NEW ZEALAND

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 453, 24 June 1902, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND

(Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, last night. The Northern Steamship Company are advised that the s.s. Kanie.'i which went ashore at the Waitara some weeks ago, was floated on Saturday night. She comes to Auckland for a general overhaul. Arrived, 11.M.5. Lizard, from Sydney, and the s.s. Waimate from London, via Port Elizabeth. The latter .has 210 U tons of cargo, 2000 of which is for Auckland.

During the voyage of the Waimate from London, the chief steward, Mr Churches, died and was buried at sea. Obituary : Laurence Arthur Levy, aged 51, a member of the Auckland Stock Exchange. .WELLINGTON, last night.

Searl’s Hotel, one of the largest in Wellington, has been sold to Mr Gj McFarland for between £30,000 and £IO,OOO.

Yesterday was Mr Seddon’s fiftyseventh birthday, His colleagues telegraphed congratulations. CHRISTCHURCH, last night.

A store occupied by John Jones in Sydenham was totally destroyed by lire this morning. The outbreak was caused apparently by a defective chimney. The stock was insured for £375 in the Australian Alliance office, and the furniture for £75 in the Royal office. Tiie property belonged to Mrs James Brown, and was insured to the extent of £2OO in the Guardian office. DUNEDIN, last night. Alfred Bruton, aged 14 years, while driving a cart near St. Kilda Hotel on Saturday, struck his horse, which became restive. The hoy jumped off, and the wheel of the cart passed over his iiead. He was- taken to the hospital at about 1.30, where it was round that lie was suffering from fractures of the upper part of the skull and severe injury to the brain. The lad died at half-past three. The new Law Courts were opened to-day, in the presence of the ‘ActingPremier, the Ministers of Justice arid Lands, and Justices Williams and Cooper. There was a very large attendance of the Otago Bar. The proceedings lasted an hour. The main features were impressive addresses by Sir Joseph Ward, Judge Williams, Mr Hanlon, the President of the local Law Society, and Mr Allan Holmes, who is the oldest member of the Bar;