NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 696, 16 December 1902, Page 1

NEW ZEALAND.

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AUCKLAND, last. n'ghl. At the inquest cm llie body of Louis von Rotter a verdict, of death from atropine poisoning was returned.

The Wailii Gold Mining Company’s month’s return shows another record .Some If>,.s 17 tons of ore yielded bullion valued at £l9,(iSb. The .total output to date is U2,1(i5,7f)9. NAPIER, last night.

The death is announced of Mrs McKinnon, one of Die oldest .settlers oi (he district. She and her husband settled at Arapawanui m is (13, and lived there ever since. h,ceased was 74 years of age. WANGANUI, last night.

While three men were <l;;v,ng yesterday, the horse shied at a ivlway engine, and swerved, capsizing the trap. The occupants were .thrown out dose to the railway-line. One had his collar-bone broken, another his ribs fractured, and a tim'd escaped with a few bruises. The former is in the hospital. "The engine pulled up dear of the obstruction. WELLINGTON, last night, _ At the request of the Princess of Wales, Lord Lansklowne’s House Committee of the Officers’ Fund have given a sum of £350 to the proposed Veterans’ Home. This sum is Die unused balance of the amount sent by New ■Zealand at the fcommcnccmcht of the Boer war. Decrees- nisi were granted at. the Divorce Court tiffs morning on the wife's petition in Ada Wynyaril v. C, Wyuyafd, Mary Martin v, T. U. Mast.in, Ellin Crofts v. Crofts, and on the husband's petition in A. E. Mildcnbull v. Mildenhall.

NELSON, last night. A slight earth tremor was felt at •J.lf) on .Sunday afternoon. The s.s. liotorua, entering the harhor this 'morning, collided with the wharf, and damaged the deck siaticliions to the extent of a few pounds, The accident was not serious, CHRISTCHURCH, last night. Mrs Ash. an elderly woman, residing at Sydenham, died suddenly yesterday She had just finished dinner when site fell back m her chair dead. TIMARU, last night. The Timaru High School Hoard, at its meeting to-day, discussed the Education Department's new ■regulations for free secondary education. It was decided to unite all the South Canleibnry schools with a view to ascertaining the number of pupils in each likely to send to the High School if the new scheme is adopted, anti a committee of the Board was appointed to report fully as to the financial position and the staffing of the High School under new conditions. The opinion was expressed that the attendance at the High School will Iw doubled if the new regulations are adopted. DUNEDIN, last night.

Kirklum, who died at the hospital last* night, from injuries sustained at 8t Clair's baths, was a son of the Rev. Mr Kirk ham, formerly vicar of 1M last night. A serious bicycle accident occurred on Saturday night in Boos, the travelling representative for the Deering Harvester Company, who was thrown on his. head when crossing a culvert, on the Bluff road, and rendered unconscious. He is now in the hospital. HOKITIKA, last night. The death us reported of John E. Ryan, a settler of .Southern Westland. He is the fifth of his family to be carried oft by consumption WESTPORT, last night-

The lending department of the Government have agteed to lc-issuc the Westport Harbour Board's debentures of £aOO.tltie, falling due on Ist Jan nary” next, for live years at 4 per cent. The Harbour Board have ordered through the Agent General an up-to-date suction dredger, to cost over £20,0h0, to be delivered in December of nextyear. There are evidences oi seen compention ft r Die new contract for conveyance ol the Westport coal from Wenport to China for the Admiralty. Mr It. H. J. Reeves has received intimation of his appointment to the Legislative Council,