TELEGRAMS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 1974, 9 January 1907, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

ONE MORE UNFORTUNATE.-! . Press Association .3j|| DUNEDIN,, last nightatji At the City Police Court to-day s! single woman, Mary Kearney, watj committed for trial on a chargeSloft murdering her female child oil -Bfrj cember 11. The medical evidence) showed that the child had breathed/" 1 ' ] 'fg.3 “FRIENDS IN NEED.” 1 , DUNEDIN, last nighfeij The Shipwreck Relief Society, at a meeting to-day, decided to l coin-| municate with the Hupei intern lent of Marine at Auckland in order to ascertain whether the crew of the foundered barqueutine Elveraud u quits assistance. il

APPOINTMENTS WELLINGTON, last night-. \ Mr. H. Gill (Newtown District;; High School) lias been appointed ;aij inspector of secondary schools. j Mr. AY. E. Spencer, formerly Chisa Inspector of Schools at Taranaki, and. lately appointed Assistant; Inspectors at Hawke’s Bay, lias been apppinteilu editor of the School Journal. ; Lr. Hay, Assistant JnsjicctorGeneral of Hospitals and ChantabM Aid, has been ajjpointed General of Mental Hospitals. Af „ Dl ';, Valentine, Assistant Chief: Health Officer, has been appointed’ Inspector-General of Hospitals. The two institutions will in future be under separate heads. 1

ELLINGTON, yesterday, j I lie reciprocal Customs treaty belf tu een Soutli Africa and New Zealand!* has been gazetted. It provides thaS the duties on goods the produce or manufacture of Neiv Zealand im-f ported into South African colonies! (Cape Colony, Natal, Orangia, Tran&J vaal, and Southern Rhodesia) will be: Bran Is, flour 2s 3d, oats Is lOdif wheat Is per cental, butter 2d lb;,cheese 12 per cent, ad valorem, meatel lei lb., all other goods except spirits!} 2o P e , r cent, less than the duty which? would otherwise be paid. The duties' on goods or manufactures the produce® ■ t °ir 1 African colonies imported.' into JSeiv Zealand will be: Feathers: I s Pc. r cent, ad valorem, fish lid per, lb., fruits, dried and green, free;! maize Gd, sugar Is 8d per cental, to-1 bacco manufactured 2s Gd lb:, tea! (not otherwise exempt) Id lb.,' wiliest otliei than sparkling 2s per gallon, ! othoT Spa f kll,lg Ss P er gallon, all othei goods except spirits 25 per cent'l; wise be paid "' hi ° h "' oUld oth "*

RECIPROCAL TRADE,

MISCELLANEOUS. ; T £ E . W PLYMOUTH, last night, | Tarana|d, U \l y “d here d -i£ games to !). "' m f ° r Tara “** ki ‘ ’ h ? ™ I^uler envoy,' Tlu‘.,iw,i> c V°"' (led meeting in the was to ‘ InK ' lt - A motion: drsiralliVity mont to Ireland 4, S self-govern-for Mr. Devlin ° ' Vore « Iveil •.t 1 ?!, co “ J, eetion with the burglary on SM'uTSTIZTv 1 i Elth ,r porter at the lm el ' , J ’«ntan«lla, of T n& cused claims that it is his own. fit

\ ('. . NAPIER, last night ar? sHssr of iß’t Th(,l “ S e tho fl nffi

The tit -f ICELAND, last night. Harbor l n r ? V f c,ule of Auckland Ha i boi Board tor 1900 was £B3 584 as compared with-;£7G ; 79G for 1905.’ thus showing an increase of '£6788.

INVEUGARGILL, last night. : I'!' 11 t'm official party was board- 1 lav + arrimoo at the Bluff towav bro!-e Ol, °n SUl ’r rthlß t,le &iln - * i\ a {)lo J vt * V r * lor ranee, Captain Eaymond, and Detective Mcllvenev f twc'thr! 10 ”’ 11 back to tlle "'liarf. The til?. w r? r "’ ere not-hurt, but DetecanG -“tcliveuey sustained nasty cuts *' fmr et i SOS i >, and , narrowly escaped be- ' i round US leCl * lO gangway swinging > >

hot if' ' r i continues extremely 7 fnr’r ■ hilt ileiiv „ Many j 1 ' 0 ! 5 ? are suffering, weil * °^‘ ltoes are looking exceedingly

