The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING

Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 555, 27 October 1902, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING

• ijorni -j,. Mr W. I) [,-> -rr.il- r■ -111ri■ - from r c-Con-1 10 liny. ( r Tool;. , hi, I, - „ .cm -.1 f , t t G>-b . i,e nniii;' ol tin C , k i: \ ' on til. The train arrangements for to morrow and Wednesday are udvertisrd in another column. The Ravciihein laud snbmitti d to auction on Saturday by Messrs NVyllie and Mason was passed at X 25 an acre. Captain Pearse, of the Pastoralists’ He view, arrived in Girl ■ c on Saturday, and will remain until after the Show. Visitors are already arriving in town for the Show and races, and hotel and board ing bouse accommodation is likely to be severely taxed during the week. An exhibit of English Leicester* for the show, comprising seven rams and three owes, arrived by tire Elingamite on Satur day.

On Saturday morning a fire occurred in a bouse in Bright street, occupied by Mr Otto Hansen, but was suppressed before much damage was done.

Messrs McKenzie (Wairarapa) and Holmes (Dunedin), two of the judges at the A. and P. Show, arrived by the Elingamite on Saturday morning. The other judges conic by the fanny, which anises this morning. Mr T. Coulthard Muilions, architect, has received the following tenders for the erection of a villa residence at Mntawhero: - Clayton Bros. £'sls Baty and Bartlett X 479. E. Station! X‘467 10s, MeConiioehie and MeGillivrv L'loo, Muckrcll and Collev JEMSS, A. Juslin X'4D3, M. ilaistuan £393.

Among those who have arrived in Gisborne to he present during Show week is Mr F. 1. Gregory, the representative of John Chambers and Sons, Nc-w Zealand agents for the manors of tiie Tattgye engines. Mr Gregory has arranged to have an engine at work on the show ground. At the meeting of the Waiapu Licensing Bench on Saturday, Messrs W. A. Barton (chairman), J. Macfarlano, and 1). 11, pburn were present. Conditional licenses in connection with the publicans’ booths at the Show and races this week were granted, ami also for the Mntawhero snleyards on Thursday of the following week.

The secretary of the A. and P. Society announces the order in which the judging will be proceeded with on the second da'. Th classes have been arranged to b- tab' n in an urcier that will amid contusion in the participants in various events. A large blackboard will be placed in position, which will show the class to he judged and the class next to follow it, and the winners of tho various events will also bo notified.

Mr Richards, who has been shipping clerk with Messrs Common, Shelton and Co. for several years, left for Auckland and Sydney by the Elingamite on Saturday. Prior to leaving the film’s employ ho was the recipient uf a presentation by the staff, consisting of a case of pipes, a silver matchbox, and a travelling case. The presentation was made by Mr G. K. Pasley, who expressed the good wishes of all for Mr Richards’ future welfare. Mr Richards will return to Gisborne and intends settling in the district.

Tho following crews havo been selected by the Poverty Bay Rowing Club for their first trial four races, which are to be rowed in about three weeks’ time :—Arch Kirk (str), J. Roderick, C. Kirk, S. Moore ; B. Williams (str), A. Russell, F. Clarke, V. Somerville ; A. W. Kirk (str), D. Green, Arch Pool, W. Lewis ; A. Donken (str), W. Parker, A. Pritchard, G. Douglas ; H. Taylor (str), J. Smith, C. Priestley, S. Roderick ; A. Pool (str), L. Tate, G. Klee, J. Kennedy ; H. Burns (sir), G. Brown, J. Reed, G. Falconer. Mr Seddon replied as follows to a telegram of welcome on the Premier's return to New. Zealand : “ Very many and sincere thanks for your kind welcome home. It is very gratifying to us to receive so many warm expressions. lam happy to say that Mis Seddon lias considerably benefited by the sea trip. We look forward with pleasure to meeting all our old friends again. We all join in.sending you kindest regards and best wishes.—R. ,J. Seddon.” St. Hill's perferming bear and biograph show opened in Peel street on Saturday night, and gave two performances to full bousos. The bear is a very largo one, and wrestles with his trainer. The biograpii is an exceptionally good one, and the"great attraction is the eight-round contest for the world's championship betweon Fitzsimmons and Jeffries. The liings's Coronation and the fast trotting mare are also admirably portrayed. The exhibtion will be shown in n special daylight proof marquee on the Show Ground.' Ladies and children will find special attractions. Montgomery's Entertainers will show at the Theatre Royal on show nights and race nights. Mr Montgomery lias several new artists with Bis company. Preeminent among the new artists is Mr Bob Hall, who showed for a season of nearly 180 nights in Christchurch. Miss Francis Beverley is a pleasing contralto ; Mr Fred Gibson yj ill be seen in new coon specialties ; Mr Ediud. Montgomery will appear in beautiful story ballads illustrated with magnificent picture tableaux, ‘specially created for this popular artist; and Mr Edgar Bentley will control tile musical portion of the programme. Another big attraction will be the complete set uf Coronation pictures, depicting the leading events attending this brilliant and spectacular, ceremony.

