NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1732, 25 April 1906, Page 1

NEW ZEALAND.

.(Per Press Association.) Plimmrrtrn, last Digbt. A house situated on the northern side of Porirua harbor was destroyed by fire to-day. It was owned by Charles Plimmer. The house was insured in the Commercial Union for £ISOO and the furniture for £-100. Wellington, last night. The Appeal Court is hearing the case of Hamilton Gilmer versus Elizabeth Crawford, asking for specific performance of covenant which had been entered into with defendant for renewal of lease of the Te Aro hotel, Wellington. The application was resisted by respondent upon tho ground that the lease was executed after the passing of the Alcoholic Liquor Sales Control Act, 1895, and contained a covenant binding the hotel to T. G. McCarthy, and as the covenant was voided under that Act, the Court would not grant specific performance of the renewal clause of the lease. Plaintiff’s contention is that the effect of the 1895 Act was to requiro the Court to read the lease as if the binding clause was not in it. Mary Ann O'Neill, an elderly woman, eommlttod suicide at Wadestown to day, cutting her throat with a razor.

Timaru, last Dight, At a meeting of the South Canter* bury Hospital Board to-day it was decided that subject to the necessary legislation being passed during the coming session, the Board will cooperate with North Canterbury in establishing and maintaining a consumptive sanatorium.