LATE NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1563, 20 September 1905, Page 3

LATE NEW ZEALAND.

(Per Press Association.)

j Auoklnnd, last night, f Tho promises of a Chinoto boardingI house keeper, Burned Ah Foe, wore unoxI peotodly visited last night by Sergeant j Hanson and Constable Sims, who woro on I Abe look-out for opium smoking. Tho J sequel was hoard to-day in tho Polioo I Court, when Joo Yen pleaded guilty to I having boon found smoking opium. He Was fined £1 or 14 days’ imprisonment. ; Ah Fee was oharged with having permitted ■moking of opium, but denied tho offono Sergeant Hansen said ho found Foe lying In bod with Yen. Both wore smoking, bu I Foo was using tobnooo. When the” boss” was inquired for, Foe pointod to himself and said “ mo.” Throo tins and a small I pot of opium were found with tho smoking I

apparatus which lay botweon tho two men. Wbou OoDstablo Sims had given similar evidence, Foe doolared that tho real owner of tho house was in gaol, and that ho was looking after it for him. Ho was fined £5 with oosts, or a month's imprisonment. Wellington, last night. An inquoat was held to-day on the body of Edmund L. Tudor, found on tho hills near Ngahuraogn on Sunday. Tho medical evidenoe showed that death resulted from want of nourishment, combined with unsoundness of heart and lungs. Identify oatioa of tho remains Was mado by witnesses who had known deceased for years. About eighteen months ago ho left New Zealand, and was then possessed of means. Ho had always been ccoentric. Dunedin, last night. William Carvetb, who pleaded guilty at Balolutha to committing perjury by swoariog that the woman he was living with was his wife, was sentenoed to four months' imprisonment. Christohurch, last night. An at home was held this afternoon to celebrate the anniversary of the conference of the women's franobise,and was attended by 150 women. Addresses were given by Miss Roberts, Mrs Sheppard and others, and resolutions were unanimously carried appreciative of the work of Sir John Hall and Mr Alfred Saunders in bringing about thejoonferment of tho franobise.and urging substitution of an elective executive for the present system of party Government, and the removal of all disabilities preventing women sitting as members of the House of Representatives, or being elcotod to any publlo office in the oolony.