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Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 841, 16 March 1903, Page 2

His Lordship the Bishop of Waiapu leaves for the Coast on Thursday. The steamer Westralia arrived at Auckland at 1 p.m. yesterday from Gisborne. A mail for Napier and South, per the Aotea, will close at 2 this afternoon.

Mr Ivy Hoiby, who was drowned yesterday, was a member of the Foresters’ Lodge. The appointment of Mr Shrimpton, o f as°a member of the Napier Land Trust Board has been definitely sottlod.

Most of the cricketers who play a 1 Tolago arrived yesterday. Some of them got wet through by the heavy rain after they left Pakarae.

The schooner Waiapu, with the totalisator on board, arrived at Tolago Bay at five last evening, and to-morrow the racegoers will keep the record bell ringing.

Sinclair’s mail coach leaves for Tolago Bay at S o’clock this morning. A special coach will leave later in the day for the races. There will be no coach to-morrow. The steamer Waibi will leave for Tolago Bay at 4 to-morrow morning if sufficient inducement offers. The Waihi would arrive at Tolago in good time for the races, and leave there at a convenient time in the evening. Mr Alfred William Harris, of Mangapapa, has applied for letters patent for an apparatus for the destruction of the codlin moth aud other orchard pests. He left for Wellington last night to secure the patent rights in other countries. Mr Hursthouse, Government Engineer of Roads, and Mr McMillan, the engineer in charge of Hawke’s Bay district, left Gisborne yesterday morning for Tolago Bay, arriving there in the afternoon. Mr Hursthouse, besides inspecting the roads between Gisborne and Tolago, will inspect the site of the proposed bridge. He returns to Gisborne to night, and will receive deputations to-morrow.

A large crowd assembled at the Park to witness a half-mile race between T. Hickey and W. Hicks. The race was very exciting from the 3tart, both getting well away together. The competitors kept alongside one another till within about two hundred yards from homo, when both spurted and Hickey got the lead, which he maintained to the finish, winning as he liked.

An incident, tinged with sadness, which occurred a few days ago, tended to show the faithfulness of the collie. A young man had over a year ago-, sold his collie dog to a friend. A fev days past the young man died, and he owners of the dog missed the animal. Strange to say when the young man was buried the faithful collie was present, and looked into the grave of his former master as the last mourner turned away.

An accident occurred on the Opou station last week ot a somewhat serious nature, Oue of the employees on the station, Mr Finucane, was in charge of a waggon, and, while standing by, the horses got startled and bolted. Mr Finucane jumped on to the platform of the waggon, and in doing so fell. At this moment the leaders turned, with the result that Mr Finucane, who was lying on the platform, was carried under the waggon, receiving a severe crushing. At this critical juncture one of the horses luckily fell, thus stopping their career and saving the life of the driver, who, had the waggon turned round completely, would no doubt have met a most painful death, Mr Finucane, we learn, is progressing as satisfactorily as may be expected. ■ During the discussion at the Cricket Association meeting on Saturday evening, Mr J. W. Nolan (President) surprised the majority of the younger members by the knowledge he displayed in the formation of cricket grounds and pitches in general. In the course of the debate it was ascertained that Mr Nolan had been ODe of the principal movers in the work of transforming the Auckland Domain from a quagmire into oue of the best grounds in the colony. Mr Nolan had also, with Mr W. L. Rees (another Gisbornite), been mainly instrumental in making and forming the North Shore ground, Auckland, and he recounted how Mr Rees and he used to go down in the early morning and toil at the good work. “We had none of your modern labor-saving appliances in those days,” said the President, “ if we wanted water for the pitch we carried it in buckets.” Mr Nolan, after arriving in Gisborne, full of enthusiasm and zeal, spent over £2OO in making a first-class playing-field of the Gisborne Recreation Ground. After this was allowed to go to waste through lack of support, the groundmaker, nothing daunted, took a principal hand in the formation of Tucker’s Paddock, which the present members of the Association were surprised to find had been laid down at considerable expense by a professional gardener. Mr Nolan has sanguine hopes of Victoria Domain, and considered that it was only a questi n of time wheu splendid turf would be obtainable for wickets there.

