LATE NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 398, 24 April 1902, Page 2

LATE NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

IA FIRE*

(Per Press Association.) NAPIER, last night. A' flax mill at Omalm, owned by; Messrs Bowron and Butcher, was des-i troyed by lire on Tuesday morning, the mill being burnt and all the flax except three bales being destroyed. The fire started at 9 a.m. in the tow, and spread so rapidly that the men had some difficulty in getting out. There j is no ’ . j FATAL GUN < An inquest was held to-day on the body of the Maori boy Iraia te Nui, who was accidentally shot at PakoWliai on Monday, when playing With a gun. A verdict of accidentally shot was returned.

ELECTRIC POWER, DUNEDIN, last night. Already the City Council is teceiving applications for some of ihc .surplus electric power expected to fie available when the electric trails are introduced. A proposal has been submitted to the Tramways Committee to light' the ‘railway station by electricity.-*

DEATH DURING OPERATION* Ephemia Kerr, 68 years of age, died in the hospital while undergoing a severe operation for the removal of au abdominal tumour. At the inquest a yprdicf, was returned of death fiom failure of the heart’s action as the result of a very serious surgical operation, .......

” ' ALLEGED ASSAULT* Frank Halligan, expressman, .was committed for trial for assaulting another expressman named Johastoji* The defence sought to set up provocation, but the Magistrate said that lie had nothing to do with, as a prirna facie case had been made out, OPIUM DENS.

A raid on the Chinese dens was made as a result of information that opium tcthe value of £loo' had been smuggled into Otago. It is understand that the opium seized was not smuggled, and is believed to have been taken to the goldfields.

CLAIM FOR DAMAGES. The Supreme Court was engaged to-day in a case iu which P. Grant claimed £s' as dapiages from Chief-Detective Campbell for alleged wrongful seizure and removal of Grant’s books and papers in 'November last. The case arises out of the raid made on Grant’s office, which eventually resulted in his being fined for tote betting. After hearing a lengthy legal argument the decision was reserved.

LOYAL ADDRESS, ■Wellington, last night. An address from members of the New Zealand Ministry, couched in loyal terms, is being sent for presentation to the King by Mr Seddon.

WELLINGTON RACES. Owing to the continuous rain to-day the Wellington Racing Club postponed the opening of the Autumn Meeting until to-morrow. The weather now shows an improvement. MAYORALTY.

Mr Orton Stevens has been re-elected Mayor of Lower Hutt,

FOOTBALL REPRESENTATIVES, Auckland, last night.

A meeting of delegates to the Auckland Rugby Union decided to recommend the Management Committee to instruct their delegates to the New Zealand Union to support the proposal to send a team of reps, of the colony to England.

ARBITRATION COURT.

Wanganui, last night. The Arbitration Court sat this afternoon and took evidence in the machinists anfi typographical dispute. The Court thea adjourned to Napier on Friday,