The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, SEPT. 27 1905.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1569, 27 September 1905, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, SEPT. 27 1905.

The East Coast ooabh leaves Bedstone's stables sharp at 7.80 to-morrow morning. The rowing season in Gisborne is likely to be opened on the 13th of October. The Cook County Council invite tenders for road repairs in the Tolago district. The Hugardes open at His Majesty’s to-night.

The steamer Zealandia did not leave Auckland for Gisborne until 7 o’clook last .evening.

Pastoralists requiring' stock carefully driven are recommended, to James Scott, drover, telephone No. 342; Several important sales will be held by Messrs Bain Bros, this afternoon, particulars of which are advertised.

Mails despatched from Melbourne via Brindisi on August 23rd arrived in London on: Sept. 25th. A number of first-class, properties in the oountry are advertised for sale by Mr W. Lissant Clayton. The monthly meeting of the Hospital Trustees will bo held on Friday, the 29th inst., at 2.80 p m. The Hugardes give a private demon station of "Invulnerability” before a number of leading citizens at His Majesty’s Theatre this afternoon at 2 o'olook.

John O’Sullivan was yesterday further remanded on a charge of desertion, to i allow time for an escort to arrive so that be may bo taken to Tasmania. The New Zealand Clothing Factory are offering special value in the way of boots and shoes, a fine show of which is at present being made. Several speoial lines of seed and table potatoes will be offered at Messrs Bain Bros.’ auction mart at 2 o’olook shßrp today. The opportunity should be availed of by householders. A special musical programme will be given to-night at the Salvation Army’s sale of work by the City orchestra and City Baud. A great sale of work opens at the Salvation Army Barracks to-night, and will be oontinued to-morrow night. The opening oeremony will be oonduoted by His WorChip (ho Major at half-past meo.

"Attention Is dirootod to an advorlisemen cl Mossrs Milno and Ghoyce, of Auckland appearing in this issue.

The annual football match between tho combined moroantilo firms and tbo firm of Mosers Common, Shelton and Co. takas place at the Viotoria Domain to morrow afternoon. Common, Sbolton and Co. : Itusscll, Coleman, Rodorick, Wilson, Puflott, Halbort, E. ltodoriok, BrodlrySmitb, Enaor, Tbodo, DonkiD, W. Harding, Kennedy, Busako, MoGonigal ; emorgonchs, Nisbett, Harding, O’Meara, and Cramp. Combined team: Waymoutb, Hansen, Oolcbjurno, Malone, Crawford, Wyllic, Willoclc, Doyle, Stoggall, Luttrell, Evans, 8011, Robinson, Rowo, Bright, E. Adair, and P. Milno.

The annual meeting of tho Tarnbcra Cricket Club was hold on Monday evening. Tho fallowing officers woro elected : President, Mr A'; Dewing; vice-presidents, Messrs 0. R. Neale, W. G. Sherratt and Cyril White ; delegates to Povorty Boy Cricket Association, Messrs W. T. Wynyard and J. E. Charles ; hon. secretary, and treasurer; Mr H.D. Evans; oaptain, Mr A. H. Hodge ; deputy-captain, Mr 0. Lasker ; general committee, Messrs A. H. Hodge, 0. Lasker, T. Sharp, R. Pilcher, J. Golding, A. Hogg, W. Morrison ; selection committee, Messrs A. H. Hodge, C. Lacker, T. Sharp, C. A. Fenwick, and J. Golding ; ground committee, Messrs A. H. Hodge, 0. Lasker, F. Clark, H. A. Dobson, O. A. Fenwick, and R. Pilcher. It was decided that membership be not oonfined exclusively to employees. The season will bo opened on October 7tb, when Taruheru will play all-oomers nt Taruhern.

It was unanimously agreed at a meeting of the members of the To Karaka Roman Catholic Cburoh to purchase the Ormond Convent aud romove it to To Karaka for the purpose of church services. Satisfactory terms have been arranged, and it is anticipated that the new church will be erected in time for the opening service to be hold on Christmas morning. Tbo lady members of tho congregation presented the Rov. Father Lane with a handsome portmanteau in recognition of services rendered in connection with the work. The presentation was made on behalf of the. Indies by Constable Doyle, who specially alluded to the good Bervioes rendered by Father Lone in connection with the now ohurcb, and expressed the hope, whioh all cordially endorsed, that the reverend Father would be allowed to remain with them for many years to continue bis good work. Father Lane suit* ably responded, thanking the people for their kindness. It is pleasing to eee the admirable manner in whioh the Roman Catholic Church is providing for the spiritual needs of the large number of Catholics in the oonntry districts. Regular services will be held at Te Karaka, due notice of which will be given.

Speaking in the House recently, Mr Hogg stated that he had heard that bonedust made from the bones of human victims of the bubonic plague were being imported into New Zealand. A resident of Napier recently wrote to a friend in Central India, a medical man attached to one of the missions there, asking him whether there was a possibility of the bones of plague-stricken human beings being reduced to bonedust and exported to New Zealand. The doctor has replied as follows ; “ Bearing in mind that there are 3,000,000 people in this country, and that so many keep cattle, the result is that the country is far too overstocked with cattle of all kinds. There are about 7,000,000 undressed hides and 1,500,000 dressed hides exported from India annually. About 1,500,000 will be used in manufactures in the country. 'I hus about 10,000,000 hides of . cows, oxen, and buffaloes, which have died or been slaughtered, are annually exported or used at home. Now, it seems that the average weight of bone per skin is about Bolb. giving considerably over 300,000 tons of bone for export. With such an immense quantity to deal with, the need for other than animal bone is not obvious and, moreover, in India it must be borne in mind that the bodies of natives are for the most part burned on funeral pyres. Your friend is quite wrong in supposing that any human bones are used for the purposes suggested, the funeral pyre leaving only ashes, which in most cases, I believe, are deposited in an urn and carefully kept.”