NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1851, 4 September 1906, Page 1

NEW ZEALAND.

I>ItESS ASSOCIATION Now Plymouth lost night. Warnings havo been published pgairst tbo nso of the speoifio against potato blight known us Eastwood’s Tougepoiutu mix Lire. Many users deolaro their posters ba\o rotted.

Eltham, last night. [ In Association football, the final match ■in the Brown shield tournou. nt was playrd boro on Saturday between Wellington (holders) and TarnDoki rrpri sentalivo teams. Tho gamo was splendidly contested, ond was a capital exhibition of soccer football. The gamo ended : Wellington 4, Taianaki nil. Wanganui, last night. In tho Supremo Court this mornirg. Leonard Ashwin, who wbb found Ru.lty of manslaughter in oonnrotion with the death of a hoarder staying at a boardingbouso tun by him. and which be set on fire, was sentenced by t* o Chief Justioo to ten year.’ bard labor. Tho ohargo of arson agairst him was held ovor.

Pa'merston North, last night. At tbo S.M. Court this morning, on tbo information of tbn Acclimatisation Society, Wm. Smith was fined 40s and cists j£l Is 2d, for shooting grey ducks out of stasoo. The defence sot up was that the shooting ocourrod on defendant’s own proportv, ond therefore bo had a common law right to do so. Mr A. D. Thomson, 8.M., hill that whatever eucb right he might hove bad, it bad been taken away by a subsequent enaotmeDt.

Wellington, last night. Tho mysterious disappearanoo of a boat off Wellington Heads on Wednesday last has apparently boon unravelled. The eis strong presumptive evidonoo that tho man in the missing boat is Bernard Von Rutter, aged 34, employed as traveller for Messrs Fordo and Co., wbolesalo jewellers. Hotter was seen at Day’s Bay on the dat9 named, and later in tho day was seen out in a boat. Tho'e who saw him stated th it he appeared strange, and complained of trouble of some kind. Hotter, who was a married man with two children, is be lieved to havo come from Auckland, Hi has been absont f,om his home since Wednesday.

Blenheim, last night. Tho Marlborough branch of tbs Now Zealand Teaohers’ Institute passrd the following resolution at the annual meet ing on Saturday : “ That the Eieou ive of the New Zealand Institute bo requested | (I) to bting under tbo notice of the Mi r'ster and Committee of Eduoat'on in Parliament the faot that a deliberate ottempt is being rnado by tbo Marlborough Educiiion Board to deprive the teaobors of this district of tho privileges and bonefits conferred by tho Teachers’ Incorporation and Court of Appeal Aot, referring ti the reoeni yoar to year appointments, and (2) to a k the Minister and Committee to promote this stseion whatever legislation may ben:o-:s saty to conserve tho rights of teach'is under Ibo said Act."

A sight shock of oartbquika wae felt at 5.21 this morning. Splendid rains have fallen.

Christchurch, last night. North Canterbury is rapidly assuming a springtime appearance. The warm weather of last week has worked a noticeable change. Trees are bursting into buds and coming into bloom. Grass and the au umn

sown crops are making good growth. SptiDg ploughing and sowing are being aarried out under satisfactory conditions. A considerable aroa of laud is being pre pared for potatoes in spite of the blight, one farmer in RaDgiora district intending to plant fifty acres. Flcok-owners expect a good season, Tbe mild wiDtor favors a heavy wool clip, ana tho warm spring a high percentage of lambs. Trrnaru, last night. At the Magistrate’s Court this morniDg Captain Milnr, of the s.s. Tweeddale, was fined 4)25 for bringing au uncustomed bioycle ashore hero. The charge was laid by Mr Nixon, Collector of Customs, under Brction 210 of the Customs Laws Consolidation Aot, 1882. Captain Milne admitted a technical breaoh of tho Aot, but said he had broken the law quite unwittingly, He bad owned the bioyole in question for three years, and had ridden in all parts of tho world without experiencing any trouble from the Customs departments. When his boat left Timatu on the last voyago ho left the bioyolo behind for repairs, intending to get it on this, his return trip, but found on arrival it had been seized by the Customs. Mr Nixon said the Customs Department had reason to believo that ships’ offioera had on several occasions taken bicycles to Timuu and lef» them there, no duty be'ng paid, and the bioycle in question had been left without h : s authority. The Magis< fcrate said he had no option in tho matter, end imposed the minimum fino. Tho bicycle was confiscated. Auckland, last night. The Auckland Wholesale Merchants’ Association has passed a resolution protoi'.ing against the ratification of reoiprooity treaty, and expressing the opinion that the proposed reduction of the sugar duty would be o bugs mistaki, os we should be at the morcy of the superfiners of Australia, While the royeuuo would lose £2 )0,000 a yea 1 ", tbe consumer wool I not dt rive any o irrospanding benefiThe local works would be closed, and many hands thrown out of employment. Tbe resolution doolore3 that the treaty oould bo accepted in so far as it raised tbo tariff on many lines to o luatrios oulside A'B t al a. Now Zraland, tho Mo’.her Count y, and tho Bister colonies.