EAST COAST NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1346, 5 January 1905, Page 3

EAST COAST NEWS.

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fFrorn Our Own Corresponaenti) . ,J)oo. 31. \ Christmas has como and gone /onoe egain, bringing glad tidings to some homos andmuoh sorrow, to others. There was very little drunkenness, taking into oon. slderation . that the shearers had, all just reoeived their ohsquos. The stores and other businesses seemed to bc r doing a flourishing trade. ■ . Another Native woman died at Waitike,ha on .Christmas .'morning, from that terrible complaint, consumption, also a Native at Akauaka, frnm tha.some disease, died on Wednesday, / 28lh, which makes throe deaths within a fortnight. On Friday afternoonjbwo ** Mermaids ” were to bo observed sriortiDg themselves amongst-the surf, and About the rooks. I have boon informed'ithat one man was greatly elated overjlrthe oeourrenoe, be said that he always xmdorstood that it was only seafaring menywho were privileged to Bee such sights, a : ! The Herald here this afternoon from Auoklond about 19. tons of general cargo, including two timber rafts, also onß passenaeA After discharging cargo she left again about six o’olook for Gi ■’rne and Other Coastal poifts. , , i’ been .very warm dur-

An accident happened to the dumping cnaohine/on Thursday. afternoon. Just as the machine had pressed the bale. of wool up to ths required size, and while Mr P. Davis and Eia assistant were fastening the bands round . the balo something went with a loud bang like a gun.going off. On investigation it proved to be the. large seven inch ram, snapped about six inches from the bottom end, whioh caused considerable trouble and delay,-and will necessitate a new one being procured. Such a thing should not have occurred, as the whole machine waß just manufactured during the past winter in Napier. .