NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1546, 30 August 1905, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND.

(Poe Press Association.) Auckland, last night. The Auckland Racing Club has decided to retire Mr W, Porcival, secretary of the Club for 33 years, on a ponsion, aud to appoint a successor at £350 per 'annum.

Cambridge, last night. A burglary occurred here on Sunday night. Two men wore arrested at Hamilton, and found to have 43 keys and a largo quantity of burglars’ tools and stolon property in their possosions. Hastings, last night. A crowdod mooting was hold last night for the purpose of discussing the proposed rating on unimproved values. Several ratepayers gave opinions and went exhaustively into figures and statistics in other boroughs where it had been carried. The poll to-mor-row is expected to bo very close. Cornelius Prosnanau, an old identity, a swagger, was found dead at To Auto at 3 o’clock this morning. Groymoutb, last night. At tho Magistrate’s Court James. Thomason and Luigi Pedro wore charged with assaulting Reginald Neil Harding, a Pareora seaman, on Saturday night, August 12th, so as to cause him actual grievous bodily harm. Both accused, who were undefended, were committed for trial at the Supreme Court at Hokitika. Harding has not yet recovered consciousness. The doctor says if he does recover his brain will always be affected.

Christchurch, last night,

The Tramway Board is solicit I: g propei ty-owners in Manchester street, to withdraw opposition to the working of the lino,laid there. The Board contends that Wellington and other cities of New Zealand have lines running in narrow streets. The Board offers to cover in the side channel and so raise the clearance to the level of the tramway line. Property-owners take a few days to reply. At present the Manchester street line is a white elephant to the Board. It has been laid for three months, and though a a main arterial line to the railway station has never carried a single passenger, though fully equipped for trafficAt a meeting of the Council of the Churches a motion was passed expressing hearty approval of the clause for the abolishing of the totalisator, which Mr Ell, M.H.R., proposes to insert in the Gaming and Lotteries Bill, and respectfully urging all members to use their voice and vote against the legalising of the totalisator, which gives the Government sanction to a voice inimical to the highest wellbing of the colony. It was stated that the Temperance Reform Conncil was engaging two ladies to go from house to house, instructing. women how to vote at the local option poll, and the Council endorsed the action of appointing these ladies, and the Executive were instructed to vote a sum for its support. Major Cunning, of the Salvation Army, was elected preident for the ensuing year. The condition of Bailey, who was injured in the football match, on Saturday, was rather worse last night. At the Police Court Douglas and Co., occupiers of a factory, were fined ss. and costs for failing to pay a boy of 17 in their employ with the annual increase of wages stipulated in the Factory Act. Joseph Piaggi,. alias Miller, arrested at Wellington for jewel robberies in this city, was j remanded till Thursday. ]