The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. Gisborne, JUNE 20, 1903.

Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 921, 20 June 1903, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. Gisborne, JUNE 20, 1903.

Tho poultry show catalogue appears as an iuset in this issue. The Poverty Bay Hunt Club meet at Waiarakaia at 11 o’clock this morning. The anthem at tho Holy Trinity Church to-morrow evening will be “ Seek Ye the Lord ” (Roberts). Police Commissioners Tunbridge and Dinnie arrived by tho Zealandia from South this morning. A special advertisement from Mu Tims. Adanik, stationer, appears in this morning’s issue.

At tno Theatre Boyal thi3 evening Haygarth’s Company will stage the popular comedy drama entitled 11 Tho Caste.”

Captain Edwin wired yesterday afternoon :—" Moderate southerly winds, glass rise, tides good, sea considerable, southerly olf shore, very cold night.” At the County Council meeting on th e motion of Mr Sherratt, it was decided to do necessary repairs to the Waerenga-o-kuri road.

A first-class sacred programme has been selected for tho open-air concert in aid of the Hospital by the City Baud tomorrow atternoou from tho rotunda. With a fine day a good collection should be taken up lor so deserving au object.

At St. Andrew’s Church to-morrow morning tho subject of the Bev. J. G. Patersou's sermon will bo “ The value of co-operatiou.” lu the evening the subject of lecturo will be " What working men who do not go to Church say of Christ.” Captain Tucker has given notice in the County Council to move, “ That the Council hereafter meet every three weeks, every third Friday.” A special meeting of the Council will be held on Friday next, when several matters deferred yesterdaywill be dealt with.

The team to represent Kaiti-City Football Club in their match against Huia today wili be chosen on the ground from the following : Bussell, Delamere, WyldeBrowno, Bangi, Colemau, Hay (2), Mullaney, Strickland, Bright, J. Martin, Ball, Hansen, Newton, Baker, Brown, and Holder.

At Wesley Church on Sunday the morning service will be conducted by Mr W. Frazer. In the evening the usual bright evangelistic service will be held, the Bev. B. F. Bothwell’s subject will be “ The World’s Philosophy of * Whip Behind,’ or, Do unto each other as the Carpenter did to tho Goldsmith.”

“Is it advisable that the Government should establish State fire insurance and frozen meat emporiums ?” is the subject of debate at the 3isborne Mutual Improvement Society’s meeting in Townley’s Hall on Mouday evening. Members willto take part in the debate are requested to communicate with the Secretary, Mr H. H. Armstrong, before Monday. It is expected that- there will be a crowded attendance, and that a good debate will result,

The Rev. W. Welsh will conduct service at the Msmgapapa school to-morrow after-

noon a: half-past two. On Thursday afternoon, at Repongaere, Master Friday Arthur met with a painful gun accident. His right hand was shattered by a gun shot, and it is feared that it will have to be amputated.

Two young women employed in a steam laundry were admitted to the Melbourne Hospital, suffering from copper poisoning, the result of drinking tea made from water boiled in a topper.

It is likely that at the Municipal Conference. to be held in Wellington next mouih, some debate will take place regarding tne present system by which one local body collects the hospital rates, whilst another distributes them. Messrs Williams and Kettle hold a sale of horses at their horse bazaar, Lowe street, at 2 o’clock this afternoon. This is the first sale by the new firm, and as a number of fine horses are being offered there should bd a large attendance. Mr G. It. Wyllie will conduct the sale. “ Old Identity 11 writes contradicting a statement made in last evening’s paper in regard to the damage done to the Waikanae sections by tho floods of 1876. He supports Captain Tucker’s statement that the land was not washed away, and concludes : “At the time of the flood I rode from Nesbitt road across the Waikanae right on to the land now in dispute.” At the Compensation Court yesterday afternoon Mr W. L. Rees remarked that all the witness-es for the Crown were official and their evidence was liable to be

warped. Mr Nolan : What about Mr Kennedy '? Mr Rees : He is a candidate lor the Borough Council, and is trying to get the laud as cheap as possible for the ratepayers. The Cook County Council have deferred consideration of the question of tho tramway to Patutahi uuul a reply has been received from tho Government in regard to the Council s application for rails and

sleepers. The Clerk stated the Council could obtain a loan of £12,000 in two years, but it stopped other loans, as they were limited to that amount. Tho state of the Gisborne-Morere road was referred to at the County Council meeting yesterday. Cr Gray said that tho surfaceman was in tho habit of filling in tho holes with mud, and this made the road worse than before. The roadman should be instructed to fill up tho ruts with manuka. The Engineer said there was no manuka where the engineer was at present working. The principle cause of damage to the road was due to a man carting at night, and cutting up the watertables from end to end. Settlers were to a

