LATE NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 428, 29 May 1902, Page 2

LATE NEW ZEALAND NEWS

A DOCTOR’S POSITION,

(Per Press Association)

CHRISTCHURCH, last night. The Christchurch Hospital Board has called on Dr Thacker to resign from the Honorary Medical staff, because he refused to meet the other members of the staff in consultation 'in regard to the suspected plague case. Dr Thacker says that he refused to examine the patient, partly as a protest against the manner in which the conduct of the case had been managed ; also as a safeguard for the part of the community he is practising among, and on the grounds that examination of the blood by an expert was the only reliable test as to whether the case was one of actual plague or not. CORONATION CELEBRATION.

HOKITIKA, last night. A meeting of citizens was held in the town hall to-day, the Mayor presiding, to take steps to celebrate Coronation Day. The following programme was arranged Morning : Church service, volunteer and cadet parade, distribution of medals to returned troopers. Afternoon : children’s fete. Evening : General illumination, bonfires, and amateur opera performance. The meeting was adjourned to ascertain if the funds will permit of the town clock being erected. The Borough of Ross adopted a similar programme on a small scale. RUSH FOR SOUTH AFRICA.

WELLINGTON, last night. There was a big rush of applicants for employment as stablemen on the transport Anglo-Canadian in place of the forty foreigners who leave at this port. The men were engaged at £3 for the trip. DUNEDIN NEWS. DUNEDIN, last night. The report of the Perpetual Trustees’ Estate and Agency Company for the year states that the profit for the year was £1789, and with the amount brought forward leaves available £1441. A dividend was recommended by the directors of 12£ per cent., leaving £3425 to be carried forward. A good deal of snow fell up country last night, but was followed by rain, so that the snow has disappeared from the flats.

At the Supreme Court John and .Archibald Walker, lately in the employ of the Union Company, were found guilty of stealing three cases of kerosene the property of the Company, Sentence was deferred. William Andrews was found guilty of assaulting a girl at Heriot, sentence being deferred. SCHOOL HOLIDAYS. WELLINGTON, last night. A letter concerning school holidays during the Coronation celebrations received from the Department by the Wellington Education Board has prompted that body to extend the mid-winter holidays to three wefeks, commencing on the 23rd June. CELEBRATIONS. WESTPORT, last night. At a public meeuii& *0 ar * range for celebrating Coronation Day, a programme was submitted covering a procession, a' seven a-s-ide football tournament between veterans ' and troopers, luncheon, treat for children, and a plain and fancy dress ball was approved. The Mayor notified the meeting that the Borough Council had decided to expend £4OO, of which £350 was to be for a permanent memorial, and £SO towards the day’s expenses/ lSri2a! A ROUGH TRIP, Auckland, last night. The vessel John A. Briggs is now anchored in the'channel. The ship met a heavy gale ten days after leaving Newcastle, and commenced to leak. An attempt was m§de to return to Sydney, but the weather being unfavorable, it was decided to come to Auckland. She haß two foot of water in the hold. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. A young man named John ArthurGoodliff twice attempted to strangle himself at the Salvation Army Home at Epsom this morning. He was taken to the hospital. He was found to be suffering from melancholia. He was handed over to the police, and stands charged with attempted suicide.