NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1799, 3 July 1906, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND.

(Psi ProBS Asßuclallon.) Eltham, yostorday. The directors of the Eltham Cooperative Dairy Factory, one of the largest iii Taranaki, resolved at a special meeting on Saturday to place the insurance of their main factory and nine branch creameries, amounting to over £IO,OOO, with the Taranaki Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Company, which was established only a year ago. It already holds £BOOO insurance risks in this province. This transfer of business from the ordinary insurance companies mat ks a very important new development for the Farmers’ Mutual, more especially as it is generally understood that the action of the Eltham Company will bo followed by sevonty-live por cent of other dairy companies doing a largo business in Taranaki.

Christchurch, yesterday.

Three Burnham boys havo been arrested for absconding One is alleged to bo responsible for several buglaries and tlief.s recently. To-night Christchurch falls into lino with other big centres, the hotels closing at 10 o’clock, instead of 11 as heretofore.

Wanganui, yostorday.

Tho in tori m stock returns for this district show an increase in tho number of shoop of 211,000. Tho total number of shoop in tho district is now 2,17-1,000.

Fastings, yesterday

A meeting will be held to-night to consider a movement to orect a Seddon momorial. It is expected £IOOO will be subscribed. Probably the memorial will take tho form of a town clock.

The weather during the last month has been perfect, only 05 inches of rain having fallen in Juno, which was the smallest since February, 1905. Heavy frosts have boon followed by summer days. In live months nine inches of rain has fallen. Sheep feed is becoming scarco, and farmers are hoping for rain.