NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 460, 3 July 1902, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND.

(Per Press Association, j

AUvJivjuAiNij, iast night. The wow Totara and tiie schooner Saucy Bate collided last night in Rangit'oto Channel. The planning of the schooner was stove in. Mhe was found to be leaking, but was palcbhed'tip'and returned to. pol l. The return from the Komati Reefs is £2200 from luuu tons of ore.

MASTEKTON, last night. Rain continues, with a large quantity of snow on the Tararuas. Further Hoods are anticipated.

WELLINGTON, last night. The s.s. Rotomahana passed Port Rob nson at 10 ami., going south. ,Sho was towing a launch, which looked like the Ellen Ballanco. The captain signalled to the shore, asking, that his whereabouts he reported to Lyttelton. Consideration of the case of Neeta

v. the Bishop oi Wellington and others was returned in the Court of Apjfeal. Counsel for plaint-in's elaborated their contention that a letter iro.ui the natives to the Governor was not a cession oi the land to the Crown, but merely a limited authority to the Governor to grant thej land to a specified person for a specified purpose. The grant had exceeded this, authority, and was therefore void. They further submitted that the statute of limitations did not run, as Native title was not alienable except to the Crown, and no title could he acquired by occupation adverse to them.

HOKITIKA, last night. 'Die stranded steamer Jane Douglas was launched eighty feet yesterday and an eliort was made to haul her oil the sandbank when the tide made. The hawser carried away twice, the last time just as success seemed assured. 'Hie vessel will probably remain on the ground till the tides- improve. No'damage has been done to the hull.

A contract was signed yesterday for a clock-tower, with chiming tower, as a memento of Westlanders in the Mouth .-African war, and in commemoration of the Coronation. The fatal cost will be £UUB. The contract lias been let to Mr Perkinson, of Auckland, who is to have the work completed ’in about eight months. The cost of the original war memorial was set down at £2-100, so that £SOO has to be raised for the Coronation memorial.

The gold exports lor the port ol Hokitika amounted in June to 25250 z valued at £10,114,

PALMERSTON, N., last night. At a meeting to-dav of the sub-com-mittee appointed by'the Chamber of Commerce recently in connection with the Government proposals as to the VVellingtoa; and Manawatu Railway, it was decided to form an influential deputation to wait on Sir Joseph Ward and endeavor to ascertain exact information as to the Government plans, and if reply be unsatisfactory to take ’further action, and use every known remedy to prevent tire Government acting to the detriment of the district.

HAWERA, last night. The Licensing Committee sat" today, the member absent yesterday putting in an appearance. He said his absence was unavoidable. An application by G. Moir for a license at Ellluim was refused, on the main ground that the premises were not suitable. I-lawkins’s application for a hotel at P.itham, to make a vacancy for which the license at Normanby was dropped, was granted, the Committee being of opinion that there was Hverwhelming evidence that more iiotel accommodation was needed at the former place. DUNEDIN, last night. The Harbor Board’s new scale of import and export dues went into operation yesterday. These involve an mmediate loss to the Board’s revenue of £3UOU a year.