NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 50, 28 February 1901, Page 1

NEW ZEALAND.

(By Telegraph—Press Association.)

Wellington, last night. Before the Federation Commission, Thomas Lynch, representative of the Wellington Trades Council, and William Cable, ironfounder, opposed Federation. Major Madocks did not think New Zealand would derive much benefit from Federation as regards defence. Messrs Wilkins and Field’s property, Manners street, 73ft 3in frontage, was sold at auction yesterday for 510,700, Mr Martin Kennedy being the ■ purchaser.

John P. Luke, engineer, strongly opposed, and Wm. Crabtree, engineer, strongly favored Federation at tho Conference this afternoon.

Tho following are the prize-takers in connection with tho teachers' examinations Class D, experimental science, A. J. Harding, N. R. Mulville, each North Canterbury, equal; first prize ; F. Silcock, North Canterbury, third. Classes D and E : Drawing, Alice Petrie, Wellington, first prize; Amy Oliver, South Canterbury, second ; James L. Brownlee, Auckland, third.

Auckland, last night. The finding of the Conciliation Board in the dispute in the painting trade was accepted to-day by both sides. Journeymen’s wages are Is Id an hour, workmen over fifty years a minimum of lid an hour; apprentices indentured for four years, with the right to work another year elsewhere at 80s ; improvers not recognised. The University Senate decided to award the McMillan-Brown essay prize this year to the candidate under the nom-dc-plume of “Heretaunga.” This is William John Hunter, of Hastings, Hawke’s Bay, who is an undergraduate of Victoria College, Wellington. The Seriate has framed and adopted an appropriate address to the new King

Dunedin, lasi night. At the criminal sessions John Ramsay, aged 19, charged with burglary, was sentenced to three months’ hard labor. The ease against Flaherty, author 'of the St. Clair outrage, is proceeding. Christchurch, last night. In the Supreme Court to-day tho first steps of appeal in the Styche case were taken, Mr Joynt obtaining an order for the transmission of the papers in the case to the Court of Appeal. At a meeting of the Board of Education a motion was passed strongly urging the Minister of Education to end the delay in distributing the grant to aid teachers’ salaries, which the Board propose to allocate on a pro rata basis. This intention was intimated to tho department on January 27th, and no reply ; was received. It was resolved that the Board express its surprise at the want of courtesy on the part of the department in not replying to the communication and subsequent telegrams. An animated discussion took olace in regard to the action of the ocal branch of the Educational Institute, and reference was made to the claims of poorer-paid teachers being disregarded. An important decision under the Licensing Act was given to-day by Judge Denniston, in banco. Tho case was an appeal against the decision of the Stipendiary Magistrate. The latter dismissed an information against a hotelkeeper for supplying more than one drink to bona fide travellers at New Brighton on a Sunday. The persons supplied arrived at 11 in the morning, and had three drinks at intervals during the day, the last at 4 pant The Magistrate found that. they were persons, under the Act of 1895, arriving from a journey, and dismissed the information. The Judge held that the Magistrate was wrong in dismissing the case. The intention of the - Legislature was that a traveller should satisfy the thirst induced by his journey, but not thirst induced by a sojourn at the place to which he had journeyed. He upheld the appeal, with costs. New Plymouth, last night. Judge Connolly gave his decision this morning in an appeal case in which Morris, lessee of the toll-gate, appealed against the decision of the S.M., who held that on technical points a toll was not payable. Judge Connolly, in a lengthy judgment, reversed' the Magisterial-deci-sion, and gave leave to take the case to the Court of Appeal, The statement appearing in Monday’s papers that the reclamation works at New Plymouth railway station had been considerably damaged was incorrect. The wall was not damaged, but the sea, washing over, displaced a portion of the temporary track laid for filling the earthwork.

The Otago-Southland section of the Seventh Contingent left by the northern express this morning to catch the Zealanclia at Lyttelton to-night. Captain Heslop is in charge as far as Wellington. Two of tho selected men did notturn up, and their places were filled without ceremony by .William Lochhead, of Momington, and Jas. Stewart, formerly of Melbourne, now in Dunedin. Lochhead is a single man, and belongs to the Dunedin Engineers. Sergeant Dobson, qf tho Waihara Rifles, has been appointed non.-com. in charge of the Otago section, and Sergeant Munro is similarly in charge ,of the Southland section. The men were addressed by Colonel Webb and the Mayor. The former in his speech reminded the men of the anniversary of the surrender of Cronje, and said when the Sixth Contingent left many said that it would be the last, but here was the Seventh, and possibly there might be other contingents. In point of fact, we were so bound up with the Empire that whenever the Empire was engaged in war colonials would,feel bound to send their contingents to ’assist. 'fSelson, last night. The first meeting ojSthe Nelson Harbor Board was held to|3ay. -. Mr Graham, M.H.8., was electedJghairman, Formal business only was transacted. The Indian troops arc having a general look round to-day, some going .up county I with the Premier by rail. . The Dalhousie leaves here this afternoon,