LATE NEW ZEALAND

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 164, 10 January 1906, Page 3

LATE NEW ZEALAND

(Per Press Association.) Ohristoburob, last night. At the Magistrates Court to-day, John Ross, charged with using a room in Colombo street aa a common gambling bouse, elected to be tried by jury, and was committed for trial. Bail of iUOQ and one surety of £IOO was allowed. Charges against Jas. Robertson, Charles Isaaoß, Henry Hensley, W. Alexander, Frederiok BrowD, Bernard O'Brien, and Edward Bates of being found without lawful excuse in a cemmon gambling house were dismissed, defendants showing that they had lawful excuse. Maurico Hyslop was committed for t ial on a charge of assist ing in the conduct of a common gaming house. . . . A man named Jno. Cook, after borng sentenced to one month’ s'mpr sonment at the Magistrate’s Oouit to-day for being an idle and disorderly person, rad to tne Magistrate, 11 i hope you’ll never be able to give anethcr.” Mr H. W. Bishop, 8 M-, had the man brought back aod more a eel the sentence lo three months. At “he same sitting Geo. Prende gast was obargea with wounding William Williams wit intent to do grievous bodily harm. Accused had slabbed Wil'iam3 with a kn'.te in:a hotel bat last Saturday night week. Oq the application of the polios the charge was roduoed to common assault, on aooused was sentenced to 14 days, 1 [At a meeting of tho committee of the Canterbury Crtoket Association, bold iait b night, a sub-committee was appointed to hold on enquiry coaoerning tbo allegation 1 th-t the wicket at Lancaster Park na • bten tamperod wiih during the Canterbury Ofcsgo match.

Auckland, lait night. < The Kapanui is now well up on the ( bdach, and a pstch will be placed ovor the , hole made by tho collision, and the steamer ( is expectid to be ready to go oa the s ip , to-morrow. On searching the oabm tne , jiw-bcno of a full-grown man was discovered with eight leetb. It is presumed that tho man was killed by the impaot, as the remains were found just under wnero the rent was made by tbo Claymore. &■ great deal of money bas been found 6 cabin, amounting to over £4OO. fu° major portion belongs to the ship, and tbe balance to the passengers- _ The magisterial enquiry into the UJay nto'o -Kapanui collision, which caused tne lass cf six lives, opened this morning Captain Mewitt, master of the Claymce, denied ho was raciog when the collision oocurred. A nine roomed house at Manurewa, owned by Mr Gleman, was destroyed by fire with most of tbe oontents. The building was insured for £250 ana the furniture for £230 in tbe South British. 1 Napier, last nightMessrs Williams and Kottle, Limited, have purchased the old established store--1 keeping businesa of the late Mr W. Batn--1 bone, at Waipawa, and intend to open a ' branch of their business at that place, f A Cih-driver named W. Downey, was t found in his stable in an unconscious condition this evening, and taken to tho 1 hospital, where an examination showed D that he had apparently swallowed some hoteo liniment. He died at 11-30 P' 03,

No information ie lo band as to whether tho linimont had boon taken In error or not,

Now Plymouth, Inst night. There is a serious outbreak of eontngioua abortion amongst da’ry bords in Taranaki In somo horde in soutborn Taranaki 80 to 40 per cent, of tho animalu aio inoapaoitatod. It is urged Government should immodiatoly prohibit tho ox* pomro of discard stock at salo yards, the praot'eo being to gel rid of affeotod animals by this mtaus. Tho Votorinary Department is alive to tho threatening danger, aud is doing everything in its power to arrest tho progross of tho disoaso. i