NEW ZEALAND

Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 8, 10 January 1901, Page 1

NEW ZEALAND

[Per Press Associmo Auckland, .ast night,

A meeting was held to-day to make, arrangements for a fitting send-off to the Sixth Contingent it having been definitely decided that Auckland was to be the final port of departure. It is intended in future to make Auckland a port of call for the shire line of steamers, under the auspices of the New Zealand Shipping Company. The Fifeshire, which left here yesterday, took away a large quantity of wool, frozen meat, kauri gum, and tallow. Her example will probably be tollowed by the next boat, the Banffshire. A Maori named Rawere has been brought down from Miranda on a charge of having caused the death of his wife by striking her. Rawere has been lodged in gaol pending further charges being made. The police has as yet no derails of the alleged crime. The talisman Consolidated at Karangahake treated during December 612 tons of ore for a yield of bullion valued at £1222. The output of this mine for the last year was £20,645.

Napier, last night. As last night’s express was travelling between Takapau and Waipukurau a prisoner in charge made a sensational escape. Constable Baker was escorting a lunatic named Harry Whisky from Dannevirke to Napier in a second-class carriage. The prisoner made a sudden jump through an open window and landed clear of the train, which could not be pulled up for a distance of about two miles. The escapee at first lay still where he had fallen, and was then seen to creep into the furze. Immediate steps were taken to effect a re-capture, but they have not yet been successful. Dunedin, last night. The police made a big raid, on sly-grog sellers at Baleiutha this morning. Eleven plain constables entered the district on bicycles. Eive places were entered, and large quantities of grog found in each. The names of the owners of the premises are: Vial, Railway Hotel; Bain, Farmers’ Arms 5 McDonnell, Criterion; Allen, Crown; and Marshall’s lemonade factory. It is rumored that simultaneous raids took place at Tapanui, Owaka, and Clinton. Josephine Mary Thowers, married, aged 73, residing at St. Kilda, was taken to the hospital on Sunday evening, suffering from the effects of over-drinking. She was so violent that she had to be strapped to the bed, and remained in that position till last evening, when during the absence of a nurse, she managed to free herself and made for a window on the top fiat. She flung herself on to the ground, and was picked up dead. Wellington, last night. The Cabinet has decided to appoint Mr R. Pope, of the Education Department, and Mr Walker, a teacher from Westland, Inspectors of Industrial Schools. The Hawke’s Bay, Wairarapa, and Fortymile Bush millers have decided to protest against being drawn into the sawmillers’ dispute now before the Conciliation Board, on the ground that they have no differences with their employees. There was an appreciable increase in the post and telegraph Christmas business for the four days ended 23th December last, compared with the business for the corresponding period of the previous year. At seventeen principal offices the total number of postal articles dealt with during the four days was 1,990,576, as against 1,965,762 for the corresponding four days in 1899. The. number of telegrams despatched and received was 88,880, an increase/ of 10,071.. The total number of mailbags and hampers despatchedand received at the seventeen offices 17,213, as against 16,565 last year. /Letter?: carriers’ and telegraph messengers! jldliveries' were unusually heavy. f Surgeon-Major Skerman, of Marton, has been appointed surgeon, of the Sixth Contingent. Dr O’Neill, of Dunedin Hospital,’"-has been chosen as his-assistant. -.r Sir Alfred Milner oables to the Governor that Trooper Miller, of Gebbies Flat, Canterbury, is dangerously ill at Pretoria. The Railway Department has been advised there is a flood at Otira, on tho Midland line, and passengers by train have been qbliged to return to Jackson’s, Civil servants have subscribed £3OO for a silver salver, typical of the colony, to be presented to Baden-Powell.

An Assyrian has been arrested for burning a compatriot’s premises. The following handicaps have been declared for the first day’s racing Hack Race: Ngatahuia 9-7, Tukapa 9-2, Waterford 8-9, Dartmoor 8-6, Transvaal 8-5, Passion Fruit 8-3, Rata and Sir Redvers 8-2, Dewdrop 7-13, Artisan 7-10, Heritas and Ngaio 7-9, Jingle 7-5, Katriona 7-2, Conspirer, Gipsy Jack, Jemima, and Moreen 7.0, Raparapa 6-10, Art Jewel and Bowfield 6-7. Christchurch, last night.

A Conference of Chambers of Commerce opened to-day. Mr William Wood, President of the Canterbury Chamber, welcomed the delegates, and delivered a short opening address. The Rev. W. Gillies yesterday laid before the Presbytery his charge of Trinity congrega-. tion, Timaru, which ho has held for nearly 25 years, No friction, difficulty, or disagreement was advanced as the cause, but feeling that the work demanded the energies of a younger and fresher man, and there was other important work in the Church open to him, his resignation was accepted with regret. A girl named Annabella Clark, aged 17 years, was severely burned at Halswell last week while lighting a fire, and died in the hospital on Sunday. At the inquest a verdict of “Accidental Death” was returned. The Coroner referred to the fact that the certificate of death had been given by the hospital authorities without reference to him, and said that in cases of accidental death only the Coroner could give a certificate. The house surgeon explained that he had telephoned to the police, and had understood from their reply that no inquest was necessary. At a meeting of the Canterbury Jubilee Maori Committee it was announced that the gate receipts to the Maori entertainments totalled £694 17s, the total the expenses £522 15" ia. A creais oaiance of £96 4s ,8d remained, but if the percentage due to A.' and P. Association were paid only about £5 would be left. Wet weather interfered with the entertainments. While the Maoris were in charge of the Lyttelton Committee the entertainments gave a balance of £ls, which was handed over to the Maoris. The Regatta Committee had been put to heavy expense over the Maoris, and sustained a loss of £ll4.

At a meeting of the Governors of the Agricultural College two scholarships of £2O each, open to first year students, were awarded to Pennikett (Christchurch), 909 marks; and Brown (Auckland), 904 marks. New Plymouth, last night. A dairyman named James Lobb was killed this morning. He was driving a trap when ♦he shaft broke. The horse commenced to nlunge, and Lobb was |thrown from his seat received a kick on the head. Death was almost instantaneous.

Thames, last night. Major Frederick Swindley died yesterday afternoon. He saw service in India, and was aide-de-camp to General Whitmore, present at the Gate Pah, and many other historic engagements. He was 60 years of age, and died of an internal complaint.