LATE NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1416, 29 March 1905, Page 2

LATE NEW ZEALAND.

(Per Press Association.) I Masterton, last night. I Tho highest prico ever given for a line I of fat lambs in Wellington district was paid I at a clearing sale on behalf of Mr Wm. I McKenzie to-day, when a lino of 500 I prime fat shorn lambs made 15s 9d. They j wore bought by Chapman and Hurse, j through their agents, Lowes and lorns. I Dunedin, last night. I A man about 35 years of ago, whose I identity is not yet known, was killed on tho Port Cha'mers railway line to-night. | Nothing is known as to how the man got on the lino. Tho enginedriver felt the cowcatcher strike something, and on bringing the train to a standstill tho body was found alongside the line. The body j was removed to the morgue at Port I Chalmers. I

Eadie’s Hotel at Omakau was eniiroly destroyed by fire early this morning. Tho loss is estimated at £I2OO. fThe building and furnituro were insured in the Manchester office for £650. Eadie is said to have lost £6O in notes.

I Unity shares have been sold on ’Change I at 3s 6d. The annual ram and ewe fair was held to-day at“ Burnside. Above 510 were penned in Bordor-Leicestcrs. The demand for both stud and flock rams was good, and nearly every head sold, studs realising up to 6£gns and flocks up to ssgns. Romney Marsh, old, sold at from 3 to lOgns. Corriedales were in request, studs fetching np to Sgns, and flocks up to sgns.