LATE NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1763, 1 June 1906, Page 2

LATE NEW ZEALAND.

(Per Press Association.) Wes’poit, last nigh 1 . There is an ex'raorJioary cen-rnd for Wostport coal. Io spite of the fct that the WfS'.port collier es aro working d( üblo time et amers have to wait their tu-n for two or three days before cargoes cm bo prr vided. Ti o Westport Harbor Board bavo received advice that seteral la r ge shipping oompsniea in London are now prepared to eotec into iha foreign t ads, and urging them to provide early the Lc 1 ties for handling la ga tinnsga, The Boa d has rcoeived auihority tu extend the oastorn breakwater, as rooommended by the Board's eogineer, with a view to inc easing the dtpih of water on the bar. Dunedin, la.-t eight. Tbo first note of real trouble in oonneotion with tbe action of the Railway Do partment in cutting off acoess to the foreshore oame before the Harbor Board to-day, when J. McGregor and Co., ironfounders, e'e., wrote asking for a reduction in the ground rent. They pointed out that wbon they leased the ground Smart street was cptn and one c.f the main thoroughfares of tbe city, and the ground valued accordingly. Sinos Stuart s reet was o'oscd by tbe erection of the new railway sta ion across it. they were cut off from the centre of tbe oity, and were now io tha back blocks. In consequence tbe firm's business had suffered to ihe extent of several hundred pounds sterling per annum,

Blenheim, last night. Tbo Marlborugh Land and Railway L;ague aro adveru mg for laborers for the r.ilway co opeiativo works at Seddoo, whoro about eighty men are employed. Napier, last night. Tho oeneus returns for Hastings borough show a total of 4592, being an increase of 942 over tbo 1901 total. There aro 2395 males and 2197 femalos.

Christchurch, last night. A man named William Crattic, while felling trees at Avunsidc this afternoon, was accidentally killed by a tree falling on him.

Wellington, last nigh

To-night's Gazette notifies the resignation of Dr. Pigeon as stipendiary Magistrate, Sheriff, and medical officer at Chatham Islands. The appointment is notified of Phillip Best, of Nelson, as a member of the Land Purchase Board of Commissioners.