LATE NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 378, 1 April 1902, Page 2

LATE NEW ZEALAND.

By Telegraph—Press Association

PALMERSTON N., last night. The holiday passed off very quietly. There was splendid weather.- Three rinks of the .Victoria Club met the local bowlers and suffered defeat in two rounds by 67 points, the scores being Victoria 84, Palmerston 151. Pahiatua also sent three rinks, and were beaten by 1C points, the totals being ; Pahiatua SI, Palmerston 100. Two rounds were played. The visitors expressed great satisfaction at the hospitable treatment shown by the local club.

A boy named Holland was thrown from a horse and severely injured about the head and face. He was taken to the hospital. The mounted battalion camp broke up this afternoon, | but the Huntervil'e corps remain under canvas until the morning, when it will entrain for home. Notwithstanding the poor muster of men the camp lias proved very successful: INVERCARGILL, last night.

The Axemen’s first carnival came off to-day, and was a great success. There were about COO spectators, and great interest was taken in the events —as Pettit and Goold came from Tasmania to compete. They won the New Zealand championship, sawing a 2-foot log of red pine in 39 4-5 secs., beating Fisher and Hudson, the local men. But these latter turned the tables on the visitors in the intercolonial sawing event, won in 31 3-5 secs. Pettit won the single-handed sawing event. The handicap sawing was -.vo/i easily by Tobin and Mackintosh, from scratch, hut were disqualified for going out of their wood, and the first prize went to Mitchell and Wood, 4 secs. Thomson Bros., Gsecs, were second ; Pettit and Goold, scratch, third. The champion chop was won by More, of Riverton. Casey, the Taranaki champion, came down to compete, but unfortunately contracted a bad cold and could not do so. WANGANUI, last night.

The Wanganui regatta was held this afternoon. There was ideal weather., The results were Maiden fours : Star 1, Wanganui Rowing Club 2, Wellington Rowing Club 3. Senior Fours' .- Wanganui Rowing Club 1, Union Cluo (Wanganui) 2, Aramoho (Wanganui) 3. Junior Single Sculls: Webb (Wanganui) 1, Crawford (Wellington) 2. The youths’ fours : Star Boating Club—a row over. Maiden double sculls : Wellington Rowing Club 1, Star (Wellington) 2, Union (Wanganui) 3. Senior Fours: Union (Wanganui), 1, Wellingtonton Rowing Club 2, Aramoho (Wanganui) 3. Junior Fours : Aramoho 1, Star 2, Wanganui Rowing Club 3. At the volunteer camp, the day was devoted to field firing and a sham

NAPIER, last night. The weather was fine for the holiday, and large numbers of people attended the races at Waipukurau, or witnessed tiie rowing races between the Poverty Bay, Union, and Napier crews on the inner harbor. At the Waipukurau races Minerve won the Waipukurau Handicap, paying a dividend of £4 13s. Ia won the Flying Handicap, paying £2 Is, and Reliance won the Easter Handicap, the dividend being £2 18s. A cricket match was played between Scinde Club and a team of Redding cricketers. The local men won by an innings and 123 runs, the scores being Scinde 282, Feiiding 116 and 43, : Nelson, last night.

With the exception of this forenoon, during which rain fell, the weather proved favorable for the holiday. The volunteers of Nelson, Marlborough, and Bay district have had three days’ good training. They were divided into defending, and attacking forces, and carried out sham fighting over about twenty miles of country, shifting camp each night, and having baggage corts to withdraw them after each attack. Colonel Owen criticised the movements, pointing out where better work might have been done, thus making the whole work beneficial to officers and men. The volunteers had hard work skirmishing in the rain from about 6 till noon. The Premier arrived at 5 this morning, and leaves again to-morrow. He has received the following cablegram from Major Pilcher, dated Capetown, 30th:— “ Colonel Banks, Major Andrews, Captains Tucker and Harper, Lieutenants McDonald, Wallis, Blinkhorn, Banks, Harold, Smith, Jones, and Beamish, Hon. Surgeon - Captain O’Neill, VeterinaryLieutenant McMillan, and 344 men have sailed by the s.s. Montrose for Durban, where they will embark on the steamer Cornwall about April the 2nd. The officers and men are all well.