NEW ZEALAND.
Per Press Association
Wellington, last night, The Citizen’s Life Assurance Company has taken up a quarter of a mil* lion of Government debentures. Westport, last night, Daniel Mutton, a Crimean veteran, who was about to enter the Veteran’s Home at Auckland, is missing. _ Is is supposed he has been drowned in the Bullor river, twenty miles from Westport. Napier, last night. . A public meeting will shortly be held to petition the (Government to remove the duty on potatoes, with a view to allowing importations from America and Tasmania.
Timaru, last nigh*.
R. 8. Low, the Alpinist who was lost for 10 days, owing to injuries received through a fall from an ice-covered couloir, was brought down to Timaru today from Fairlie, and is now in Timaru hospital, where he will remain to recuperate. New Plymouth, last night. George Stokes, a chemist, a young j man, whose people reside at Auckland, met .with a serious accident whilst b "cycling in Devon street this morn*' .-, He collided with a pedestfh' „nd was thrown heavily, and fra md his skull. He is unconscious, anc lis condition is critical. The pedestrian was uninjured. The Dairy Conference continued today, and was largely attended by private dairy proprietors.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GIST19060309.2.32
Bibliographic details
Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1693, 9 March 1906, Page 3
Word Count
204NEW ZEALAND. Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1693, 9 March 1906, Page 3
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Gisborne Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in