LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 519, 16 October 1890, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Tbe following junior fours have been selected by the Gishorne Rowing Club for a contest on November 12 Bourn, Hope, Muir, an IP * Matthews; Green, Cosgrove, Parker, and H Johnston.

Yesterday, up'till 2 o’clnfik, was very hot and dusty. There was a strong.wind blowing and a number of trees wore blown down, one being across the path in Customhouse street. Some timber-was blown from the wharf on to the boat belonging to the schooner Opotiki, causing damage.

The funeral of the late T. E. B. B’oomfiald took place on Tuealay afternoon, the earthly remains of the deeeisad gentleman being convoynd to the family oemstery at Te Arai. Fifty. - members cf the local Masonic Lodges drove out from town, and a large number of otlm\ friends joined the precision. The . coffin was borne from ths house to the jzrave by four Masons, the order following being Tyler, Steward, Master Mason®'. I'reiaurar and Secretary, Warden?, Paat Masters, Bible, Square and Compasses, the Msstar, Daanohs, Chaplain and Clergyman, chM moarr.flw, other mourners. The Ch'irch of England burial service was conducted by the Rev, A. Gardiner and then Masonic rites were dispensed by Bro. A. O. Hugo. The coffin was laid near the grave of the deceased's father. The remains bf the latd Captain Read, and his brother have also been buried in this cemetery. - -At-' the Salvation Army meeting on Tuesday evening.there was a full ho,use. The Rey._ Dr Warren delivered a lecture on ‘‘War. 1 ’ He dealt wi»h the question iu its various phase?, making it apply to the spiritual warfare. In that the of battle were very much the same; their enemy was ever ready to make victims, and it was their duty to be prepared and ever wage the good fight under the banner of Chr’stfanity. The warfare differed from ordinary warfare in that victory was certain in the figh’ under the banner cf Prince Immanuel. Though they might be split up into different companies, and the members of each company have different ways of thinking and different methods of action, they must yet remember that their watchword was Jesus Christ, By their fruits they would ba known, and any company in the great Army, that won souls for Chijst, was doing good work, and was entitled to th® sympathy and help of all who were arrayed under the glorious B inner, no matter what division they nl’ght themselves belong to. Company A might not agree with all that was done by Company B. but in the great fight patriotism must prevail, and when victory was seared, as it must, be in ihi battle againstsin.it would be'jojfu’ly proclaimed all along the line. The speaker wound up with a stirring exhorta'ion to men to join in the battle against the enemy of mankind. It was not worthy of anyone to Bay hi would remain neutral and let the ministers and othets do all tbe work. Such a man would be called a coward if he refused to take up arms to defend his country when it was in danger, and so in tbe Uhridian warfare, in which the whole world was concerned, he should be patriotic, and come forward anl do what was right, heedless of what might bo giid by those about him.

The privileges in connection with the Turf Club’s Spring Meeting are to be dis posed of on Saturday next. The quarterly social tea in connection with the Wesleyan Church was held last night, and a pleasant evening was spent. The Gisborne horses have scored one plum at the Napier Park race meeting. By our snorting telegrams it will be seen that Oeo won the second hurdle race, with Darnley third. The win give the biggest dividend of the meeting, £l4.

It is now almost certain that Mr Rees will withdraw from the East Coast election contest, leaving the fight between Messrs Arthur and Kelly, The latter has not thought it worth his while to officially announce his candidature in Poverty Bay, though it is understood no persuasion wilb induce him to retire.

A telegram from Opotiki. stales that Mr Arthur addressed a good-meeting in that district. He was given an attentive hearing" His supporters consider he is making satisfactory headway in the northern district, but the electors are backward in making pledges until they know how many candidates will be in the field. A. sudden death occurred at Mr Foster’s station yesterday, the governess, an estimable young lady named Miss Amy Jones, passing away. She had been ailing for some time, and came into town on Sunday to seek medical advice, but nothing very serious was feared, though her lungs appeared to be affected. The parents of the deceased resi le at- Waipo, near Auckland, her father being a Presbyterian Minister. A meeting of some of Mr Rees’ principal supporters was held on Tuesday morning, when Mr Rees explained the position of things, and ho consulted those present as to what course he should take under the circumstances. He sai l he ha I not yet given a definite answer to the Auck land electors, a 1 irge..-.number of whom wished.him to become a candidate for that city. Tt had been urged upon him that if he were elected for Auckland City, he could be quite as useful in advp’atin* the local wants of the East Coast. ‘While in case two candidates upholding the same principles (Mr Kelly and Mr Rees) persisted in contesting the E ist Coast, it greatly increased the prospects of the Conservative candidate. Mr Kelly had expressed bis determination to contest the sent, and they must therefore consider what would be the effect of thia splitting of the votes. -There was a long discussion on the matter, the unanimous opinion being that contest were between Mr Bees p.nd Mr Arthur, the former would be victorious by a large majority, and some thought that in any case Mr Roes was certain _of success on the East Coast, one gentleman having carefully analysed the voting power, which confirmed’ his belief that there was little about the success of Mr Rees’ candidature. It was. however, deemed better not to have a party division if it could be avoided, and after the position had been fully considered, it was decided that a communication should be nude with Mr Kelly ns to whether he would not retire from the field, seeing that he would split up the votes of the party, and thus could hardly himsdfhope to ba successful, while he ineroasfed Mr Arthur’s chances. It was also considered that if the contest were left bitween Messrs Kelly and Arthur, ths latter would greatly benefit by the feeling of localism.