LATE NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 1053, 21 November 1903, Page 2

LATE NEW ZEALAND.

SHOW AT OAMARU,

{Per Press Association.) (JAMAHU, last night. .The weather was again uniavoi'anle ior tile allow. toiiowers 01 ram and naii made .tilings unpleasant. ot.n Lucre was a large atieuuance of the puiilic, inougli lailing snort or las L year's record.

GUILTY OF. THEFT. ASHBURTON, last night. Alfred bynions, exuaUiteu uom iSy.anty, pleuaea guilty at me ALagisuate s court lo theft ul property taiiica at K3o Is lroni i\. Ciay, exlieensee ui the Mount Suiuers Hot>T, ana was eouimii tcu ior seme. ice ... at tue aupreuic .Court at Oun.stcauren \\ KJbUK OF. THE NORTHERN MOAi AiiCll,

NEtV rnTiUUu ill, last nigul. Tue enquir. mtu me wreca at. tue lYoriuern Monarch opaieu mis Morning.

captain Dixon, second male either ami L.-iiru mate Collins gave e.iuencc to Ine euect tnat tae vessel siioaiu not nave gone wnere sne mu on tue course sco ; also tnat tile yiate j-vans was in enarge at tue lime, ana tnat lie altereu the course m oruer to report" lUmselt at Cape cguiont ligntiiouse. rrotii the captain and lirst mate are -represented ny counsel, and me ,tj-u----ueuey. oi tile proceedings loons as 11 lue. one puts tue utame oi me misnap on tue other. cater.—Alter iuneli, the evidence of 'ihomas Keene (A.is.), ,T* it panswortny (apprentice;, O. hi vans tlirst mate), John Hyland (A. 8.), James Pulton (A.Bj, Harold Stevens Nicholas (apprentice;, and A. E. Bail (apprentice) was taken. .The evidence oi the mate .was in the main connrmatory oi the captain’s. He altereu the course half a point* and thought the captain wanted to signal tue light, as was the usual custom. He did not think the vessel too close in, as the chart gave dr and du fathoms. He kept The course till 4 a.in., when he told the helmsman to keep the ship another halt point off. At 5.45, altered the course to S.E. by Lh, and signalled tlie lighthouse at 5.20. The vessel was about a mile auttil a-lial£ oh land when she struck. He could oiler no explanation of the disaster. There was plenty o£ water marked on the chart. The Court adjourned till 10 a.in. to-mon ow.

MANAWATU SHOW.. PALMERSTON N., last night.. The weathen was line but bitterly, coid ior the third day of the Show. The attendance was less than last year. The gate receipts lor the three days, through this, cause, show a diminution of &.200, but this is more than made up by increase of membership. There was a very, interesting _programmc for the competitions. .Allan Strang won .the driving and tanden competition, Mrs J. McElvie The ladies’ driving, Polata’s Rata the pony jumping, Combes’ Anchess tho hunter enallenge cup. J. A. Healey (of Dannevirkc) won the chop handicap, jvith.dOsec start, in Gmiu 34sec. WANGANUI WEATHER. WANGANUI, last night. The weather here during the past two days has been very cold .and wet A heavy wind is still blowing, with intermittent showers. ACTING, DAIRY COMMISSIONER RESIGNS.. WELLINGTON, last night. Mr McGowan, acting Dairy Commissioner, has resigned from the Government service..