EAST COAST NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1381, 16 February 1905, Page 2

EAST COAST NEWS.

■TUPAROAk (From Our Own. .Correspondent.)] \ February 11.. The weather still remains fine ; but thore was a fresh southerly breeze blowing lor about four days, which has, kept iho temperature of the atmosphere within "V----roasonablo bounds.

An old Native man died at Mangahanea last Tuesday evening from old ago and natural causes, Advice has just been received of a fatal T : accident which happened to a Nativo boy this afternoon. Porikota Awatero was ( driving with his wifo and a child about ( two years of ago in a gig along the road leading from Mangahanao to the Waiapu river, when the horse ho was driving bctjA gan to kick and play up and smashed the r gig to pieces, killing tho child, and as far as X have been able to learn the others escaped injury, f The Bov. Fitzgorald held divine sorvioo here on Sunday evening, the 4th, at 7 o’clock, ttf>a large congregation.

TOLOGA BAY NOMINATIONS. The following nominations were received by Mr W. E. Holdor, secretary to the Tolago Bay Jockey Clnb, for tho annual meeting of tho club, to bo held next n month :

Hurdles Handicap ; Morpeth, Morehu, Guillletta, Local Option, Spvshot, Seaforth, Wakutu.

Flying Handicap : Motakehu, 'Tukapa, Wheturero, Probieda, Melton Hail, Local Option, Sarilla, Hiawatha, HinetapnarUd, Sarakoff, jua Bijouterie, Cinque, Hevwood. J

District Baca : Waimoria (late Waihora), llauiti, Lenore, Mozart, Cvrgnet, Whitareri, Quilted, Artilleryman,"'' Ser- ♦ goant-Major. XJawa Stakes i Hauiti, Minerve,Tufcaps, Wheturero, Quilted, Local Option, Sarilla, Spyshot, Hinetapuariki, Cinque, Sarakoff, Heywood. • Hauiti Handicap : Sergeant-Mtijor, Artilleryman, Quilted, Cygnet, Whetur ore, Mozart, Lenore, Hauiti, and Waimoria (late Waihora).

•WAIPJRO BAY*.

XErom .Oltus Ojtctt .Corxosjpoin.<les[it.j; Feb 12. A polo match wbs played at Tabapan -h station between tho Waipiro and Mangahoia 11. teams, resulting in a win for Watpiro by 9 goals to 3. Taking into consideration tho fact that the Waipiro loam aro practioally all young players, they .A ( deserve great credit for their success. Tho many friends of Mr C. Butler, of Awanui, will be Borcy to hear that ho is lying dangerously ill e,t Tokomarn BayA and that his life is almost despaired of The sudden attack which occured wliila a" Mr Butler was returning from Gisborne was so severe that ho was unable to proooed, and could only manage to crawl to a neighboring camp in the Hikiwai, where a buggy was procured and the sufferer T~ brought into Tokomaru. Tho election of members for tho Oig. borne harbor district took place on Monday. The number of those who pay har. bor rates in Waiapu is not very largo at present; but it is a growing evil, and an ~ increase of somewhere about SO per cent < may bo looked for next yoar, and all } realise they are buying the chains that i bind them. 7-

CRICKET.". A considerable amount hi interest ia being taken on the Coast-in the cricket >' matches being played for'Mr Loisel’s ' So far Tolago have played Tokomarn, winning the game, bat have suffered defeat at the hands of the Waipiro team. Next Saturday Waipiro play Toko v ? atu, . and un exciting game should result. One of the conditions of the competition is that each team plays the others twice. . koro ‘ s some talk of a tri P being made by the East Coast Wanderers befo“?h° -rs'. ® e “ s , o . n ?! obd8 ’ Probably to Napier, when no $ S ? rl ?i l3 anc * 4 beir first lnatchWs played f a ro^ ta A iia lßß ‘ Saturday. ' Araroa and surrounding distriota met the Waipiro team. not successful in the first innin^Wi e howed moch improved form in and have several playeis who with practice should bo very useful players. The veteran Henderson showCd that ho knows how to handle a bat. Atuotjg tho younger players McLachlin and Wv.Eriday, who both bowl a good ball, promise. •*' hor Waipiro Ludbrook 67,y,i,j0 19, anfi |

AJ woman down. SoutS has been ", sentenced to six month?’' imprisonment for using evil lang'dage. Sho could have tilled a few eaililrea for less BurUshmesti—Lascoi