The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING GISBORNE, NOVEMBER 18, 1903.

Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 1050, 18 November 1903, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING GISBORNE, NOVEMBER 18, 1903.

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The final rehearsal for Mr Massey's concort will be hold in the Theatre Royal this evening at 7,30. Mails for Napier, Wellington and South per Waikare havo been extended until 6 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 19. East Capo advised yesterday : —" N.E. breeze, barometer 29*30, thermometer 63, rain, good tides, moderate sea.” The racehorse Butty, which ran second in the Birthday Handicap at Auckland, has changed hands at a good figure. The grand popular concert to bo given in the Theatre Royal tomorrow evening promises to attract a large gathering. The full programmo appears in another column.

Owing to the Indisposition of the Rev. Father Benedict, the mission at St. Mary’s Church is postponed until further notice.

Au important sale of sections, of Te Karaka is announced by Messrs Common, Sbelton and Co., who will offer about 13 acres of property, subdivided into suitable allotments, in that rising township. The sale will take place on December 12. Mossrs G. E. Datton and Otene Pitau have been appointed members of the TaiEawhiti district Maori Land Council, vice Messrs John Townley and Heta Te Kani.

Captain Edwin wired yesterday : “•Strong winds to gale from between north-west and west and south after 16 hours from now, with glass rising, tides good, sea considerable outside, rain probable and colder weather.” Mr lan Simson, District Land Vaiuer, returned to Gisborne last night after a special visit to Wairoa. Mr Simson informs us that there was very heavy rain at Tiniroto, the road being very muddy. It is stated the Nuhaka natives generally are selling their sheep and purchasing cattle, and preparing their land in order to supply milk for. the-, Nuhaka Dairy Factory nest season.

The Eussian newspaper yicdomosti has the following The time has ftomo to complete our alliance with France by one with the English people. Thon only will the situation in the Balkan East be changed, and changed at onee ; the ranks of the Southern Slavs, now torn asucder, will become jij a trice a firm wall of defence, the Turks will become afraid, and a stop will be put to tbe shed/ling of Christian blood.

The addresses given in the country by Mr A. J. McCurdy, organising secretary for tbe Farmers’ Union, have been much appreciated by the settlers, and the movement should be much benefited by Mr McCurdy’s visit. At the Te Karaka meotiug between thirty and forty farmers were present, Mr J. C. McLean prosiding. Mr McCurdy delivered his concluding address at Te Arai last evening, when tie rceoivod a most attontive hearing.

Yesterday N.E. winds were general in the North Island, while S.W. winds prevailed iD the South. Rain was reported at Auckland, and at most of tho othor ports the weather was dull. A heavy sea was running at j smooth to modorate elsewhere.

At the popular concert to morrow night tho Orchostral Society, under the conduetorship of Mr E. N. Si lebottom, will give several choice items, one especially commending itself to the general taste—- “ British Patrol.” This is to bo given by special request. Tho School Committees Funds Bill, which was introduced into the House by Mr Buddo, passed its final stages in the Couneil yeptorday afternoon. By its provisions school committees are empowered to deposit their funds in tho Post Office Savings Bank, thus allowing the funds to earn interest and to escape bank'charges.i Tho new Act should prove a boon to country committees, whose small funds have a bear a heavy enough expenditure without the additional bank charge.

At Melbourne, Henry Cooper, a colored wharf laborer, was killed on the steamer Mocowai, at the Queen’s Wharf. He w&3 assisting to unload coal, when the slinga gave way, and he was knocked down the bold, falling t-u hi- head, which w s smashed in. He was a widower, with o: o child.

Mr A. Carnegie has replied to the epp i cation of the Turancanui Library Con:

tniitee tor a vote. He declines lu grant assistance to build a now library unless u can be made entirely free in ail depart-

East Sydney possesses a very speedy swimmer in A. Wickham, who holds the world’s record for 30yds. In the club's 100yds handicap, on Saturday week, ho lowered the club’s best time for the distance from 60 15, recorded by Fred Laue, to 59 3-5. He completed the first 50yds in 25, 3-5 of a second better than his world’s record time.

The scarcity of railway trucks for handling the grain in connection with the present harvest in Now South Waics is already apparent. In several instances Harvesting operations havo had to be temporarily abandoned, it, is feared that the situation wii! be serious when once huevesting is in full swing, as the work is only now commencing.

At the Gwavas station, Hawke’s B y,

there hus been a very good lambing percentage— 345 iambs were clocked as the progeny of 255 ewes. Besides these, 50 were lost during the severe weather. Most of the lambs are already ready for the butcher. In the Rangitikei, Mr James McGregor, of Wangahu, obtained 120 per cent of lambs from 500 ewes. This is believed to be a record for the district.

Statistical information just published regarding the trade of Australia during 1902 shows that the total decrease of trade

was LI,615,181; decrease of total imports, L 1,297,806 ; decrease of imports retained for home consumption, L 428,085; decrease of imports ro-exportod, L 869.771; decrease of total exports, L 552.346 ,* excess of staple exports over imports retained for home consumption, L 1,624,732. This total constitutes a record.

