The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, JULY 30, 1903.

Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 955, 30 July 1903, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, JULY 30, 1903.

Tho Waeronga-a-hika stock sales will be held to day. Haif a dozen burglaries were reported to tbe police in Auckland last week. Owing to aD outbreak of scarlatina the Tolugo bay school has been closed. Wairoa advised yesterday :—" N.W. light breeze, good bar, beach unworkable.” Messrs Evans, Nield and Co. have a change of advertisement in this issue. East Cape reported yesterday :—“ W. fair breeze, barometer 29 74, thermometer 48, blue sky, good tides, moderate sea.” The Gisborne rainfall for June was 2-27 inches for 15 days of rain. The Tolago Bay fall was IT2 for four davs of rain. The Misses Honan’s Cinderella dance has been postponed from to-morrow evening to Monday evening next. Mr Tolhurst, Inspector of the Onion Bank of Australia, is at present visiting Gisborne.

Mails which left Melbourne via Naples on June 4th, arrived in London on July 27th.

The Gazette notifies that the Umuohineturaka reserve (in Aorangiwai No. 1 Block), area 100 acres, has been declared to be Crown land.

At the Police Court yesterday morning William Saul was convicted for drunkenness and fined 4)1, costs 2s, in default 48 hours’ imprisonment.

Captain Edwin wired yesterday : “ Moderate to strong northerly winds after 20 hours from now, glass fall slowly, tides moderate and warmer weather.” The traffic returns for the Gisborne Karaka Railway for the period of four weeks ending 20th June, 1903, were as follows : —Total number of passengers, 2,SIS ; goods, 70S tons. The total revenue for the period was £253 19s id.

Mr A. Mennie, of the Auckland firm of Messrs Mennie and Dey, manufacturers of biscuits and confectionary, arrived in Gisborne yesterday on his periodical visit to the East Coast.

The Gazette gives the following return of revenue at the Gisborne Post Office for the quarter ending June 30 : —The postal revenue was 4)585 19s sd, and telegraph revenue 4)1474 Os 9d, making a total of 4)2060 0s 2d. At Auckland on Saturday last Master J. Geddes, nine year son of Mr J. McKail Geddes, died at his parents’ residence, Symonds street. A few days previous he was taken suddenly ill, having by some means contracted blood-poisoning.

On Sunday last Mr Alfred Levy, a well-known and highly-respected Auckland citizen, died at “ Ardblair,” Park Road, aged 45 years. Deceased was a brother of Mrs Isidore Alexander and Mrs H. L. Possenniskie of that city. A petition to be presented to Parliament urging the Government to authorise the survey of the Gisborne-Rotorua railway, via Opotiki, is being largely signed in the Bay of Plenty district. The support of all northern members is being enlisted, with a view of having the work undertaken. Messrs Dalgety and Co. report the receipt of the following London cable In consequence of the scarcity of River Plate, temporarily the prices of frozon mutton are higher by J-d to £d. Frozen beef : Market a shade easier. Frozen lamb : Market steady. Tenders for lightering general produce are invited by the Gisborne Sheepfarmers’ Frozen Meat Company. Conditions may be seen at the Company’s offices, Gladstone road and Read’s quay, and all tenders must be in by Wednesday, the 26th August.

Visitors to Tatapouri will be pleased to hear that this excellent retreat possesses an hotel which is equal to any up-to-date resort in the colony. The hotel is now under the able management of Mr R. Caulton, who is most favorably known throughout this district. Mr Alexander Wright, travelling representative for Messrs Entrican Bros., of Auckland, wholesale general merchants, is at present in Gisborne. This is the first visit that the firm’s traveller has made to this district) but it is their intention in future to send a representative here every two months.

During the passage of the Talune from Gisborne to Auckland on Sunday last, a saored concert took place in the social hall, at which the sum of 4)1 5s Id was collected in aid of the New Zealand Shipwreck Relief Society. Several Gisbornites took part in the concert. Messrs Gittos and Ralph contributed pianoforte selections, and songs were given by Messrs F. Teat and Smith. Members of the Hawtrey Company also assisted.

