NEW ZEALAND

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 440, 12 June 1902, Page 1

NEW ZEALAND

.(Per Press Association). AUCKLAND, lasi night. The lion. Mr Mills and Mrs Mill were entertained at Dargaville Publi ■ Plall. The Minister referred to th buoyancy of the customs in spite o ■ remissions to the extent of £130,0011 made two years ago. This, t-h< principal source of revenue, was stil steadily increasing. The returns fo 1 the last two months were most satis factory. He. was glad to notice tin Farmers’ Union, movement, and wouh , remind farmers that the interests o town and country were identical. Hi denied that the present G oven mien was antagonistic to farming interests but had assisted them through the ciur toms, railway, and other concessions A vote of thanks;.and confidence in the Government was passed. The Harbour Board resolved not tc refund harbour dues pa d by the cable steamer Anglia. A deadlock lias occurred on the Conciliation Board over the appointment of Chairman in tile place of the Rev. Mr Collins, resigned, The laboui members nominated the Rev. Burgess, and others insisted that the chairman should he a lawyer or . other person with legal or commercial qualifications to adjudicate points submitted for the Chairman’s ruling. They offered to accept one of the ten names they submitted. The labour me hers declined. A similar deadlock occurred on a previous occasion when the' Government appointed Mr Collins, the nominee of the labour representatives. NAPfER, last li'ght. The Chief Justice’s judgment lias been delivered in the Supreme Court in the case of Paterson, Mossman and Co v. Williams and Crowley, an appeal against the decision of the Magistrate in making. Crowley alone liable for a promissory note. The Chief Justice was of the opinion that one partner could not bind another by giving promissory notes, even if he applied the money to his own use if the lender acted bona fide and did not know that the partner was not acting within the scope of the partnership and bona fide. He therefore gave judgment for the appellants, upsett ng the Magistrate’s decision. PAHIATUA, last night: The Coronation Committee have decided to erect a clock tower to commemorate peace- A, special loan of £3OO will be raised. Much feeling has been shown owing to the town band arranging for playing at a counter demonstration at Mangatainoko for ‘£s. The action is strongly condemned. The Mayor has arranged to', secure a band from Woodville. PALMERSTON N., last night. A first distribution of handsomely illustrated cards commemorating the proclamation of peace, took place at College street school to-day, Die cards being presented by Mr Pirani, M.H.R., and the Rev. C. Harper, Chairman of the s chool. The cards, which will be distributed throughout Palmerston N. school district, are profusely illustrated, and g ve representations of' prominent generals, and contain particulars of the important events of Die war. FEILDING, last night. The Chamber of Commerce meeting last night decided to support a suggestion for calling, a public meeting for the object of urging the Government to to take properties around Cheltenham for close settlement. WANGANUI, last night. Dr Cleghorn, well known throughout tiie colony as a specialist, died suddenly at his residence last night. Some hours before lie had attended a patient and he retired to bed apparently in good health, He awoke later, and told his w ife that he thought lie was dying, ask ng her to send for another medical gentleman. Before Die latter arrived, Dr Cleghorn expired. The deceased was suffering from angina pectoris,- and deatli was not altogether unexpected.; A lad named Suras, aged 14, admitted to probation some months ago on a charge of breaking and entering,was before Die Court this morning for theft When arrested he had a bunch of skeleton keys. The Justices recommended his committal to an industrial school. WELLINGTON, last night. A report presented at the a nnual meeting of the Wellington Employers’ Association stated that the answers sent by the members of Die Association to questions relating to their ex. perience of the working of the Conciliation and Arbitration Act showed that a large majority were strongly opposed to the Act, both to its principle and operation. In Canterbury and Auckland answers had been received by Die local Associations on similar lines. The Otago results were not to hand, but the practical outcome of the inquiry was to absolutely contradict the statement so often put forward that employers in the Colony were generally favourable to the Act-

The following New Zealand Troopers are on board the Papgnui, due in Wellington next Saturday : Sergeant Sheather, Private Cavendish, Ewart, Fyife, Hackett, Hornig, McDonald Quinn, Stephens. CHRISTCHURCH, last night. At the Magistrate’s Court, Charles Reader was sentenced to seven days’ imprisonment and ordered to„ pay costs for cruelly illtreating a dog. It appears that Reader kicked the dog, and then threw it from a cart he was driving, breaking both its forelegs. The Magistrate stated that Reader was guilty of most diabolical cruelty. A house at Woolston, owned by J, J. Kellick, and occupied by his son, j~ A. Kellick, was totally destroyed by fire last night. The insurances on the house are £2OO, and on the furniture £IOO, both in the Sun Office, About half the furniture was saved. _ GREYMOUTHi last night,

Mr Fornes, a well-known commercial traveller, last night, while stepping off the train, fell between the railway platform and the carriage,, the wheels of the latter going over his clothes, and pinning him to the ground. The carriages had to be raised with jacks to get him out. He was taken to- the hospital. He sustained severe bruises and a severe scalp wound. The escape from death was miraculous. NEW PLYMOUTH, last night At the licensing sessions this afternoon Mr Brabant, the Auckland S.M., sitting as a committee, granted a license to the Hotel Commonwealth, TIMARU, last night.

In the Supreme Court to-day James Heron anti Edward Carr, charged with brutally assaulting and robbing an, elderly man at Temuka, were lound not guilty; -