LATE NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1869, 26 September 1906, Page 3

LATE NEW ZEALAND.

I I‘UHSS ASSOCIATION Groymuutb, last night. I Tho Compensation Court, consisting oi Mr | nation Edwards and Mr l’avitt (asI -'c-nr for (ho Dopaitmenl) and Mr G. T, Mosa (-iiisossor for claimant.-) concluded tho hearing of olaim? for land taken for » r.fis range and injuriously i.iLoitd. Perotti c’aimcd .£2066; tho IX par.mint off-rod £I3OO, and tho O .uirt awarded £909. Siuiih claimed £3lt-No ; tho Dopartiuont ottered £3OO, and tile Court awarded £225. Tho coal export for tha wink ending

22nd September amounts to 6737 tons li: out, made up us follows : State mine, 3879 lons 3 cwt. ; Brunner and Tyneside, 1058 tons 11 cwt. ; Blackball, 1800 ton?.

I A petition to tho Minister of Justice is being signed protesting against tho severe sontonoo of 12 months’ hard labor passed on Bidgood at tho Westland Supreme Court for assault. I Tho reply cf tho Premier to tho publio r quest to ootupleto iho survey of Point I Elizabeth harbor is anxiously awaited. If I tho reply is unfavorable it is likoly that a publio meeting will bo held fo protest at tho Government’s notion in not completing a moessarv work. Nov; Plymouth, last night. Tho death cf asix-yonr old boy recurred at tho hospital this morning whilo under chloroform. At an inquest this afternoon a verdict that death resulted from aouto ctrdiao paralysis was returned. Two largo sperm whales, each over 70 fort, d sported theiusolves in tha harbor this afternoon, frequently bumping into tho dredge. Au effort to strand thorn was unsuccessful