NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1865, 20 September 1906, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND.

I’IiKSS ASSOCIATION Thames, last, night, Petitions urging on tlui Government, tlm construction of the .Must (least railway are being largely signed. An extension of the lino would henellt the Thames, it being the nearest connecting point with Auckland.

Hamilton, hist night I). Holland, hotelkeeper, and his wifo were lined 15 and .(Id respectively for sup* plying natives with whisky for consumption off the promises Had the costs not been so heavy the Magistrate intimated ho would have indicted heavier penalties. Now Plymouth, l ist n'ght A well authenticated report is current that the representative of tho Standard Oil Company in Sydney is negotiating for large boring rights and options in this district. Two gentlemen acting for tho holders of tho rights are now in Sydney.

Tho sale of Mr .Kiddle’s Waroa beach farm, of 1860 acres, the best farm on the coast, to Mr Alexander, of Nonnanby. is reported. A marked improvement in tho property market is noticeable. One agent, Mr Nowton King, has made sales aggregating over jE,'50,000 during the last four weeks. A brisk demand continues Wanganui, hist nigh*. Tho Otago footballers, accompanied by local men, ill) in all, left this morning on a two days’ trip up the Wanganui river. Groymnuth, Inst night.

A deputation of the Grey Borough Council waited on the Harbor .Hoard yesterday afternoon in regard to the stoppage of the survey at l’oint Elizabeth Tho Hoard after hearing the deputation, passed a resolution accordingly, urging o • the Government to complete the survey of the harbor. Christchurch, last night. The annual horse parade of of tin Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association was held oil the Show Grounds at Addington this afternoon. Forty one draught horses and twenty-two light horses, including several imported hackneys and trotters, were entered. Messrs W. J. J. Charters (Mosgicl) and P. Davison (Timaru) were the judges.