NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1861, 15 September 1906, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND.

I’IIICSS ASSOCIATION Christchurch, last night, At tho Burnham inquiry to-day, Dr Sytiio", mod o >1 Gtlioor, mrid uioro niodioiuo wiih used r>t Burnham than nt tbo Doaf and Dumb Institulion. Ho thought tbo Burnham LOjS wrrn in bolter physioa! hcnilb. Ho ode ooutod tbo sub-matron being a trained nurso, ho uh to bo ablo to sift tbo sorioua from tho trivial and malingering onsoe. Tho nooommodation for ono hundrod boys, half young mon, vvai totally inadequate. Ho profotrod a training ship to a laud rof rrma lory Tbo punishment for smaller boys ulii uld net bo too severe, but tb.,t for tho oldor boys was iußuffioioni. Tdoy should bo scourod to a tnblo or triangle when undergoing corporal puoi-hmont, whioh ? should bo Btvlft, nit prol rnged. Ho favored shot drill and other forms of 1 I pun shtnrnt inflioted at naval uni nrlitary I plaoos at Homo for adoption nt Burnbam. I Tiiunru, last night. Tbo Supremo Court eouoluded its sittings boro (o day, two cans whioh wore to have boon board boinp settled out of court. In ono, Mosos v. Towub-y, a suit for spcciiio performnnoo of oontraot to purobnso land at Ashburton, dofondatt agreed to pay jG2OO, oaob party to pay bis own c rets, and plaintiff to retain tho property. In tho other case, ltyan v. Byrne, a suit for die solution of partnership aud acoiunts in connection with a hotol business, doiendant undertook to iodsma uify plaiutiff against partnership Hobilitioß, plaintiff ossigning ad his intrroat in the partnotship freohald and arsets to dofondant in consideration of a sum ugrood upon.

Wellington* last night. A deputation from tbo Pnarmsov Board of Now Z-alnnd waitod on tbo Minister f r Pubbo Health and urgod tbo adoption i y the G jvornmont of a B.il wb'ci it hs,d pri paved, reforming tbo law off cling the sale ol poisons. The Bill provided for tbo compulsory registration of nil eollers of poUors ol.t>r than mrdical praotitionors arid regisiored olirursts Amongst otbor things it sots out that morphia and preparations oontaining morphia aro only to bo so'd where inoluded in a prescription or to the order of a med'eal prnotitioner known to tho seller, l’ho police aro to (oa to tho enforcement of the Act. Tho Minister said ho thought tho Bill very reasonable. He recognised somo ohange of tbo law was neoessary, snd hoped to efleot it this sossion, Aon fart nee of iruitgrowors opened here this morning to dieou-s matters relating to the industry, and ospociaby ihe introduction of fruit pests per medium of Californian an i Australian fruits. Tho couference also di-cussed the reciprocal treaty proposals in relation to fiuit and wine. A motion oondemoing tho proposed rednoed duty was oarrkd tinauimously as bjing disastrous to tho fruit-growing industry of NbW Zealand. It was dioided to ask that tho present penny duty period be extended to begin on Drocmber 14th and ond on August 14th, ro as to further protect New Z .-aland fruit growere. A motion urging that no reduction be mado in tho wine duty was also carried.

William Scjit, a bookmaker, was ebarged at the Magistrate's Court to-day with laying t:t r odds with Henry Brierly at Ricoarton on August 14tb. Brierly and Scott’s clerk gave evidenoe for the prosecution. Counsol for the defonoe contended that no proof of tote odds bad been gi\en, tho witnesses for the prosecution admitting there was a specified limit to the olds, whoreas tote odds were unlimited. Judgment was reserved.

Nelson, last night,

At ihe Magistrate’s Court, Motueka, John McNab, cf Riwalis, was fined £1 and costs for killing a sea leopard. Defendant was infoimed that a marine animal, presumably a sea), was stranded in a oreek near Iho Riwaka whatf, and found it wounded, but it showed fight, and he knocked it on tho henh It was afterwards from tho description deemed a eea hepard, but the skin was sold to a hotelkeeper. Toe question fir settlement now is to whom does tbo skin belong, to the purchaser, or is it confiscated as illegally taken ?

Oama'U, last night,

In tho Magistrate’s Court this morning, before Major Keddell, Charles Kearnß, second-hand dealer, pleaded guilty to keeping liquor for sale in a DO-licenßo area. Ho was fined £SO and costs. Dunedin last night.

In conformity with Dr. Hccken’s expreeß wish, bis collections will be housed at the Museum.