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Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 706, 30 December 1902, Page 2

The SiS. Mararoa left Auckland yesterday at 4.30 p.m., I"' 1 «*ouM arrive here this afternoon about 3 p.m. Captain Edwin wired yesterday: “ Gale from between north-east and north and west; glass further fall.” East Cape wired yesterday:—“ N.W breeze ; barometer corrected, 29.77; ther* tuometer in gkade, 71; sea smooth."

There will be no publication of the Times on New Year’s Day. A social is to be held in the Taruheru Reading Room to-morrow evening. The English cricketers play Hawern today. The smoke from bush tires yesterday gave the town an amber-colored appearance. Wi I’ere, of Gisborne, has a majority of over COO in the Eastern Maori elce tion. The Muvaroa arrives from Sydney and Auckland :bis afternoon, a day m advance of the ordinary time-table. Tenders (labor) are required for erecting a brick wail to Messrs Common, Shelton and Co.’s premises. Among those who have booked passages for the Waikato's Sounds Excursion are Messrs E. B. and R. Barker. At the Police Court yesterday a prohibition order was granted against John Ryan, tailor. Winners of prizes at the recent Horticultural Show may obtain the same from Miss Hyett at the "Beehive. The Gisborne Gas Company notify a reduction of lOd per 1000 feet in the price of lighting gas from Thursday next.

Messrs Williams and Kettle will hold their next stock sale at the Matawhero yards on Tuesday, January 6th. A popular fixture for New Year's night is the Poverty Bay Rowing Club’s social at the Academy of Music. With fine weather it is believed that there will be a record atteudanco at the Oddfellow’s picnic at Kaitcratahi on Now Year’s Bay, It is anticipated that there will be a large attendance at the Poverty Bay Rowing Clubs annual picnic on New Year’s Day. Invitations are available from membeis of the committee. A social will bo held in To Jvaraka schoolroom on the evening of January Ist. Funds raised are to he applied towards making a presentation to llcv. Canon Fox. Dancing is to commence at 8 p.m. The telephone system is steadily extending in this district. It lias been found necessary to extend the switchboard, and latterly Mr J. Stewart has had to use his ingenuity to squeeze in new lines. A meeting of the committee of th° Whataupoko Bowling Club will be held at the Masonic Hotel at 2 to-morrow afternoon to consider matters in connection with the team to take part in the tournament.

Ths following matches were played on the bowling green on Saturday Massey, Collinge, Ferris, Simson 16 v. Sidebottom, McGowan, Witty, Ponsford 80; Harris, Tombleson, Willock, Dixon 22 v. Quigley, Lewis, Matthewson, Bright 16. Messrs Williams and Kettle, Ltd., havo received instructions from the trustees in the estate of the lato Mr Edward F. Harris to offer at public auction on Saturday, 24th January, 12 acres of land on Kaiti, comprising very valuablo building soetious.

The Tysor steamer Indradovi, which left Gisborne on tho 6tli inst., took cargo shipped by Messrs Williams and Kettle, Limited, to tho valuo of £22,583, and by the same firm, on behalf of Messrs Murray, Roberts, and Co., cargo to tho value of £9BO. Tho Gisborne Rides havo arranged for ft day’s shooting at tho Kaiti range on Friday, which will be observed as a close holiday. Soveral prizes will bo competed for, including a handsome rug presented by tho Kaiapoi Woollen Company, through Mr Buttle, tho Company’s representative. At tho Police Court yesterday morning, before Messrs J. W. Bright and It. Johnston, J.P.s, John Peter Evans alias Peter Evelyn alias George Colo was charged with stealing £2 from John Wilson on Boxing Day. Sergeant Siddclls said accused had made an application to be tried before tho S.M. Tho Bench accordingly remanded him for eight days ; bail, £IOO, with two sureties at £OO each, Tho rifles of tho Gisborne Rilles Company are at present stored in tho drill shed, having been left for inspection by the Government armorer. Those members who require their rides for tho shooting competition on Friday aro reminded that they must obtain them net later than Wednesday night, otherwise they will be unable to procure them.

Tho Kia Ora Factory, which has been so well run as a proprietary concern by Mr McGregor, is to be opened on tho first day of 1903 as a co-operative concern, .with the services of Mr McGregor retained as manager. The Secretary of tho Company is Mr T. A. Coleman. The Kia Ora has obtained a vory high reputation for tho quality of its butter, which is in keen, demand in other parts of the colony. The Tyser steamer Indralema, which left Gisborne on Saturday had the following cargo : —Shipped by Messrs Williams and Kettle, Limited: 11,800 carcases mutton, 4341 carcases lamb, 2235 pieces mutton, 788 quarters beef, 2108 bales wool, 135 casks tallow, 23 packages sausage casings. Shipped by Messrs Bennett and Sherratt: 54 bales wool. Shipped by Messrs Common, Shelton, and Co.: 289 bales wool. Tho Wairoa agent of the Press Association telegraphed yesterday :—Messrs Stone and Buskneil were driving over Parikauapa on Saturday when the liorso ran up a steep bank. The occupants ot the trap wore thrown out. Mr Stone broke the small bonos of his foot. He came on to Wairoa, and left for Gisborne on Sunday. W. lfobertson won the first prize of the Highland dancing competition at the Caledonian sports.

