YESTERDAY’S TELEGRAMS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2230, 6 November 1907, Page 4

YESTERDAY’S TELEGRAMS.

Press Association. AUCKLAND

Bullard Stevens, aged about- 60, u steerage passenger by the s.s. Jtuam\va, on arrival at Unehunga from Tana mikl til id morning, eoni-plnmed oi faintness of the lioiirt. lie got permission to wait on tjyard. While i.ltc steward was getting him a drink lie eofLunsed. and died before tlio doctor arrived. His papers allow Commercial Union iiisu-raiico receipts on two houses in St. -teanil road, Liunvood, CiiriisitehiircL. 'JUio police also found among his possessions a .Standard milk cooler. BLENHEIM. A six-.roo-med house, in Custom House street, occupied by T. Mulligan, and owned by Geo. I’ailcliett, was completely destroyed by lire shortly after 1 o’clock. Tlio in&ur- . nice is L 260 on the furniture in the Loudon, Liverpool and Gilobe, and L2OO on tlio building in the l’lioeCIMtISTCH UiRCH. Detectives raided premises yesterday where several undesirables wanted by the police bail taken up their abode. Twenty men were found in a smoking room and stampeded for a door at the opposite end of the room, but the door opened inwards and the excited crowd were tumble to get out. Front the "V-ouscience-str.i cken crowd lour persons were weeded out by tlio dotectiv.es and charged at the Police Court with vagrancy. They were remanded till Thursday, bail being fixed at CluO, which the Magistrate refused to reduce. CARTERTON. A man named U. Pritchard w.as ■drowned while crossing the "iver I’.iricon i u a bout. No details mo to hand. DUNEDIN. Mr Jeffery, manager of the tea. department - for Sir Tlho-mas Dipton, after making arrangements for the establishment- of 'packing departments in the Commonwealth, comes ,to .New Ze.a-lc.uid 0,11 a similar errand. Meanwhile teas are being temporarily packed in AVellington ami distributed to various agencies throughout the Dominion. In New Zealand, one suitable centre will, it .is understood, be fixed upon for the establishment of an up-to-date factory for the packing of teas. The following prisoners, who had pleaded guilty in the lower Court, were sentenced this morning: William Henry Whitley, thefts of bicycles, six months James McCarthy, thefts of portmanteaux at railway station, twelve months; Harry Lionel Eddie, forgery, six months; William Smith, hrciiking and entering, six months. The Bricklayers’ Union nominated Messrs McCullough and Young to the Arbitration Court vacancies. Tlio Tramways’ Union nominated Messrs 'McCullough and Rosser. HASTINGS.

A special meeting of .the Borough Council was held last night- to consider the reports of Messrs Rocthfort and Rogers on the system of Hastings seweu.ige and the proposed extension. It was resolved to ask the Public’ Health Department .if it would send an engineer to Hastings to advise the Council as to the advisability of admitting either of tire reports.' Mr W. F. Massey, leader of the Opposition, who has been the guest of Sir Wm. Russell, returned to Wellington this morning, delighted with his visit, the prosperous appearance of the province, and the progress apparent here. WELLINGTON.

The Minister of Agriculture Iras selected tiro first batch of dairy inspectors, as follows: —W. J. Dunlop, Christchurch; F. Murray, Woodviile; AY. O. Twentyman. Forty Mile Bush district; Wan. Lang, Otahuhu, Auckland; J. P. Finlay, South Canterbury; J. AV. Smith, Oumaru; H. White, of Manutahi, Taranaki; H. A. AVaird, of Levin; Jas. Johnston, of Inglewood, Taranaki; E. S. AAT-ight, Blenheim; AV. Stable, of Waiwera, J. R. AV.vbourn and R. Crockett, two officers of the Department. Probably thirty inspectors in all will be appointed. The -thirteen . selected were chosen from 191 applicants.