The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, FEBRUARY 3, 1902.

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 330, 3 February 1902, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, FEBRUARY 3, 1902.

The Gisborne School re-opens this morning. The Gisborne Rifles’ Band intend giv? ing their second open-air concert next Saturday evening. The date of Messrs Dalgety and Co.’s next stock sale has been altered to February 17th, in ordor not to clash with the sale of Messrs Sisterson and Mcßae’s horses.

Mr J. L. Perry' and his son leave Gisborne by the Warrimoo next week to join the White Star liner Medic at Sydney, by which thoy proceed to England. A local syndicate has been formed for the purpose of purchasing an oil launch for river trafiie. One of the party is at present in Auckland placing an order for the boat, which we understand is to be built by Mr C. Bailey, jun. The funeral of the late Mrs John Coleman took place on Saturday morning, and was very largely attended. A short and impressive service was held at the house by the Rev. J. G. Paterson, who also conducted the burial service. The cortege,

which was a very lengthy one, left deceased’s lato residence for Makaraka cemetery shortly after eleven o’clock. The chief mourners were Messrs J. and T. Coleman, Allan and Stanley Coleman, sons of deceased, and three nephews. Messrs Friar, Quigley, Wallace, and McGowan acted as pall-bearers. The coffin was literally covered with wreaths, crosses, and other floral emblems, sent by sympathetic friends. A very pretty wreath was sent by the Gisborne Bowling Club, of which Mr Coleman is a leading member. The members of Mr Coleman’s rink at the recent tournament also forwarded a handsome wreath, the memoriam card bearing the inscription, “ With heartfelt sympathy for, and love to their skip in his great sorrow.” All members of the Bowling Club who were present at the tournament attended the funeral, also a large number of other members, including the President, Mr Pettie, and the VicePresident, Mr J. Bright. Amongst the wealth of floral emblems were many wreaths and crosses from the following friends: —Mr and Mrs J. B. Foster, Mrs C. P. Davies and family, Mr and Mrs Sampson, Miss F. Sobers, Mr and Mrs W. H. Clayton, Mr and Mrs Pettie, Mr and Mrs Friar and family, Miss Gault, Mr and Mrs A. Beere, Mr and Mrs G. Humphreys, Misses Ea'l, Mr and Mis McGowan, Mrs Walter Good, Mr and Mrs B. Robertson, Mr and Mrs A. B. Muir, Mr and Mrs Matthewson, Mr and Misses Bradley, Mrs Rosie and family, Mr and Mrs T. B. Sweet and family, Mr and Mrs Johnston, Mr and Mrs Rees, Mr and Mrs J. Parsons, Mr S. Parsons, Mr and Mrs W. J. Quigley, Mr and Mrs J. Wallace and family, Miss Lunn and girls, Martha Te flani, Gisborne Bowling Club, Messrs Batbauj, 57r.llice and Gaudin, Mr Shelton and Common, Sheltpn and Co.’s staff, Mr and Mrs T. A. Coleman and family, Auckland relations. The greatest sympathy is felt for Mr J. Coleman and the members of his family in their sad bereavement.

IN e regret to learn that Mr Oswald Redstone still lies in a very poor state of health.

By our telegrams it will be seen that the Premier has announced that a tenth contingent will be organised. By our cablegrams, it will be seen that the English cricketers are doing some tall scoring against New South Wales—no no wickets down for 2 00 runs. The Zealundia arrived in Auckland at ten o’clock yesterday morning, after a good run of under 22 hours from Gisborne. A male pupil-teacher and a female pupil-teacher are wanted for the Gisborne School. Applications close at 3 tomorrow afternoon. The body of the young man John Fietcher is to bo conveyed to Auckland for interment. Much sympathy will be felt for the young man’s mother in her grief. M- 11. limns, P.A. in Lite Druids’ Lodge, lefi last night Tor Masterton as the delegate of the local Lodge ah the annual conference. i\lr ,S. H. M. Quigley, who recently left for Napier for a course of study, returns from Napier on Wednesday morning, having been appointed to (ill a vacant position on the staff of the Gisborne School. Messrs Williams and Kettle, Limited, have received the following cable from their London agents regarding the wool market :—“ Advance in crossbred now lo per cent. Americun= buying freely.” Applicants for the Ninth Contingent will parade at Tucker’s paddock on Saturday next, at 2p m. Men who have previously applied for the Eighth are notified that they may compete if they so desire.

