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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2544, 3 July 1909, Page 4

Messrs Holmes and Scott reached Gisborne from Tologa Bay by Messrs J. Redstone and Sons’ coach yesterday afternoon.

A meeting of those of saying farewell to the Bishop of Waiapu on his retirement will be held in the room over Mr. Dalrymple’s on Monday afternoon next, at 3.30 o’clock. The Poverty Bay Turf Club has decided to erect 14 additional loose boxes at the Makaraka racecourse in time for the spring meeting, to be held in October next.

Both tho Works and Waterworks Committees of the Borough Council met yesterday afternoon, and dealt with several small matters which had been referred to them by the Council. The usual fortnightly sale of stock at Matawhero will be held on Wednesday next instead of Thursday, so as to allow farmers an opportunity to attend the Gisborne Racing Club’s races.

His Worship the Mayor, by advertisement. asks business people to close their premises at noon on Thursday 'next, in order to allow townspeople an opportunity of attending the Gisborne Racing Club’s steeplechase meeting. The “Lux” light has already attracted many admirers in Gisborne, and the latest establishment to be fitted up with this successful invention is the jewellery establishment of Air. H. J. Grieve, Gladstone Road. Air. J. R. Thomson, of Auckland, will deliver a public lecture on Sunday evening, at 7 o’clock, under tho auspices of tho Theosophical Society. The subject will be “The Message of Theosophy to the World,” and the lecture will be illustrated by diagrams.

The train which. usually leaves town at 9.30 mm. will leave to-night one hour thirty minutes later, and run correspondingly late to Te Karaka and back to town, in order to give country residents an opoortuity of attending the theatre.

Tho anniversary hymns, choruses aud solos which charmed the large congregations at St. Andrew’s last Sunday are to be repeated to-morrow morning iuid evening. There will be no service in tho afternoon. The evening subject will be “Baxter’s Second Innings,” a study in temptation. Parents are specially invited to bring their children to tho morning service. The Rev. J. A. Lochore will conduct ■both services in the Aletliodist Church to-morrow. At the morning service Airs.- Morgan, of Dunedin, will smg “Me Was Despised” (Handel) and Air. H. Armstrong will sing “The Children 3 Home.” In the afternoon a new departure is being made by having a pleasant Sunday afternoon’s gathering. A good programmo of music will be rendered, and Air. Lochore will speak on Spurgeon’s proverb, “Never chew your pills.” Adults are cordially invited.

His Worship tho Mayor has received the following.telegrams in response to his telegram conveying the motions passed at tho -last meeting of the Borough Council, in reference to- the altering of 'tlie Napier railway time-, table, and its possible effect on tho Napier-Gisbornc steamship service “Re Napier-Wellington railway timetable. have already represented matter in terms of your Council’s resolution to Hon. Minister for Railways.—J. Carroll.” “The representations of the Gisborne Borough Council regarding the Wellington-Napier train time-table will be carefully considered when the matter is being -dealt with. —J. A. AlilInr.”' - ■ ' ■ . '*

The* committee of the .Poverty Bay Turf Club yesterday granted a bonus of £2O to the club’s secretary, Mr. D. R. Dc-Costa, in recognition ol' his good work during the past year. There was a large attendance of youths at the Y.M.C.A. rooms last evening, when Mr. J. Saunders .gave ’an interesting talk on iphysical cu’ture, and how to fight disease by attending to natural health. At the conclusion i f th 4' talk the speaker was accorded a hearty vote of thanks. Detective Rnwle lias been advised that a native named Te Haka was drowned in the Waiapu river on Tuesday night. The body was recovered on Wednesday, and Constable Wells reported to Mr. W. A. Barton, S.M.? who is on a visit to the Coast, and after an inejuest was held a verdict of accidentally drowned was returned.

There is some probability that a recently discovered deposit of coal in the Poverty Bay district will be fully prospected. ao the gentleman who found the deposit has been able to get strong support to test the seam. As all the coal used in Gisborne and the surrounding district has to come over the wharf, a plentiful supply of coal close to the town would prove a most valuable asset.

The rainfall in Gisbopno for June was exceptionally low, only totalling .55 inch’, which is the lowest on record since observations have been made by Archdeacon Williams. Prior to this the lowest rainfall for June was .78 inch, in 1883. The highest rainfall for 24 hours during the month just passed was .16.0 n June 16th. This record has only been reached in anv month on three occasions previously, namely, twice in the month of January and once in the month of February.

The question of providing a race for two-year-old horses was raised at the meeting of the Poverty Bay Turf Club by Mr. D. J. Barry yesterday . Mr. Barry said that there were a number of small stud farms in the district, and he thought owners might be encouraged to go in more for breeding by the inclusion of races for youngsters in the programme for the February meeting, because at that time trainers were anxious to gpt their young charges into galloping order., The president of the club (Mr. J. W. Nolan) promised that the committee would consider the suggestion. ,

Mr. S. McLernon, of Napier and Gisborne, who has always taken a keen interest in educational matters, having for a great number of years occupied a seat on the Hawke’s Bay Education Board, pnd since the coming inte operation of the ward system three years ago, has been one of the members representing the North \vard, retiring this year by effluxion of time, has wired” to his colleague, Mr. W. Morgan, that owing to a possible absence from the Dominion, he has decided not to accept nomination this election, but he may probabl- at some future date place his services at the disposal of school committees.

Perhaps no town the size of Gisborne in any part of New Zealand or Australia can boast two such successful racing clubs as the Poverty Bay Turf Club and the Gisborne Racing Club. The annual meeting of members of the former club was held yesterday, when the balance-sheet presented showed that whi’e over £2OOO had been paid in fetakes during the year, the profits were Nearly £IOOO. The Gisborne Racing Club’s annual meeting does not take ‘place for some months, but a highly profitable year is anticipated. The large number of acceptances for the steeplechase meeting to be held on the "•Park racecourse next Thursday and 'Friday are indicative of the popularity 'of the club among owners and trainers in various parts of the North Island. The Rev. R. S. Gray, of Christchurch, will commence his series of special services in Gisborne to-morrow. ]n the morning, at 11 o’clock, Mr. Gray will preach at the Baptist Tabernacle. In the afternoon he will address the scholars at the Baptist Sunday School. In the evening the service usually held at the Baptist Tabernacle will be in His Majesty’s Theatre. The choir and orchestra have been considerably augmented, and a bright musical service will commence at 6.45 p.m., under the leadership of Mr. 11. Brownlee. Special features of this theatre service will be a solo and male quartette. Mr. Gray will also address the workers of the Tabernacle this evening at 7.30. The mission will be continued next week in the Baptist Tabernacle. Each evening at 7.30 there will be a great song service, when a large united elitiir of 60 voices will render beautiful sacred melodies?.

A case which occupied the attention of two Justices of the- Peace yesterday morning presented peculiar features. From the evidence it was made to appear that two men had been living for some time on Messrs Hutchinson Brothel's’ Waihuka station, and after being warned by the police had refused to quit. They were then summoned to answer a charge of trespass. The only witness for the prosecution was Constable Doyle," of To Ivaraka, who gave evidence that he had been told and produced a written authority from Mr. E. M. Hutchinson, signed E. M. Hutchinson, manager Waihuka station, and which he saw him sign, to warn the men off the place. Mr. Kirk, who appeared for the defendants, questioned Mr. Hutchinson’s right to issue such an authority, as it had not been proved that Mr. Hutchinson was the owner of the land. Mr. Hutchinson was not in Court, and Constable Doyle could not swear to Mr. Hutchinson’s title to the Waihuka station, so that the Bench had no alternative but to dismiss both cases.