The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, DECEMBER 27, 1902.

Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 704, 27 December 1902, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, DECEMBER 27, 1902.

The funeral of the late Archbishop of Canterbury has been fixed for to-day. Most impressive special services wcr. held in the ehui'-’nes on Christmas Day-

Over sixty people left town for Ormond by the late .train on Christmas Eve.

At Te Karaka Sports yesterday, (iierc was n , sum of £3B 12s taken at the gates.

The amount of the tender for the Palmerston High School building is £2228, which does not include furnishing.

The telegraphists at Gisborne had a busy time on Christmas Eve, over ■ 500 telegrams being transmitted. The inmates of the Old Men’s Home wore regaled on Christmas Day with good cheer, including roast boef, plum pudding, etc., from Mr J. A. Harding, and turkey, etc., from Mr T. Steele.

A most enjoyable social was held last night at Pakarae, in Mr J. B. Shaw’s woolshcd. Tho affair proved a capital wind-up to the holiday. Supper was suppliod by Mr Shaw, whose arrangements gave complete satisfaction.

At St. Andrew’s Church to-morrow morning the Rev. J. G. Paterson’s subject of sermon will he “'How Christ's Victory May Become Ours.: In the evening Mr Paterson will deliver his Jast lecture for I!><l3, entitled “Show Your Colors.” Young men and women earnestly invited.

At St Mary's Roman Catholic Church on Christmas Day three special services were conducted by the Rev. Father Mulvihill. The church was beautifully decorated, the altar especially showing evidence of artistic and tasteful work on the part of the lady members of the congregation. At each service there was a large attendance. Mr J. R. Shaw, the proprietor of the Pakarae Hotel, is to bo complimented on the arrangements ho had made yesterday for coping with with the large influx of visitors to that charming seaside resort. Three hundred and fifty people sat down to luncheon, and in two hours all of that large number had been attended to. This is a record that few city hotels W’ould be able to beat. At I’uatac on Christmas Day, there was an assemblage of about .'IOO Natives, the special icason for the gathering being to raise funds for a new meeting-house at that place. A dinner was served Op irt style that wasequal to anything of the kind ever before attempted on the Coast. A collection in aid of the meeting-house resulted' in £75 beiifg collected.

The mail steamer Ventura, which is timed to leave Auckland for ban Trancisco on January 2, has already most of her passenger accommodation taken up, and bookings are coming forward very freely. Amongst the passengers booked at Sydney are Admiral and Lady Beaumont, several American wool buyers, who have been attending the Australian sales, and a number of tourists who are taking advanlace of the stop over privileges, en route to Euiope. There w a s a very busy time at th: .shops in Gisborne un Christmas Kv.y Light showers set in at 5 m iiie morn ing, and appearances were east for a wet day ; but soon the ram cleared oil and warm summer weather -set in. An enormous crowd of ueople visited the town, and all the indications were that a very happy Christina., would he spent. The rising generation had a real good time on Christina-. Eve. and the heat of the little drum and the blare of the toy trumpet are still to be heard in Lite laud. Some • f the shops were most tastefully decorated for the festive season.

There was a bright and happy service at Holy Trinity Church on Christmas morn. There was a large congregation, the incumbent, Rev. W. Welsh, conducting ;he service, in the course of which ho gave a fine sermon from the text, “ Peace on earth ; goodwill to men." There was an excellent musical service, including Christinas hymM; “ Christians Awoke," 'Hark, theJHera'd Ange’s.” 11 0 Come H.'. ye Faithful,” aud a solo, “ The People shat in darkness,” was sung by Mr Oederwall, who is gifted with e. deep bass Cice C'f vare quality. Mr E. N. Sidebottom, the organist, presided at the o rrr a n. The church was artistically decorated with flowers aud evergreens, appropriate texts also being shown in white and gold lettering. A feature of toe gegoratious was the pretty way in w hieh the reading desk was set off. On the front there was a cross, very tastefully arranged with red and white Oowers. The beautiful decorations were much admiretj, and re* fiected great credit on the workers

