TELEGRAMS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 1983, 19 January 1907, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

Press Association. AUCKLAND, yesterday. Mr Sproule, manager of tho OccaDie Company, says the rejection, of the American Shipping Subsidy Bill will not affect the determination of the Company to place the fan Francisco service on a thoroughly satisfactory basis. The defeat cf tho Bill had been regarded as a foregone conclusion. Tho surprise was rather that the defeat was .so narrow. Another Bill, the passing of which was regarded as practically certain, would provide increased subsidies to companies now engaged in oversea mail services, including the American line on th Atlantic, and Oceanic and Pacific Mail Company on the Pacific.

About half a mile on the Ellerslic side of Penrose station the Main South Road is flooded for a distance of fifty yards. As this water did not appear until after the heavy rain ceased, it is supposed the accumulation in St. John’s lake has forced an underground passage. Subsidence caused by the heavy rain caused a large crack in tho concrete lining of the Ponsonby reservoir, which is now being emptied to ascertain the extent of the damage, and the best means of repairing it. There is no leakage at present.

HAMILTON, yesterday. Owing to the flood waters covering the pumping station it is impossible to keep the reservoir filled. There is no water available at present, either for household or fire prevention purposes. If more rain falls the position will be serious.

"Waugh’s body’ has been recovered. It will be some days before the trains resume running. The Railway Department has arranged a steamer service on the river, which takes passengers’ past the damaged portions of the line. PALMERSTON N.. yestetday. By a fire which occurred at 2.30 this 'morning a nine--roomed house at Terrace End, owned and occupied by Mrs Snow, was totally destroyed. The house was insured for £650 in tho National, and Mrs Snow’s furniture for £ls in the Liverpool, London and Globe. The furniture of Miss Horricks, a lodger, was insured for £IOO in the same office.

CHRISTCHURCH, yesterday’. Welcome rain overnight appears to have been general, more or less, over North Canterbury. There has been heavy rain at Kaikoura. Reports from the southward indicate that rain is general-

NEW PLYMOUTH, yesterday. The annual report presented .by the Chairman of the Harbor Board to-day shows tho steady progress of the port. The revenue last year was £11,859, an increase of £2256. The imports and exports totalled 65,181 tons, an increase of 2673 tons. The revenue has doubled since 1898, and the trade has nearl doubled, The Board spent £7223 during the year on permanent extensions out of revenue. HAWBRA, yesterday. ■An elderly man named Michael Carey suicided this morning at the racecourse. He shot himself through the heart. WELLINGTON, yesterday. Mr H. F. Edger, who was appointed Under-Secretary’ to the Native Department last year, has asked to be relieved of his duties. It has been decided .to accede to his request, and to re-appoint him a j udge of the Native Land Court. It is understood that a well-known South Island politician who at one time was a member of Parliament, will also be placed on the Native Land’ Court bench. DUNEDIN, yesterday. The drought has been followed by a wintry snap. Cromwell advises snow on the ranges. GORE, yesterday. After a long spell of extra heat the weather changed, and yesterday afternoon and to-day’ has been cold and wintry, with frequent showers.

ADULTERATED MILK WELLINGTON, last night. At the Magistrate’s Court to-day the manager of a large city grocery establishment was fined ££ and costs for selling adulterated milk. The circumstances were that the Health Department had examined samples of condepsed milk bought from the defendant. .. The brand on the tins set out that the contents were condensed from “purest milk.” The Department ». wished to ensure that this condensed milk should not be sold, or if it were sold that it should be placed before the public as milk condensed from skim milk. Defendant explained that he never suspected there was anything wrong with tho miik. On hearing the result of the Department’s analysis ho shipped large supplies of the milk back to tho manufacturers.

THE AVEATHER. ASHBURTON, last night. There was a slight fall of rain, throughout- Ashburton country on Wednesday, night. Thursday was a fine day, but welcome showers recommenced about 9.30 p.m. on the same evening, and continued until 5.30 this morning, when the weather showed signs of clearing. During the night some very; heavy showers had fallen, which will do immense good to pastures and rape and turnip crops. This forenoon, however, there was an abrupt change, the temperature falling considerably, and towards evening, after several southerly showers, a very heavy and sleety hailstorm occurred, lasting for more than an hour. The atmospheric Conditions are still threatening. AA'ANGANUI, last night. , A sudden change in the weather took place to-day, the thermometer dropping from 78 to 60. The weather to-night is decidely wintry’.

MISCELLANEOUS. - NELSON, last night. This evening Messrs. S. and G. Richmond were driving home a pony which became startled when passing circus tents, but was held in till it approached a lorry standing beside the road, when it shied, arid threw botli occupants of the gig oil to a cycle track. Mr. G. Richmond is suffering concussion, and -his back is hurt. His brother escaped with slight injury. ' : *. •' INWEIiCARG ILL, last night. The police are informed that a serious assault was committed., on a young girl at Avenal. There is reason to believe that the report is a canard, but so far the police are silent. The Invercargill Racing Club offer a programme of £6lO for their March meeting. CHRISTCHURCH, last night. The attendance at the Exhibition "Jeek ending to-night toalled 81,100, which brings lie total for date to 988,159.

