DOMINION NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2232, 2 July 1908, Page 3

DOMINION NEWS.

[Press Association.]

AUCKLAND, July 1. Tlie Trustees of the' Orphan Home report that the necessary amount has been subscribed to. enable them to receive tho £IOOO conditionally " promised by the -late Archdeacon AVilliams. The total ..amount collected in’ Customs, duties at the/port of Auckland for the month of June was £47,234. NAPIER,. July 1. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Harding, of Greenmeadows, who arrived in Wellington in 1848, and resided subsequently at AVanganui and Napier, celebrated their diamond wedding today. The descendants numbering three sons, three daughters, and seventeen grandchildren were all present save one grandchild. There was i large*,-gathering;; and congratulations were received from the Mayor, and also from many friends in both islands. . "

Nows has been received of the death in London, on June 30tli, of William Haviside Tyser, chairman of directors of the Tyser Line, Limited. WELLINGTON, Julv 1.. The following is Captain Edwin’s weather forecast to3p.m. to-morrow: Moderate to strong northerly winds over tho North Island, and southeasterly iir.the .South Island. Indications for" continuance of close, dry, and unsettled weather.

Oliver-Iloliinsoiiy a clerk employed by the Wellington Gas Company, .indicted wounds on his wrist and .aims with a razor during last night, evidently with, the intention of taking his life. Robinson’s wife became aware of the occurreiico through finding the bed iir which'sho and her husband were sleeping saturated with blood. •He is expected to recover. The house occupied by the Robinsons : is next door to one in which a person recently committed suicide. A circular is being issued by, the Inspeptor-Gcneral of Schools covering in appeal by Canada suggesting that school children should each give one penny to assist in preserving and dedicating the historical Plains of Abraham as an Imperial Park. DUNEDIN, July 1.

At the Supreme Court to-day Mr. Justice Williams was asked to make absolute, an order of prohibition in respect to the conviction of Henry Clegg, bii. a charge of wilful trespass on Wiiigatui racecourse on February 19th. Argument showed that CTey was considered to he an “undesirable,” and it was contended he became a- wilful trespasser in refusing to leave the course, when ordered. His Honor held- that as Clegg’s original entry was lawtoj, he -became only a trespasser on being warned, and further warning was necessary to'make him.-, a wilful trespasser. ' The rule was'made absolute,Jwith costs against the Club. • /;