Tiic which pa.-sed through ! Gisborne on Wednesday, iiau 253 stu.i I rams, consigned from Adelaide to Wei- ' j The holiday trains yesterday were fairly well patronised, < ver three hundred people leaving town for Kaiteratalii and other picnic resorts. Three hundred people sal down to supper at Messrs Alien Bros.' diningrooms after 8 on Christmas Eve, and all were expeditiously served. The heaviest bullock yet slaughtered at the Napier abattoirs weighed 14021 b. It was bred at Mr Mason Chambers’ Te Mata station. Ail inquest was held on Wednesday concerning the death of a Maori woman near Te A.ni. The jury found that death resulted from natural causes. In the West Austialiau Legislative Council, a Dill providing for a small reIduction of members of both Houses was rejected on the voices. At Curracabah, Ne.v Sou'll Wales, a well sinker named John Tickle took a fit at the surface of a well and fell 140 ft to t.ic- bottom. He was killed.

There was splendid weather for tiie holidays in Gisborne district, with a little rain at night to lay the dust and imjirove the appearance of the country. Among the Coast visitors to town arc Messrs E. C. Bolton (now oi Hick’s Bay), M. Downey, Johnston, and Tuckwel! (Waipiro Bay), and A. B. .Jackson (Tujiaroaj. The baths and domain at Te Aroha, which have hitherto been under the control of the Te Aroba Domain Board, will be taken over by the Tourist Department from January 1 next. Mr 3. li. Matthew is now chief engineer of the Zealaudia, having relieved Mr Oxford, who has remained behind at Sydney on sick leave. Mr A. J. Grant is third officer of the Zealaudia. A solicitor of Wanganui was lined X'l> with costs 7s, for having allowed his daughter, while suffering from measles, to travel ill a railway carnage without lirsi having informed the guard, or taken precautions against infection.

One of Die features of Christmas) Eve decorations was Messrs Adair Bros.: smart delivery vehicle. Jingling bells were attached to the pony’s harness, and appropriately-worded greetings were neatly displayed on the vehicle. “ The thermometer inis risen to tho occasion and touched a hundred in the shade to-day,” is a sample of MarkTaploy humor froni tho Press Association representative in Sydney. Eortanutely it was aoni before the Clnistruas dinner had been partaken of. Mr Rothwoll’s subjects at Wesley Church on Sunday will bo: Morning, '• How the Christian Citizen may ho wrapped up in the Imperial Soldier;” evening, “ A Christmas Day on Haiti Hill —worth building a mountain to get such a view.” Biuikey’s Christmas hymns ; anthem, 1 ‘ Exalt Hull. 11

Mr A. B. Jackson is at present in Gisborne, and leaves l i-morrow for South in connection with his clever contrivance in 1 lie form of a wind, rain, and dust excluder. The jialcnt shrink! readily command the attention of 1 hose on the look-out for something, really good. The wits ought to get a good point from tlie cablegram regarding Mr K. Rankins’ great dims. He u; a barri-ster-and a hunter of “big game,” and the catileman might have mentioned as to how near lie was to heavc-n as com pared with the ordinary moitals in the legal line.

The special holiday lixiures for New Year's Day is the L0.0.K. annual picnic, which is to he reid tins year at Kaiteratahi. A capital programme has been prepared, and as the trains will run at suit-able times, line weather should ensure a record attendance Entries for the Oddi'Mows’ 1-lanilica-close to-night. Mr J. Sisterson, who was seriously injured by a fall from a horse some weeks ago, is steadily progressing towards ijeijifvery, -andtyn Wednesday hqj was able to lie removed from the Bridge Hotel (where lie had been well cared for) to a residence on the Haiti, which places (lie patient within easy reach of medical aid, : A four-footed bird is in possession Mr Carter, of tho pilot statiou at Lyttelton Heads. It is a gosling, one of seven hatched out of a setting of nine eggs, and has three legs, two of them on the leit side, and on one of its two left legs are two feet. In walking it only uses two feet, tho additional foot on one leg being doubled up, and tho third leg being dragged along as an encumbrance.