NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 364, 14 March 1902, Page 1

NEW ZEALAND.

(Per Press Associatiou.) WELLINGTON, last night. Mr C. H. Reynolds, general manager for the Pacific Cable Board, ar- , lived last) night’ by the: Takme to meet Mr Seddon and Sir Joseph Ward and discuss with them arrangements as to the Doubtless Bay cable station, and how it is to he worked. He wili have an interview with Sir Joseph Ward to-morrow, and afterwards go on to Doubtless Bay to meet tiie cable steamer Anglia on her arrival there. The Anglia is now laying the cable • from Southport (Queensland) to Norfolk island, and also has on board the . cable sections of the Norfolk Island to Doubtless Bay and Doubtless Bay to Suva. It is hoped, with favorable weather, that these three sections will he laid by June, and the whole cable from. Vancouver to the colonies is expected to he ready for working at the end of the year. AUCKLAND, last night. The Komate. reefs February return is £937 from 70 tons. CHRISTCHURCH, last night. At a meeting of the delegates of the ■ local bodies it was decided that the ’municipal tramways should he controlled by an elective unpaid hoard. Tire proposals regarding the construction and working of tiie electric tramways for Christchurch made by Mr P. M. Hansen on behalf of the British Electric Traction Company comprise two alternative schemes, one for the construction, running, and maintenance of electric tramways by the company, with the ultimate right to purchase by the city, and the other for municipalities owning tramways and leasing them to the British Electrical 'frac-

lion C ompanyy The Hokitika Gold dredging Company are claiming £1)1 from Keith Ramsay, of Dunedin. According to the statement of claim, Ramsay had agreed to carry machinery for plaintiffs from Auckland to Grcymouth for £350. The machinery was carried, but a boiler was left behind, and it cost plaintiffs £55 to get the boiler down, and an additional £l4 expenses at Auckland by reason or the boiler being left on the wharf. Plaintiffs also claimed £22, the value of a pin-ion-wheel broken on board. Defendant counter-claimed for £2O for two days’ delay in loading the machinery at Auckland.

" HOKITIKA, last night. The lire brigades delegates had a hearty send-off this morning. The visitors handed the Mayor a sum of money to purchase an invalid chair for the local hospital, as a memento of

their visit to the town, and in appreciation of the manner in which they had been entertained during their stay in Hokitika. Tiie Conference passed a special vote of thanks to the Citizens’ Committee for the warmth and heartiness of their reception and treat-, rnent during their stay.