NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 96, 2 May 1901, Page 1

NEW ZEALAND.

By Telegraph—Press Association.

Thames, last night,

Mr J. A. Shand, who acted as warcorrespondent for New Zealand papers in the Transvaal, now on the Star and Advertiser editorial staff, has been elected captain of the No. 1 Thames Volunteers.

~ An uninsured four-roomed house at Tapu, owned by Mr J. Hawkos, was totally destroyed by fire. The loss is £2OO.

Napier, last night. Obituary : Mr F. C. Fulton, manager of the Land and Loan Company. Deceased came to the colony in 1852, and lias been successfully connected with farming, shipping, and commercial interests. In 1878, he met with a serious accident by the capsizing of the Dunedin-Oamaru coach on the last trip before the opening of the railway, and never thoroughly recovered from it 3 effect. Deceased was 65 years of age.

Palmerston North, last night. The .mail who committed suicide yesterday was named John E. Jansen. At the inquest, a verdict of suicide whilst temporarily insane was returned by the jury. The evidence showed that deceased was greatly upset of late through family troubles.

Wellington, last night.

The Wellington Racing Club have decided to prosecute a number of bookmakers for trespass on the course at the Autumn Meeting.

H.M.S. Archer arrived at 230 a.m, ‘from Port'Chalmers.

The Government have decided to erect a stand in Auckland, near Queen street wharf, capable of accommodating 550 people, on the occasion of the Royal visit. It will be reserved for specially-invited guests of the Minis-

try. The comet, is now visible in the west, between 5.30 and 6 in the evening. It has evidently swept round the sun since Sunday, when it was seen in the east in the morning. The Appeal Court to-day delivered judgment in the claims against the City Corporation for land taken to widen Willis-street. The Council asked the Court to set aside the filing of claims on the grounds that failure to give notice of the intention to contest the claims was inadvertent. The Chief Justice and Justices Denniston and Cooper held that the Court had no power to give the Council another opportunity of contesting the claim. Mr Justice Edwards dissented, holding it was snatching a judgment, and. against the merits. He thought the Court had power to prevent abuse of the process of the Court. The motions were dismissed with costs on the highest scale. The Council obtained leave to appeal to the Privy Council. The Court adjourned until the 22nd.

Christchurch, last night.

Judge Denniston,to-day dismissed an application for relief of forfeiture of lease of the New Brighton Hotel. An endorsement was made on the license under judgment of His Honor on the question of travellers’ or residential thirst.

The Education Board decided to ask the schoolmaster at Irwell to resign, owing to his refusal to give military drill. The Board agreed to expend up to £SO in entertaining children at the reception to the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall.

In the bootmaking dispute the parties have come to a mutual agreement on all points except the rough work dopot, the minimum wage, and the number of working hours per week. The case for the union has closed.

At the inquest on the body of an elderly man, Thos. Clark, who fell from the'bow window of a house he was painting at Richmond, and died a few minutes later, a verdict of accidental death was returned. Dunedin, last night.

The Finance Committee will report to the City Council to-night recommending a guarantee of £2OOO being given to the Reception Committee in connection with the Royal tour. The suburban boroughs are expected to raise £IOOO.

Greymouth, last night. . Mr Seddon was to day presented with congratulations from the heads of local bodies and business people upon the eighth anniversary of his Premiership. In reply, he declared his determination to retain his present position as long as he retained the confidence of the people. All rumors to the contrary were entirely misleading.

The Wairarapa sffdr hears that a settler in the. Wairarapa ’district has offered, should the Government undertake the work, to find the .money necessary {or constructing the light line of railway between Masterton and Pongaroa at current rates of interest.