A pleasing Christmas Day ceremony took place at St. Augustine’s Church, Napier, Mr Charles Henry Hyett, formerly of the Gisborne Times staff, being married to Miss Margaret Louie, of Gisbori, The Bev. C. L. Luke officiated. The bride was given away by her brother, Mr C. Louie, and was attended by two little bridesmaids, the Misses A. and M. Knapp. Mr P. Sehwabe, of Gisborne, acted as best man. The happy couplo bavo the heartiest good wishes of a large number of Gisborne and Napier friends.

Owing to the confusion caused amongst the horses and cahs on the wharf during the blast of the Waibi’s steam whistle just prior to leaving the wharf, and in order to avoid accidents, tho Union Steam Ship Company have decided to adopt the following starting signals j_by the Waihi after the first of January next :— 11 One long blast of the whistle a quarter of an hour before starting ; two bells five minutes before, and three bells immediately before starting.” Those interested in shipping will do well to note this alteration.

Owing to the country players being in the midst of the busy season just now, the town v. country cricket match will not be played at Ormond on New Year’s Day. The Cricket Association has decided that a return Married v. Single match shall be played on Victoria Domain on New Year's Day, commencing at 11 a.m. Tho following teams will oppose each other:— Jlarried : Barlow, Rowlands, Whyte, W. Gibson, Plimmer, Porter, Raymond, F. Sharp, Hodge, Lewis, and Lang. Emergencies : Hawkins, J. Andrews, -J. McCredie, Stringer. Single : H. Sharp. Sheridan, F. Smith, Dodd, W. McCredie! Shillabeer, Poananga, C. Priestley, Hay. Barton, Tattersall. Emergencies : Young, Howard, Waitai. At a meeting of the committee of the Gisborne Bowling Club yesterday afternoon a letter was received from the City Band, asking for the use of the dub’s grounds for a concert in aid of the band funds. Although the committee sympathised with the movement it was "considered the grounds were unsuitable for such a popular entertainment. The request was regretfully declined. Mr Tan Sirnson resigned the position of skip of the Gisborne representative rink at the bowling tournament, as he had arranged to skip a Whataupoko rink. Mr Ponsford was elected to skip the representative rink, It is probable that three rinks will go to the tournament, viz.—Gisborne: 1 ' fskip), Gaudin, McGowaD, and a i fourth player to be seieu.Cl?. s poko : Sirnson (skip), Sidebottom, Massey, ; Martin. Kaiti: Witty, Wallace, Nicholas, i and a fourth man to be selected. The i teams are to leave on the 7th .jnd lltb of t •January, '

The Monowai, which arrived at the Bluff yesterday afternoon, brought an English mail via Hobart. The steamer Mokoia made a smart trip to Auckland on Sunday, reaching the northern port under 21 hours from Gisborne. A mob of 700 choice lambs arrived at Messrs Nelson Bros.’ freezing works yesterday. Tho lambs were tho property of Mr Banks, Murewui. It is requested that all accounts against Te Karaka Spoils Committee be sent in to Mr L. C. Allen, treasurer, Te Karaka Hotel, not later than Saturday next. The Rides Band, at the drill shed, last night, had a practice of the evolutions they are to carry out at the picnic at Kaitcratahi on Thursday. They were under command of Mr Corbett, and went through tho evolutions in an admirable manner. In connection with the picnic at Kaiteralahi on New Year’s Day, intending passengers should take note that reduced tickets are obtainable from tho Oddfellows Picnic Committee. For all tickets obtained at the railway station ordinary fares will he charged. Who is the veteran of local government in New Zealand '? A strong claim is made on behalf of Mr R. K. Simpson, of Raugitikei County Council, who lias just been elected to a term of office that will, when completed, give him forty continuous ’ years of work on local bodies. Messrs Clark and Robinson, owners of the Melbourne Gup winner, The Victory, did not forget the charities of Australia. They cabled out from London giving £SU to tho Melbourne Hospital, £SO to tho Melbourne Children’s Hospital, £SO to tho Adelaide Hospital, and £SO to tho Adelaido Children’s Hospital. A peculiar incident is reported from the Clare Oval (says tho Adelaide Observer). A bowler sent down a full toss, which uprooted the middle stump. But the leg and off sticks, being rather loose, closed together when the middle was knocked out, and by their pressuro kopt tho hails hanging in position. The batsman was given not out.

Salisbury, a t illage near Adelaide, has an astonishing strip of laud in an old rive.i bed (now nearly dry) that grows unsurpassable oruuges. There are but 150 acres altogether of this alluvial soil, a bit of which has just changed hands at about £230 an acre.

A shocking accident latoly befoi a young girl at Glen Lines, N.S.IV. While in the dairy getting milk, her hair becarno entangled iu the separator, and the wholo scalp was torn off in a couple of seconds. After being seen by local medicos, she was trained to Syduoy for treatment.