THE EXHIBITION. (By Telegraph Special Service., CHRISTCHURCH, last nigl

Over 18,000 people visited the .Exhibition yesterday, of whom it is computed more than 10,000 wore prosent at the display of fireworks in tho evening. Special trains from the country brought crowds of visitors to see this spectacle, which for variety, brilliance, and novelty won the admiration of all. Startling lightning effects were reproduced, and wonderful fine rockets of different designs, delighted the vast assemblage, and the sot pieces, including a clever representation of the Niagara Falls and a cyclist endeavoring to loop tho blazing loop, were as beautiful as they were novel. Excellent portraits of the King and Queen were shown in colored fire, and in later displays the portraits of New Zealand’s prominent men will bo similarly displayed. The organ recital given by Mr. Massey, organist of Bathurst Cathedral, last night proved a most enjoyable performance. Mr. Massey’s technique and phrasing are brilliant, and ho exhibits a fine appreciation of harmony and insight to the more subtle shadings of tone. The programme was of a fairly light character, and was listened to by an audience of over COO people. Mr. Massey s second organ recital was given very successfully this afternoon beforo a largo attendance. Tho Carnation and Sweet Pea Show will-he held at the Exhibition tomorrow and Thursday. An elaborate display of these popular flowers is expected. \Vonderlnnd Floral Fete on Jan. 17 promses to be a very special function. Variable prizes are offered for the best floral designs, flora! costumes and decorated bicycles. A sensational act will be performed representing the destruction by fire of a 17-storey building 150 feet high, and tho rescue of a woman from the falling roof. Forty-three answers were received from all parts of tho colony to tho advertisement for a plucky, pretty girl, about 20 years of age, and fairly light weight, must have good nerves to play the part of the rescued lady in this act

Mr. White, representative of Pain and Sons, London, commenced this morning the work of illuminating the Exhibition Sports Ground for . Besses of the Barn season. Some 3000 colored lamps and lanterns will be employed. It is proposed at a later date to festoon and light up the whole of the trees and flower beds in front of the Exhibition. This will be a special feature of the Exhibition and will last two nights. The Besses Band’s first programme is on Thursday night.

The bubble fountain has arrived by the Gothic, and will be erected at the rear of the buildings. Mr. Bruce, Mayor of Adelaide, who nas spent three or four days at the Exhibition, states that he is very pleased with all he has seen. He was very much charmed with the British Court, particularly the pictures. The Maori pah has proved most interesting, the liaka and poi dances witnessed this afternoon were equal in enorgy and aptitude to anything he had seen in the King Country. The view from the Exhibition tower is one of the most beautiful that could possibly be imagined. The side shows are splendidly managed, and the admission charges are very reasonable, while numerous denizens of New Zealand streams to be seen in captivity in the Aquarium must make the mouths of the anglers water. A trip in the motor launch on the Avon is an especially 7 delightful experience in the hot weather now prevailing.

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. Press Association. HAWERA, yesterday. Patrick McCarty, a porter at Hawera railway station, aged 27, was killed this morning by the engine of the mail train during shunting operations. Terrible injuries were inflicted, his head being reduced to a. pulp, and his body disembowelled. McCarty leaves a wife and two young children.

DANNEVIRKE, yesterday. The four-year-old daughter of John Crist was scalded through the overturning of a bucket of hot water ■during the momentary absence of ber mother. The child died from the .burns received. WELLINGTON, yesterday. A farm hand named Albert Edward Newdick shot himself at the Upper Hutt yesterday afternoon'. Deceased was thirty-four years of age, and leaves a wife and four children. He came from England about twelve months ago. DUNEDIN, yesterday. Thomas Ritchie, a laborer, aged about 50 years, employed in the new dock at Port Chalmers, received sunstroke yesterday ; and died in hospital in the evening. He leaves a wife and family.

