NEW ZEALAND

Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1429, 13 April 1905, Page 1

NEW ZEALAND

(Par Press Association.) " . ' ' ■ > ■ - Auckland, last night. —oivil servants held a meeting last centre in the adoptiokupport scheme. . . f

,l J - Thames, last night. An inquest was held to-day on a body found at Waipmo. It proved to be that of a man named .Samuel Parkinson, a widower, withdour children, "who disappeared off a scow at Kopu. He was then suffering from.,the (effects of, drink. A verdict .of found drowned, -with no evidence as to how .he,got into the water, was returned. ;

Christohurch, last night. Richard Dewo, a Crimean -veterun, died yesterday. He.was 'at Alma, Balaclava, and Sevastopol being wounded in the lastnamed battle. - ; - - Gertrude ;Matthews, ’ who fell from a bicycle at Rangiora on Sunday and struck her head against a stone, died yesterday from internal hemorrhage. '

Westport, last night. The schooner Emma Sims, Btranded at Karamea, was floated off the spit, and is now on laud near the wharf.. The damage is very slight. ,

New Plymouth, last night. .A man-named Herbert Gower, of Patea, disappeared from the steamer Rara* wa about 4.30. this morning when a few miles from the breakwater.. He occupied a saloon cabin with his brother, , who missed him about thedime mentioned. A search was unsuccessful, and it is' supposed he fell overboard. ) . ■ -

Wellington, last night. An interesting point was decided by Mr Justice .Cooper to-day ' in reference to the goodwill of licensed hotels. The estate of the late Jacob’ Joseph included two hotels, the National and Star' and Garter. The former was valued at £2835 and the latter at £6070. In addition to those capital values the Commissioner of Stamps claimed duty on goodwill of the hotels, assessed at £7OOO ana £6OOO. The executors of the estate disputed the right to assess goodwill, but Mr Justice “Cooper held that the goodwill was part of the value of tho estate, and lianlo to duty. In the ease of the Star and Garter the goodwill of the hotel was much greater than the capital value of the land and buildings., James Wilson, ,ah ox-man-o’-warsman, was this morning sentenced to two years* imprisonment for breaking and entering and theft at Westport. The ofßoial declaration of the poll after the recount was made to-day as follows : Fisher 4692, Izard 3442, Hutcheson 3033 A suspectod case of smallpox from Mahakipau is being enquired into by tho Health Department, but the doctors agree that it is a severe case of' ohicken pox. The patient is a young girl. The Wellington Induatrial Association considered the proposed international exhibition _at. Christchurch. Members spoke very freely of the manner in which the proposed Wellington exhibition had been treated by. the Government, and expressed the opinion that tho Christchurch exhibition would be a failure owing to want of time.' 1 •'Several speakers urged that what was wanted was an exhibition that would foster local industries, not one that merely showed what other countries couldj do. Ultimately a motion was carried to oommunicate with kindred associations in the colony, -asking their opinions as to. the! advisability, of-the proposed exhibition being of a purely character or international.