great extent to blame on account of getting up their stores so late in the season. It was decided to ask the waggoner mentioned not to do any more carting at night. Further evidence in the compensation cases in regard to the Waikauae sections, taken under the Public Works Act for railway purposes, was heard yesterday Alfred Fordo Matthews assessed the vaiue of the land at £4OO an acre, and Mr E. H. Mason, land agent and auctioneer, considered the land was worth £l6O an acre in 1900, It was the fact of the railway being on the Waikanae which gave it its value. T. G. Lawless, land agent, considered the land in 1900 worth £3OO per acre. Wi Pere startled the Court by stating that if the land was owned by Europeans it would fetch £SOO a quarter acre. He contended that as the Kaiiway Department would not agree to an amicable settlement they should pay £SOO an acre. Counsel addressed the Court on the same lines as in tb,e previous cases. His Honor reserved judgment until this morning. There is one ovil at the present day which is fast becoming a perfect nuisance to football players, referee, and spectators alike, and that is the growing tendency for half-backs to got off-side when the ball is in the scrum (says a writer in the Athletic News). If a half-back sees that his opponents have got the ball in the scrum, he, in most cases, dashes round the side of the scrum, following just behind the ball, so that unless the heeling is very smart, the half who receives the ball is completely bottled up by his vis-a-vis the moment he receives it, and thus a chance of opening up the game is spoilt. Also, though many conscientiously try to keep always on side, yet it is very hard to do so sometimes, especially if the ball hangs iu the scrum before going out. The Northern Union rule is that the half-back must keep behind the last man in the pack, and a very good rule it is. For it obliges the halves to koep on-side, and also makes the games far more open and interesting. Last evening Mr C. Nicholson received a telegram from Gumtown stating that Mr W. White, who is well known in this district, had been drowned that morning, having been washed away in a drivo at Otongaru. Deceased was a .half caste Maori, aged about 52 years, and was married to a white woman. He is the eldest son of the late Mr Bennett White, who was murdered at Ohcwai by the Maoris in the early days. In 1870 deceased had a ship and boat building yard at Mercury Bay, and built the cutters Mercury, Saucy Kate, Effie Meekle, Bruuetio, Ettie White, besides several schooners. He also built several yachts, one of which won in Auckland in 1874. ' He was senior member in the VVhite Bros, champion four-oared outrigger crew, which won so many races at the Auckland regattas some years ago. He was also a good all-round athlete in bis day. For some years he was a licensed native interpreter at Mercury Bay. Latterly he has been managing a kauri bush for the Kauri Timber Company A most interesting hockey match was played yesterday afternoon. The players were ladies, representing the-' Rangatira and Kiatoa Clubs. Miss Bloomfield was captain of the Kiatoa team, and Miss .Sampson was captain of the Rangatira. The ground was rather slippery, hut the atmosphere was keen and bracing, and the play was fast and exciting. The Kiatoas secured the first goal but were eventually beaten by the superior following-up of the Kangatiras, who kept tiieir opponents on tlie defensive for llie greater part of the time. Two spells were played, Rangatira winning by (! goals to 2. In the first spell Rangatira had a goal to the good, and steadily in-

creased the score in the second spell. Misses F. McCredie and Sampson scored goals for the winning team, and Misses Bloomfield and Wallace for the Kaitoas. Great interest was taken in the game by the spectators. All the players who had had the ex-

perience of previous seasons played well, but some of those who have commenced the game this season are in need of more practice. Among this season's players who showed marked improvement were Missus M. Thelwall, lima Somervell, 11. Glare, 1). Chrisp, F. Wellsted, Persons, and Hooper. Mr Wi Friday j acted as referee. Another scratch match will be played on Wednesday. Writing upon the subject of the Napier- I Wairoa Hoad, “ Progress ” in the Hawke's

Bay Herald states : —“ I believe that the good people of Wairoa are only waiting to hold out a friendly hand to us if the business men of Napier will show their in-

terest in the matter of agitating for improved communication between the two places. That this co-operation may be brought about we must show that we place some value upon the trade which should be carried on between the two districts.

If, however, we are content to fold our hands and sit down without troubling ourselves in this matter, as we have far too often done in the past, Napier will mostcertainly deserve to see either Auckland or Gisborne annex the trade which properly belongs to us. As a business man of this town I welcome as an encouraging sign the motion brought forward by Cr Edwards and carried so heartily by the Borough Council at their last meeting, and consistently followed up by the members waiting as a deputation upon the Hon. Sir Joseph Ward, calling his attention to the urgent need of improved communication from the Napier end. Should nothing further be done by the Government during the next two or three weeks I should suggest that the Mayor call a public meeting ef citizens to impress this matter once more upon the attention of the Government. Let Napier business aifn wake up once for all and show that we are able to take a view beyond Hast-

ings-street, and that we are alive to our own interests in this as well as other matters,”