YESTERDAY’S TELEGRAMS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2151, 6 August 1907, Page 4

YESTERDAY’S TELEGRAMS.

Press Association. WELLINGTON, yesterday. The Department of Industries and Commerce has received the following cable from the High Commissioner, dated London, August 3rd: The mutton market is slightly weaker, with less demand. Canterbury mutton 4ld, North Island 3gd, ewes 3d. Lamb is in active demand at full . prices. Canterbury brands s|d, other than Canterbury SJ-d. The beef market is steady, with a very good demand for hindquarters. Supplies of American chilled beef are likely to increase. Hindquarters are at 3Jd, fores 2-Jd. The butter market is firm, for the best quality only of which supply falls short -of the demand. There is a weak market for secondclass quality. Choicest New Zealand is at 101 s, Danish 113 s, Siberian 955, Canadian, no supplies in sight, Irish 104 s. Tile cheese market is quiet, with a tendency in favor of buyers. New Zealand white 60s, colored (scarce) 61s, Canadian, white, 555,

colored 565. Tho hemp market is steady and fair business is doing. Good, fair Wellington, on spot, is at £34 10s; fair grade, on spot, £2O; fair current Manila, on spot, £35 10s; July to September shipments, good fair Wellington, £34; fair, grade £3O. The cocksfoot seed market is quiet. Buyers are not keen to do business in this setfcl. Bright clean New Zealand 58s on spot. Tho wool market is a shade weaker.

following were the largest estates of deceased persons finally certified for stamp duty last month:—'Wellington : Wm. L. Hirst £101,094, Walter Tucker £10,593, Thos. Madeley £6775, John N. Jones £6328, Estlior Chew £4055, Kate Kelly £4070, Mary Ann Buck £2972, Grace Harvey £2747, John Stewart£ 1757, Hans Hoffins £1724, Thos. Waugh £1261, Itobt. Johnston £IOB7, Fredk. Donnall £lO6l. Auckland: Hugh F. Anderson £25,191, Win. Derrott, £23,725, Emma Lipiliia £6761, Samuel Fairweatlier £5198, Martin Danaher £3279, Finch Mason £1656, John Weir £1534, Jane Mattliewson £1457, Annie Doyle £1382, Mary Jack £1129. Canterbury: Mary Bishop £29,130, Charles Barrett £11,481, John Whittaker £10.069, Hiram Leach £4343, Win. Halley £2691, Daniel Dolan £2683, Geo. Plummer £2139, Geo. Divers £IBSB, Louis Fitzlienry £l4ll, Gilbert Henderson £I3OB, Michael Gihnour £1092. Otago : John Dickleson £13,871, John Rattray £9044, Geo. Irvine £2896, John Carson £2044, James Strain £1948, Isabella Sinclair £1497, Robt. Wright £1346, Canute Beck £1179, Andrew Laing £1147, Andrew Criss £1043. Nelson: David Kirkwood £11305, Ann Stewart £1165. Southland: Jessie Warden £5152.

A deputation from the Seddon Memorial Committee waited on the Premier to-day, IL-wss'~tatea'tliere -vrsS~sTZ um"”of£7oo in hand and £3OO

from the railway servants in Petone. The Committee felt the time had arrived when the subscription lists should he closed, and that the memorial should take the form of a statue

in front of Parliament Buildings. Tho Premier, in reply, said if the £IOO was sent in tho Government

would supplement the amount by £IOOO for tho purpose mentioned. AUCKLAND, yesterday.

A fatal accident occured while the Union Company’s s.s, Aparima was

taking in stores at Chelsea on Saturday afternoon. It is stated the chief steward, Henry Hawkey, was helping a lumper to take in a

sling containing stores. The sling swung round and knocked him on to a lighter alongside, a distance of 30 feet. He was picked up, but before he was placed aboard the Aparima expired. Hawkey has a wife and two children at Wellington. He came to Auckland for relief work on the Aparima. • Ho had been in the employ of the Union Company for a number of years.

