NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 48, 26 February 1901, Page 1

NEW ZEALAND.

[By Telegraph—Press Association.] Wellington, last night. Sue Hong was find £lO this morning for sly-grog selling. The Dalhousic leaves at midnight for Nelson, and thence will go to Dunedin, where the corps disembark, one company going to Christchurch and the other iO the Bluff. On the return of the troops the vessel will leave the colony via Cook Straits.

The Governor leaves Wellington for the North to-morrow, and travels by rail through the Wairarapa to tho Makohino Viaduct, and from there will drive to To Aroha and Taupo, Rotorua, Tauranga, and Katikati. At Te Aroha he will take train for. Auckland, where he will stay five or six days, He intends to travel from Auckland to Te Kuiti by rail, and drive thence to Palmerston North via Awaklno, New Plymouth, and Hawera. This trip is expected to occupy six weeks. The Racing Club has decided to appoint a secretary to devote tho whole of his time to tho services of the Club. Christchurch, last night. The New Zealand Shipping Company’s new twin-screw steamer Ruapehu has been successfully launched atjDumbarton. The Papanui arrived at Monte Video on the 22nd Inst, Wanganui, last night. The Supreme Court opened this morning. Judge Edwards, who referred to the seriousness of the charges on the calendar, in speaking of indecent assaults, said there seemed to bo' a craze for this abominable species of offence all over the colony. Herbert Hodgson, charged with breaking and entering, was admitted to probation. J. Newbury got a sentence of two years for forgery, and a similar sentence was imposed on George McDonald for breaking and entering. The Wanganui section of ten men of tho Seventh Contingent were entertained at luncheon by the Mayor, and left by the express for Wellington, receiving a hearty send-off. Tho Agricultural Department has received the following cablegram from the British Consul at Manila“ The halfyearly export of hemp on tho 31st December, 1900, was 358,357 bales. Stock in hand at the end-of December, 250,950 bales."

The Indian troops are feeling the effects of the cold weather that has attended their up-country journey. A 'southerly wind is still blowing, but there is every prospect of fine weather overhead for this afternoon’s procession. Auckland, last night. The principal business of the New Zealand University Senate to-day was the election of a member to fill the vacancy on tho Senate caused by the resignation of Dr Milne. Professor R. O. Maclaurin, of Victoria College, Wellington, was elected to the position. Tho unsuccessful candidates were: Bishop Wallis, Dr Chiltern, Dr Findlay, and Mr John McGregor. The Senate will offer for competition 15 junior scholarships in December next.

Four life-belts, three tied together, marked Britannic, were picked up on the ocean beach at Whaugarci Hoads, also a trooper’s blue sills cap with a gold band an inch wide. The Customs authorities think the things were merely washed overboard, as the vessel did not signal to Cape Maria or Cape Otway the loss of anything. It is just possible a deserter took this means of leaving the vessel. Nelson, last night. The nine-roomed residence of Mr A. N. Batchelor, at the Beacons, at tho Port, was totally destroyed by fire on Saturday evening. No one was at home at tho time, and when tho fire was discovered it had obtained such a strong hold that nothing could be done to save tho building or its contents. . The insurances on tho house were .£350, and oh the contents £250, both in the South British. The loss is estimated at .£SOO over the insurance. The origin of the fire is unknown.