The Gisborne Times PIBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, NOVEMBER 20, 1902.

Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 580, 26 November 1902, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PIBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, NOVEMBER 20, 1902.

The timber industry in Hawke's Buy has never been in such a prosperous state as it is at the present time. During last month 101 artisans and 2078 laborers wore employed oil cooperative works in New Zealand. Captain Edwin wired yesterday after* noon 11 Strong westerly winds; glass rise ; weather colder ; probably rain after 20 hours from now.” 11 A mail of .sound logic and the leuad ly of a bulldog,” is the New Zealand Times description ol Mr W. D. Lysnatb Tbo rate of freight on sawn timber of all descriptions under the Government contract with the Now Zealand and African Steamship Company has been fixed at six shillings per hundred feet superficial. The local election was conducted in an excellent spirit, but in the evening an attempt was made to extract some fun hy (lie throwing of a casual egg of high flavor, and an elector was deprived of his liberty for the time being mi a charge of throwing an egg. At the Auckland Show the Manawaru Co-operative Dairy Co. was awarded first prize for the oOIb. of factory butter packed tor export. Tne local factory, over since it 3 commencement, has received great kudos for the quality and general excellence of the butter turned out. A row occurred at a bush camp ou the Huanui road on Saturday lasl, and two men were injured. One man s head was injured by a stirrup iron and another had his nose bitten. Tile latter came to town yesterday lor medical treatment, and was attended to by Dr. Morrison. Prohibition lias been carried at Bruce, Ashburton, Newtown, and probably other places. Deduction has also been carried in a number of electorates. The returns from Clutlia were awaited until daylight this morning by some enthusiasts) but they had not been completed up to the timo we went to press. At the bowling green yesterday the following games were played:—Morgan and Wiity 18, v. Adair and Birss 17 ; J. Rosie and X. Adair v. X. Witty and itobinson to ; Uit, Jackson, Puttie anti Bright (skip) !), v. Buie, Nicholas, C. Adair and Massey (skip) 82 ; fcjaudlant. O'Meara, Matlhewson and McGowan (skip) 2(5, v. Coleman, Seymour, Barton and bimson (snip) IT. »

By the will of the late Lord Braybrooke, who died ill June last, at the age of 78, leaving an estate valued at over £07,500, Mrs Gertrude Coe, of Christchurch, benefits to the extent of an annuity of ATBO per annum, secured by a mortgage of A'.jOOU stock to the value of A2BUO odd, and certain money at Hoarc's Bunk. The residue of Lord Braybrooke s property is left to bis wife.

Southerly to south-westerly light winds prevailed yesterday, and the day was generally overcast. Auckland, New Ply. mouth, Wanganui, Wellington, Blenheim, Westport. GreyniDulh, Bnaley, Hokitika, Christchurch, Oarnaru, Dunedin, and Invercargill all reported cloudy skies. An increasin'’ sea was running at Tiritiri, and moderate at Cape Campbell, Farewell Spit, southward, and Uamaru, rough sea at the Bluff. East Cape wired: ••Eight id. breeze, blue sky, smooth sea and ordinary, rain front westward last night, now tine and clear.’

The Pacific cable will be opened to Vancouver for International traffic on Bth prox. Cablegrams for Great Britain will be delivered in London and the larger cities by the Atlantic Tc-legraph Companies. Those for the provinces will be handed by the Atlantic Companies to the post-office for delivery as is at present done : for with other messages the Atlantic Telegraph Companies register code addresses in London free. Senders of cablegrams to code addresses in Great Britain should use the indications already registered by the British Post-Offices and the Atlantic Telegraph. Companies in the case of new code addresses. Applications for registration should be lodged at the telegraph offices in the colony, whence they should be forwarded by telegraph to 1 the General Post-Office for free transmis- j sion by Cable Company to London. Holy Trinity Church—To-day has been set apart as a Day oi Intercession tot* Missions. Holy Communion, jo :pi a.m.; 7..'iu p.m., in Schoolroom (Communicants' Union.) Sim.iect, “Methods oi Bible study. Collection hi aid of Missions, Kev. W, Welsh.