YESTERDAY’S TELEGRAMS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2106, 4 February 1908, Page 4

YESTERDAY’S TELEGRAMS.

AYHAXG ARE-1. A .Maori named George l’u was instantly killed by a log rolling over on him’-at. Alntnpouri owing to the lack slipping. DARG AA'ILLE. A firo at Knihu on Sunday morning destroyed a block of buildings, comprising Ollirer’s store, G. Linohnm’s store, and billiard room, and J. Lineham’s store and dwelling. The insurances total it 1200, but the loss is much in excess. l)r Eleanor Southey Baker commenced duty on Saturday as locum tenons of the medical superintendent ,f the Northern AYairoa hospital. «ho is believed to be the first lady doctor to occupy such a position m ilio Dominion. AUCKLAND. Evidence of tho rapid increase in tho val.no of property in the environs of Auckland may ho Rained from Die fact that a property of 388 acres, part of One Tree Hill estate, has been sold for £78,000 by Sir John Campbell to a 'Wellington syndicate, winch intends to subdivide it tor building in The SC first shipment of Australian grapes direct to .Auckland .was brought hv the Alokoia. It consisted of two ton's of black Hamburg muscat and Hamburg eliasselas. Iho berries are smaller than t.lie Isabellas groan in the open in tins province, ami • n. likely to be sold at a loss to cotiti 0 - UO An extraordinary shooting case as reported from Lautoka, Fiji, ''heio a ativo girl named Alary employed as a nurse by Airs Afecham, found dead in her bedroom ruth a lmllot wound through her heart. Mi Meeliam heard a report from tho bedroom, and going to nupmo tl icason. found tho girl tlond, ruth Indian servants standing b>-. I > said that bearing a shot they mul rushed there from tho kitchen. It is thought that the girl must have been handling a rovolvor, when it explocl lH j)r Purdv, referring to the alloged inefficiency' of New lymplb said that tho laboratory for tiio pi - naration of vaccine in A\ ell mg ton was one of the most up-to-date. Ho <. a id that quite recently the Chief Health Officer had received a new strain of lymph which was presented to the New Zealand G-ovornment by Dr Graham Geg, of tho Egypr.-an Public Health Service. 11ns lymph was acknowledged to be ono or the finest• in the world, and Dr .1 may never knew a failure whore it bad been used. . . Tho criminal sessions have opened. Judge Edwards regretted there had been no diminution in crimo during his absence from the Dominion. No less than 38 persons were charged, amongst thorn being two charges for murder, one of attempted murder, and ten for several A six-roomed house at Alidlinrst, owned and occupied by H. Robertson, was totally destroyed bv lire last night. The building was insured for £2OO, and the contents for £IOO in th. Ofe.. HASTINGS. A firo was discovered n the Hawke’s Bay motor garago on Saturday at 19 p.m. botweon tho liivng boards dividing the wall. 1 lie (no was promptly .extinguished. lucre is a strong suspicion of incendiarism. The police aro investigating tho affair. WELLINGTON. Tho criminal session of the Supreme Court commenced to-day. -Mr Justice Chapman congratulated tne Grand Jury on the fact that the cases they would have to consider ’.epresented, comparatively spoaking. a satisfactory state of affairs m Tins district. The crimes alleged. were neither numerous nor exceptionally serious. Frederick Cooper, on two ciiurges of breaking and entering, was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment, with hard labor. The University Senate has .oa •bided its session to-dav. Next meeting will be held at Auckland in January of next year. aOKITIKX. Air H. Quavo, chairman of the Midland Railway Committee of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce, lias written to the Westland Railway League, suggesting that thero should bo some public ceremony to mark the commencement of tho Otira tunnel , i .. iiiau been sent to the contractors on tho subject, and it is likelv Air AleLeau will confer with Air Quavo (Christchurch) this week. About a week ago, Air Seddou, M.H.R., asked tho Premier if. when paying his projected visit to the Coast next March, ho could take part in a function of the character now proposed, and Sir Joseph Ward stated to the member for Westland that it would give him great- pleasure to do so. The secretary of the Westland Railway League has communicated with local bodies, enquiring if they would co-ope-rate in tho celebration proposed- as now put forth. CHRISTCHURCH. Since the extreme heat experienced last AVednesday, when the thermometer reached 95 in the shade, thero has been a pleasant change in the weather, cool days and nights talcing tlie place of the former -almost -unbearable heat. Showers, which fell at tho end of last week, have had a beneficial effect on the gardens -and green crops, which have -revived considerably during the last few days. Tho rainfall, however, has not been nearly sufficient for -the rape and turnip crops, which -require 24 hours’ steady rain. Reports from country districts show that tho grain- crops are all threshing out unexpectedly well, heavy yields being reported from all parts of the province. The quality of tho grain -is uniformly good, and unless there is a great change in the weather conditions during the next three weeks, the -average quality should be equal, if not- superior, to that of recent grain coming on the market in limited quantities, but holders show no disposition to accept prices -below 4s 2d to 4s 4cl for wheat and 2s Id to 2s 4d for oats, both at country stations, sacks extra. ■ DUNEDIN. The Arbitration Court, sat to-day, Air AlcCullough sitting for the first time. Air Pryor, deputy, represented the employers. The Dunedin Pork and Poultry Company was fined £2 for employing C. Aliner as a small goods -butcher under the award rates of wages. Aliner was mulcted in costs for accepting less than tho statutory wage. J. Webster was pro--ceeded against for employing a journeyman upholsterer on pieco work. The Court sustained the contention of tho dof.enco as to the relationship of the contractor and tho man who gave out tho work, and dismissed the case. A charge against D. Robertson of employing two apprentices indentured to sign-writing in the ordinary work of painting was dismissed, but the Court directed tlie inspector to prosecute for the inadequate payment of wages. A man unidentified fell off tho afternoon express for Christchurch, when nearing Ravensbournc'. and was killed. Later.—the man drowned in the harbor near Rattray street wharf has just hee-n identified as George Furquharson, a farmer, of Signal Hill. Owing to the increased cost of bunker coal, tho Union Company increase the intercolonial fares by ten shillings for saloon and five shillings for steorago passengers as from today. The Union Co.’s new turret steamer Ivoromiko reached Fremantle on Saturday. The dama-go sustained on the run from Liverpool to -Capetown was JighL and was repaired at small cost. After discharging a full cargo of phosphates at Fremantlo the Koromiko proceeds to Bunbury to load a full cargo of hardwood for -Now Zealand ports. •