LATE NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1852, 5 September 1906, Page 2

LATE NEW ZEALAND.

PRESS ASSOCIATION Dunedin, last night. The first case of the kind under tho Sharebrokers’ Act came before the Police Court to-day, when F. G. Cray was charged w ith acting as sharebroker without being

the holder of a license. Cray is manager of an Insurance Company, the general manager being W. A. Walton, formerly of this city, but mostly residing iu Sydney. Walton is the holder of a sharebrokers’ license. The attention of the authorities was drawn to the matter by a valuation declaration by Cray that he was sharebroker carrying on business in Dunedin. There was no proof that he had acted as sharebroker or had sold shares, and the defendant in giving evidence, said that his only dealings had been in municipal debentures. The charge was dismissed, but the point was made clear that no one could do .sharebroking on a license held by another person for whom he waa acting. The polioe to-day made a raid on a boarding house at Balolulba kept by a man named FLher. Particular attention was paid to a room in which dado and lining boards were foand loose, bat no liquor rewarded the searoh of the two oonstables,

Christchurch, last night. Assegai wat scratched for the New Zealand Cup to-day at 3.45 p.m. Wellington, last night, The Wellington Manawatu Railway Company pays a 3 per cent dividend for the half-year.

Blenheim, last night.

A*, the quaiterly sittings of the Lioens* ing Coutt a repott from tbe Health De* partmeot on hotels in the district was read, also the report of experts appointed by the Hoteikeepers’ Committee. It was decided that twenty hotels be repaired in accordance with the teport, but nine, including the Royal and Masonic, were ordered to be rebuilt in accordance with the resolution carried at last sittings. Two years’ time is given for rebuilding.