NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1619, 5 December 1905, Page 1

NEW ZEALAND.

.(Per Press Association.)’ Aucldaod, last night. At the Supreme Court Willliam Keid, a fisherman, pleaded not guilty to the attempted murder of Mary Kate Donovan in Auckland harbor on August 13, 1905. Mary Kate Donovan said jshe stayed with prisoner on his fishing boat on the evening of August 13. There was a lot of whisky there, and all on board had been drinking. She could not remember much about it, as she was too drunk. She did not remember anything for a fortnight after that. She was suffering from the effects of drink. The Crown Prosecutor : You gave a good many details of this case in the lower Court. Witness : I do not remember anything about it now.- Witness, continuing, said she could not recall being in the water, but remembered being dragged out into the dingey. The Court was then adjourned until this morning. Richard E, Y. Vince and James Mclntyre; two respectably - dressed young men, were arraigned on a charge of stealing jewollory of the value of £3G to £lO, the property of Ellen McManus licensee of the Caledonian hotel. Prisoners were undefended. Vince was found guilty, and sentenced to 18 months’ hard labor, and Mclntyre being found net guilty was acquitted.

Wniros, last r'ghb James McMillan, 14 years, son of Archibald McMillan, Mohaka, died suddenly last night. He had been ailing for three or four days, presumbly of English cholera. An inquest will bo held to-day. Palmorston N orlb, la i t night. Mr E. Pirani has instituted proceedings under clauso 150 of the Electoral Act against W. J. Culver, secretary of the Liberal and Labor Federation, for publishing an allegedly untrue and slanderous statement about Mr Pirani, allegedly intended to influence the election.

Caiterton, last n:g t. Mr Hornsby, the Government can* didate, has demanded an apology 5 under the Electoral Act from the i proprietor of tho Observer for words 1 in the report of Mr Buchanan’s meet* ( ing at Maryborough. Chrißlchurch,l ist n'gh'. At a meeting of tho New Zealand Cricket Council last night the following programme was proposed for the I tour of the Victorian team : Welling toD, Eebruary 9, 10 and 12; Wan ganui, February 14 and 15; Auckland, February 17, 18 and 20; Hawke’s Bay, February 23, 24, and and 26 ; Canterbury, March 2, 3 and s'; Otago, March 9, 10 and 12; Southland, March 14 and 15 ; South j Canterbury, March 17 and 19 ; New Zealand, at Christchurch, March 23, 24 and 26. A resolution was passed for transmission to the Now Zealand footballers in England, heartily congratulating the team on its magnificent achievement in Great Britain and Ireland. A house, destroyed by fire in Tuam street last night, was insured for £2OO in tho Northern Assurance Company. The contents were uninsured,