The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING GISBORNE, JUNE 18, 1906.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1786, 18 June 1906, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING GISBORNE, JUNE 18, 1906.

The late Premie; is to. be buried on the shortest day, If Frink Bulloo (eays the S.M, Herald) has any particular s;y o it is quite unconscious ; hs ju:t kaows things and says them.

Toe Union Company decided to issue return tickets at single fares for Mr Seddon’s funeral, availablo for a week, to members of Trades and Labor Ooucoils and Labor organisations. The following cablegram was received by Mr Hall-Jonos from Bir J. G. Ward, London, on Satutdiy : 11 Happy to tell you memorial servioa has been arranged for Taeeday next at St. Paul's.” The Hon. W. HallJonrs bas boen in-

formed that ft is proposed in many centres to held a memorial service on Thursday at tha hour decided on for the funeral. He considers this to bo a graceful and fitting tibtteti the memory of the late Prime Minister.

Mr and Mrs 0. Adair snd pa - ty were among the passengers carried on by the Zralaudia on Saturday, and a young lady who was to have beon married in Gisborne on Thursday was also carried on to Auckland.

The. official report of the Zoalandia’i arrival at Auckland yesterday states tbai the vessel arrived " from Nipier via Gis' borne,” which sounds cruel in the oircumstanees.

The followiog ofiioial intimation was reocived by the Tx.miss yesterday afternoon I (and duly posted on tho window) from the Hon, ‘Hall-Jones: —"The funeral of the I lata Prime Minister will take plaoe at Wellington on Thursday nsxt, at 2 30." There was a very large attendance at the Salvation Army services last night, and the Salvation Army Band played a dead march ('Japan”) out of respeot to the late Premier. Captain B!attery, in his j remarks, said : *■ We mourn tho loss of a political hero, one who earned by unexampled labour towards a great goal the warm affeotiou of the people. Ho got into the heart of humanity. Hs was a man of boundless energy, and almost sleepless industry. He was one of (he Empire's great men ; it is pleasing to note the Empire has recognised him as each. Toe Salvation Army bas lost a great friend. As an organisation, we pray for divine blessing upon Mrs Seddon and family." Mr Hill (from Auckland) de-1 livered a very powerful address, wbioh | was listeuod to with rapt attention,

Tbo winter vaontion (or tho eohools oOLulfleuco i an FncDy, June ‘29:b, and the eoboola roopon in Monday, July lObb. Tho olotk at tbo railway station was knookod down by a youthful oyoliat making uao of tho footpath on Saturday night, and got a eovoro shaking, tho collision onuaing hia noso to bleed frooly. Tho day obosen for tho lato Promior’a funeral falls in with tho ordinary halfholiday in Glsborno. Tho had auoh a rough trip from Auckland yesterday that ono gentleman with over thirty years’ exporionco of tbo sea was laid low with seasickness.

Tho ranges were coverod with a thick coating of snow on Saturday, but yesterday was a perfect day. Messrs B. P. Joyce, J. A. Harding, and T, J, Diokson left for Wellington last night to attend tho funeral of tho late Premier.

Mr W. L'asant Oloyton reports the sale of Mr W. F. Someryillo’s valuable Koukoutioki property, together with part of Mangaheia, to Mr W. J. Knight, of Kaikora, at a figure satisfactory to both vendor and purchaser.

Mr H. Hei has received news that he has passed the fiaal seotion of the L.L.B. examination, entitling him to be admitted as a barrister and solicitor.

Tho Ohief Postmastor has been advisad that “ Tho Hon. Mr Carroll wishos tbo natives to bo informed, as widely as possible, that the late Premier’s funeral will not take plaoo until Thursday next.’’ At the Auckland Polioo Comt Alfred Cleave was fined 10s and oosts for leaving a motor oar standing in Vuloan Lane on May 19th. The W&rrimoo, whioh sailed for Sydney from Lyttelton on Friday, took 500 owes and rams for tho annual stud sales, shipped by tbo Loan and Mercantile Company. It Fas beau decided to form a North Canterbury Contro of tho New Zealand Athlct'o Union, There, are 30 eooieties in

that district oatering for cash athlotios. The booking for Mr Bullen’B lectures is filling satisfactorily. Ono admirer of that gentleman’s works has reserved twentyfour seats, and another gentleman has booked ton seats.

A well-known Gisborne young lady, Miss Nellie Peterson, died at the Napier Hospital on Friday after a long period of suffering, from whioh death was a happy release.

