GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2157, 13 August 1907, Page 3

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

I Press Association. AUCKLAND, August 12. I The freighting by tho steamship I Victoria, sailing for Sydney to-night, I includes 17 bars of bullion valued at I G 15.302, shipped by the National Bank of N.Z., for transhipment by a L’. and O. steamer for London, and 92 bare of silver valued at £9500, I .shipped by tho Waihi Gold-mining ! Co., for London. A motor car which iMr. Dexter, of tho firm of Dexter and Crozier, was driving collided with a tram ' while proceeding to Newmarket last evening. Tho body of t-lie motor was almost completely smashed, although -he engines were not sorioußly damigcd. Mr. Dexter and a bov who accompanied him miraculously ‘escaped unhurt.

I A private messngo rocoived in Auc'kI land to-day states that the Melanesian I Mission steamer, Southern Cross, had I arrived at Norfolk Island from her I island cruise. The vessel loaves for I Auckland to-morrow. I A very huvy rain-storm was experienced in_ Auckland to-night and tho streets in the city and suburbs were flooded. Cellars also were in | -ome instances flooded. Queen-street, was liko a river and many amusino ■oenes wero witnessed. In some of -he suburbs small seas were formed 1 i>d tram and other traffic was seriously imiKHlcd. CHRISTCHURCH, August 12.' At the Supreme Court to-day a irue bill was returned against AVilmin Barnard Rhodes Aloorhouso for manslaughter, arising out of the loath of a_ child on the Now Brighton Ilea oh, which ha d been run over by a notor cycle ridden by accused. Thomas Brown, a colored man, was •entenced to five years’ imprisonment for committing an unnatural offence. John Graham .received three years i'or tho theft of £."L7 3s (id from a uoarding-liouse.

WELLINGTON, August 12. I The Tourist Department has taken I over the lease of tho To P.uia Hot | Springs from Mr. Gordon. The aoI sommodution-houso and baths aro to I jo brought up to date. I At the Supreme Court William McI Kay was convicted of obtaining £2O I >y false pretences and was-sentenced I -o 2 years hard labor. Henry PeaI lock, who pleaded guilty to being in I possession of a coining plant and I lounterfeit coins, was remanded for I lontenco. Sydney Macnamara pleadI ed not- guilty to keeping a common I taming house. Tho case was not conI iuded when the Court- rose. Tho Legislative Committee of tho I Municipal Association met to-day. It I -viis decided to ask the Government to j retain the former duties on iron and I ibro pipes; that municipal corpora- | ions engaged in such undertakings «s tramways, gasworks, lighting, etc., I >e enabled to keep separate banking I sccounts in connection therewith ° I chat_ plans, material, and machinery •equired by corporations for gas', .‘lectric light, and water supplies •hould bo admitted free of duty in ’ases where they cannot be madewithu the colony. | A public meeting to-niglit attended >y about 200 persons discussed the tew tariff. It was resolved that while 'enerally approving the revisions oreshadowed by the Budget the nieetng regretted the proposed increases >n other commodities, which will renter the remission practically useless. It was also resolved that no land proposals would bo satisfactory which allowed another aero of public estate to lie made "rivato property. DUNEDIN, August 12. The following resolution was passed unanimously at tho fifteenth annual meeting of the Otago Central Railway League to-night:—“That- this meeting earnestly protests against any stoppage of continuous construction of che Otago Central Railway until it reaches Hawea, and especially requests the Alayor to at once communicate with’ tho Prime Minister sending a ropy of this resolution and asking 1 hat the work be immediately resumed iiom Clyde onwards, and that provision be mado in this year’s Estimates .or that purpose.” At the annual meeting of the Couni'il of Churches to-night it was resolv'd to invito Dr. Webber F. Crofts to visit Dunedin with the object of giving temperance addresses. It was complained that there was no imsrovement with regard to Sunday trading except as far as children were concerned. On the subject of bott’e icenses coming up, the fact of tho police not being able to enter such premises was commented upon and he opinion, was expressed that thue should, b.s„ legislation on the mac'wr. It syaa rpsplved that it be referred to .he executive to take such immediate iction as might be deemed fit to secure an improved condition of things. The totalisator came in for condemnation and a motion was carried: “That the Council of Churches expresses the earnest hope that legislation wd 1 lie adopted during the present session along the lines indicated by the Premier in his reply to the Jepuii*.<>n vvhicli recently waited, upon him ; at he same time it deeply deplores the fact that no effort is to be made at oresent to abolish the totalisator, which a large section of the community regards as giving Governmental sanction to an insidious, injurious and ■mmoral habit.

NEW PLYMOUTH. August 12. It was stated at tho Borough Coun,ll —--ting to-p.m 1 " that the Council would be penalised under the tariff proposals to tho extent of £l5O oil material now landing for electric '.ight extensions. . The question of proouring electric oram-ways for the town was brought ip, and deferred for a fortnight. With regard to tlio announcement ■ecently made of the offer by an Elham gentleman to tho Salvation. Vrmy of an area of land and a fullyquipped home for boys, it has translired that the donation was made byUr. T. Jenkins. The proposed site : s 10 acres, in tile town of Eltham. uid it is intended that the home shall iccommodato 60 boys, to be equipped in some respects better than the 'iris’ home in Wellington. The estimated cost is £3OOO. Tho home will be worked as a model farm under a qualified agriculturalist, but opportunity will bo given to boys to learn my trade they desi re. The liistitu;ion is intended by the founder pranarily for orphans, but waifs lacking parental care will also bo admitted.