A very interesting lecture was given in the Theatre ltoyal last evening by Mr J. M. Troup, entitled, 11 Where are our Dead Friends ?” The speaker, after referring to the fact that death had left its mark in most families, and in some way or other u.ost of us have felt its sting, therefore the question, '• Where are our Dead Friends ?” appealed to all in a very strong manner. Firstly showing in a very vivid picture “ Hell Fire,” as commonly believed, where the majority are supposed to go, and where they are eternally cursing and blaspheming God throughout the endless ages of eternity (although taught God is love), the speaker next turned to Heaven, where he said the “ good ” are supposed to go, although having the express word of Christ that no man has ascended to Heaven, and as Peter said of David,who wasamaD after God’s own heart, “ That David has not ascended to heaven,” therefore how could we expect to go there seeing that there was not one promise of eternal inheritance in heaven for us, but contrariwise on the earth as Jesus and his disciples plainly taught. Tnen leaving these doctrines behind the speaker began at Genesis and went gradually through the Bible, showing the nature of man, his origin (the dust), and the sentence of death reverting him back to the same, that God in His mercy had opened up a way by which man could escape from death (as in Adam all die) by believing the Gospel and passing into Christ through baptism. When at the resurrection at the return of Christ, if found worthy, as Paul said, this mortal would put on immortality. Meanw'hile our “ dead friends ” were calmly sleeping in the grave until the resurrection morn, and 11 The storm that wrecks the winter sky No more disturbs their sweet repose, Than summer evening’s latest sigh That shuts the rose.” Mr Townley, the Mayor, occupied the . chair, and the lecture was listened to ' throughout with evident interest, |

“ St. Patrick’s " is the name of the new church opened at Makauri yesterday. In the trade cricket mutch on Saturday Mackiell and Colley s team won by three runs.

Members of the East Coast Wanderers cricket team left for Napier last evening. The collections at the opening of the 11 • w church at Makauri yesterday amoutmd to X'2s .lOs. The Citizens' Life Assurance Co. lias an a I vei n-1 iui nt in ' her I • i-.-u. . n.g a t pi.a ic 'ii ■ .\1 A ti. Been :as laui app n.ti.u ui-n .c .g. in li i Gisborne.

Tile incjue>L concerning tin- lituwning ul Ivy iiuioy oti the \\ aikanae Beach yesterday wnl he held before Captain Chrisp, Acting Coroner, and jury at the Biitisti Empire Hotel at 11 this morning.

The Arbitration Court on Saturday gave a lengthy written judgment containing the award in the builders’ case. The men nad asked for Is -Id as the minimum wage, and Is od was allowed. Provision was made for those incapable of earning the minimum wage; for suburban and country work, overtime, holidays and sacred days; also as to apprentices and tools.

Mr William Neilson, the well-known tenor singer of the Lynch family,was nearly drowned at Milang on Saturday last (says Melbourne Punch). Whilst swimming, he was attacked by cramps, and had sunk twice before he was rescued by another member of the Company (Mr D. Warne), who, hearing his cries for help, bravely swain "over two hundred yards with his clothes on, and held Mr Neilson up till a boat came to their assistance.

The new altar kiudly given by Messrs Haisruan and Son for the Homan Catholic Church at Makauri, is a very nico piece of workmanship. The lower portion, or base of the altar, is four Gothic panels, built in picked figured rimu, with a mottled totara panelled pilaster on each side, the upper stands of tho altar being panolled with figured puriri, relieved with turnod rimu moulding. The tabernacle is built in four Gothic panels, surmounted by a gable roof relieved with carved walnut cornice and soffit, the door of the tabernacle being inlaid in mottled totara, puriri, aud kauri knots. The whole work is highly polished, and has a very pleasing appearance.

...The adjourned case against Captain Waller, of the steamer Victoria, charged with taking his ship from Wellington to Lyttelton without having a full crew, was again before the Wellington Stipendiary Magistrate on Thursday. Evidence was given for the defence by defendant and the chief engineer, who deposed that they did not know till they were a mile from the wharf that some members of the crew (firemen) were missing. The chief engineer stated that when he found the firemen short he arranged for extra trimmers to do firemems work at overtime rates, but on arrival at Lyttelton the trimmers waived the overtime on condition that the firemen were reinstated. It was practically impossible to carry out the regulation to see that all hands were on board before leaving port. Ilis Worship reserved judgment till the 19th inst.