NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1498, 5 July 1905, Page 1

NEW ZEALAND.

(Fer Press Association.) ( h Blchurc'-, Ibb nigh l :. Mr Bishop, S.M. fined Waitin' Det-nis fishmonger, -10 a and coats for having ttoufc in his pesaesaiou cut of season. Sauiuol Dennis, brother and partner in the firm, was convicted and di-chuigrd. The firm frozn fish at Belfast freezing work-. It was stated by oouneel for the Acc imatisalion Society that nmoh fish w»a traced to Christchurch and then 1 ist sight of, but it was a fuel of public knowledge that leading hotels had trout on their menuf. Three Chinamen were charged before Mr Bishop, S.M., with unlawfully having opium for smr.kiDg in their possessioo. One was fined 2)100, the amount sued for under the Customs law. The other |ivo were lemanded for an analysis of the opium found in their possession, the defence being that it was not opium at all, but a useless fake.

Wellingion, last night.

A deputation from Victoria College Oonnoil waited on the Premier yesterday and asked for an additional grant of £6OOO for the proper equipment of tho College. The Premier said ho had expected some request of the kind. Ho thought the dopu tation made out a very good case. Auckland wanted new university buildings, and probably a vote for one would help the other through. He would submit the matter to Cabinot, and a final reply would appear in the Public Work, Statement. At a meeting of the sa interested in col lecting funds for consumptive hospitals, it was announced that had been collected, and Shat money was stiff coming in. The meeting decided, to allot 2)1100 for buildings at Otaki, and a similar amount for Wellington. The balance goes to equipment. These amounts carry Government subsidy of 24s in the £, Marton, last night. At a meeting of tho Marton Jockey Ciub last night it was decided to add two open races to the programme, feeven furlongs and a mile, dEXOO-- each. An inorease in tho stakes in all the hack races was also made.

Auckland, last night. The Customs returns for tho pore, of Auckland lor throe months ending June 30, show that the duties collected amounted to D 148,762, as compared with J)140.757 for the corresponding tlireo monthe of last year. Tho members of the New Zealand football team touring Australia are unanimous in objecting to Duncan being sent to England as coach in the place of another player. A petition was framed for the players to sign, but tho wanagor suggested that their views should bo embodied in a letter. A Inter was accordingly forwarded to the Rugby Union, stating that the team was opposed to a coech being sent to England. Mr Galbraith expressed the opinion that if Duncan.(vas sent it would cause ill feeling among the players. The captain, on behalf of the mon, approved of the letter.