NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 557, 29 October 1902, Page 1

NEW ZEALAND.

j(Per Press Association)*AUCKLAND, last night.; The wooden barque Emerald, recently ashore at Kaipara has been purchased by Captain Harrison, the . wner of the wrecked May, and /Seymour Blc Kenzie for £9OO. The Emerald will dock at Auckland for repairs, and afterwards he engaged in the colonial trade. Beehan retires from the City, and Dyer from the Waikato electoral contest. The decision of the Court of inquiry into the loss of the barquentine May found that the vessel was well found and equipped. She was re-surveyed sixteen months ago. Her sails were good and ail the conditions of the customs permit were adhered to* The timber cargo was not excessive. There is no doubt the gale arose very suddenly, and the surf on the coast was very heavy. This may he stated as the cause of the wreck. There is reason to believe that errors .of judgment were made in the handling, of the May in lashing the helm, not setting the sails, and retiring into the cabin, but tho master and crew having perished it is unnecessary to go further into that question,. The evidence of the captain of the Pilot was confused and unreliable, but. (he Court were of the opinion that he cannot be blamed for the wreck of tho May. The finding practically is that no one is to blame. The Premier, Mr and Mrs Seddon, and Sir Joseph Ward left Onehunga in the Tutanekai gt 1U.30 a.m. They arrive at Wellington on Wednesday morning, WOODVILLE, last night. Heavy rain on Saturday caused all the rivers 'in this locality to overflow. The approach ■ to the railway bridge at Victoria station was washed away, and passengers by through trains have to change. It is expected through traffic will be established to-morrow. Serious damage was done at the Creosote works. Tlie water got in and burst all the connecting pipes, with the result that the whole work of the past twelve months has been undone, and the works are practically, where they started. I-lAWERA, last night; Mr McGuire addressed the electors last evening. ...He strongly criticised the administration of the Government. He received a vote of thanks, stating that he would prefer the question of confidence to bo decided at the ballot box. PALMERSTON N., last night.

Henry Johnstone, arrested here on a charge of theft of £4 and other sums from his employer, lias been remanded to Christchurch.

WANGANUI, last night. In the Police Court this morning, Edward McElwain was fined £5 on each of four charges of procuring liquor for a prohibited person R. B. Smith. The latter was also fined £5 on each of two charges of entering licensed houses. Smith engaged McElwain to drive him round the district,

and they visited hotels, with tlie atiovc result. The Magistrate, Mr Kettle, said that he was sorry lie could not send them to gaol. WELLINGTON, last- night.

There is said to be a mild fruit famine here. Oranges are, selling at threepence and fourpence each. According to local auctioneers, this is due to tlie stringent regulations of the Agricultural Department. Hundreds of cases of fruit have been condemned recently, and shippers arc discontinuing sending fruit. It is claimed that tlie Department is over-strict, but the Department thinks otherwise. The Appeal Court, dismissed the appeal in the case of Harcourt v, Aiken, with costs on the middie scale* CHRISTCHURCH, last night,

William O’Connell has been committed to the Supreme Court for sentence on a charge of stealing £SO from a house at Lincoln.

Mr Cf. Harper, for Charles Craddock licensee of the Eastern Hotel, appealed re the hearing of an informacim under which Craddock was fined and his license endorsed for supplying liquor to an intoxicated man. The application for appeal was refused. Mitchell William Woodhouse appeared at, the Court to-day on a charge of conspiring to defeat the course of justice by persuading a witness, Alice Beatrice Crow, to give false evidence at the Supreme Court at Timar.u. He was remanded to Geraldine, hail being allowed in two £SO sureties. TIMARU, last night. Twenty-one applications for the position of town clerk were received by the Borough Council last night,. Mt W. Nicie, of Timaru, was selected. Mr John Campbell, a. candidate for Waitaki seat in opposition to Major Steward, opened the campaign at Albany last night. He received a gooi reception. He declared himself a Liberal, but took exception to the present system of administration. Borrowing should be discontinued except on a small scale within the colony and expenditure should not he allowed to exceed the revenue, lie favored freehold land tenure, Bible in schools, abolition of the totalisator, and fre* omhiru w '"^ vuUll Having been a farmer" all "his life, he claimed to know the farmers’ wants, in whose invest lie stood,. He received a vote of thanks. DUNEDIN, last night. The Arbitration Court found, in the dispute with the Fortification Coal Company that the latter had directly huerrupted relations between the Union and the Company created by ,!>e industrial agreement. The proceedings were adjourned until Notemoer x for taking evidence oil the question of damages. -