NEW ZEALAND

Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1435, 20 April 1905, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND

Per Press Association. Auckland, inrtu night. m tbo Supreme Court sentecco was pn-isod on A'teed BU'ingi'olioiv,- ohm-god with robbing MtiUhew Goer of <£23o by a eotjlie!ri.ce (rick. My was cr.hu mi to undergo two ye n s’ bard labor. During l-ho past thveo weeks the cold returns !o hmid iivnt the Auckland dietrict mines totalled .£74,343. Or. only one previous occasion baa this output been exceeded. Now I’lymouil', last night. The body of a men nurm-d Herbert Gower, of Paten, lost overboard from the s.s. Bnvawa on Wedne-aday, was found at tho breakwater yefterdny afternoon. Wellington, last night. A meeting of police inspectors from tbo four chief centres of tho colony is being hold in'Wellington, fi'bo meo'.iu" is Pt"ided over by the Commissioner (Wr W. Dinnio), and attended by Messrs Cuilec (Auckland), Ellison (Wellington), GHies (ChiistcUurcb), and O’B.ion (Dunedin). Culverdrn, last night. The Land Commission left Cheviot yesterday morning and proceeded to OuJvcrilen. 'l'o day evidence is to be taken at Waisu and tho Commission inspects the Highfiald and Lydon settlements. T. mc.ru, ms- right. A r-r l! on tho proptu at‘to adopt tbo rating on unimproved values resulted : Per 372, against 440, informal 7. The .total number of eligible votes was 1043. South Canterbury Hospital Board necepicd a tender a: £2179 to-day fur tbo erection in brick of an infectious disoases hospital.

Dunedin, last night. In Henderson Batgi. r v. Turnbull, Mnrtiu und Company, tho Judge p_r.do judgment for. ‘thc-uj on is counter .cl dm, with oasts on the lowest reale. At tiio Police (Jours several trespass cases on Wingatu course were heard and eonvieGnns recorded in each, and fines from 40s no. to £~> imposed. Two more sections of tbo Greenfield estate wire taken up yesterday, louvirg oulv one section of 524 nen out ef tbo 21,779 i-oros in the estate not taken up. Considerable progress has been made in raising, the <£20,000 required to meet the Hanop. bequert towards the cost of erecting a now Anglican cathedral. Tho trca r surer lia3 <22OUO' curb in band nod inis been promised about <£3ooo additional. Efforts are befog made to obtain' further promises, largo and small. It is understood the associated insurance companies, are increasing the fire, insurance rates on blocks of retail stores and warehouses which appear to have a special risk,

Hokitika, last night. Dr BeU, Government Urologist, paid a flying visit to tho town fo-inty. During the pi at week he bus been cut with » party in-Browning Puss-di-trio:;. Despite tha rather unfavoiv.b'o \r lather, daily c plorafiiotis were made, end Dr Bell states be is immensely imgrrsaed w’th tha possibilities of the dirtrirc first chosen for es plorati-n. -Per economy in working, he proposes to divide the party into two sections, with a base camp at tbo cat!, of the real corjiiuc'.ion, and a second camp in tho back' country..

A public meeting of West Coast local bodies in regard to n eg : SaSton for tbs completion of (ho Ik: t and West Coasts railway will be h,:-!d hero on May Ist. A delegation is expected from Canterbury.