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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 459, 1 July 1902, Page 2

A mail for Coastal ports closes per Omapere at 7 this morning. Thore will bo prayerß for the King and Royal Family every morning this week at Holy Trinity Church. A reward is offered for the recovery of a gold medal, lost on the day of the opening of the railway. The Rev. T, G. Hammond, Wesleyan missionary in Taranaki, declares that' in an unassuming way the Hon. J. Carroll is doing a noble work among the Maoris. A raob of sheep from Mr J. Clark’s Te Arai station passed through Gisborne yesterday to the Gisborne Freezing Company’s works, in charge of Mr F. L. Fearn. Mr James A. Winchcombe writes expressing warm gratification at the joyful news concerning the improving health of His Majesty die King given in the special message forwarded to the churches from the Times office on Sunday morning.

There will bo a special night at The Empire Skating Rink to-morrow night, when the management will enforce the rules specially framed for the benefit of lady patrons. The mile race is exciting considerable interest, and a very close finish is expected.

Farrier Breingan and Troopers Teesdale, Parker, and Taylor, Gisborne representatives in the Seventh Contingent, arrived by the Omapere this morning. We are proud of all our boys, but of none more so than of those who belonged to the glorious Seventh. Mr Con. Neenan, the proprietor of the Ormond Hotel, is making special provision to cope with the extra traffic caused by the railway. When a more suitable time-table is adopted there should be a tremendous traffic to and from Ormond. At present it suits the majority of people better to make aid of buggies. At present the arrangements affect the coaches without serving the public. The usual weekly meeting of the P.B 1 Rugby Union was held last evening, Mr Miller presiding. A communication was received from the Hawke's Bay Union relative to a junior rep. team visiting them, and also re fixing the date for the annual senior rep. fixture, Hawke’s Bay V. Poverty Bay. The Secretary was instructed to reply stating that it would be impossible to send down a junior team, and that it was rather premature to fix the date for the annual rep. fixture. The match, West- End v. Huia, postponed from last Saturday, was fixed to take place at the end of the present round.

A special tiain will run to Omionu on Thursday next. Messrs Pcckover and Co. have for sale a quarter acre section iu Puiuierston road for .CdU. Captain Kdwm wired at noon yesterday " Moderate winds from between south-east and south and southwest. ; glass rise ; tides good ; frost, to-night.” At Wailn a miner named Love fell down llie main .-.haft in tiie Crown mine. Karangahake, dislocating his shoulder.

Ai Ureyinouth lasi week a woman named Hunter was found dead, having been suffocated by falling between t sofa and a wardrobe whilst in a stale of intoxication. Owing to the heavy weather on the Coast and the had stale of the roads, McKinley’s mail coach from Gisborne to To 1 ago did not get further than Pakarae yesterday. It is expected that the coach will reach Tolago this evening.

On Sunday evening, at Wesley Church, Rev. B. F. Eothwell made feeling reference to the death of Mr W. Tinge,v, who had been a member of the choir during his residence in Gisborne. As a token of respect four membere of the choir (Messrs Bull, East, Wilkinson, and R. Piesse) sang “ They are going down the Valley,” in a most feeling and impressive maimer. The sympathy of the choir has already been conveyed to the parents and relatives of the deceased.

Ihe startling tales which come from Auckland, in regard to the alleged indecent pranks of young men tired of the monotonous game of ping-pong are such thaPthev will probably he accepted with a feeling of amused scepticism With the story of Jessica Minns fresh in the minds, the tales now being told are likely to be given even less credence than would he the case under ordinary circumstances. By the telegrams it would appear that there had been two separate offences, but probably both arose from the one story.