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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1816, 24 July 1906, Page 2

The train services were resumed as usual yesterday. Mr Norman Shaw, reoently master of the Motu sohool, has been appointed tern* porarily as master of the Waipiro sohool, Organ reoitals are to bo given at the lotsmational Exhibition at Christchurch by Mr F. H Massey, brother of the wellknown Gisborne musician of that name, und organist of All Saints’ Ohuroh, Bathuist.

Rua and oompany had their larder replenished by the recent fijod, a g eat stock oi vegetables being washrd down to the camp, Rua’s friends oonsider that this is better than prophesying supplies of food.

Tho Wairoa coach did not start from Gisborne yeslerday, advice being received that there was eight feet of water at Stewart’s crossing.

A 1 settlers baviDg stock in Captain Tucker’s paddocks are rt quested to meet Mr Field at the Makauri eehoolhouse tomorrow morniog at 9 o’clock.

The attention of investors is directed to the faoi that tenders for the town and suburban properties offered by Mr T. J. Dickson close to morrow at noon. The opportunity is ono that should be taken advantage of. The Eobooner Kaeo, Captain J. HSkinoer, will leave Auckland for Gisborne about the 00th inst.

The annual meeting of the Gisborno B iwling Club will be held at the Masonic Hotel on Thursday evening.

The Matawhero stock sales will be hold as usual on Thursday nexi, Large entriej have bcon received.

The Gisborne Sheepfarmers’ Company are now booking orders for household coal to arrive by |the lima. The company will supply large and small orde.s from the ship’s side at special rates. OwiDg to the very wet weather the grand popular enterta’nment, to have been held !a4 evening in aid of the Nicolas fund, was postponed until to-morrow evoning.

No doubt by the time that the East Const railway is made the native land d.ffieulty will have been conquered, uni settlement will be as common in the Urewora as it is now in the King Country. And with the ranges serving as breeding" grounds and the flats as feeding grounds, fit sheep wi'l be ra'sed in sufficient numbers to warrant ihe ertction of fre z ing works in the Bay of Plenty, and to main railway cooneoiion with the ocein p irt nt Auckland an al sj'ule nooessity.— N Z Herald.

There was very heavy ra’n inland yesterday. At Wbatatutu it rained id tononts for six hours, and then there was a light break. Tbo rivers rose rapidly, and tbo Waipaoa broke over the bank in a oouplo cf places, but la'est reports wore reassuring, aod tbo rivers were subfidieg.

An earthquake policy Ims been taken out in regard to Mr Win. Adair’s brick building in Gladstone road and Lowe street, Sonic excellent photographic post cards of the recent flood have been issued from the Kllerbeck studio They can he obtained from any of the local stationers or from the studio The following Gisborne creditors appear in a list supplied by bankrupt J. J. Heim, now of l’ort Almriri :—W. Wood £'l, E.

J Harris £2. Shicrlaw and Co. £ i 10s, 11. Sandhmt £i>, K. N. Jones £(>, G. Smith £7. The necessary gear to right the Pakarae punt which was submerged by the flood was despatched from town yesterday. The flood lias scoured the sand out, leaving the papa hare. It is anticipated that it will he some time before the ford is safe for travellers.

The three bodies recovered from the Aotea wreck, Oscar JJlanquist, Albert Bagiev, and Iverson, are to he buried at Waipiro to day Our A aipiro correspondent reported last evening that the sea was again very rough, and there was little prospect of working the coast for some days to come. The trip of the Tuaica !u bring the bodies of Captain and Mrs Nicolas is therefore likely to he further delavcd.

in regard to the steamer which was seen with the Aotea on the Monday Mr W. G. Fraser, manager of the Union Company, informs us that it was mi doubtedly the Haupiri. This boat put into Waipiro oil the Sunday, and remained there until Monday, when the heavy weather from the eastward caused Captain Campbell to make seawards, afterwards shaping a course to Tolago, and thence to Gisborne. Captain Campbell stated that it was impossible for any steamer to have made Waipiro after he left it, and although it was stated by those on shore that the steamer had a yellow funnel he is confident that a mistake was made. The hope that another boat may have picked up some of the crew of the Aotea is very remote.

Tho Wharekopac river was in Hood yesterday.

Urgent en(|iiiries are being made by the lood Relief Committee for grazing for a lousand sheep.

Messrs Redstone and Sons put up the ■emarkable reeord last week of delivering ill the mails in their extensive contract.

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