LATE NEW ZEALAND

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1837, 18 August 1906, Page 2

LATE NEW ZEALAND

I'RKSS ASSOCIATION Woodville, last night. Tbo annua! meeting of sharehol lers and suppliers of tboN Z. Dairy Union was held at Woodvilb to day. Over 100 tt’ended, and considerable discussion took place as to tho action of the directors paying ; jd per lb boaus to suppliers and paying no dividend on shares. The chairman explained that the first essential of the Uoion was an increased milk supply, and if the milk supply fell off tho shares would be praolically valueless. Tho directors considered it better this year to pay all profit to suppliers, with a view to encourage greater supply. Tbo report aud balance-sheet were adopted, and Me3trs Parsons and Nash wero elected directors and Mr Wilberfoss auditor.

Wellington, last night. Mr T. E. Y. Seddon will move the Addross-in-Reply in the House of Representatives.

At the Magistrate’s Court to day Franois Hatt waa ocmmi'trd to the Supreme Court for trial on a charge of causing bodily barm to Albert Ware. The two men had had a struggle, from whieh Waro emerged with hall his nose bitten off. Th 9 death ocourred at Petone to day of Mrs Emma Kirk, wile ol Rev, Wm. Kirk, a retire! Wesleyan minister. Mrs Kirk was a daughter of the Rev. John Hobbs, one of the first Wesleyan missionaries, am? was born at Bay of Islands in 1828 Mrs Gittos and Mrs Girlick, wifo of the Rsv. J. Gariick, are her tistors, The Rev. Mr Kirk, who survives his wife, is 90 years old,

Dunedin, last night,

A oableg-am received from Oantoo, Chios, slates that D•. Joseph logs died there suddenly yesterday from dysentry, Dr. Ings was over only a year ago, and went to Canton last December as medical missionary to the Camoavill mission ol tho Presbyterian Church of New Zsalaud, Auckland, last night.

A nautical irquiry wa3 held into the wrecks cf the auxiliary Bohooner Motue, and tie ketch Sic Henry and the scow Haeiemai, the latter not having been heard of since the middle oL May. The evidence showed a'l three vessels to bo seaworthy, sound, and well equipped. It waa shown that the regulation of the Harbor Bond rtquiriog a'l manifestoes to bo delivered beforo vessels left their mootiDgs was not enforced, so that in one oaße the nature of the cargo oou’d not be ascertained, as tbo masier, who was drowned, was his own agent. A ship owner deolared it was useless to submit plans of vessels, as thpy would not understand them. Mr K“t»R, S.M , urged that the regulations should bo enforced, and thought all plans should be inspected by a Government export. The inquiry was ao’j jurned.