NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 518, 3 September 1902, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND.

By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, last night.

Trooper John Hawksworth, of the Tenth Contingent, Nelson, died in Auckland Hospital this morning, of pneumonia.

The Federated Seamen’s Union has selected Messrs Foster and Way, of the Flour Millers’ and Cabdrivers’ Unions, and Fawcus and Rosser to stand in tho labor interests for Auckland City. The final selection is to bo made by tho Workers' Political Organisation, a body composed of Union delegates. Tho Sierra’s Auckland cargo for Sydney included 432 sacks of maize, 520 carcases of mutton, 150 sacks of mutton and beef, 200 quarters of beef, and 43 frozen pigs. Dannevirke, last night. The Hawke’s Bay Sawmillers’ Association have advanced the price of timber threepence per hundred all round. On timber required for butter boxes the price has been increased ono shilling per hundred. Now Plymouth, last night. The theft of about £4OO, contained in a registered letter in transit between Ilawera and Inglewood, is reported. The police have the matter in hand. Wellington, last night. In the semi-final of tho ladies’ hockey tournament tho Crovcn School, Palmerston, boat Wakatu, Nelson, by two goals to o ne. The Government seismograph in Wellington distinctly recorded the severe earthquake felt in Manila last week. Tho instrument shows that the quake began at 8.30 a.m. on the 21st August, and lasted 8.3.|. hours without ceasing until 7.45 pan, on tho 24th. There were also soveral tremors for days after that date. The seismograph also recorded sovero shocks in Wellington last Sunday night and yesterday morning. Kecord prices wore obtained at the Jobnsonvillo saleyards to-day for fat stock. In the caso of heavy weight bullocks, tho prices obtained showed an advance of about 5s per 1001 b on last week’s sales. The best figure was £l3 7s fid. A good many wore bought at prices above £l3, all for the Sydney rnarkot. Local butchers could not look at the beasts at the prices offered. Christchurch, last night. Charles Hickson, a middle-aged man, licensee of the Waiau Hotel, committed suicide at the A 1 Hotel, Christchurch, this morning by cutting his throat. Tho reason is unknown. An unusual case was before the Magistrate’s Court yesterday, when a fisherman named Lawrence Joyce claimed £lO for recovering the body of a young man named Stubberfiold, drowned on January 12th, whilst bathing in Sumner Estuary. Ho alleged that the father of deceased offered a £lO reward, and only paid Joyce £l. The Bench gave judgment for defendant. Fine weather continues for tho Golf Championship, which was resumed at Shirley Links this morning. The second round finished yesterday, and the third started this morning. Tho results to date are :—Third round : C. E. S. Gillies (Auckland) beat R. L. M. Kitto (Christchurch), 4up and 3 ; A. H. Fisher (Otago) beat T. D. Harman (Christchurch), 3 up and 2 ; A. Duncan (Wellington) beat A. Horden (Wanganui) 5 up and 4; S. H. Gollan (Napier) beat B. Sommervillo (Timaru), 5 up and 3; G. Harold (Wanganui) beat E. Wildes (Christchurch), 5 up and 3 ; R. C. Orbell (Christchurch) beat A. Todd (Otago) 2 up and 1. Greymoutb, last night. The gold export from the port of Greymoutb for the month of August w'as 70G90z Bdwt 14gr, valued at £28,268. Yesterday 20 additional men were put on the Coal Creek railway, connecting with tho Stato coal mine ; and 20 more will be put on next Monday, making ip all about 70 workmen. Notwithstanding this, owing to the large influx of workmen lately, there is a great dearth of employment in the district, there being 130 names down at the labor bureau.

Dunedin, last- night. The body of a newly-born infant was found in Macandrew Bay. Otago Harbor, yesterday. It had evidently been prematurely born. In the Arbitration Court, in the case of tho tramway employes v. the City Corporation, Mr T. B. Fairbairn, Town Clerk, raised a preliminary objection under certain clauses of the Municipal Corporations Act, that their servants are not employed in an ordinary sense, but are appointed to an office, and therefore the Corporation should be = discharged from proceedings. No notice had been given the employees of this objection, which Judge Cooper held should have been done. He did not think there was much in the objections, and would go on with tho ease, the Court giving its decision later. The case then opened on behalf of the men. Invercargill, last night. The Supreme Court sittings opened before Judge Williams, who congratulated the jury on the lightness of the calendar, there being only three charges. Samuel Stauford, for perjury, was admitted to probation for twelve months. The Grand Jury returned a no bill in the case of William Stolmmouth, for perjury,