NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1949, 4 December 1906, Page 1

NEW ZEALAND.

I'll 15 3S ASSOCIATION Auckland, Inst night. In the Divcirco Court decrees wc-ro granted in tho eaeos of Sarah Esthor Anderson v. Augustus William Auderson, desertion ; William Preston v. Anuio Preston and Kobort Finlay, corespondent, adulfety ; Ellon Louisa Finlay v. Rcbort Finlay (oo respondont in tlie previous cas->), adultery. Tho Auckland Cup candidate Gladstone badlv strained a ligament of his hind leg while exorcising on Saturday, ft is doubtful if he will be able to race for some tune. Thomas Manning has been arrested at Coromandel, charged with having stabbed William llollis, manager of tho old Kapauga gold mine, with a sheath kuifo. Maiming called upon Hollis to get paid for work at the miuo, and it in alleged Manning stabbed him through a muscular part of tho arm, the knife severing all the muscles and coming out at tho shouldor. Unless blood poisoning sets ir, tho doctor does not anticipate immediate danger. It is stated Manning was dismissed a few days ago. The Austrian youth vho failed to pass the education test upon arriving from Sydney a week ago upon the steamer Manuka, was ordered by the Magistrate to bo deported to Sydney, and kept in gaol until the time of leaving. Tho youth was detained on the steamer, but escatod, and was arrested. The Collector of Customs said the youth would probably learn to write after spending a few weeks in Sydney, and could then be admitted to tho colony. Napier, last night.

The two year old child of Mr Arthur Herbert Straehau diod in the hospital yesterday as tho result of scalds suetained by the upsetting of a tin of boiling water

Hastings, last night

The hospital demonstration, held on Hastings racecourse yesterday, was attended by 3000 people from all parts of the district The approximate amount collected was £175. Tho weather was beautifully fine.

It is understood that an area of about 7000 acres of native land at Waimarama has been purchased by the Government.

Wellington, last night. The approximate amount collected for hospital Sunday was £l7O, which, with the Government subsidy, represents over £370. The day was very disagreeable, and rain fell shortly after the proeeedings closed. The export of gold from New Zealand for eleven months of tho present year was 510,09 3 ounces, of the value of £1,055,938, which is an increase of 28,127 ounces, valued at £112,879, compared with the figures for the corresponding period of last year. The export for eleven months is nearly twico that of the total for 1900. The quantity of gold sent away in 1886 was only 227,079 ouncos, valued at £903,569.

The modal awards in connection with the A esociation Board of the Royal College and Academy of Music, Loudon, are now available. In the advanced grade Miss Annie Dawsod, Auckland, secured a gold medal (pianoforte). No silver medal was awarded, but Miss Ivy Voeglor, Auckland, was next in merit. Ifor the intermediate grade Miss Millie lies, Dunedin, secured the gold medal (pianofoite), and the silver medal went to Miss Ethel M. Hutton, Christchurch (pianoforte), and Miss Doris Heywood, Wellington (harmony), with Miss Dorothy Browning, Invercargill, next in merit. The exhibitions are yet to be awarded.

Invercargill, last night,

As a result of the new regulations, the Customs Department at Invercargill has received instructions not to issue any more permits for the removal of beer to depots established, by brewers just across the no-license boundary. This means that when the stocks in the depots are exhausted the brewers will have to remove such to not loss than five miles from the boundary. An application by a Dunedin firm for a permit has been referred to the head of the Department. Several disorderly sconss, resulting in Court cases, arose from sales of two gallon kegs, which went on till a late hour of the night. At the Supremo Court to day Judge Denniston congratulated the district on the absence of serious crime. There were'only three prisoners to come before him. Jessie Keith Rose Colyer (80 years of age), and Percy Charles Douglas, a lad, charged with altering certificates of age and standard of education to procure Douglas an appointment in the Railway Departmont, pleaded guilty. His Honor ordered the woman to come up for sentence when called upon, and admitted the male accused to probation lor six months His Honor said ho always treated such offences as serious, but the circumstances of this case warranted leniency. William Henr L'llicoat, for breaking and entering at Riversdale, was sentenced to six months This closed the criminal sessions,