LATE NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1737, 1 May 1906, Page 2

LATE NEW ZEALAND.

(Per Press Association.) Weil.ngtoo, lasi night. The Premier has received a wire from Mr Spreckels, San Francisco, stating : “ Advertising for New Zealanders communicate with us. Send list of names. Will do all possible in needful cases ’’ la this connection the Premier, as pointed out already, has sent the names through Governor to tho British Consul.

J. E. Patrick, clerk of the Court at Marton, who pleaded guilty to a charge of embezzlement of funds of the Court, was sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment, Mr Justice Chapman refusing probation. J. Lennon, for forgery, was sentenced to two years. Government has decided to call for tenders for the construction of three of the bridges on the central section of the North Island Main Trunk line, including that over the WanganuiAteao. The work for which tenders will be called is the construction of iron and steel superstructures, and securing the ironwork to concrete piers which will be constructed by the Public Works Department.

Blenheim, last night. A prohibited person named Thomas McNellis attempted suicide by taking spirits of salts, and was removed to the hospital. He is expected to recover.

An exceptionally severe gale, accompanied by rain, raged here on Sntur* day night, and continued in a moderate degree last night. The effects are seen mostly in country localities, where trees were blown down, some telegraph poles and chimneys laid low, and some roofs and stacks displaced, A suspension bridge on one of the main roads was carried away. Dunedin, last nigbt. Mr Justice Cooper has decided that Harrop’s bequest to the Diocesan Church building for the purpose of erecting a cathedral is not exempt from duty. Invoroargill. last n’ght. W. Maley and Joe Fogger, alias Mason or McDonald, were committed for trial on a charge of breaking, entering, and stealing from Price and Bulleid’s, drapers. Maley was employed in the shop 12 years ago. The booty was bulky but of little value, mostly pence and half-pence. Maley was shown to have disposed of 118 half-pence in one shop a day or two after the robbery. Accused were seen together at 4 a.m. on the night of the theft. Both had been previously convicted. Last month a record number of charges were registered in Invercargill, 31 as against 17 in April last year. The weather continues most inclement, with fierce bursts of wind, which has done minor damage to buildings, fences, trees, etc. There is still a crop to cut, and harvesting is at a dead stop. The oat crop must inevitably have been short, much being only fit for chaffing. Ihe price of oats advanced from Is 8d to Is 9£-d on Saturday.