NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1672, 13 February 1906, Page 1

NEW ZEALAND.

(Per Press Association.) Dunedin, la<t night. • Mr Piper, traffic manager at Invercargill, relieves Mr Grant as superintendent for the South Island, with headquarters at Dunedin, Mr H. Baxter, relieving officer, taking control of the Southland district.

Nelson, last night. The Harbor Board does not borrow further for improvement works till it utilises £9OOO of its own saving.

Obrißtoknrob, last night, A representative deputation waitod on the Hon. 0. 0. Louissqn to-day and asked that he contest the mayoralty. Mr Louisson agreed, and it is probable in the event of the Exhibition, that he will be returned unopposed. Oamarn, last night. There is a great scarcity of farm hands in this district. Though the harvest has not begun yet, there are no hands to thin the turnips. Large numbers of men have been drafted the last few months to Government cooperative works, and the Labor officer is still despatching men. It is feared there will be a loss at harvest time, unless arrangements are made to bring men to the district.

A boy, twelve years old. is to be brought before the Court for placing a mile post across the rails last week. Luckily the obstruction was seen in time for the train to Timaru to pull up.

WelliDgtOD, last night, A line of one pound and costs was imposed by the Magistrate to-day, in a case brought by the Registrar of Companies against tho directors of the Hollow Concrete Company, for having failed to make a statutory declaration regarding the affairs of the company. The prosecution did not press for a heavy penalty, as the case was the first of the kind.

Pahiatua, last night. Heavy rains caused floods in several rivers in this district. The Manawatu river is in high flood. Considerable damage has been done to land in Kohinui district. The Mangaramarama is bank high, and has never been known so high before. The floods are now abating.