NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, 4 January 1905, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

(Pet:Pros n Association.) V

Now Plymouth, last night. It is reported that inyoonnootion with the alleged Ihofts of wines and beer from the stalls at the exhibition, some of the missing liquor has been found in a room oocupied by .a constable, who has been ,U A*srgo nnmber of visitors are arriving for Ibo sports meeting to-morrow# Tho attendance at the exhibition to-day was good for an off day. -

Dunedin, last night. Twenty years ago the trust debt on the Trinity Wesleyan Ohuroh was £2OOO, spa meanwhile £7OO was expended in repairs and alterations. The debt reduoed by the congregation to £BOO, but it stood there for some years. The Rev. O. A±. Laws, pastor, told the congregation “ *“®y would assist him tho debt would be wiped off. Promise slips were distributed, and on New Year's Eve the pastor announced that £B2O had been promised. ■_ v '\ A man named Georce Tornboll had t difference with hiu wife in < r a house in Castle street, which caused his wife to call in a oonstable. The latter admonished the mao, and told tho woman oho could lay ft charge against her husband if she desired. On hearing this Tnrnbull rushed off Jo another room, and the constable following was just in time to etop him ontting his throat with a knife. The man was removed to the hospital. It ie believed the wound he inflicted is not likely to prove fatal. : ----- ■'

' Masterton', last night. The day is decidedly wintry, and a bitterly oold southerly gale Is blowiDg.' with occasional showers. Crops are being damaged. Bnow was very low down on the ranges Ihifi ; morning, and there is every appearance that the fall still eontinnes.

Wellington, last night. Three whales have beeo stranded by the southerly gale, two on the eastern and one on the western side of the harbor entranoe. The wind is still strong, and shipping is being interfered with. It is understood that those excursionists injured in the ran across to Pi'ton aboard the Mararoa are entering olaims against the Union Company for damages. Dunedin, last night.-

s The-' weather coutiniiea wintry.- Tho Brood' Bay r'egaita. whiqh was fixed for yesterday and postponed-'till to-day, has now been pot off indefinitely. Wanganui, last night. A fire broke ont last night in a stable at the rear of Halherley and Johnson’s printing office. Considerable damage was done. A fire in an incipient stage was discovered in the si-.me place.a, few nights ago, and incendiarism is Buepeoted. The building waa insured in the Phoenix for £2OOO. i -