NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1594, 4 November 1905, Page 1

NEW ZEALAND.

[(Pen' Press Association.)

’ Auckland, last night. A lady canvasser was fined £1 by Mr Kettle, S.M., for witnessing enrolment claims without seeing the elec-, tor sign the form. The Magistrate originally fixed the penalty at but reduced it when informed by the prosecution that defendant was in low circumstances.

John Churton, an Auckland bookmaker, was fined a total of £7O and costs by Mr Kettle, 8.M., for keeping an office contrary to the Gaming ana Lotteries Act and making a bet dependent upon the result of the working of the totalisator. Accused pleaded guilty. The Magistrate, in giving his decision, said (that bookmakers embarked on business prohibited by law, and must take the risk.

The barque Iquique reported that the disabled vessel’s name was not given. She was dismasted, and was steering west. The Collector of Customs, after making jenquiries, is unable to ascertain the locality of Hie,,,vessel; otherwise the l ■ Marine Department would probably have sent a tug to her .They; await the arrival of the 1 steaker'’’ Victoria from Sydney which may meet the disabled ship.

New Plymouth, last night., ’ A sawmill at Korn, a few miles from tpwn, owned by Ede . and, another, was by’fire ddrlj? itliis morning. The originjis unknown. It is believed there is no insurance. The damage’is j&ooi J? Pumping continues at the petroleum l bore with satisfactory results. Prospects of a continuance of the flow of oil are good. .;; r.;. ,s; ■> Napier, laat night. The 'Governor and party’ re&irad their journey to Auckland this morning, the weather having cleared beautifully. Wellington, last night. > Charles Newton, the prisoner whb' escaped from a gaol gang on Wednesday) was recaptured last evening by detectives: after a brisk chase through the streets of l the dity. His movements atoii'Sed: sus*‘ picion, but until the police laid hands; oni him they did not know-.i»Hdj’h'ey',had' 'captured. He made fesist- ! ance. He was se'nte¥c«d r 'ttiis’ moriiing to j an additional 12 mo'nths. He fe" serving' a sentence of six'years for burglary at 1 Napier in August last. ; n.; ; v .v 'iOhflstofibiroh, lost night. - ’ ,

. Hector. Burke (Otago),, H,. Williams jafid E. 'Brbke (Cahterbqry) Ifsfive LytteU ton by the Wimmera to night en route to Sydney to represent New Zealand at the Australasian. amateur athletic championship meeting, held on the.nth and 13th inst. Tross will join the team at Wellington;

Nelson, last night. 5 Mrs Williams, wife of the Rev W. J. Williams, ..Methodist, minister,-died today after a long’illness.... ;. f • ;.,, , • ' V* v ‘ Dunedin’, last night.

* The following students q$ the Presbyterian College are recommended to the Assembly for license as ministers: Tripp; Pringle, Davie, Scott, Roseveare. The following have,passed their final sectionsin theogy'and ethics : Gunn, Watson,' Waugh and Calder,