NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 690, 9 December 1902, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND.

(Per Press Association). AUCKLAND, last night. ) At the inquest touching llie ilealli of Eva Laura Aiacdermoll at Davenport, it transpired that deceased was umici treatment hy a polypathia spej'a.isi, Albert, Mont gomery Stanley, having headquartess at Wellington. Some medicine deceased liad been Lining .sas produced, and wa* tested by Dr. Lenoett, who expressed an opinion winch led’to an analysis being ordered. '1 ne inquest was adjourned till Monday. Deceased suttercd from tuberculosis. The barquentiue llanda Isle arrived at Kaipara yesterday from Auckland, after a long; passage of 32 days, NAPfCH, last lbght, A sharp shock of earthquake was felt at S.,'SU last night. . Clarence William Crump, aged M, has died as the result of a bicycle accident. While riding along the PeLi.ne road the chain came oil his macinne, and Crump was thrown to the ground with great force. He lingered for several hours in an unconscious stale. WELLINGTON, last night). Insurances on the Gear Company s buildings are Llufui, on the machinery All mil), and stock Ustui. 'Hie estimated loss above insurance is All. Pin, A short, sitting oi Hie Court ot Apnea! was held this morning. Leave was granted to appeal to the Court of Appeal in lorma pauperis iroiu Ibe judgment of Hie Supreme Court m ino Wanganui ease Mitchell v. tJ.e Lew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company and others. 'I he Until t expressed some doubt, as to the sulbeicne.y of the material: before it, but granted leave, leaving it to the dcicndanls to move to rescind if so advised,

PKIZK STALLIONS. WELLINGTON, last night. Three prize stallions, purchased at Home for the Agricultural Department arrived by Hie Gothic, viz.., the thorouglilired horse llasuto, the .slallion Revoluuon (lued by Rothschild), and Die Clydesdale stallion Sir ialbot (from the well-known breeding establishment of Mr Taylor, in Kenlrewshire). 'i'heianimals arrived in the pink of condition.

SLY-GltOC! AT SEASIDE RESORT WELLINGTON, last lilglit.

Richard Martin, a storekeeper, was lined five pounds and costs for sly-grog selling at Muritai llarqor, a seaside resort.

KING DANIEL IN WELLING TON* WELLINGTON, h,st, night. King Daniel, of Mangaia, in Cook Group, had an interview on Saturday afternoon with members of tlie Government, relative to heller facilities for shipping fruit, tnlTce, etc., to New Zealand, and was gratified to hear that Mr Mills, Minister for Trade.and Customs, would shortly visit the Cook Group to ascertain the requirements of the natives and European trailers.

GEAR MEAT COMPANY. WELLINGTON, hint night. The Gear Meat. Company's dividend for this year is 71 per cent. AFTER MANY YEARS. WAKAPUAKA, yesterday, Mr W. ,L Drowning, whose promotion to" the" superintendency of the Eastern Extension Company's office in Sydney in succession to Mr fcScjuier, is mentioned in to-day’s cables, lias been in charge of the Company’s office here for .some seventeen years. He leaves cn route for .Sydney next week, and enters upon his new duties at the beginning of the New Year.

DIVORCE CASES, NELSON, last night. At the Divorce? Court, in an action William Wei by IJadlichl v, Martha Adelc Aim Madfield and Wni. Knowles Freeman (co-respondent), there Was no appearance or respondent or co-res-pondent, and a decree ,nisi was granted, with costs on the lower scale against Freeman, In the ease, Watson v. Watson, a petition hy Ihe husband, judgment was given for respondent after the evidence of petitioner, who is chief oiliccr of the steamer Charles Edward, had been taken. Ihe case caused much local interest. THE LOVE OF PERT.

Tlic City Council lias decided to erect Municipal Chambers on the present Council Chamber site. the cost to be o.'iiiiiu, |,o in; obtained hy means of overdraft; [mm ihe lianiL The action of tins Cnimcil is commented on, amt a public protest is probables

GOOD PRICES FOR <; It AIN. MASTERTON, last night. A line of alionl. fifty thousand bushels of prime milling /wheat was ■sold to-day at ns a hnshel on the trucks at Ashburton, also a lino of •iumi bushels of prime feed barley, at 3s Jd on trucks at country si..,lions.

WRECK (JF A DREDGE. DUNEDIN, last night. The Bendigo dredge caught lire on .Sunday morning, and afterwards sank in ten feet of water, and the vessel is now a total wreck. The dredge has been closed down since the end of lastmonth. It was insured for £SOO. a foolish girl:

In the ease against Agnes Russell Reid, charged with knowingly making a false declaration fur ,enrolment in bulled in when her age was only twenty years and nine months. Mr Oraham fixed the penalty at £5 Is in order to allow of an appeal.

Tt is a feather in the hat of tno Opposif'on that they have not lost a seat in the Auckland provincial district. On the eontaiy, they have won the new electorate of i K upara."replaced Mr Monk with another sturdy Oppositionist in aitemata. and wrested the Marsden, Ohinemuri, and Manukau seats from the Government, Indeed, there is very little question that if the party had fought the Auckland City seats they could have carried at least two of them also, and this too with very little effort.—Observer. Mr Gow, the Mew Zealand Trade Representative, has arrived at Adelaide. He says there is a good opening for Mew Zealand produce in South Africa. Owing, however, to the protection afforded the South Africa Co., outsiders are practically debarred from establishing cold storage depots, At the same lime he considers ~ . - „ V e ample depots already at the nL 2-lana butter - cheese are making gicat strides iu England. The French Government have just adopted a system of passenger insurance on the State railways. Too purchase of. a penny ticket confers the right to £*4oo in case of death or permanent injury, and from ,£IOO to £2OO for minor injuries. You may purchase any number of tickets u p to 10.