Yosterday Capo Maria reported a N.W. wind ; Auckland, N.W., blue sky; Napier, N.NAV.; New Plymouth, N.W.; Wellingtoo, N.N.W., overcast; Greyuiouth, N.E., cloudy ; Christchurch, light E., overcast; Dunedin, S.W., overcast; Invercargill, S.E., overcast-. A heavy sea was running at Capo Egrnont. Wairoa advised : N.W. strong, cloudy, bar bad, sea smooth. Every important Now Zealand town lias a considerable stream of water iu close proximity. And with all this power running to waste, coal is dragged round tho coast from Westland at a shocking expense. In somo respects, Muorilaud is fast enough ; in somo others, a catorpillor could givo it ton yards’ start and win easily.—Sydney Bulletin. Bosauquet is a vory versatile bowlor. Going on early in the first innings of Auckland, ho bowled somo fairly fast ones. Changing ends at a later stage, ho bowlod the leg theory, and put tho Auckland men in a knot. Ho is said to bo one of tho best men in England in this now school of bowling, and to havo captured over 100 wickets last season.

The express from tho south was an hour lato in reaching Tiuiaru tho other evening, tho delay being causod through tho inability of tho engine to copo with the heavy excursion train when noar one of the tunnels south of Oamaru, Two trips had to bo made to take the to tho nearest station. On arrival at Tima'ru two engines wero put on to facilitate thG journey to Christchurch. —Timaru Post.

At tho Tiuiaru Polico Court on Wcduosday, it was remarked that tho first arrest for drunkenness sineo tho goneral election had been mado on Tuesday. A prominent member of the Licensod Victuallers’ Association, who was proseut, stated that an endeavor had been mado to ascertain where tho man charged with tho ofl'cDco had procured so much drink, but all tho local hotel-keepers denied having supplied him.

A remarkable game was played at Wedderburn (Victoria) last month botween tho local club and fifteen of Kurruca. Tho former batted first and scored 183, D. Sutherland making 98. Tho fifteen then went in, and were dismissed for a total of 0, one man making 2 not out, three a single each, while there were eloven “ducks.” Noonan took eight wickets for no runs, and Brockwell six for 5. The manner of preparing Caulfield and Melbourne Cup candidates this soason was in strong contrast to tho method obtaining years ago. Not one went the full Melbourne Cup distance in Ilia work ; nearest to it being Sojourner’s sensational lijin., which shaved tho record, A mile and a half was tho limit, and this distance was the greatest galloped by the ultimate winner, The Victory. Magistrate McArthur, just now on the Bench at Wellington, has a humorous way with some of his “ drunks." One fellow that was paraded before him last week for habitual drunkenness pleadod that he had “just had a drop of drink, and that was all." “ I wonder what you fellows call a drop V ” queried the Doctor; “ I supposo it’s as much liquor as you can tako until you do drop i ” And then he dropped on to tho delinquent with a good stiff fine.

A London correspondent writes The King has been Jiving very quietly since his return to London. Several privute dinner parties which friends had arranged for him have been cancelled. He is again under a severe regimen. At the Guildhall luncheon he ate nothing but a little chicken and some specially prepared biscuits of his own. He walks little, rises from a sitting posture with evident effort, does not look well, and his spirits show signs of flagging, There undoubtedly is much concern among his associates at these symptoms. An Australian paper states At Invercargill the three-fifths majority required to carry total prohibition didn’t eventuate —but it was only nine votes short. Nine more votes would have deprived the saddest-looking, wettest-looking, grayestlooking town in all Maoriland of its last remaining shred of consolation. The writer was at Invercargill once. Only a timely whisky saved his life while waiting for the protracted snail express to take him to Dunedin. To be. a sober stranger at Invercargill is much the same as being a bookmaker in Greenland, or trying to sell a fire-escape to the Esquimaux.

The Wanganui Herald writes:—A very violent lunatic, a man named Sweeney, who arrived from Greymouth a week ago, occupied the padded room at the pofice cells last Saturday and Sunday. The occupant of an adjoining cell was a .young man arrested for drunkenness on Saturday, who confessed to the Magistrate at the Police Court that he would not go through the same experience again for a To note. “If they’d kept me there much longer I’d have gone mad, too,” he remarked, evidently referring to the ravings of the unfortunate lunatic.

The tragic death of' a boy, Charles Seidel, 10 years of age, son of Adolph Seidel, farmer, of Towitta, South Australia, is reported as having occurred a few days ago. The lad was sent by his mother to gather eggs, and not returning, a youneer brother was sent to look for him. He found the dead body of the bov suspended by a rope in the shed. It was seen that the lad had stood on a rail to fasten a rope to a rafter of the shed, so as to make it swing to keep the other end off the ground. While doing this he had laid it across his shoulders, unconsciously inserting his head in the noose.. He then accidentally fell, owing to the rail breaking Bruises under the arm and on the body show where'hecamc in contact with the broken rail in his fall. The boy’E neck j was dislocated. J