NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 63, 15 March 1901, Page 1

NEW ZEALAND.

By Telegraph —Press Association. Aucklr id, last night. Auckland’s second detachment for the Seventh Contingent, comprising forty-five men, leave for Wellington this afternoon by the Takapuna. The men are all drawn from country coips and nearly all belong to Mounted Rifles.

Mr J. K. Logan, Superintendent of Telegraphs, has ju:t returned from Rotorua, where he h; s been on departmental business. He left to-day for Wellington. In the Concilia!-on Couit, in the carpenters’ dispute, the unionists accepted the award of ’he Employers’ Union, but declined a clause re indenturing apprentices, which .hey rejected altogether. to clauses re special to meet , the requirements of the sawmillers. They agreed to a proposal to increase wages, providing a concession was made on other grounds. The union declined to give w. y further. The case will n r w go to i!.e Arbi, ation Court. The captain of the s.s. Taieri reports that on Monday last, six miles northwest of Cape Brett, he sighted a ship’s boat, floating empty. It was leadcolored, 12ft long, and square in the stern.

In the beer case plaintiff’s case is that all the beer was tested before it left the brewery, and they had no responsibility for what happened afterwards.

Napier, last r'glit. The Premier has received a cable from Mr Baiton, dated Sydney yesterday, stating he was leaving town for a few days, but had asked Mr O’Connor, Vice-President of the Executive Council, to afford the New Zealand Federation Commission every facility and courtesy. ■The Premier this morning received several private deputations, and visited the Western Spit protective works. He leaves by the 2 o’clock train for Waipawa, and resumes his journey to Wellington to-morrow.

Woodville, last night,

Mr P. Scally, of Woodville, and his son-in-law, P. Corby, of Wellington, have purchased iooo acres of Gaisford’s Oringi Estate, the price paid being £7 per acre.

New Plymouth, last night. As showing the keenness of the demand for land, for seven sections near Urentß, being balloted for to-day, there are 338 applicants, 141 for one section, of 200 acres.

Wellington, last night. H.M.S. Mildura left for Auckland last night.

The Minister for public Works has given instructions to nut in hand at once the extension of Ihe Midland railway from Motupiko to Tadmot, a six miles sec'.ion, under the co-operative system.

Mr Justice Cooper granted decrees nisi this moining in the following cases : Thos. Godsley v. Mary Godsley, Thos. Collier v. Collier, G. Groudhand v. Groudhand and Higgins, W. E. Robertson v. A. S. Robertson, all husbands’ petitions.

Nelson, last r.'ght. In reference to the Premier’s statement lhat Westpoit coal cost only 10s a ton at Westpoit whaif, the Mail is informed on good aulhouty that the price of screened coal is nearer £1 than 10s at Westport whaif.