NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1961, 18 December 1906, Page 1

NEW ZEALAND.

PRESS ASSOCIATION New Plymouth, last night. A representative of Sydney capitalists last week completed negotiations to lease properties adjoining New Plymouth on the Oauington road, and at Inglewood for oil-boring purposes. He left Wellington on Saturday for Sydney, and on his principals confirming the negotiations a boring plant will be at once secured and work started on the New Plymouth property, which is only about half a mile from the Birthday well at Moturoa. Wanganui, last night. The Wanganui Ministers’ Association passed a resolution against alterations being carried on in the local Post Office on the Sabbath. A copy of the resolution will be forwarded to the Postmaster-General. Matters in connection with the forming of a town district for the suburb of Gonville are coming to fruition, and the necessary petition for the Governor’s assent has been sent to Wellington.

Wairoa, last night.

Mrs Holder, wile of Mr Holder, of Woodville and Moriinsville, an old colonist, aged 70, died this morning. Dannevirke, last night.

Mr H. Gaisford’s homestead, at Oringi station, was burned on Saturday night. Little was saved. The origin is unknown.

Carterton, lash night,

Captain Elliott, R.N., of Carterton, has been appointed Governor of N orfolk Island. During the past two years he has been engaged in sheepfarming on the Taratahi plains. Wellington, last night.

The Arbitration Court decision in the case of the Shipmasters’ Association v. the Wellington Harbor Board was made known to-day. The Court held that the shipmasters generally, harbormasters, pilots, and tug or dredge masters, represented by the Shipmasters’ Association in the present case, did not come within the definition of workers laid down by the Act. William Scott and Henry Martingale, charged with having kepi a betting house, reserved their defence, and were committed for trial this morning.

Auckland, last night.

Mrs Fenwick, who has been residing with her son, master at Kariatahi school, while driving to Waiuku with two grandchildren, was thrown from her trap, and had her neck broken. At the inquest a verdict of accidental death was returned.

The dock inquest was resumed tiday, Mr Hamer, engineer to the harbor board, expressod the opinion that the dock blocks were absolutely correct in design, and wore not responsible for the accident to tho Rfamari, which he attributed to improper roping and gradual tension on tho rope at the steamer’s head as the water was pumped out, until the blocks were gradually drawn into a position of in stability, until they actually collapsed.