NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1443, 2 May 1905, Page 1

NEW ZEALAND.

(Per Press Association.) Auokland, last night. Obituary : Robert Maokay, of Takapunn, agod 60, one of the oldest residents of tho colony. Napier, last night. In the Bupreme Court Patrick and Hugh MoLean were found guillty of oseaultirig and robbing an old man named Hargreaves, and were sentenced to five years. The crime was a particularly daring one, being committed on Saturday afternoon in a hotel yard in tho heart of tho town. Judge Cooper said he was determined to put down this class of crime, which was becoming much too commoD. Wm. McKay, for issuing a valueless oheque, and Androw Thorpe, for forgery and uttering, were remanded for tho probdtion oflicer’s report. i.. : - Masterton, last night. As the outcome of its dismissal of Dr Buttendt by the Masterton Hospital Trustees, the matron and nursing stall' have now reeigned in a body. Christchurch, last night. A man named James MoMaster cut his throat in a boarding house at Lyttelton yesterday. ECe was 55 years of age, singlp, and employed as a wheelwright. No reason is asoribod for the act. The Government have decided to grant a bonus of £SO for the egg-laying competition at Lincoln College, stipulating that the results shall not ne copyrighted, but sent to the Agricultural Department for general information. Dunedin, last night. While on their woy to afire on Saturday night ten firemen on a reel were thrown out owing to the carriage wheelß skidding on the tram rails. The occupants of the reel were more or less bruised. Nelson, last night. Sergeant Dougan, of the local police, is suffering from sciatica, and on Saturday uight poured out what ho thought was medicine, but took a liniment bottle ‘in error, and not till he swallowed a dose did he discover his mistake. Doctors were at once summoned, and under treatment the daDger was ultimately averted, but he had a narrow escape, being in considerable peril for a time. Throe skeletons were found at .Rabbit Islund, one headless. All the remains are very old, and are believed to be those of old Maoris.