NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1963, 20 December 1906, Page 1

NEW ZEALAND.

PRESS ASSOCIATION Auckland, last night. In the Supreme Court Judge Edwards sentenced Harry Taylor to three years’ imprisonment for indecently asaulting a girl in the Grammar School playground.

Tho s.s. Everton Grange arrived today from London, She brings 117 immigrants, mostly married people with families, the occupations of the men being farming and laboring work. They seem of a good clas3.

Wellington, last night. The Wellington Woollen Company has adopted proposals to increase the capital by £IOO,OOO in preference shares of £5 each, to meet the cost of new machinery, and the necessity of holding larger stocks, owing to the high price of wool. In tho course of discussion as to the advantage of increasing the capital instead of issuing debentures, one speaker said as the Australian woollen companies had altogether failed, and the industry was in a sick state all over New Zealand, there was no very good security to offer for the debentures.

Dunedin, last night. Close on 200 youag trout were discovered in the Water of Leith yesterday to have been poisoned by lime.

The operation on the Hon. Geo. McLean was for an abscess on the lung. His condition is still critical.

Invercargill, last night. The building trade at Invercargill is extremely busy, both in town and suburbs. In addition to largo business premises, more residences are now under construction than ever. Vacant allotments are now almost all occupied, and high prices are ruling for all suburban land, which has doubled in value within the last two years. Several suburban areas have been cut up into building allotments and keenly competed for up to £7O a quarter-mere. The prospect of the establishment ol a tramway system is inducing many to spread into the suburbs.