NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 840, 14 March 1903, Page 1

NEW ZEALAND.

(Per Press Association,); Auckland, last night.

The bankruptcy statement of Joseph Blades, solicitor, shows a deficiency of 42380. Debtor attributes his failure to loss of business, competition, mining ventures, and polities. His official connection with the Conservative party at the election of 1899, be says, seriously injured him. Pressure of creditors, including his banker, revealed his financial position and ruined him. . Napier, last night. N The Premier left on his return to Wellington by a special train early this afternoon.

Feilding, last night. The Feilding Industrial Exhibition has socurod an exhibit of the latest lire extinguishing appliances, which arrived too late to bo shown at the Napier demonstration. They are worth 41000. Four experts accompany the exhibit. Another building is being erected. The organisation is no v almost complete. CHRISTCHURCH, last night.

At the annual meeting of the A. and P. Association, a satisfactory year’s progress was reported. It was deemed to hold an annual rain show. Mr George Gould was elected President for the ensuing year. The first annual dinner or the Canterbury members of the Seventh Contingent was held last night. Thirty were present. Colonel Porter who jcmnmanded the .contingent, and who is now officer commanding Canterbury district, presided. DUNEDIN, last night.

In the Divorce Court, Mr Justice Williams gave judgement in the case of R. A. Maekie against Janet Mackie, on the grounds of drunkenness,' in favor of petitioner, the decree to become absolute in three months. At the W.C.T.U. Convention, after devotional exercises, the Convention went into Committee on the white ribbon paper. A telegram of greeting from the Colyton Union was read. Mrs Crump, of Nelson, took her seat.