NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1935, 17 November 1906, Page 1

NEW ZEALAND.

PRESS ASSOCIATION Auckland, last night. Capt. Macgill, father of DrJMacgill, of the Health Department, died yesterday, aged 70. Mr Thomas Jackson, formerly S.M. for Waikato district, died yesterday, aged 73. The second crushing of the Waihi Grand Junction mine for the four weekly period ending November 3 d, yielded £3208. The Komata Reefs return for the four weeks ending the 3rd inst. is £3948 from 15G0 tens of ore treated.

Mr Myers, Mayor of Auckland, was interviewed by a deputation, and asked to contest the Manuicau sea.'-, in the Liberal interest. He dec i ied, stating that his Mayoral duties claimed his whole time.

A child named Edith Mills, three years of age, the daughter of Mr 0. H. Mills, of Papakura, was playing with her sister with a piece of string, which was around tho younger child’s neck and attached to tho other’s wrist. They were swinging each other, when the string caught on a door handle, with the result’ that tho mother found Edith dead, the child having been elrangled. An inquest was held, and the jury returned a verdict that Edith Emma Mills was accidentally strangled whilst playing with her sister. Hokitika, last night. A verdict of found drowned was returned in the case of William Hill Clark, whose body was picked up on Ocean Beach yesterday. Deceased came here with the object of proceeding to South Westland to prospoct for copper for an Auckland syndicate. He is supposed to be a brother of Sir Marshall Clark, of England. Mr W. Rcse, Collector of Customs, promoted to the Wellington office, was presented yesterday with a silver service by business people. He also received a presentation from various societies he is connected with.

Great surprise is expressed locally at the action of the Government in impairing tho overland service to Hokitika before the new time-table has had a proper trial. Strong representations are being made to the Minister of Railways on the matter.

Wellington, last night. The criminal sitttngs of the WeL lington Supreme Court, commencing on the 19 th inst., will constitute a record for the city in point of the number of cases to be tried. There are in all 23 cases for trial, and they include some very serious offences — two for murder, three for indecent assault, one for unnatural offence, three for assault causing bodily harm, two for assault and robbery, live for theft, two for forgery, and three sheep stealing and one cattle stealing, Oamaru, last night.

The body of a man, found by a party of fishermon floating in tho Kakanui river, has been identified as that of Michael Miflay, an old age pensioner, aged about 70, and single. It is supposed doceased was fishing and slipped into the hole in which he was found. A suoi of £24 was found in deceased’s pockets. Deceased was a native of Kilkenny. Dunedin, lest night.

Thomas Laurenson, proprietor o’ the Royal Albert Hotel, was fined £5 on each of two informations for applying a false trade description to whisky in botties.