NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1945, 29 November 1906, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND.

PRESS ASSOCIATION Wellington, last night. Lady Plunket aa i Captain Braith-wa-.to, A.D.0., leave for Sydney on routo for England on January 6th. The latter duos not return to the colony, but joins his regiment (the L'ujctishire) on arrival in Loudon.Ttio Hi gistrav of tho Now Z >aland University reports that thoro aro 1180 candidates for matriculation this year, which is an increase of 210 on tho highest previous record, Tlic-re aro 23 examination centres. Auckland, last night. Tho bar quantum Silver Cloud, which arrived from Newcastle last evening, when in latitude 21 south, longitude 137, 30 east, passed through the centre of a cyclonic disturbance. There was a tremendous sea from all points of the compass. The decka wero flooded with heavy ram, and during the night mast' heads, yards, and stays were glimmering with St. Elmo’s lights. The nominations for Manukau seat aro : If. W. Lang and Georgo Bollard. The election takes placo on December 6th. ’ Arrived : s s. Drayton Grango, from Britain. She brings a largo number of immigrants. Napier, last night. Hubert Moore Hueston, chemist,manager for Wilkinson and Company, Dunedin, for fourteen years, died suddenly yestorday afternoon. Ho had just completed negotiations for taking over a business hero. His absence from the shop causing some apprehension, a search was made, and he was found in a dying condition in an outhouso. He was removed to a private hospital, where ho died. The pre* sumed cause of death is heart failure. Dunedin, last night.

Mr William Pryor, who leaves tomorrow to take up the duties of organising secretary of the Employers’ Federation, was presented-with a silver tea and coffee service, together with a rug, in recognition of his services to education in Otago. The Hon. Mr Millar, owing to illhealth, finds it necessary to proceed to 'Wellington to-morrow.

There is fine weather for the show. Judging started promptly. The show of live stock is one of the best ever seen hero. In Shorthorns Arthur Chamberlain, Canterbury, won in the all ago bull class; Mitchell 8r03., North Otago, in all-age cows. In polled Angus, Murray, Bobeits and Co. had classes to themselves; the beasts wero quite up to the usual high standard. In Ayrshire?, Win Cowan, Oamaru, scored nine successive wins aud not a reverse, the only other wiener being Peter Ireland (Goodwood), who was unopposed in cow and two progeny. In the sheep classes there was no competition in Lincolns, the New Zealand Agricultural Land Co. scoring all the prizes. The only merino shown had no competition. In pigs, Brice, Canterbury, is having matters bis own way. An old man named Thomas Downie died in the hospital from injuries received on the Bth inst ant, being knocked down by a car in George street.