NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1719, 9 April 1906, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND.

[(For Press Association.) Auckland, Saturday. Tho Waihi Company’s crushing for tho first four weeks ondod Maroh 21th gavo £61,890 from 21,G9S tons — anothor record yiold.

Napior, Saturday. _ A through passongor by the Victoria from Dunedin to Auckland, named Goorgo Let, was arrested hero last ovoning on a chargo of having stolen jowollory in his possession. An examination of tho prisoner’s portmantoau disclosed a porfoct burglar’s outfit, and ho was charged to-day with having housobroakiug implomonts in his possession. Tho prisoner pleaded guilty, and was romandod for sontonco. Let recontly completed a sontonce of five years at Dunedin for housebreaking, and four months for oscaping from custody. Tho jowollory and money found in his possession are supposod to bo tho proceods of robberies in Christchurch and Wellington. Palmerston N., Saturday.

A series of burglaries were committed at Palmerston last night, five business premises in and near the Square being entered. Evans and Co., butchers, lost £5 from their till ; clothing valuod at £8 was taken from W. J. May, tailor’s, but in tho remaining instances the cash takon did not amount to more than a few shillings of small change loft in the tills. Bkoleton keys were used apparently in three instances to effect an entrance.

Eyans and Co.’s shop was entered through an open window, and at W. Manning’s the door and lock were smashed. No arrests have been made. Wellington, Saturday. William J, Rountree, formerly employed as stoward at the Wellington Hospital, who cut his throat at that institution on March 27th, died from pneumonia, resulting from the selfinflicted woiindi He was a married man, and it is believed his wife resides at Waihi, in Auckland district. Of late deceased had' been very de* pressed. The suspension of the Hastings sub-union by the Hawko’s Bay Union has been endorsed by the New Zealand Union.

The Gazette further prorogues Parliament until until May-31st. Eeefton, Saturday.

The hprso Freeland, competing at the races here, was found to-day stabbod through the fore leg. Last night someone broke the padlock and entered the stable. The injury prevents Freeland running in to-day’s races.

Dunedin, Saturday,

Tho man killed by the train last night has been identified as Henry Lawson, a painter at the Hillside workshops. Ho was 56 years of age, and had been librarian of the Hillside workshops for twenty years. He was returning home along the railway with a book, when the engine ran him down. The probabilities are that his foot caught in tho cattle stop as the train approached: Deceased, who was practically a teetotaller, leaves a widow and nino children.

James Fraser, who fell off the late express near Seacliff r l. Thursday night, was a seaman i the s.s. Karitane, having left tht vessel at Wellington. llis arm has been amputated, and Fraser is progressing favorably at the hospital.