NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 390, 15 April 1902, Page 1

NEW ZEALAND.

(Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, last night. The Countess Ranfurley has been \ery unwell for the past two clays, being confined to her room, She was It tier rhis morning. v bituary ; Mr M. Dignan, chief r,vr« of the money order branch of the pest office for tL.rtyyears. The Talisman returns' show that aoto tons of stone produced bullion valued at £2545. At the Michelsou Timber Company’s annual meeting the year s prom, was blown to be £7022. The Company ha. declared a dividend of 1U per cent , ar...‘ carried forward £l4lß.

PALMERSTON N., last night. Ai the S.M. Court to-day a boy ten

jiiirs old was committed to Burnham b’custrial School for the theft of £d i's om his grandfather. The latter satu that tlie uoy’s parents had separate!, an; that he was (pule 'incorrigible, hit J. C. Lane, secretary oi tlie Ma-

r.a.vatu A. and P. Association, .'s ueen appointed secretary to the Ne-.v Zealand Pig and Jersey Cattle Assoucn. At a meeting of the A. and P. Association, a motion that tlie Government be requested by tlie Agricultural Cor.

j-rence to restrict the importation oi nood mares from Uie colony, was ie plived. The opinion generally expressed was that the resolution w.v, L;:-. stringent, and that tlie Conference . iculd be asked to suggest some means o’ discouraging the exportation of valuable mares.

The proposed winter show to be helu h re under tnc auspices of the Nationa . • iry Association has been abandor.e. owing to a guarantee of £2OO required by the Association being £76 «> short of the necessary amount. PATEA, last night. The town was lighted by electricity on Saturday. CARTERTON, last night. Charles Harbott and Chas. Smith, /charged with fire-raising, were before the S.M. Court to-day. They were committed for trial, bail of £SO each and one surety of £IOO being allowed. CHRISTCHURCH, last night.

A 31-year-old child named Newnham fell into a tub of hot sponge at a bakehouse at Ohohoka, and was scalded so severely that it died. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of E. D. Foot, late secretary to the Christchurch Property Trustees, charging him with the misappropriation of funds of the Trust. It is alleged that the shortage is about £SO. Foot has been missing for nearly a fortnight and his whereabouts are not known. Dr J. 11. Deamer died suddenly last night. Although he had been ailing for the past twelve months, he was in sufficient good health to lie able to visit jiis patients yesterday. At 6 o’clock in the evening, while reading, he died from heart seizure. Dr Deamer came' to the colony in 1863. He w.is educated at Christ’s College, where he distinguished himself. He went Home and studied medicine. He was aged 4.1 years, and leaves a widow and one son. Elizabeth Streeter, who pleaded guilty to forging a cheque, was admitted to probation for six months, the Judge describing the offence as one of the most extraordinary cases of isolated crime that he had ever met. The' girl bore an excellent character, and came from gi'od surroundings: yet the forgery was skilful, and showed a knowledge of cheques, which leu him to think someone was behind the girl. The girl had confessed and restored the money, and pleaded guilty. Frank Newberry, who pleaded guilty to the theft of three bicycles, was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment. DUNEDIN, last night-.

Councillor Park has been elected Mayor of the City, unopposed Mr Gow (of Thomson, Bridger and Co.), was likewise elected Mayor of Mornington. • INVERCARGILL, last night.

Owing to the uncertain condition of the New Zealand market, a local firm :>f millers has cabled a large order tor Manitoba wheat to Canada.,