NELSON, yesterday At the inquest on Mr. Sliain, of tlie Public Works Department, who was found dead in his office, the medical evidence showed that deceased must have died a week ago from asphyxia; the result of burying his face in his waiscoat during an epileptic fit. A verdict was returned accordingly. A lad named Kromer, aged 14, son of a settler, was killed at Central Moutero yesterday, being thrown from a cart he was driving, the wheel passing over his body. HOKITIKA, yesterday. A horse attached to a baker’s cart at Ross bolted to-day. The driver was thrown out, and had his leg broken, and another occupant received slight injuries. An old age pensioner ,named James Simpson, in trying to stop the horse, was knocked down, receiving fatal injuries. DUNEDIN, last night. Lionel Clements, two years of age, Is missing from his home at Kaitangata. Eootprints near the river lead to the supposition that the child has been drowned. Valdy Bishop, a farm hand, was 'drowned while bathing in the lagoon .near Balclutha to-day. WELLINGTON, last night. Henry Howartli, Examiner of Titles in the Lands, Transfer and Deeds Office, Wellington, died to-day after a short illness ,aged 72. He was a son of James Howartli, who many years ago was Provincial Solicitor, "and Crown Prosecutor at Dunedin. r l ’he late Mr. Howartli was elected to the House of Representatives in 1869, as representative of Taieri.

CHRISTCHURCH, last niglit. f A young man named David Dulley, j a draper's assistant, at Ashburton, ( was drowned in the Waimakariri River, near Belfast, to-day (Tuesday) whilt? bathing. The body has not yet been recovered. NAPIER, last night. A little girl named Florence Beatrice Lascelles, about 3} years old, ■ daughter of Mr. Montague Lascelles, auctioneer, was drowned at Western Spit about 4 o’clock this afternoon. The child was playing with a short fishing line on a small jetty near the 1 sailing club’s shed, and it is surmised that in trying to imitate some older 1 children who were fishing, the line became entangled round her body, and caused her to fall into the water. She was got out very soon after, but, though medical assistance was at once obtained and efforts at resuscitation wore continued for some hours, it was without avail, life being extinct.

GRASS FIRE. Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, last D ight _ A disastrous grass fire broke out this ‘morning, near Mt. Donald, on the Glen Mark estate, sonic 46 miles north of Christchurch, and by the afternoon was blazin" furiously for five miles along the railway line, through the Weka Pass, and as far on either side as the eye could reach. Numbers of sheep were roasted, but as far as can be ascertained up to the present no dwellingliouses have been destroyed.

BOWLING TOURNAMENT. Press Association. MASTERTON, cstorday. Tlio bowling tournament was c*u:itinned to-day, under favorable conditions. .(fourth round: Paten 20 v. Car.ton IS), Gisborne 25 v. Carterton 13, Greytown 20 v. Ponsonby 10, Newtown 27 v. Eltluim IS, Napier 26 v. Karori 11, Dannovirko 27 v. Viet nun 24, Green meadows 29 v. Hutt iO, Stratht'ord 2-1 v. Bedding 17, Upper Plain 24 v. Palmintua 17, To Ran 19 v. Wellington 13. Tho various rinks now stand as h. 1lows:—To Rau, 4 wins; Giwime.ioows, Dannovirko, Stratford, an I Paliiatua, oaeh 3; Mastorton, >' c ■ lington, Napier, Gisborne, Roto'io, I Victoria, Upper Plain, Carlton ,Feild- I ing, caeii 2 (exclusive of byes); Car I terton, Paten, Greytown, Newtown, I Ponsonby, Karori, 1; Eltham and I Hutt, o.'

WINS FOR GISBORNE. TE RAU UNBEATEN. Press Association. MASTERTON, last night. The northern howling tournament was continued to-day in fine weather. In the fourth round Stratford mot and defeated Redding after a well contested game, and most interesting finish. At the last head Stratford

1 lay one; that made their score equal, 47' each. Another head was played, Stratford getting in seven, and won the game. Paliiatua, who won their three rinks yesterday, were defeated for the first time by Upper Plain. As tho heads wore played tho game got more interesting. At the 19th head both scores were level. In the next head a splendid- piece of play was don by J. C. Oradiue, the Upper Plain skipper. Their opponents wero laying one; ho played ,aiul drew out, and playing his last bowl with a strong one, lay five, sending the I Upper Plains score up to 22. They I secured two more points on the last I head, and won all out by 7. I Tho game between Carlton and I Patca was keenly contested by each I indivdtial player from the start of I the first head to the finish. The Carl- I ton team got away with a load that I the seventh head gave them 11 points I to Patea’s 1, and this load was I maintained up to the loth head, I when the Patoa team drew level. The I members of both teams were fully I alive to the situation, and were |

