NEW ZEALAND
By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, last night.
The criminal and civil sittings of the Supreme Court have been adjourned for a week owing to the indisposition of Judge Conolly. Three oases are left on the oriminal list.
In the hockey match on Saturday the final resulted: Canterbury 2 goals, Auckland 1. Feilding, last night. A burglary occurred at Hooper’s, West street, in the absence of the family on Saturday night. The house was ransacked and £SO worth of jewellery and five £lO notes and silver were stolen. The police have the mattor in hand.
Wanganui, last night. The ladies’ golf championship tournament opened to-day in splendid weather. The ground waß in fairly good order, despite the recent rains, but there were occasional pools of water. The results of the games finished in the first round are : Miss Lewis (Auckland) beat Mias Campbell (Canterbury), 6 up, 4 to play ; Miss Harcourt (Wellington) beat Miss Torrance (Auckland), 7 up, 5 to play ; Mrs Ogston (Dunedin) beat Miss M. Richmond (Auckland), 2 up, 1 to play ; Miss Fitzherberbert (Hutt) beat Mrs Fergus (Dunedin), 6 up, 4 to play ; Mrs Perry (Hawke’s Bay) beat Miss Symes (Christchurch), 7 up, 6 to play. Blenheim, last night.
Phenomenal prices were reached at auction on Saturday for draught horses, which class of animal is in demand in the district. Six brought up to £69 each, an average of £54 10s apiece for animals rising five and six-years old. Ashburton, last night.
The first case under the Act since the advent of prohibition will be heard on September 4th, when an ex-publican will be summoned to appear for alleged sly-grog selling.
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Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 977, 25 August 1903, Page 1
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