NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 927, 27 June 1903, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND.

(l'er i'utss Association.) AUCKLAND, lust night. Tin- Auckhiud newspaper runner is declared Jo be su tiering from plague. No further ease is reported. The passengers by the Whakat ane, \\iiien arrived from London this niol'jniig, iueiuited the lion. J. Cabman, Miss Cabman, and Messrs Cadman and Jolmsum. NAPlldlt, lari night. The report oi the Hawke's Lay A. and I*. iSoeiety slates that llio year lias seen the most sueeessiul in liie {Society's history. The great numb, i ni entries received at the {Spring show necessitated extensive. additions to the accommodation, and in other respects the grounds weie considerably improved. The membership increased greatly, the revenue, from this source alone being it7.;d. 'the report aiso mentioned that the committee had arranged with Mr 11. 1). Kail, Government veterinarian, hit ;i course oi lectures and demonstrations on subjects of practical interest to farmers. WELLINGTON, last night. Jn the .Supreme. Court a Maoti named Uiremu Ropala liuru was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment

for lorgery. , . , , . AU- Ell, AUl.lt. iot: Cnnstcliureh paid a surprise visit to the Mount View Asylum yesterday, and found the place crowded. in the female ward there were HB patients and the slainiury arcoiiiiuoiicilioJi is only JjD. In the male ward there. WCi ’° 18!i patients, and Uie accummoualion is for HI. Mr hill thinks immediate. steps should lie taken to remove itie pressure. lie interviewed Mr Hall-Jones on the question ot providing special accommodation lor new arrivals at the Asylum. Ihe ■Vlinisler said that he intended to have erected ill each asymm a separate ward for the treatment ot fresh arrivals. , , . . . CHRISTCHURCH, last night.

At, the Assessment, Court in a case where the improved valuation was not objected to, the Court reduced by Lddil tile assessment of the owner leaving the lessee’s assessment unaltered. As the sum of M2IIU had not been apportioned to either party, the Department intend to appeal against the decision. TIMARU, last Wight.

At (he champion poultry show championships were awarded as follows :—Langshans, VV. Henderson, of Dunedin ; Orpingtons, R. 1U- Lickson, Henley ; Wyaudotles, 1•' Bateman, Wellington, and A. Walkei Wuolston ; Minorcas, N. Hampton, Christchurch ; pigeons, J. Hay, lnveteargill ; fautaifs, (J. 11. Biadfottl, Christchurch ; tumblers, Conrad Licster, T'iniaru ; owls and canaries, W 'll. Tuwnend, Christchurch, Norwich, caveune fed; J. Dow, Timaru, noncayenne fed. .John Wood, a young man, a hrst offender, pronounced by medical men to be suflicieiitly intelligent, to he held responsihle for his actions, for exposing his person before schoolchildren, wtis sentenced to twelve months’ imprisonment. The Bench characterised the offence as a most disgusting one.