LATE NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1686, 1 March 1906, Page 3

LATE NEW ZEALAND.

(Per Press Association ) Blenheim, last night, Tho Blenheim rivet trado b«3 inoroased considerably of Is to. Tho stcnmor AVaibi, lutoly in tho Gishomo tcnde, is to bo added to tho present lloot, and auotber stoamor is to follow shortly, raakiDg fivo stoamors runniDg between Blenheim and Wellington, A harbor board is to bo formed this year. Tho Government party, which is to inspect tho Clarence Valley area of aquatter million aotos in Semihorn Marlborough, I manly Crown land, with a view to closer settlement, is to start early next month. I This valley would be t .pped by ills Soutt, I Island trunk line. I Toe eh unpio i-hip r-’g itla commi tlO ai Proton have appointed Mr A. G. John stm, of Wellington, to uuip re. A tbir priiis of £5 has been added to tho chain , pioosh'p fours. Tho first pti/.o is £SO, j aud four gold models, and tho soeond j, prize £ls. (■ Afire today destroyod a residence of j fivo rooms, owned aud occupied by John j Ouions. Too insurauco was £'2oo in the b North British. H Christchurch, last night. C Tho bodies of tfc,o young man Arthur tl Reod and William Stevenson, drowned ut p Lake E lesmero on Tiiosday last, were ro- ci covered this morning. They woro found fi floating a short distance from where tho sr fatality cocurred. a' Wanganui, last night. H This evening Ballarat was scratched for s': all engagements at tbo Waugauui moetiog. U