NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1370, 3 February 1905, Page 1

NEW ZEALAND.

(Pet Press Association.) Christchurch, last night. For "stealing a horse and saddle, two and sundries, Alexander Harwood was sentenced to six months’ hard labor, ‘ Hamilton, last night. At the annual sheep fair at Waikino record prices wore obtained for sheep. All classes are up fully 3s per head. Breeding owes sold up to 19s, and fat ewes to 235. The rise is chiefly due to the demand for stocking. Palmerston North, last night. A dwelling owned by P. Neilson and occupied by Constable McDonald was totally destroyed by fire at 2.40 this mornJOAN BOOTS—Direct Shipments ■' the latest styles arriving by every , . Price right, fit right, shape right, i U " lted ’ isi Boot Shop. re ComSECEIYED— Another lot of Ladies instance er Keyless Watches, from £1 is Miso E. - n n -n° birthday Present for a ince of a B. Smith, Goldsmiths' Hall. i, him or OBEBTSON’S—You can got a It . LH:???!de Suit’jegual to measure, Adopted Welch i offer, but subsequently sold the hotel to a local syndicate for .£20,000. Wellington, last night. In the Supreme Court, in the enso of Banks, a letter-carrier, charged with the theft of a postal package, the jury re-, turned n verdict of not guilty. Cocke, charged with assault and robbery, wns found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment till the rising of tho Court, he baviog been in gaol for two months, awaiting trial. Mr Patrick C. Smith, a touring sportsman, who has just arrived from Botorua en route for .London, discussing troutfishing in tho North, says :—A great mistake is made in the Auckland Acclimatisation Society refusing to allow trout to be sold. Whenever it was possible be sent ; his trout to a neighboring hospital, or gave them away to friends, but hundreds of pounds of trout are thrown away every day and left to rot. To turn this to some, account he suggests that the Auckland 1 Society should establish a receiving-place at Botorua in the season, and pay Id or 2d a pound for the fish, and sell it in Auckland, where it would readily bring 6d per pound. The profit so made could be utilised in paying for the upkeep and improvement of the hatcheries and other acclimatisation work. It is a shame to allow such a waste, and seemingly they sre quite blind to the advantages to be gained by some Buoh scheme—one that would relieve tho Government of much expense.