NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 65, 20 March 1901, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND.

By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, last night,

At the inquest on the body of Port, drowned by the capsize of a dingey on Wednesday night, a verdict of accidental drowning was returned. The Elingamite took to Sydney last night bullion valued at £11,250, 345 boxes of butter, and 200 eases of meats for the Imperial forces in South Africa.

Woodville, last night. There are 4S entries for the Ruahine Rifle Association meeting. Most of the competitors are using the •303 rifle. The Petone match, 200 and 600 yards, seven shots, was won by Ballinger with 05, W. J. Williams 03. -The Masterton match, 300 yards, ten hots, was won. by W. H. Ballinger, 46 ; Gleadow, Napier, 45. The Nursery, 500 yards, ten shots, resulted : Gleadow (Napier) and Lindsay (Waimate) tied with 45. The Napier match, 500 and 600 yards, seven shots, resulted : Bidwdl 66, J. G. Wilson-65.

Wellington, last night. The Native Minister is asking each Maori tribe to send 100 representatives to a Native gathering at Rotorua during the Duke of Cornwall’s visit, and all tribes that have yet answered agree to do so.

Mr Macarthur, S.M., in dealing with a ease against a firm of stationers who are agents for the Christchurch Press for opening their premises on the half-holiday to supply papers to runners, held that such an opening did not constitute a breach of the Shops Act, and therefore, dismissed the charge.

Christchurch, last night.

At last night’s meeting of the Council of the League of Wheelmen Martin wrote stating that he could not leave Melbourne before April 23rd. He would be prepared to stay four weeks if sufficient inducements were forthcoming, and arrangements made with other centres for him to race. Lawson and Chapman, also Australian riders, asked expenses for themselves and trainers. It was decided to place the offers before the local clubs. The Council decided to endorse the action of the Southland centre in suspending Sutherland for 14 days for abusive language. Augustus Moore was charged at the Magistrate’s Court, on remand, with the theft of • £2OO from Reuter’s Agency, where he was formerly employed. The evidence went to show that a cheque for £253' was paid through accused on February 4th, but was not placed to the Agency’s credit. Accused had opened a private account, at the bank on February sth, with a credit of like amount, which had since been drawn, except for a few shillings. The defence was reserved. Accused, who had given' himself up, was committed for trial.

Napier, last night. The death is announced of Captain Tuke, who took a prominent part in the Native war. He arrived in the ship Cornwall in 1851, and when the war broke out was appointed by Sir George Grey as second in command, under Colonel J. Fraser, of the Military Settlers, and saw active service on the East Coast, for which he received the New Zealand war-medal. He was also for 18 months in charge of the Native prisoners at the Chathams, hut was not there when they escaped. Deceased was in his 75th year.

Twe cyclists at Bangiora,- who were challenged by the police for riding without lights, thought it was great fun to give false names. This form of amusement cost them a double fine. Five Chinese girls were sold by auction on a recent Saturday at San Francisco. Notwithstanding that there was a large crowd, there was no protest against the proceeding. The girls fetched prices ranging from 1700 io 2500 dollars. Five cows were condemned by Stock Inspector Webb at the Taratahi yards, Wairarapa, on Tuesday, and ordered to be withdrawn from sale. On the previous day a cow was slaughtered at Carterton and a valuable pure-bred bull at Moroa, both suffering from tuberculosis. The Waikato Times reports that the red deer liberated at Galatea (on the borders of the Urewera country) arc increasing. Some Beeves pheasants were released hi the same district at the same time as the deer, but nothing has been seen of them since. Trout arc said to be plentiful in the Bangitaiki Biver and its tributaries near Galatea. The London Daily Chronicle says that the New Zealanders have picked up a good deal of the American style of “hi stling ” in matters of business, and of late years they have gone ahead of their Australian n ighbours in opening out the trade of the Pacific. Now they are rushing past Australia’s door to get their products first into the African market, and, no doubt, a lucrative connection will soon spring up between the two places. A Melbourne bride was lately the victim of what the Argus mildly terms “ unusual conduct.” The witnesses in the Court case-whieli supervened were informed by the Bench that on one side or the other they had been perjuring themselves. On leaving the church, after being married, Mrs Sylvia Bogers was struck by a soft tomato, which spoiled her wedding dress, while the glory of the bridegroom’s coat was dimmed by the same means, and the best man and the bridesmaid also suffered. The conflict of evidence as to who threw the tomatoes was remarkable. The uncle of the bride, who escaped the attentions bestowed on the principals, declared that the bride’s sister 11 first threw a tomato at the happy couple, but it missed the party. A female can’t throw straight.” A bulls-eve was, however, scored by a young married woman, Mrs Lewis. Another witness said she saw Mrs Lewis carry a bag, of tomatoes into the church, and heard her caution the bride’s sister not to squash them. Mrs Lewis, on the other hand, swore she threw only rice at the bride, and the bride’s sister admitted that she herself was responsible for the tomatoes. The relations of the sisters were evidently strained, for the bride had to admit that a few days before the wedding “ she might have told Amy she was a liar, though she did not rember adding that she hoped Amy would be a corpse before the morning.” These remarks seem to have offended Amy less than the invitation to the wedding given her by the bride—“ You may come if you like, but bring a policeman with you.” It was not the most courteous form of invitation, but it was-almost prophetic,