At Messrs Williams and Kettle’s sale on Nov. 1, s ctions 12 and 13, block 260, Kaiti, containing oU acres, fronting Darwin road, will be offered. The property is subdivided into four paddocks, and there is a well finished six-roomed dwelling on the place, also a stable and half an acre in orchard. This is considered one of the prettiest suburban spots on the Kaiti, and is in the occupation of Mr T. Haaclie. Another addition is 16 acres of freehold land at Makaraka, with a new house, the property of Mr John Wilson, together with a lease of 10 acres of Makaraka racecourse, the whole making a very compact little property, suitable as a dairy farm. Tho sale altogether promises to be the most important one held in the district for many years.

tut w. ljottgias Lysnar, in ms antiProhibition campaign, addressed a good meeting at Awanui on Saturday evening, between fifty and sixty people being present. Mr D. MacDonald occupied the chair. Mr Lysnar held the attention of tlie audience throughout. The speaker dealt with the subject ge- ■ nerally. and said that the Prohibitionists seemed to be hard pressed when they advertised misleading and distorted statements through the Press regarding his remarks, and also had to try and protect their position by anonymous correspondence in the papers. He dwelt at length on some of the statements of a writer to the Gis-j borne Times, signing himself “H.H.” He claimed that his (the speaker's) suggested forms of remedy were opportune and within the scope of practical discussion, and that the Prohibitionists were making a great deal too much of the question of monopoly, when they themselves had created Hie monopoly and were preventing the in- , troduction of practical remedial reforms to meet the complaints of mod- < crate people ; and Mr Lysnar attached , the same value to the Rev. Hugh ( Price Hughes' reported statements re- ■ garding the Stale of Maine, U.S.A., j as lie did to Bishop Julius's disavowal and Canon Webb’s denial ofMrlsitt’s admission that Prohibition was a partial failure. Mr Lysnar called on the electors to show their disapproval of the tactics of the Prohibition party, _ and of some of the churches, by going to the poll, and voting against Prohibition. Upon the motion of Mr N Wood, seconded by Mr J. Knox, a ‘ hearty vote of thanks was accorded to n the speaker for his address, and it was “ predicted that there would be a block jft'ote against Prohibition at Awaoui. a

The Union Company’s steamc-r Rotokino arrives this morning with a cargo of coal. An Invercargill firm has received a number ol urdeis for ploughs to be shipped do Aincit. “ ■ -kimds u:e i, f or.- ,i t u C i'J -A annoy an, e to g uui - ei- m a-.-i i-'UiiiJ Asubuitoii, ibo&e whu une sua.i Peas suffering most severely. Toe directors of the Matin', Dairy F.ic■ry l ump my have so d Hie current s-.i uinp it I t-iie* id It 4 13 Usd p i 'I, i oil l lick' ill Mttt.auia. TlieUimatu Wiiii understands that the Premier will peiiorm the Cjremo iy of il l veiling the cairn erected to trie- memory of toe kite tin John McKenzie. At a representative meeting of threshing machine owners of South Canterbury, belli m Tituuru, a resolution was passed affirming the principle of paying for all threshing by the thousand.

It is reported that a number of lambs have been dying in the Oamaru district through their having eaten binder twine, lengths of which were found in the straw stacks which stood in the paddocks.

The ruchurses Master Model, Mongonui, Inspan, The Gryphon, Roseplot, Minerve arrived by the Elingamite to fulfil their engements at the Poverty Bay Turf Ciub’s meeting.

The Christchurch Plumbers and Gasfitters Industrial Union has passed a resolution in favor of women being elected on the Hospital and Charitable Aid Boards.

In the South Island during last month, the Department of Labor assisted to find employment for 170 married and 116 single men, on whom there were dependent some 706 persons.

An idea of the number of Chinamen on the West Const may be gathered from the fact that between 2.30 and 800 assembled at tile irinity Church, Grey.nouth, one day recently, to hear an address by a Cninese missionary.

When the Mourn passed the East Capo yesterday morning the yacht Rainbow was sighted off Awanui, hove to. A southerly breeze sprung up during the afternoon, and tho yacbt continued her trip to Auckland.

Mr W. F. Crawford accepted Mr Hill’s friendly invitation tu attend Mr Vaic’s lecture oil Saturday evening last, and the two gentlemen sat side by side in a front seat, but neither took part in the proceedings.

An addition to Messrs Williams and Kettle’s land sale on November Ist is that desirable property in Aberdeen road lately in the occupation of Mr F. J. Shelton. Che area of land is about 4} acres, and thero is a ten-roomed dwelling and outbuildings on the place.

The New Zealand Government are advertising in Australia the sale a?, par of New Zealand 4 per cent, debentures, issued under the aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1302.

A man named William Henry Ellis has been admitted 1o the Auckland Hospital suffering Tron'i a broken leg. Ellis sustained his injuries at the Maiakana cement works while attending to am tijgine, the shaft of which struck him, fracturing his leg. As an illustration ol the severity of the weather in tiie hilly districts about a foitnight ago, when a heavy fall of snow occurred, it may be mentioned (says trie Bruce Herald) that 30 . sheep were smothered'in a drift on the Roxburgh Estate.

In Canterbury a buyer of stock (acting on behalf of an English syndicate which has purchased an extensive territory in Tierra del Fuego, South America) has bought some Goniedale sheep, and some Romneys and Merinos, from Southern breeders.

A unique discovery is reported from the Nairabri district, New South Wales (says tho Pastoralists’ Review). A settler had a number of fairly strong wethers, which were dying in some unaccountable way. A post mortem revealed tho remarkable cause of death, which was due to the luxuriant growth of trefoil in the animal’s stomach, the roots of which had penetrated every crevice of the stomach. Tin’s is, as far as we know, a hitherto unheard of experience.

Tho local produce markets havo been busy during the past week. Very few new potatoes were sent in, and stocks of old ones are now low. Onions are firmer in value, and only very few are obtainable. Tnc butter market is easier, but it is expected that bottom prices have been reached for the present. Eggs, although a shado easier in price, are in demand equal to tho supply. Cheese, hams, and bacon continuo in supply lar below tho demand, and high prices are ruling. The fruit market has been left bare, and with the exception of lemons, extreme prices ruled at the auctions. Vegetables are still scarce, and realised high prices. Poultry was more plentiful, but- sold high. Pigs of all classes sold at high rates. — Auckland Herald.