keener than ever to score. The Patea skipper and his men kept going, and at the 18th head had increased their score to 20, Carlton only scoring two from the 11th head to tho 18tli against their opponents 19. They, however, at the last three heads increased their score by laying 13 and 20, bringing their total up to 19, Patea having registered w, were | the winner by a narrow margin of 1. Gisborne met and easily defeated Carterton. This was duo to the latter failing to score more than 3 in the last 11 heads, whilst their opponents increased their score by 16. Up to the ninth head the game was evenly contested ,l»ut after this the Carterton team were all off. The Greytown and Ponsonby game was won by Greytown who scored 4 at the first head, and increased to 15 by the twelfth against their opponents 11. At the next head Ponsonby lay 3, only one behind Greytown. They failed to score during the next 6 heads, the game terminating: Greytown, 26; Ponsonby, 17. Tlie game between Newtown and Eltham ended in a very easy win for the former. They got the lead after I the second head, and increased this I until the finish of the game, winning I by 12. The game between Karori and I Napier ended in the latter team get- I ting in a comfortable win by 15. The winning team were never pushed I after the 11th head, when the scores I showed them leading by 2. This was I increased every head up to the finish. I A most keenly-contested game was I played between Dannevirke and Vic- I toria. The first four heads Victoria lay ten and Dannevirke 3. In the I 6th, 7th, Bth, and 9tli heads Dannevirke scored 11, making their score I 14. Their opponents, however, were not to be denied, and rallying put 7 I on in the next four heads, and Dannevirke scored in the next head, making tlie scores 18 each, and scoring again in the 19th and 20tli heads, 1 increased their score to 23 against I their opponents 21. In tlie last head I C. Norwood, skipper of Victoria I team, got out two very nice bowls. ] With the first he cut out two and lay I 5, and finishing up with a draw, lay 6, wining the game for his side by I increasing the score to 26 against Dannevirke’s 24. Te Rau have not yet been defeated. I In their match with Wellington they I won by 19 point's against 13. The game was theirs from about tho Btli head, with the winning team in great form, and they kept their lead to the end of the last head. Greenmeadows, another of the unbeaten teams, met and defeated the Hutt team by 29 to 17. Greenmeadows started to score at the second head, and gradually increased it. They wero never pushed, winning comfortably by 29 to 16.

Fifth round. This round was started immediately after luncheon. To Rau met Eltham, and added another win to their unbeaten record, their score of 27 being made up by good even play throughout the game; the Eltham team falling to pieces, as they only scored in the sth, 10th, loth, and last heads. Newtown and Masterton played a

one-sided game. The play from the 9tli head, when the scores were level (9 each), was in Masterton’s favor. Play showed that Newtown had a chance up to this stage. The local team played well togehter, and by fours and threes increased their lead considerably ,finally winning by 21 points.

The Carlton team, that has been playing with had luck, recovered, and in their game against Napier played well together, and won by 19 points, they having scored 27 against thenopponents 8. The game between the Hutt and Greytown was most interesting. The Hutt had scored 14 nt the 7th head against their opponents 3. At the 14th head they had reduced it. The Greytown team playing well together, brought their score to 19. At the lUth head the Hutt lay 3, and at the 18th and 19tli lay 3 and 2, bringing their score up to 25. Their opponents had obtained a slight lead by laying 4 at the 17th head, and increasing their score to 17 with the last won, won by two points. Feilding had no difficulty in winning their game against Wellington, although at the fourth head the latter team lay 5 to their opponent’s 1. At the seventh head Feilding drew level, and gradually forged ahead. They were not overtaken until the tenth head, when their opponents drew level, 11 each. They went to pieces in the next eight heads, only notching one, whilst the Feilding team added six to their score at the 20th head, and won easily by 12 points. The Petone and Greenmeadows match was of the most interesting nature. At the ninth head the scores were Petone 4, Greenmeadows 13. The former team pulled themselves together, and by the combined efforts of each player drew level with their opponents at the 14th head, the score being 15 each. Greenmeadows rallied, and added 1 and 3 in the next two heads. Their opponents replied with the some ,so that at the 19th head both were level again (19 each). The game was now exciting. In the next head Greenmeadows scored 1, with still a chance for Petone to win . In the last head they failed, however ,to score, and their opponents got another, making the score 21 against 19. The winning team have so far an unbeaten record in the tournament, and are level with Te Ran. The game between Ponsonby and Upper Plain resulted in a win for the former. At the fourth head Upper Plain had 5 against their opponents 1. They fell to pieces, and never got fairly going. Ponsonby, however, got the lead after the 7th head, and gradually drew away from their opponents, winning easily. Pahiatua suffered their second defeat at the hands of Carterton, who scored four at the first two heads, obtaining a lead which they maintained, winning by 15, The losing

