GENERAL TELEGRAMS

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2104, 12 June 1907, Page 1

GENERAL TELEGRAMS

Press Association. WELLINGTON, yesterday

At the Magistrate’s Court yestei\

day, Philip Brewster wqs charged with keeping a common gaming house, and Charles Dunn with assisting in the conduct of the place. Defendants were remanded. A woman who died suddenly in the city on Sunday has been identified as Mary Murray,

AUCKLAND, yostorilay

The Hon. G. Eowlds yesterday visited Helensville for the purpose' of formally opening- the new bathhouse at the Hot Springs there. A largo

number of Auckland visitors attended. The supply is said to be permanent, and the medicinal qualities are

undoubted. Government assistance towards erecting the caretaker’s houso and beautifying the grounds was a shod for. The Minister gave a very sympathetic reply. He said he believed a very great tourist traffic would develop, and he thought the Tourist Department would take over the springs. On May 31st, in latitude east, longtitude 173.23 west, the barque Drammerosson, bound from Malden Island to Auckland, experienced a sudden shock from stem to stern, completely stopping the vessel for four or five minutes. A report, very loud, was heard in the distance.. The diver accompanying the expedition on the steamer Huia obtained a further £40.0 of gold from the wreck:of the, Elingamite. Operations have now been suspended for the winter.

..PALMEKSTOS, yesterday, ' Mr. Pryor, secretary of the New Zealand Employers’ Federation, addressed a large and enthusiastic

meeting qf employers here last night. The local Employers’ Association was resuscitated, and a large number of new members enrolled.

DUNEDIN, yesterday. Eighteen bouses in or oft" Walker street were yesterday condemned by the Health Department/ The quarters are for the most part occupied by Syrians, and the health officer’s inspector, Mr. Gladstone, who accompanied Dr. Ogstoii/says that the premises were surprisingly cleanly kept considering the state of the buildings, The City Council by a majority of one decided to increase the salary of the Town Clerk from £BOO to £IOOO, consequent on his having taken over the duties of City Engineer also. In the case of John l iorison, mine manager, charged with failing to contribute 5s a week towards the sup-

port of Elizabeth Hodsou, his wife, defendant said he bail just got work at 12s a day, after serving a term of

imprisonment for failing to obey a maintenance order for his wife’s support. He would not give a shilling to support a woman who had carried on as his wife had done, not even if it- meant the scaffold to-morrow. The Magistrate sentenced Hodson to three months’ hard labor. The warrant will he withheld till July pay day in order to give accused an opportunity of paying off the arrears due.

TIMARU, yesterday. At a meeting to-day the South Canterbury Board of Education passed a resolution protesting against the action of the Department in deciding to make no travelling allowance for those children who travel to school from a distance per horse or bicycle. The Chairman said he hoped every Board in the colony would pass a similar resolution.