An important sole of furniture willbe held by Messrs Miller end Craig on Wed nosday next, when they will sell the whole of the valuable household furniture am eff o s of Mrs Smith, Bead’s Qray, who is leaving tbe distriot The stosmer Toatea did not get bade to the wbatf until half past 12 this momir g after taking the outward passengers to th« Tarawora, On goiog out the depth was found to be much less than ordinarily, and Captain Hawk decided to take no ohanoßß on returning. According to native reports Te Baa, tbe Maori resoal, who is travelling the country, is to be in Gisborne on Wednesday. Some local natives issue the following notice:—"Te Rua, Maori tohunga, and his followers are forbidden by the Itaoga-a-Mahaki Village Committees, under 1 The Maori Oounoils Aot,’ to visit the following villages: Roogopai, Waituhi, Pakowhai, aod Parihimanibi, or proceedings will be tßken.’’

An eight-roomed house ia Fitzherbert street, Palmerston Nottb, in the jnnt occupation of two families, inoluding the owner, Mrs Martin, was destroyed by fire at 130 a.m. on Saturday. Nothing was saved, the inmates escaping in their night apparel. Mrs Mattin's furniture was irsuted in the Alliacoe for £175, and the bouss for £2OO in tbo same offioe, with a further £IOO in the New Zealand. The other occupant, Mr Leoaldone, was not insured, and lost everything. The Wowing prioes were realised at Messrs Miller and Oraig’s auction mart on Stturday last:—Roosters Is 91 to 2s, Orpingtons 2?, guinea fowls 2s Gd, Wyandottes 2s 63, drakes 2<, ducks Is 6d to 2s, hens Is 4d to Is 7d, pullets lOd to Is, marrows 2s 6d sack, pumpkins 3s 61 saok and 4s doz, potatoees I£l to l£d lb, oranges 6s oase, apples 2s to 2s 6J small case, rhubarb 31 bundle, oauliflowors 3s 61 doz, pickling cabbage 2s 91 drz, butter lOd to lid, eggs fresh 2s preserved Is 61, horse carrots 3s sack, swells 8s sack. There was also a large attendance daring the afternoon sale, and very spirited bidding throughout. A poplar tree opposite the Qisborne Hotel requires reaming without delay, The tree is at the corner of the footpath, where a h - 'gh kerbing has been put in ; the hotel lamp throws a brilliant light aoross, but the tree is so situated as to place the kerbing in a deceptive shade. Quite a number of ansuspeoting people bavo been tripped at this spot, and on Saturday night a lady who came in by the train and was carrying a baby in her arms, had a nasty fall over the karbing. The Borough authorities should have the tree removed without delay, to prevent further mishap. Considerable surprise was occasioned when the steamer Zealaodia passed on on Saturday, As there was a heavy sea on it was deemed prudent to wait until the tide had risen a couple of hours before veoturing out, and therefore to have the ooe launoh at 10 o'clock, but at 9.30 a.m the vessel steamed on her oourso to Auoklaod, the captain not even waiting until the ordinary hour of departure. No doubt the capta'n had read some of tho " Blinking fish " oamments that have been in circulation lately nnoot the harbor, and thought .matters were worse than they are—which is bad enough. Tbo funo.al of tho late Miss Cantle, who for flve yia-s w4s mistress of the Patutabi School, took placo yesterday, proceeding from town to Patutabi. A large number went out from town, others joined in on tho way, and the sohool children mot end joined in tbo sad prooossion, Members of the Traobers’ Institute and Mr W. M rgan (scorotiryof the Board of Governor-) aoted as pail-beaters, and the Rev. Mr Gardiner conducted tho servioe. At the graveside the children saDg " Neuer, My God, to Ther.” Wreaths and crosses were sent by tbo following: Patutsbi School Committee, Mr Mosemsn, Mr Hmdrup, Mr Gedyo, Mr Gtllman, school children, Mr and Mrs Woodward, Mrs Tom Gedye, Miss Alice Stevens, Mrs Hill, Miss K. King, Mr McDonald, Teachers’ Institute, Mrs Camming end family, Mrs Steed. A Press Association telegram from Wellington on Saturday stated:—A largß number of native chiefs are arriving in Wellington to attend Mr Seddon’s funeral if it takes place here. They dosite in accordanoo with old time usages to Bbow respect for a great raugatira who has passed away. They wish to meet the

Oswestry Grange when she arrives and in their own fashion lament on the return of the remains of a man whom they regard as a hero, and when later on the body is lying in state to hold a tangi. The speakers in an interview with the Native

Minister were pathetically eloquent, and thought as they regarded the late Premier

as their “ parent ” they should have something to say in regard to the question of bis burial place. Their wish wa3 that the remains be buried in the Parliamentary grounds. Mr Carroll feelingly replied, but said the wishes of Mrs Beddon must be respected, and these were not known until she arrived at Wellington. He would represent their wishes to Mrs Seddon,