NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1430, 14 April 1905, Page 1

NEW ZEALAND.

(Per Press Association.) . t • , .Dunodin, last night. A nro at a shod iu lower Stuart street belonging to the D.I.C. completely destroyed tho building. The stock of kapock, flax, and tow wns considerably damaged by water. . '

Tho local officers of the Land and Survey Department approved of a proposal to establish a superannuation fund for the Civil Service.

Tho Dunedin Licderlafe! have eongratu. Intcd Ada Crossloy hy cable on her mar. riogo.

Letters from South Afrioa state that Miss Goxtie Campion’s condition remains oriiical.

m- tt , , „ Napior, last night. Toe Tlawke s B-y. Rugby Union have deoided to take £25 worth of debentures m connection with tho English team’s tour,

The following cable was received by the | Colonial Consignment an.d Distributing Company from London to-day There is a fall of £d por lb on first quality iamb, and l-8d in second, Quotations aro : For Canterbury mutton 4 o-Bd, Napier, Wellington, and North Island 3Jd. First quality lamb 5f d. second 5 3-Bd. Hindquarters beef B£d, fores 2 3-Bd.

New Plymouth, last night. A small local oofcupany has been formed to spend £2OO in further prospecting for petroleum at Moturoa, The geologist re-' portod favorably, and the boring export is sanguine tbat payable oil will bo reacbod 250 feet lower in the bore, Which is now down 2100 feet, Operations will bo tosumoa at once, '

Auckland, last night. oinC9 the eleolric cars commenced runn'Dg in Auckland, two and a half yoara ago, the Tramway Company have had considerable difficulty in keeping up the permanent way In Queon street. Owing to numerous subsidences they bavo rolaid the rails on sleepers, and are now driving 21ft bluegum piles in weak places to find a solid foundation. The Company has written to the City Council, submitting that the defects referred to are structural and basic in the Corporation’s construction of Queen street, and asking the Opuncil to consider who is liable for repairs. In u case, Thomas Lees and Sons v. A. 81. Edmonds, claim £2OO, the amount of a dishonored bill of exchange drawn by defendant on himself in favor of plaintiffs on demand,- Magistrate McCarthy gave judgment for plaintiffs' for the amount claimed, wi!h costs, aDd ordered that the defendant, Arthur Milsom Edwards, be proeeouted for perjury, alleged to have been committed during the hearing of the case. , •. . - 7 ■