NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1912, 23 October 1906, Page 1

NEW ZEALAND.

PRESS ASSOCIATION Dannevirke, last night. Morgan O’Flaherty was killed this morning on the Taihou-Karetu road, near Weber, while woridng a scoop. He was thrown over an enbankment and fell 40ft. Wellington, last night. Mrs Gilmer, uife of Mr Bamuel Gilmer, proprietor of the Eoyal Oak hotel, who had been ailing for some time, died during tho night. Tho Appeal Court reserved judgment in the Christchurch case of Anne Foster, who had been indicted and convicted of manslaughter in connection with tho death of the infant illegitimate child of her daughter Harriet. The questions were whether the accused was liable to provide for the infant with the necessaries of life, seeing that her husband was alive; did the evidence prove accused contracted to take charge of tho child ? and, further, was she properly convicted under section 148 of the Criminal Code Act, 1893 ? NV airoa, yesterday. Mr David Whyte, junr., provincial superintendent of no license for Auckland province, leaves for Auckland to-morrow. The temperance party mean to work Auckland province for all they are worth. Mr Whyte has agents working under his direction in every electorate. The Bishop of Waiapu is improving, and is able to be up. He leaves for Napier to-morrow. Greymouth, last night. The shortago in railway stock has seriously affected the timber, flax, coal, and dredging industries of late. Representations were made to the Hon. Hall-Jones, who took immediate steps to alleviate tho trouble satisfactorily in the meantime, but there is an urgent need for more waggons to cope with the increasing export and local trade of the port. Christchurch, last night. Walter Evans, alias Williams, was committed to trial to-day on a charge of obtaining £74 from Annie Campbell by falsely representing that he was obtaining ior her a legacy left by one McDuff in America. Accused represented himself to be a private inquiry agent, and obtained from the girl sums amounting to £74 for alleged stamp duties, cable messages, etc. He gave the girl to understand McDuff had left her property worth between six and seven thousand pounds. The s.p. Banffshire took 500 boxes of butter from Lyttelton for West of England ports, the s.s. Tongariro 20 boxes of butter for London from LytteltOD, and 1051 boxes were sent to Wellington to bo put aboard her there, making her total shipment from Lyttelton 1251 boxes.