The Gisborne Park Racing Club’s privileges, submitted to auction on Saturday, realised the following prices : Grandstand booth, £23, Mr C. Neonan outside booth, £23, Mr H. Cooper ; right to take charge of horses, £lO, Mr Grady. There was a large crowd of spectators at the cricket match on the Domain on Saturday. The catering for the afternoontea was in the hands of Mr J. Craig. Mr D. J. Barry forwarded a present of five gallons of beer for those who liked something stronger than tea. Wesley Church anniversary soiree is announced for Tuesday evening. Tea will be taken in the Schoolroom at 6.30, to be followed by the usual meeting in the Church, when a good programme of musical items and addresses will be given, the whole for the modest charge of one shilling. At the Hawke’s Bay ram fair (says the Napier Herald) Messrs Dalgety and Company offered a high-class Lincoln stud ram from Gisborne, bred by Mr Kirkpatrick, sold at 13gs, which under the depressing prices ruling for Lincolns, must be considered satisfactory, as only a few Lincoln studs amongst the large number offered by Southern and other buyers reached double figures. Mr J. NV. Witty, Secretary of the Harbor Board, returned from the South on Saturday morning. In conversation with a Times representative, Mr Witty stated that some little delay had taken place

with regard tc the departure of the dredge, John Townley, from Christchurch, owing to’ a defect in the imported crane. It was expected that the dredge would sail early next week. The following crews will compete in the double sculling competition in the Poverty Bay Rowing Club for medals presented by Mr H. R. Smith, of Goldsmith’s Hall, Gladstone road :—C. Kirk and A. Webb scr., Taylor and Smith 6sec, A. NV. Kirk and McGovern 6sec, Nicholson and Boyle 6sec, A. Kirk and Jarman, NVebb and Power 12sec, Peterson and Pool 12sec, NVest and Lewis 12sec, Tait and McLeod 15scc, Maynard and Parker 20sec, Haokett and Johnson SOsec. The mail steamer Ventura, with the English mails, which left London on January 4th, did not leave San Francisco until the morning of the 16th inst., fifteen hours late, and is therefore not due at Auckland until to-morrow. It is probable, however, that the Ventura will pick up some of the delayed time on the voyage across, and if she meets with anything like prompt despatch at Honolulu and Pago Pago, it is not unlikely that she will reach Auckland to-night. The Zealandia, which arrived from the South on Saturday morning, brought upwards of 120 passengers for this port. Tho accommodation of the steamer was severely taxed, and as a last resource two shake-downs had to be made in the bar for two ladies. It is not stated whether the ladies in question were prohibitionists, but it is to be presumed they were. Two members of the Gisborne bowling party offered to give up their berths to the ladies and put up with pot-luck in the bar, but the courteous offer was declined.

The steward was evidently of opinion that it .was safer to trust the bar and its contents to the two ladies than to leave it to the tender mercies of the bowlers, especially as the latter were just returning from a tournament.

An inquest was held at the Hospital on ’ Saturday on the body of the young man 1 John Fletcher. The following jury was empanelled, Mr W. A. Barton being coroner : —William Armstrong, Frederick John Wakelyn, Cecil Francis Lewis, Herbert Burns, Daniel McKeague, and Luke Humphreys. Mr C. F. Lewis was chosen foreman. John Craig, medical 1 practitioner, stated deceased was suffering from burns with carbolic acid. The cause of death was inflammation of .the kidneys, produced entirely by the absorption of the parbolic. Detective G. H. Nixon stated he identified the body of deceased as that of a prisoner whom he arrested at To Karaka on the night of the 20th January on a charge of attempted murder. An examination of the prisoner’s body revealed that he had been burnt by some poison, apparently carbolic acid. The jury returned a verdict that 11 deceased died from the effects of carbolic acid, administered apparently by himself.” The Free Lance tells the following story:—On Friday last a bushman strolled into a little store not a thousand miles from Wellington, and asked for a razor. The polite gentleman, with the accent, showed him several. Were they English razors ? Ja, of course they vas. All right, he would take that one. The storekeeper was asked to put the razor in its case. As he did so, bushie noticed stamped on the case, “ Made in Germany.” Then the fun commenced. What the bushie said is not for us to repeat, and what the storekeeper replied is untranslatable. The local constable strolled along his “ bate,” and

happened on that international struggle. He loved a fight himself, hut he was guilty of a dreadful dereliction of duty and. as he says, “ Let ’em rip.” He arrived at the police station breathless with emotion and laughter. “ Sergeant, there’s Billy Slogger down at Von Flannelhauser’s store, giving him a regular batin’: will Igo and take him in charge ? ” “ NVell, no ; but you can give Billy my compliments, and ask him up to sample a wee drap after he’s finished his shopping,” replied the sergeant. It is true, stories like this sample show how systematically the Teutons have “ put their foot in it.”

One of the most remarkable triumphs of modern surgery, achieved in connection with the present campaign in South | Africa is furnished by an operation that has recently been performed upon Captain k. R. Finlay, of the 2nd Battalion, the Bedfordshire Regiment. This officer was shot through the head at Ylakfontein, the [bullet penetrating the forehead and eventually emerging at the back of the skull. He was picked up on the battlefield apparently lifeless, and was carried to the nearest hospital tent. There he remained in an unconscious condition for nearly two months, during the of which period one side of his body was paralysed. He was then sent to England in the faint hope that the sea voyage might possibly do him some good, and, on arrival at Southampton, was removed more dead than alive to a private hospital. While in this institution he came under the professional care of Mr Victor Horsley, who succeeded in removing no less than twenty-seven pieces of shattered bone from his head, and thus restoring sensation to the shattered side. According to the London Daily News Captain Knlay stood the operation exceedingly wel, and his complete recovery is confideDly anticipated,