TELEGRAMS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2070, 3 May 1907, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

Press Association. CHI? ISTC HURCH, yes to rday. The new Fendaltou tramway line will bo opened for traffic to-morrow. Tlio New Brighton Borough boundaries, by Order-in-Couneil, now extend to low water mark, consequently the by-laws relating to the speed of vehicles with in the borough' apply to the beach, and will be strictly enforced. Recently a motor cyclist practising in view of. tlio sports meeting ran over and killed a child. It was found then that the beach was virtually under nobody’s control as to bylaws. In connection with the proposal to adopt the Waimakariri scheme in order to increase the electrical power of the city, Air. Dobson, city surveyor, has made a calculation as to the return which the city will reap from it.. He is certain that even with half the power proposed, and charging id per unit for power and 2d per unit for light, the city will make sufficient profit to enable it to be rated free. This could be done. Air. Dobson calculated.

nun pacing me imeiesi on cost or works mul maintenance and into rest on tile cost of distribution. DUNEDIN, yesterday. The tender of F. AV. boilers, of Dunedin, for £18,607, has been accepted for the erection of a residential college, for the Presbyterian Clmreh of New Zealand. The next stock sal > is to he held or. ■iyie 16th instant, and •sales will he belli fntnightly hereafter during the winter. THE SHOOTING SEASON.

AUCKLAND, last night, A number of sportsmen who went up-country for the opening of the shooting season vestera'dy report' that on the whole the shooting was not so good this year as last. A few fair bags of ducks were obtained. Dr Raynor and Mr. 11. Nathan got 130 brace at Hake and Whangape. . Unusually large numbers of swans were reported to have been seen this season, and on Tuesday at Moatakara Lake ducks were seen in thousands, but to-day, after yesterday’s shooting, very few are to bo seen, the birds having retreated to inaccessible swamps. Pheasants’ are reported to be very scarce.

ACQUIRING NATIVE LANDS. AUCKLAND, last night.

For some time negotiations have been in progress for the acquisition by the Government of the Otakanini block of native land at Helensville, held by the Ngatiwhatna tribe, and it now appears practically certain that the Government will acquire the area. The block contains 16,000 acres, and lies north-west of Heleusville. It is valued at £1 per acre, with the excepeion of the eastern portion facing the Helensville channel containing 2000 acres, all flat land and three parts swamp, which is valued at £l2 per acre. If these figures are realised the amount to be paid will not be far below £IO,OOO to be handed over to the natives. Mr ;D. Paul, as director on behalf of the natives, says the money will be I expended on better utilisation of I the lands held by the same natives I elsewhere. I

ACTIVITY OF RUAPEHU. AUCKLAND, last night. A Star telegram from Oliakunc states that a prolonged earth tremor was felt here last evening, preceded by a loud rumbling. Ruapehu is otherwise quiet. TREATY OF AVAITANGI. AUCKLAND, last night. Nearly 2000 natives from all parts of the North Island have assembled at Waahi, the settlement of the Hon. Mahuta, M.L.C., where a great meeting will commence on Saturday, the sub jet of korero being, as far as can be learnt, the selection of delegates to proceed t'o England for the purpose of interviewing King Edward,- whose intervention is to be sought in righting alleged breaches of the treaty of Waitangi by the Government of New Zealand, Whatever the object the movemnt is a popular one and has succeeded in bringing together what is said to be | the largest gathering hold in the I Waikato since the death of the late King Tawhiao. The business of the meeting is managed by a native committee. In addition thero are present several native parsons and ministers (Anglican and Methodist) as well as many pakehas who take a sincere interest in everything that pertains to the native race. At the entrance of the pa is a notice board which forbids th.e riding of horses within the enclosure, drinking, the carrying of drin’k ito the village, and the admission of “drunkards” inside the fence, under penalties to be inflicted by the Komiti. It is stated that over £IOOO was raised on Tuesday towards the jmrchase of the necessary provisions for the large gathering.

THE BAItQUENTINE ILMA. AUCKLAND, yesterday. The captain of the steamer Suffolk reports that after leaving Sydney on Thursday ,he sighted the barquentine lima, from the Thames, signalling for assistance. The Suffolk stood by fi om

10 p.m. till next morning, when the lima joported" “Short of provisions.” Those -were The lima rethe vessel is supposed to carry provisions for forty days, she Was only- fourteen days out from the Thames. The fact of her running short of supplies is likely to form the subject of enquiry.

SURVEY.-CF THE COAtsx. AUCKLAND, yesterday

The HOll. Air: Millar states that the telegram regarding the surveyMifUlie New Zealand coast by tlie s.s. Kinerr.oa is incorrect. The Alinister is. negotiating through Sir Joseph ■‘.Van! le secure for this work one of tlie Admiralty sloops at present laid up at Hong Kong. If the sloop is secured she will ho manned and worked by tho New Zealand Government, and will commence with a. survey of the east coast of the North Island. Bear Island, tho Kidnappers, and other points arc wrongly charted. AVhen the North Island survey is completed tho South Island charts will he tested at various points. II existing charts arc incorrect a new survey will be made.

A SCENIC ASSET. TATJRANGA, yesterday. Yesterday the Hon, Air. Millar> visited Mount Maunganui, a bold headland at the mouth of tho harbor, rising to a height of 900 feet from tho water. It bears a forbidding aspect, its sides consisting .of precipitous basaltic barriers,rising vertically for a hundred feet. This hill, a famous pa, was the scene of a sanguinary encounter in the olden days when the Ngapuliis, who came from the Bay of Islands in their canoes, after offering gifts to the owners, the N"aiterangi, treacherously fell upon them and slew them in hundreds, only one man escaping by swimming across the harbor. From tho summit a magnificent view of tho surrounding country Was obtained, from Katikati anti Talma on the one side, to Whakatane county on the other, .with the Mamaku ranges forming a background on the landward side. To the

north a perfect seascape was formed by the great'expanse Of the Bay of Plenty, sleeping calmly in the bright sunlight, and dotted with its groups of islands. The Shoe and Slipper, the Alderman, Mayor Island, Motiti (one of ■ the most' fertile spots in the •colony)’, "White Island (its exact antithesis) Place Island, arid away in the dim distance Whale Island. The Minister, who was the :first to climb

tho mount, was delighted with the viow, and was enabled to gaugo the oxtont of country available for settlement, and the area that will bo tapped by 'the East Coast railway when eomplotod. ‘ FIRES. AUCKLAND, last night. A varnish factory at Avondale, owned by Mr. F. W. Best, was destroyed by tiro to-day. A boiler filled with inflammable material used in varnish manufacture caught fire, and the whole building was soon a mass of flames, and only a few cases of turpentine wore saved. Two young men, one a son of tho proprietor,narrowl.v escaped from the building with their lives. The building and contents were insured, but particulars is to policies are not available. SLIGHT RAILWAY ACCIDENT. AUCKLAND, last night. The engine of a goods train from

Auckland was derailed at Agaruawaliea this morning, wliilst crossing points ill the station yard. No scrims damage resulted, but the up and lown Rotorua expresses were blockod for a considerable time, the Auek!and express arriving two hours late to-night.