Mr W. Pettie announces in another column that he has taken Mr W. J. Green into partnership. Mr Green has for many years been manager of the clothing and mercery department, and has become

deservedly popular among a wide circle of friends. We join with our readers in congratulating him upon his success in attaining to a partnership in so wellestablished a business as Mr Pettie's, and we wish the new firm every success. The settlers of the Motu are not favorable to the proposed tramway scheme. They want to see the railway at once pushed on to Poututu, to which place the timber could be carted. The settlers are of the opinion that on an expenditure of i£Booo, which the County Council will be asked to raise by way of special loan, the present road could'be shortened at least five miles. The question will be discussed at the meeting of the Kailway League to be held to-morrow, when we hope to see a large and representative attendance.

Mr J, C.. Parker, of Te Arai, who left Gisborne some months ago qn a visit to the Argentine, has returned home impressed with the fact that it is no country for a man of limited capital. Everything was in the hands of big companies, The mam crops grown were wheat, corn and linseed, but the returns for the latter per acre could not be compared with those of Poverty Bay. The Argentine no doubt ■had a great future before it, but he preferred New Zealand, and the East Coast in particular, to live in. The Gazette notides the acceptance of the following complete specifications ;

October Ist, 1902, James Pateron and Alfred James Pool, both of Gisborne, carpenters, an improved drainage apparatus for use in connection with clothes wringers ; applications for letters patent, with provisional specifications, have been accepted for Patrick Gavin, Tuparoa, shepherd, an improved window fastener; and Robert Henry Mason, of Gisborne, auctioneer, an improved soldering tool, In last evening’s issue our contemporary gives an exaggerated acoount of an ocean race from Auckland to Sydney between the Sierra and the Mararoa. For the information of the public, and in justice to the Union Company, we publish the following statement given by Capt. Smith, of the Mararoa, to the Sydney Morning Herald ; —“ I never thought of such a thing as a race, and it never even occurred to me to ask when the Sierra arrived. Had a fair opportunity offered I have no doubt the Mararoa would have proved a dark horse to the Sierra, and the result would have been the same as on a former occasion when the two steamers were matched. The Sierra left Auckland at 5 p.m., half an hour before the Mararoa, so that we did not pass her as stated. The characteristic tall talk may make the trip ‘ a feat,’ but according to time of departure and reported hour of arrival, and counting the difference in time, the Sierra took 3 days 71 hours to the Heads. It is no feat to the Union Company’s steamers, whose Moana still holds tfee record for the quickest passage between the two ports. Is it worth mentioning that the Sierra is 6000 tons and the Mararoa 2590; that the Sierra was built in 1901, and the Mararoa in 1885 ; that the Sierra was in .dock four weeks ago, and the Mararoa six months ago. Might not the common saying of our school days ha aptly applied, ‘ You dara not strike a boy of jou? owe size.’"

The monthly meeting of the Harbor Board takes place this afternoon. The Gisborne Freezing Works advertise for a first-class iron turner. An impounding notice in connection with the Whataupoko pound appears in this issue. Messrs Clayton Bros, are booking orders for 200 tons of best screened coal ex Balmain, from Newcastle. A coueert and danc9 will be held at Te Karaka on Thursday, August loth, in aid of the Ormond Convent Fund.

At Christchurch yesterday Johu Wheatfield was committed to trial on a charge of fraudulently selling goods included in a bill of saie for £2O.

A general meeting of the Liberal Association will be held to morrow evening. Amongst other subjects to bo' discussed will be the question of railway versus tramway to the Motu. A telegram from Dunedin states that William Marshall, aged 23, left his home on Tuesday night and did not return. He was found next morning, with his throat cut. He had been ill and despondent for some time.

At the Groenstone Creek dredge, Hokitika, yesterday, Albert Labes, the watchman, was caught in the gear. His loft arm was torn off above tuo elbow, and also all the flesh to the coliar-boue. His condition is critical. He is a young man, and had only been a week at the work.

The girls’ hockey toam left for Napier by the Mararoa last evening. This morning they proceed to Hastings, where they play their opening match in the afternoon. To-morrow our representatives try conclusions with the Napier girls’ club, returning to Gisborne on Saturday morning.

There was an unusually large crowd on the wharf last evening when the Waihi left the wharf. “ Our Girls ” received a hearty send-off. We feel sure the team will maintain the superiority of this district on the playing field.