LATE NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1482, 16 June 1905, Page 3

LATE NEW ZEALAND.

(Per Press Association.) ‘Cbristohurch, last nigh

I The report of tho directors presented nt I the first annual moating of the British Now j Zealand Meat and Prodnoo Company held I to-day stated that four Bhops had boou I purchased in London for the sale Now I Zealand moat. Tho balanoo shoot to I December Slst showed a lots on the LonI don office (including shops) of £517 19s lOd, und the Christchurch office of £62 Os 9d. Tho chairman stated that some of tho I expenditure would bo non-rocurring. Tho Company had eeoured several contracts at I Home, and tho London manager advised I that this class of businoss was safer and I more 'easily handled than that of shops. I Messrs A. Kayo and H. Ovorton wore re- I elected directors. I

At the Arbitration Court to-day an application by tho Gardeners’Union to bring nearly 90 residents of tho city uudor the award was dismissed, owing to a technicality. Whilst a doublo deck oloetrio car was on

I its way from Popanui this afternoon tho I trolly pole got adrift from tho wire, and I I swung round a number of times, catching a male passenger full in the face, and I causing some damage to his nose. I Palmerston North, last night. I Tho rain still continues, and portions of I tho country are iuuudated with flood I wator. I

I Dunedin, last night. I Tho attendance at tho winter show was | again largo. Tho takings amounted to I £263 16s 6d, which is about .£l2O in adI vauce of the same day last yoar, so that already the society is £2OO ahead of last year. On that occasion, however, the holiday was on the third day, and the takings to-morrow may fall short of last yoar. . I Tho Tuapeka Licensing Committee granted all applications without oomment. I It was agreed to waive the requirement as I to notice for the license of tho Uhatto Greek hotel, which it was recantiy discovered was I in Tuapeka electorate instead of Mount Ida.

Nelson, last.night. An accident occurred at the gas works this afternoon. Some men were taking down old retort branches, when an arch collapsed, partly burying a man named J. Byrne, who formerly lived in Queensland. He was removed to the hospital, where it was found that his spine was hurt, but the doctor is hopeful. The men had been warned.

Christchurch, last night. The appointment ~0l tho Hon. W. P. Reeves as High Oommissioner was incidentally referred to at the meeting of the Political Labour League to-night. One speaker said he regretted the appointment because he had hoped that Mr Reeves would have returned to the colony to take up his old portfolio as Minister for Education. The children aDd the teachers had been neglected in his absence. Mr Seddon might make a good Minister of Education if he gave his whole time to it, but it was impossible for him to do justice to the Department when he held half-a-dozen other portfolios. The President (Mr J. A. McCullough) said he would haye liked to have seen Mr Reeves return to take up the position of Minister for Labor. If they had Mr Reeves in the colony, he might lead the Labor party to victory. He thought that it was under Mr Reeves’ leadership that the party had gained anything they had got in the colony. ./

All the local members of Parliament having declined to . take the pledge demanded by the Political Labor League, it was decided at a meeting to-night to ask the Executive what steps had been taken in other centres regarding the selection of candidates for next election. It was also decided to colleot a fighting fund.