LATE NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1400, 10 March 1905, Page 2

LATE NEW ZEALAND.

(Per- Press Association.) l Nelson, last night,.// The case against Frank mine manager of Golden Blocks, occupied the Supreme Court to-day. Judge Dsn. niston put two questions to tho jnry.Sjl, “ Did coeusod steal 553 oz?. t whioh it was alleged bo kept as a secret reeervp*"*'" equalise tbe monthly returns?” he steal 98oze. alleged to have by him to Wellington?” The locked up for four hours and) 10 o’clock. Their answer y tho first question, and thoyd. on the second. Accused was .u.

found not guilty with "respect to th oz°., and a new trial was ordered. « afier objootion was heard was directea'to beat Wellington at the May sittings in respect to the charge involving the 980z5./ Wellington, last night. V, Mr Hugo, of the Firo Brigade, states that in last yc-ar there had been 161 calls. Of these 25 were false alarms from various cause, 12 malicious false alarms, 12 gorec and rubbish fires, 23 chimneys, aoi 89 actual fires. This was a bad record.

Blenheim, last night. The Now Zealand Egg Laying Competition Association, which has obtaiuerVGoverment supervision for a. competition tc be held in Blenheim, l>as\calle.d for ten ders for the ereotion of 100 pens. Numer ous enquiries for information have;,beer reoeived from all parts of NewZealaftrauc Australia, and it is anticipated that in thi end 150 pens will have to be constructed The eight blocks, into which the Assefe Realisation Board subdivided the Weld'f Hill and Upton Downs estates in 'the Awatere district, were offered for sale at auction to-day. The total acercge offered was 52,910 acres. Three blocks, conjftris ing 7830 acres, were disposed of at prices ranging from £2 Is to £6 Is per acre. Tin others were passed in.

Auckland, last At the inquest into the death of Bamne’ Slutzkin, 18 years old, the verdict wiu that deceased committed suicide by taking phosporous paste while mentally deranged