with, seeing that it has to be built with borrowed money m any cased These are only illustrations of the system, only instances of what is occurring throughout the country, on a scoro of railways, a hundred roads, a thousand bridges, an indefinite number of public works.

Since the Rev. Jamos Lyall opened .his mission at tho Theatre Royal on Sunday aftoruoou, crowded mootings have followed, and already a large number of conversions have been recorded. Although not a bnlliaut speaker, Mr Lyall has a manner and personality that takes with tho crowd, ani this, combined with the introduction of new evangelical methods, makes his addresses most attractive. A Scotchman by birth, 11ml it student under tho great Jonn McNeil, his many years residence in the United Suites has caused him to be endowed with the energy so characteristic of the Americans, and has also given him of the accent of that country. Possessed with a keen sense of humour, he can score a point where many other men would fail. As on evangelist, he has been phenomenally successful, and both in Australia and New Zealand, he has won many thousands of souls. The rev. gentleman is possessed of a good voice, and although suffering from a cold on Sunday afternoon he gave a most impressive rendering of the American ineiody ‘•lie was not willing that any should perish,” His address last evening had special reference to the blessings that followed conversion, the preacher pointing out that once a man gave his heart to God ho ceased to care for things of the world. Christ satisfied all who came uuto Him, and gave them new desires and a fresh hope in life. A man when he became converted did not have to give up anything, for with that conversion one's desires for things of the world altogether vanished. Tho address throughout was most- interesting, and was listened to with close attention. The singing was led by a united choir under the couductorship of Mr Burrows, and the Torrey Alexander hymubooks were used for the first time. Bible reading will be held this afternoon, and the usual public meeting will be held in the Theatre this evening, commencing at 7.30.