team played well up to the 12th head, when they fell away, and wero never dangerous. Dannovirko and Gisborne met, and played a good game. ’The former team wore liaiulicnppotl l>v the retirement of their skipper, who was slightly indisposed, Dannevirke scored 5 in the first head. Their opponents replied with the same, and in the next few heads the game was ovoiij the score at tho 10th head reading 7 each. Erom this out tho. Gisborne team-got going, finally winning by 21 to 15.

Results. —Fourth round. Greytown (26) boat Ponsonby (1 Patoa (20) beat Carlton (19). Gisborne (23) beat Carterton (13 Newtown (27) beat Eltham (15). Napier (20) beat Karori (11). Stratht'ord (24) beat Feilding (17 Victoria (27) beat Dannovirko (2 Greenmeadows (29) beat Hutt (K

Upper Plains (24) beat Pahitua

.7). . To Ran (19) boat Wellington (13]

Fifth round. To Ran (27) beat Eltham (13). Mastorton (31) beat Newtown (10). Carlton (27) beat Napier (9). Greytown (27) beat Hutt (25). Stratford (19) beat Patea (15). Feilding (24) beat Wellington (12). Greenmeadows (21) beat Petonc

9). Ponsonby (26) beat Upper l’la

I Carterton (26) beat Paihiatua (11) I Gisborne (21) beat Dannevirke do). I Sixth round. Wellington (26) beat Patoa (17). I Mastorton (21) beat Karori (11). I Petone (21) beat Greytown. I Carterton (21) beat Upper Plain (20). I Paliiatua (20) beat Dannovirko (1.3). I Ponsonby (23) boat Hutt (12). I Napier (25) beat Stratford (13). I Feilding (18) beat Eltham (13). Greenmeadows (20) beat Victoria (19). To Rau (28) boat Newtown (16). MEIKLE COMMISSION. Press Association. WELLINGTON, last night. Before the Moikle Commission today counsel for claimant submitted that there had been no attempt made by Meilclo to manufacture evidence in support of his case, but that ho

bad used every reasonable effort to establish it. There was evidence that witness Troupe had stated that ho had a piece of paper in his pocket which would get Meilclo out of gaol. Mr. Justice Edwards said it had been suggested that he bad made that statement wildly when angered at being dismissed- from his employment at the station. It seemed difficult to believe that there had been a conspiracy against Moikle entered into by Troupe, Cameron, and Lambert, and that their agreement had been put on paper so that Troupe could carry it around in his pocket. Counsel said ho could not afFect to know what Troupe actually meant. He did not affect to know what he had in liis pocket, let alone what he had in his mind, but several witnesses had stated that he had used these words.

Mr. Justice Cooper said there could be only two theories, either • that Troupe was very angry with the company when he made these statements, and was speaking boastfully, or that he had these documents in his possession, and believed that Mekle was an innocent man. Counsel admitted this to be the case, but said he regarded the evidence taken in tlie last week as of much importance, as it threw a light upon Troupe’s evidence, and also corroborated the testimony given bv Moikle.

The Commission was adjourned until 10.30 o’clock next morning, when Air. Atkinson will continue liis address to members of the Commission. CALLIOPE DOCK ACCIDENT. Press Association. AUCKLAND, last night. The Coroner’s inquiry touching the accident to the Mamari in the Calliope dock recently, whereby three men lost their lives, was concluded to-day, when the jury returned a verdict to the effect that tho accident was due to the unsuitability of the blocks in the dock.