Mr A. J. McCurdy, one time of the tolegraph service, has been making a name for himself as a compiler of records since he became colonial organiser for the New Zealand Farmers’ Union. He started out on the road on the Ist of February last, and since that time he has travelled 12,000 miles by rail, 600 miles on foot, he has driven 800 miles in vehicles, vo.yaged_7oo miles by steamer, and ridden 300 miles on horseback. His friends havo long been aware of 11 Mac’s ” groat onergy, but even the most sanguine of them could not have anticipated his capabilities of achieving such a record as that quoted above.—Free Lance.

Africa has never been a country for a poor white man. and is nevor going to be until the millionaire, who does not want to die poor, is stripped of his immense powers. He started the bother, and he is consistent up to now. In Now Zealand a man is a poor sort of creature who cannot earn a living, and it is generally a happier kind of a living than can bo picked up in the land that has been bought with Britain’s best blood, so that it may be handed over to those who swim on it to affluence. You had better stay right here, young man.—Free Lance.

The Masonio Hotel had a narrow escape from being destroyed by fire on Monday evening. One of the lodgers, who had retired early and was reading in bod, went off to sleep, leaving his candlo burning. Shortly after 10 o’clock ho woke to find his clothes and the bedding on fire. Having the presonca of mind to shut the window and door, with the assistance of one or two other lodgers, he soon had the fire under control, the damage being confined to the bedding and wall of tho room. The book which the young man had been reading was partially destroyed.

Thus writes a Vienna paper : —English patriotism excuses everything. Every defect is called merely bad luck, and English faults and shortcomings—everything English, in fact—are stubbornly defended for the sole reason that they are English. Norbody grumbles less at official incompetence than the good English oitizon. Ho will defend his compatriots and institutions as a father defends his family ; and it is owing to this spirit of devotion to his country, its customs, institutions, achievements, and shortcomings that the Englishman has attained a certain groatnass that holps him over many a dofoat in war, or in the domain of scienco of life. If sufficient inducement utters the Waih* will run an excursion to morrow to Ormond’s landing at Mahia, and there connect with Mr J. S. Cooper’s coach for Morero. The steamer will loave Gisborno at 6 a.rn. It is expected that the Waihi will reach Ormond’s at about 9.30 a.m., and the coach will get away by 10 o’clock, reach Morero by lunch time, and return to Ormond’s by 4 p.m., and tho Waihi should reach Gisborne by 8 p.m. A special fare of JOs return by the Waihi will be charged, and tho return coach fare will also be 10s. If the day is fine it is to be hoped that a fair number of people will take advantage of the chance of getting to Morore and back in ono day. While the passengers are proceeding overland by the coach to and from Morero the steamer will havo timo to land and ship any cargo offering far the district.

A very enjoyable dance was held in the Academy of Music last evening by the members of the Gisborne Operatic Society.- There was a large gathering? Ifae Ball being comfortably filled with dancers, whilst there was

also a number of onlookers. The floor was in excellent order, aad the best of music was provided by, Mrs Fernandez, several extras being played by, ladies present. The supper was of a. most recherche order, and was. supplied by the ladies, full justice 'being done to thp good things provided. The whole arrangements for the dance were most complete and reflected favorably on the committee —Mesdames Buckeridge and 'Foster, Misses Grey, Boylan, and Adair, Dr Buckeridge, and Mr A. F. Kennedy. Tlie secretarial duties were ably discharged by Mr A. W. Adair. A programme of twenty -dances was gone thfougl), the gathering breaking up (shortly before & this morning. A disgraceful scene toojc place on Lambton Quay, Wellington, at the arrest of a young man by Inspector Ellison. He was taken at the corner of Charlotte street, and struggled desperately with the Inspector and a boy who was assisting the officer. Screaming the filthiest expressions and blood-red curses, he was alternately dragged, hauled, aud carried to the station. Half-way an officer in plain clothes picked him up in his arms and carried him, kicking, sbreaming, and literacy pouring the foulest words into the air, to the station'door, But the picture within the picture, the point where tho spectator turned from ono horror to face another was a young girl of about nineteen years of age, who followed the course of the struggle slowly and with evident interest, and without a sign on her face that thp foul words beating on her ears even surprised h.sr. She bore herself with the composure of a stable boy, and tiptoed to see tho last of the bundle of curses as it

was dragged inside the cell.—New Zealand Times. At a full inaoting of the Committee ol the Union Cricket Club, held last evening, matters in connection with the present season wero arranged. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded to tho following gentlemen for their donatiofc qf trophies:

Messrs Bing, Harris and Co., bat, per Mr 'J. T. Steclo; H. Rowland, trophy; B. Tanner, trophy; R. Robertson, trophy; H. Berry and Co., trophy. It was decided that tho trophies mentioned should be awarded to the best butting average, highest individual score, best bawling average, best fieldstuap (to be decided by tho selection committee), moat improved player under 20 years. A vote of thanks was also passed to the following gentlemen for handsome donations : Messrs E. Murphy, W. Miller, W. Welsted, W. Pettie, C. W. Ferris, J. T. Evans, “ A Friend,” and A. W. Rees. Messrs Rowland, Sheridan, and Lewis wero appointed a selection committee, and picked the following team to represent the club in the match against Messrs Common, Shelton and Co., to bo played to morrow in the Recreation Ground, at which placo Mr W. L. Rees has prepared a fine pitch : Messrs H. Ferris, J. Ferris, G. Tattersall, Laing, Sheridan, Loomb, McConnell, Hodge, Lewis, Rowland, Delaney; emergencies, firie, Priestly, and Andrews,