YESTERDAY’S TELEGRAMS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2114, 13 February 1908, Page 1

YESTERDAY’S TELEGRAMS.

NAIMER. The body of Ahnirico Hangloy, a carpenter, married, was .found in -tho broakww Lor harbor early this morning. Life was not quite extinct, but strenuous efforts to restore animntiou failed. AUCKLAND. Cardinal Mo-Ha n is to arrive in Auckland on Sunday to. consecrate the additions .to tit. Patrick's Cathedral. An. epidemic of chicken pox is prevalent tin Auckland just now, a largo number of‘cases being recorded. In som > cases the .at tack is pretty severe, and adults have suffered from the complaint, which usually claims children as .its victims.

Owing to the shortage of water, min’ng operations in Auckland have boon sadly interfered with.. Jnsonio case ; batteries have had to cease operations. A large number ol’ miners have had to be discharged. PALMERSTON NORTH.

Owing to an overflow Tiritca dam, the Palmerston water supply has .practically stopped, and the watering of gardens is to ho discontinued. The pressure is ,to he 'burned off at. night, a man being stationed to restore it in case of fire. STRATFORD.

Notwithstanding the Ihct that no rain.has fallen here since the now year, Stratford district is standing the dry weather remarkably well, and the back Country also has .plenty of feed. The fires in this locality liavo been very few, and no damage .of a serious nature has been 'reported. • • WELLINGTON,

A deputation froiii Wanganui interviewed'.the Hon. 3. A..'Millar this morning, and questioned the legality of the recent proceedings by which a Saturday half-holiday was declared in the Borough. Air. A. D. Willis submitted tha t the fairest- way out of the difficulty would he to leave the issue to be-settled by the'ratepayers constitutionally twelve months hence at the municipal elections. Mr. Lloyd Jones stated that the gazetting of Saturday would inflict a loss on many tradesmen. The .Minister replied that .‘•neither Saturday nor Tlmrsdl iv would be gazetted till he had secured the fullest information on the subject. He desired to act in accordance with' the wishes "of _ the ma jority of ■to wnspeople. ' The whole trouble was that Wanganui was a combined district.”

Detective Cashell yesterday 'arrested a man named George Blmies, who was endeavoring to sell a new pair of trousers in a second-hand Shop. The man’s room on 'being searched contained 'boxes of goods of the value of £6O, stolen from Ross and Glendening’s during the recent_ Christchurch fire. Accused admitted the theft, and was remanded. . The cost of the tangi over tlie late Tamalian Mahapuku ivas the subject of argument in the Supreme Court to-day. Mahapuku died early in

1904, and the tangi lasted for three or four months; 'Mr. Loasbv, a storekeeper, of Greytown, sued the Public Trustee as administrator of

the estate for £lll 3s 6d for goods sold and delivered in connection with the tangi. Mr. James, S.M., gave judgment in favor of the plaintiff for £92 Is 6d. Against that decision the Public Trustee appealed, and the question which is being argued to-day is whether the administrator of the estate of a deceased native is liable for the cost of 'the tangi, or whether, according to Maori custom, visitors to the iatngi do not bring a certain portion of the food required. DUNEDIN. At a meeting of flic. Otago Land Board yesterday reference was made to recent statements ilia do in 1 is bankruptcy examination bv William C. Pitches, lessee of a small grazing run in Tiger Hill district. Pitches had never resided on liis run, having been granted exemption. He took up his lease on the 27th July, 1893, siguing the usual declaration. At tho recent examination he was reported to have said that die never put anything into the run, and had never got .anything out of it; that he had no interest in the run; that it belonged to- liis father; that ho never owned the sheep, and never paid rent. One clause of ■ tho declaration signed by applicants -for land reads: “That 1 am .purchasing such lease solely for my own use , nd benefit, and not directly or indirectly for the use or benefit of other person or persons.”. The 'Commissioner said that declaration made by _ Pitches still applied, though with slight- variation of the conditions; they liud grantod him an exemption from residence some years ago. Tho Board decided to require Pitches to appear on March 10 to show cause why the lease should not be declared ■ forfeited. ; Alt the Police Court yesterday William Booth, a young man, was charged with;lblaving on January 31st stolen £6 and an umbrella valued at os from Henry Hill, and also with having assauted Hill. The evidence of complainant, who is a veterinary surgeon, was to the effect that he and accused hud four drinks together, land that while going along tho street afterwards accused asked him fo.r money. Witness refusing, complainant alleged that accusedthen assaulted and robbed him. Accused deserved his defence and was committed for trial. Mr. R. 15. Smith, who has been manager of the Bank of Australasia here toy tho past three and a half years, has received the appointment of manager'in Wellington, in succession to Mr. Webster, recently appointed' inspector. Mr. T. T. Miller, of Palmerston, will succeed Mr. Smith here. At a, meeting of the Luwrencelioxbufgh Railway League; it was decided to draw the attention of the Minister, of Public Works to the slow progress of construction or the railway, and .to urge that more men be put oil.at.the earliest possible moment, .to ensure reason able progress. A sum of £20,060 was voted For the work last session. LYTTELTON, , Seven firemen of the steamer Pupanui, •charged with broaching cargo, of tho value of £G4, were committed for trial -to-day. Three pleaded guilty ; oiie man pleaded not guilty. Ho said lie was not implicated, but would not inform, as he feaml injury by other firemen, ‘ INVERCARGILL. Edward Colon*in, a -Glen-ham settler, was driving milk to the factory yesterday -morning when the trap was overturned by a collision with a post, Coleman fell underneath and was killed. WESTPORT. The cruiser Prometheus sails to- ■ day for Melbourne, ’after 10 days stay at this port. The barque Menuox is - ready to sail for Valparaiso.avitili a cargo ot coal. , - The Westnort Company has notified Westport customers of increases

■in the price of coal on and after tho Ist March, viz., screened coal from 17s to 18s per ton ; unscreened coal from 13s lo lls, small coal from 10s to 10s Ckl. Mr. Dixon, district manager, informed the Press Association agent that I lie advance is duo to the altered conditions of working at the mines increasing tho cost of production. Ever since the Ministerial visit to Denniston colliery, operations have proceeded ’with pleasurable smoothness. 'The output is being splendidly maintained, ami relations between the management .and employees leave nothing to be desired. . 1 J HOKITIKA, .

A fir® occurred at Kunvara at midnight, « small dwelling being burnt to the ground. The remains of tho occupant, an elderly woman, Mrs. Cato, wore found among the ruins close to the position of the fireplace. Sonic few years 'ago deceased fell over a cliff in the same vicinity, and was exposed for some days, being unable to move owing to a broken leg.