GENERAL TELEGRAMS

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2115, 25 June 1907, Page 1

GENERAL TELEGRAMS

Press Association. IN VERCAI tGILL, yesteril ay. The .Southland Trades anil Labor -Duiicil. passed a resolution ally protesting against Sir Joseph Yard’s proposal that the colony

Jiould subsidise a fast lino of steamjrs to the' extent £IOO,OOO a year, cab’sing that this would be unneccfijarily extravagant-, and expressing the ■pinion that the proposal was concievxl entirely in the , interests of the immereial classes, and was opposed o tlie host interests of the farming .nil industrial .sections. It was reolvctl also as a means of securing .he-aper bread, to urge the Govefnlient to enter into immediate compe-it-ioii with the Flour Trust. , DUNEDIN, yesterday. The Rising Sun dredge sprang: a ici'ious leak on Saturday, and was muled into shallow water for repairs. The Diineilin Fire Board has decidd that the conference of representaivc.3 of Fire Boards might stand over ill the Government Amending Bill is iculatcd. Out of 29 applicants Mr. . T. Hamsun has been appointed w rotary to the local Board , HOKITIA, Yesterday. William Martin, aged 31, committed jicide at Gqldsliorougli last night i.v shooting himself in the head. AU CMC 1 j AND, y esteril ay.

The steamer Wuitnngi, now in dock or overhaul, will take the place oi lie Kia Ora in tlie Oiiohunga-Raglaii-vawiiia trade in about two weeks hue.