NEWS ITEMS.

Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 524, 22 September 1902, Page 2

NEWS ITEMS.

It, is proposed to establish a fish umrliijti in Wellington, Copies of the interesting paper written by His Lordship Bishop Williams, on the subject of Captain Cook’s visit to Poverty Bay and to' Tolago Bay, together with colonial opinions on the need for a memorial, can l-e obtained at the Times ollice. As only a limited number have been printed early application should !>e made by those who desire a copy. A telegram received oil Saturday, from Whangarei, stales that Samuel Dickey, a contractor, dropped dead on the previous evening while he was at tea.

At, Richmond, near Oamaru, on Friday evening tiie three-year-old -son of William Easton, jun., farmer, wandered from his mother’s side and later on was found drowned in a lagoon near the homestead. At Sydney a lad was fined for shooting for pleasure on a Sunday. The horticultural conference at Dunedin lias resulted in the formation of a National Horticultural Society of New Zealnd. A New South Wales State clothing factory is being established, with Mr W. J. Fallon as manager. Henry Langton, of Tamworth, New South Wales, was sitting quietly in his chair, when he fell back suddenly and expired, on September 3. At Wagga, N.S.W., Sarah McNevin, wife of Edward McNevin. was accidentally poisoned through taking arsenic in mistake for bicarbonate of soda. The Bruce Herald states that Mr D. Gardyue, of Akatore, lost upwards of fifty sheep, owing to their being driven into a narrow gully by a pack of dogs It is expected that owing to tiio shortage of stock in West Australia, meat will rise on the goldfields to Is (id per lb this month, or fifty per cent on existing rates. The Dunstan Times states that 2600 fruit trees, including oranges', lemons, and figs are to be planted at Clyde, on the west bank of the river, within a mile from the town. A jam factory is being ktarted in Dunedin, witli a capital of £2OOO, of which half is to be contributed by the fruitgrowers, and the other half by the j Coal Creek Collieries Company. In the suburbs of Melbourne the cost of bread per 41b loaf is 6£d. At Sydney a few days ago, Mary Ann Piglitlirig, aged 75, died from injuries received by being knocked down by a tram. An unknown man died in Sydney recently, through injuries received by being knocked down by a tram. A six-furrow skim plough, with seed sower and fertiliser attached, was recently tried in Victoria before a large number of farmers. The implement, which was drawn with ease hy six horses, gave every satisfaction. In the Derwent river, Tasmania, five French war vessels have put in for or-

ders, and twelve more are expend. Thecommittee of the Melbourne Cricket Ciub have again decided to hold a bowling single handed tournament on the M.C.C. green during next Melbourne Cup week. The prizes are as follows : —First, £4O j second, £ls ; third, £7 ; fourth, £3. The entry is limited to 128. Scarlet fever and typhoid are said to bo rampant in tho pahs in parts of Taranaki.

Tho New Zealand Dairy Union has added eight new creameries to its list for the present season. The New Zealand Axemen's Association Championship Carnival will be held at Eltham on November 10. The mortality among hoggets on many of the stations in the Wairarapa district Is said to he unusually heavy this season. When asked by Mr Witheford whether the attention of the Government had been called to the serious menace to tiie welfare of British subjects in England and this colony by the unrestricted immigration of impecunious aliens, the Colonial Secretary said the matter was a very difficult one to deal with, and required verycareful consideration.

An opossum trapper named Barton was recently fro6t-bitten in both feet on the Upper Manning, New South Wales, and both had to be amputated. There are 20,000 ton 3 of Argentina maize either afloat or ordered for New South Wales and Queensland. _ The grain recently landed from Argentina by the steamer Selsden did not bring within 2d or 3d per bushel of the host local samples. One night recently Mr R. Wilson assistant-postmaster at Maclean, New South Wales, was waylaid by two men and violently assaulted, one of his legs being broken. A man suspected of being ouncerned in the assault has been arrested.