NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 908, 5 June 1903, Page 1

NEW ZEALAND.

By Telegraph—Press Association. HOKITIKA, last night. Yesterday the Premier despatched Horn Hokitika a birthday telegram in the Prince of Wales, and this morning received the following reply: “ Prime Minister, Hokitika. Thanks. Greatly touched by your kind remembrance of to-day.—George, Windsor,” Wellington, last night.

Reuter’s Telegram Company has declared the usual dividend for the half-year ended December 81, at the rate of five per cent per annum. The amount of cash in hand to date is 119,600. The Company’s reserve now stands at £3300. In the Divorce Court Catherine Darroch was granted a divorce from David Darroch on the ground of desertion. Timaru, last night. The directors of the Christchurch Meat Corupauy invited the shareholders and supporters to inspect the extension works and installation of electric generator and motors for the distribution of power among the various subsidiary by product factories. The generator has a capacity of 100 kilomatt and supplies 16 motors, one 16, four 12, soven 6 and four 3 horsepower motors. The wiring totals 24 miles. The whole of the works were lighted by electricity. A larger generator and engine is being imported. The works are now able to deal with 6000 a day, aud there is storage for 100,000. Formerly the stores were none too large. Now, thenks to the improvement of the harbor and the more frequent visits of meat steamers, the stores are never congested. The works are the second largest in the colony. A little additional expenditure would make them the largest iu Australa. sia. They are claimed to bo one of the most complete and up-to-date in the Australasian colonies. It was a splendid day for the occasion, and large preparations were made for the gathering. Dunedin, last night. At the winter show the takings for the day amounted to £224, a record, and £llO more than last year. At the inquest on Thomas Cullman, otherwise Glen, a verdict \ya3 returned of suicide by drowning while in a state of temporary insanity. Deceased had been depressed, and suffered from insomnia. He was 25 years oi age, and leaves a widow and three children.

Two football matches were played yesterday. Zingari defeated Athletic. 1 !, of Oarnaru, by 26 points to nil, and Dunedin defeated Pirates, of Invercargill, by 3 points to nil. Jas. Inglis, of Milton, is the winner of the prize essay on agricultural societies. The Waikouaiti Oddfellows Hall was burned to the ground last night. The insurance was £l3O, in the National. Bluff, last night. A fire occurred here early this morning, a seven-roomed house occupied by John Hotton being burnt to the ground. There was an insurance of £l5O on the house in the Commercial Union, and £IOO on the furniture in the United,