NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1592, 2 November 1905, Page 1

NEW ZEALAND.

.(Ft® Press 'Association.) Auckland, last night. t A Samoan paper reports a free fight between the natives of Nofoalii and Fasitooiia districts, in which one man was k{lled and one fatally injured. Numerous arrests were made. I . The crater in the voloano at Snvaii became qniesoent on the 13th inet. A fresh opening then formed at the bass of the mountain, through which lava and slag poured. , In the claim by Eugene Hulse against Dr S. A. Bull, for £2OO damages for alleged wrong diagnosis of an adopted son’s jllness, a verdict was given on the merits for defendant, with : cos|s. . The Magistrate expressed the opinion there had been no negligenoe, and that, the matter bad ■appearently been pipying on the plaintiff’s mind. ’ - , . . The Board of Eduoation has appointed Mr Nesbitt A. E. Milnes, house tutor and assistant master of the Methodist Borough ‘Bead Training .College, England, principal of Auckland Training College, ; From the Waiotahi 894 tons of ore and sowt of specimen etone produced 36190z5, realising £9942. Napier, last night. The secretary of the bazaar recently held in aid of the Teohnieal School was fined £2 10s for conducting ah art anion with goods not considered.works, of, art. Waipawa, last night. Mrs Bathbone and the members of her family have been served with notices that the Government intend to acquire almost the whole of their properties under the Land for Settlements Act. • < : Wellingtbi; last night. In the ease Sells v. Rhodes,to determine tbo domicile of the late Marquis Talia* earns, tbo Appeal Court held ■ that bis domicile at the time of bis making his will jand at the time of his dpatlrwa'sN&w Zealand, and that hls'mdyjibie property in New Zealand mnßb be administered according to the New Zealand law. The Governor, Lady -Blanket and party left for Auckland via Napier and Rotorua on a motor-oar yesterday, They reach iNapier to-night, Rotorua on Saturday,and take train to Auokland on Monday. Nelson, last night. 1 A fire this morning destroyed the oottage :of Bashford, near the waterworks reservoir. The inmates had a narrow escape, just getting down before the stairs ignited. Nothing was saved. The furniture was uninsured. The building was insured in the Norwich Union for £IOO. ■■■■-, i ’ ' i Greymouth. last might.: ;, The Union Company’s s.s. Arabura did the journey from Greymouth to Westport wharf to wharf, in four hours, which is three-quarters of an hour sooner than the previous record. There is little interest. in the oonnty elections. Only one seat is contested. Dunodin, last night. j Trouble with tbo ship Loch Garve, which began at Wellington, continues hero. Two of the seamen were brought ibeforo the Polioe Court this morniDg and [admitted disobeying lawful commands, and one of the defendants to using obscene language, Other Bailors who also refused to turn to have not been served with summonses yet.