Arrived: Queen Cristina, bound from Corouel to Sydney, short of coal, after a stormy passage. Tho schooner Stanley, from Sydney bound to Napier, is anchored in a very exposed position thre o miles off Orewa. Sho got as far as the East Capo and was driven back by bad weather. She narrowly escaped being driven ashore at Red Mercury. The captain tried to beat back to Auckland, but only reached Orewa. Mr. Justice Denniston, in his charge to the Grand Jury at the Supreme Court, said there were only 14 cases of an ordinary character. As far as sexual cases went there-was only ono of actual serious violence. There were eleven cases sent up for sentence, mostly for false pretences, largely duo to the carelessness and negligence of tradesmen. Edward Wm. Moore was sentenced to three months for falso declaration under the Marriage Act as to a girl’s age;

Edgar Hodgson, 12 months, for forging and uttering and false pretoncos; Charles Edwards, alias Smith, four years for theft. In the Police Court two Chinamen were fined £lO and £26 respectively for smoking opium. MASTERTON, yesterday. Ten degrees of frost wore registered last night, and at 8 o’clock on Saturday night. Thcro was a thin coating of ico on the Waipoua river this morning where tlio current was slow.

CHRISTCHURCH, yestorday. Measles are prevalent in the city, and ono school outside Christchurch has been closed.

The judging of the literary competitions of the homo industries section of the Exhibition has boon completed by Mr W. G. Atack, who reports that tho competitors on tho wliolo reached a high standard of merit, and tho six best stories aro unquestionably original. Uranium was scratched for tho Grand National Hurdles at 10.30 this morning.

A sensation lias been caused here by tho finding on the Sumner hills by two boj’s on Saturday of a man’s coat, vest, watch and chain, with a lettor half out of tho pocket. The lottor was addressed to Mrs A. W. Nelson, Union Street, Christchurch, and was undated. Tho boys took tho lotter to a constable. It was found to purport that tho writer, Arthur Wellesley Nelson, intonded to take poison and throw himsolf over the cliffs when tho poison commenced to work. Tho cliff where tho clothes were found was 250 ft above the sea. but not so sheer that a body so precipitated would reach tho water with its fall unstopped. Search was made, but no body was found. The swell prevented a lifeboat’s crew landing, but a sailor was let down by a rop; from tlie cliffs, and searched every possible place, still there was no body and no signs of a tragedy. Nelson or Wellesley, known by other aliases to tho police, was hound to appear at tho Supremo Court on August 12tli on a charge of selling drugs for an illegal purpose. It is expected the matter is a trick to save £IOO bail and escape trial. At any rate the police aro very sceptical. Visitors to the Exhibition remember a daring young man who, under the name of “Demos,” performed a sensational cycling feat at tho water chute. Nelson is tho man.

Tho Arbitration Court sat to-day. The whole of tho forenoon and afternoon was occupied with hearing the farm laborers’ dispute. The Farmers’ Union was represented by Mr. Jones, and tho Pastoralists’ Union by Mr. Tscliomaker, tho laborers by. Messrs Thorne and Kennedy Smith. A lengthy preliminary discussion took place as to procedure, Mr. Jones contending there was no dispute, and the requirements of tho Act had not been complied with. Mr Thorne replied at great length. Probably the matter will bo referred to the Conciliation Board to enquire into and bring up a rejtort. There are no fresh developments in tho curriers’ lock-out.

ASHBURTON, yesterday. Exceptionally heavy frosts have been experienced here, during the past week, and as a consequence the ponds in the Domain are frozen and a few enthusiasts indulged in skating early this morning. Seventeen and a half degrees of frost were registered this morning. DUNEDIN, yesterday.

The s.s. Tarawara leaves for Melbourne to-day, taking up the Maheno’s abandoned trip. Mr. J. W. Thomson, lato mornber for Clutha, died at his residence, near Clinton, yesterday, aged 78.