NEW ZEALAND

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 438, 10 June 1902, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND

(Per Press Association. > AUCKLAND, last night

I-lugh Sullivan was found on luesday with a serious wound on his head, supposed to have been caused by a fall on the foreshore. He died at the Hospital, and an inquese was ordered. Mr It tciiie, interviewed by Mr Bollard, said it was never the intention of the Government to compete with nurserymen by selling vine cuttings at the experimental stations. A few' extra cuttings and trees iiad been disposed of, but not over two or three score of any kind. At the open-air meeting convened by the Trades and Labour Council it was resolved “ That this mass meeting of Auckland citizens views with serious concern an association in the South known as the Southern Milling Trust, and urgently requests the Government to introduce during the next session a bill making illegal all rings, trusts and combines.” Failing legislation against combines, the meeting urged, the Government to take the necessary steps to take over the manufacture and distribution of flour and other food supplies. The Crown mine’s return is £7105, from 2892 tons, the highest yield this year.

The Hon. C. 11. Mills left for Northern Wairoa and Whangarei this morning. lie returns on Thursday. In the Supreme Court .John Freere was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment. for negotiating a letter of credit, for £'Jfin. i'-'surr! In X. Jones, of Okjin.-. Wanganui. in iVlniih. 1 flit si. His ] Inner said ilia! llie ease was a very l,ad one. lie was sorry tlmr. 1 in- witness ('avc. M ini idem ilieil the prisoner .is payee, was not present, as he would like to ask him some questions. NAPIER, last night. At the inquest on the body of the man Taylor, who died on Friday night a verdict was returned of death rrom natural causes^ 'l'lie County Council has decided to grant £10t) towards the cost of erecting a home for convalescents as a memorial of the war. NEW PLYMOUTH, last night Attempts to refloat the s.s. Kanieri, which went ashore at the mouth of the Waitara river last Tuesday, have failed. Hydraulic lifts are now to be tried, hut the preparations will probably take a few days. 'Pile vessel is safe as long as the fine weather lasts. The official enquiry has been HAW.ERA, last night.

The 1-fawera Co-operative Dairy Co. have decided to erect several creameries, including one at Tokaora, and a large central factory at or near Hawera is also spoken of. A buy named Graham was thrown from a horse on Saturday, and sustained concussion of the brain To-day his condition showed a slight"improvement. MARTON, last night. At the annual meeting of the Licensing Committee on Saturday an application was made for a new license at Rongotea. Several: petitions : numerously signed, were set aside, not having been lodged in compliance with the Act. The committee were left without a quorum after the luncheon adjournment, a member having to leave for his home. The Court adjourned until Friday. At the football match between Marton and Bulls, played on Saturday at Marton, Charles Gibbons, playing for the former, had his leg broken just above the ankle. The accident was caused through an opponent attempting to kick the ball at the same time. They missed the ball, and their legs crossed.

CHRISTCHURCH, last night. After July Ist, the time occupied in the train journey between Dunedin and Christchurch, and vice versa, will be reduced by three-quarters of an hour ; and passengers will arrive at their destination at a quarter past eight, instead of nine o’clock as at present. In addition to a saving in time, by reducing the stoppages at Oamaru and Timaru by ten minutes, there will be no necessity, as at present, to commence slowing down some considerable distance from the stations where the express trains stop, owing to the fitting of the Westinghouse brakes on the express trains. The train which left this morning for Dunedin was fitted .with the brake, and it is intended to give the engine drivers until the end of the present month to get accustomed to its working. NELSON, last night. A man named Harris, a well-known resident, dropped dead in the street today. He had been in his usual health. Heart disease is the cause. The profits from the impromptu military sports held in honor of peace on the Prince of Wales Birthday amount to over £lO, and will be devoted to the fund for a memorial to the Nelson fallen soldiers, to be erected in the central State School grounds.