N.Z. BOWLING ASSOCIATION. EXHIBITION TOURNAMENT. Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, yesterday. Tho morning’s piny was confined to tho Christchurch and Canterbury greens, where tho doubles tournament was continued, and tho first games in tho single-handed championship were played. It is Ladies’ Day. The match, North v. South Island, 1(3 rinks aside, begins at 2.30 on tho Canterbury green. Tho weather is lino, but very cold. Doubles Championship.'—Third Round. Tho . results of tho doubles, third round, are: Leighton and Conlin (21) beat Brown and Waddell (20). Vcalo and Mclntosh (18) beat Barnett and Weir (17). Longton and Barry (22) boat Brown and Mercer (16). Allan and MaeKio (23) boat Berry and Moult (21). Allan and Mnckio (23) boat Berry am! Moult (21). Doubles—Fourth round. Buchanan and McDonald (18) beat Wolfe and Borland (9). Craighead and Harrisou (23) heat Holt and Crowley (17). Pollock and Brightweli (17) beat Portoous and Porteous (10). Oakloy and Oakley (19) beat Clibbes and Still (17). Campbell and Scoullar (IS) beat McManaway and Munro (12). Johnston and Smith (17) beat Mollison and Heron (16). Crawford and Sneddon (17) beat Neill and McLaren (12). Wallace and Ilain (13) beat Loughton and Barry (11). Allan and Mackio (12) boat Lotiison and Bishop (12). Dali and Mcllwraith (16) beat Heale and Mclntosh (15). McDonald and Buchanan (16) boat Oakley and Oakley (10).

Rinks Championship.—Final stages, Grade B, second place winners in sections, third round. Dunodin (27) beat Newtown (20). Semi-final. Christchurch (20) heat Tirnaru (19). Singles Championship—First round. Harrison (16) beat Campbell (8). McGregor (IS) beat Hill (5). Finn (13) beat Holt (10). Button (14) beat Riordan (12). Ponsford (16) boat Turnbull (13). Young (21) beat Goddes (17). Poole (16) beat Nicholson (15). Crowley (15) boat Bell (10). Payno (19) beat Guntliorpe (15). Wallace (16) beat Murray (7). Betts (12) beat Strange (8). Durio (17) beat Clarke (12). Miller (18) heat McKinnon (14).. Coxhead (14) beat Harper (13). Stone (19) beat Stott (14). Salent (16) beat Young (9). Hewit (10) boat Pollock (4). - Sneddon (15) beat Falck (12). Porteous (16) boat Gillies (7). Maynard (15) beat Stark (13). Coxhead (14) beat Harper (l 3). Hickey (15) beat Allan (13). Miller (18) beat McKinnon (14). McDougall (17) beat Galloway (13). Betts (12) beat Strange (8). Burie (17) beat Clarke (12). Wallace (16) Murray (7). G. Wedderspoon (15) beat J. Collins (11). C. Barry (22) beat W. Wyatt (10). J. F. Barley (22) beat A. J. Cooper (7). J. Tait (18) beat T. Ballinger (14). N. Herton (18) beat H. Eagleton (7). T. Mackie (15) beat R. Borland F. Laurenson (14) beat J. Greig (11). W. Brunskill (11) beat T. Sands (10). G. Hemingway (21) beat Wallace (13) F. Lill (16) beat A. It. Wilson (15). G. Porteous (19) beat W. Poole (14) « . • T). Munro (20) beat E. Martin (8). W. J. Gaudn (23) beat E. Lefevre

710). W. Berry (18) beat W. F. Barraud (15). Second round. KcDougail (17) beat Gallaway (13). Torrance (16) teat Smellie (10). Bontley (19) beat Hiclien (11). Scott (16) beat Mclntyre (15). Hukey (18) beat Coxhead (13). Ureson (12) beat Mercer (9). Simmers (19) beat McLare;: (15). Nash (15) beat Carswell (10). Hickey (18) beat Coxhead (13).' Bentley (19) beat Hitchon (11). A sharp hailstorm at two o’clock interrupted play. CHRISTCHURCH, last night. In the Singles Championship, probably three of the strongest' singlehanded players in the colony—McLaren (Dunedin), Carswell (Taieri), and N. Bell (Wellington) —were defeated. The B and C stage lias advanced another stage, but the semifinals of the rink championship were not complete. In the afternoon the North v. South Island match was played, and resulted in a win for the North Island by 309 to 305. The game was a very close one, but a number of rinks were necessarily weakened owing to the decision of the association, that every club playing in the tournament should be represented in the match. A heavy squall, with rain and hail, came up from the south-west just before the game started, but the greens played fairly well, notwithstanding the game had just finished, when another squall came up. To-morrow the semi-finals and the finals of the rink championship ■will be played, and the Singles and Doubles will bo continued. Tho following are the scoies in the Berth v. South Island match: South (Hain) beat North (Ponsford), 21—18. _ ~ South (McLaren) heat North (Moult), 20—15. North (Prince) v. South (Gillies), 23—23. North (A. Kilgour) beat South (Bishop), 31—18. North (Lvons) beat South (Fmn), 18—15. * , South (McDougall) beat North (Mvimo), 26—16. . , North (Brackenridge) beat South (Wedderspoon),' 13—11. South (Carswell) beat North (Me3ieo), 26—-16. South (Goldst.one) beat North (Porteous), 17—14. North (Bell) beat South (Greig), jgg 34 North (Neale) beat South (Snedd°South9TDall) beat North (BallihNortli (McLean) beat South (Allnutt), 22—13. ■ South (Payne) beat North (Keith), 21 11. South (MeHutcheson) beat North (Crawley), 20 —18. North (Nash) beat South (Waddell), 2 °Totais: North, 309; South, 305. Add First Round Singles.

THE BUTTER MARKET. COMMISSIONER’S REPORT. Press Association. WELLINGTON, last night. Writing to tlio Department of Industries and Commerce from London during November, Mr. Cameron, the K.Z. “dairy produce commissioner, mentioned that the- Rimutaka which left Wellington on tlio f'th September, with 10,500 cases of butter, the first shipment of any size of the new season’s make, arrived m dock on the 9th November. The butter was expeditiously landed a \k l ' . ?, eh <?\vith good order, and condition. this arrival,” the writer adds, the. season for tlio sale of N.A. nutter mav bo said to. have commenced fr-at-Hm'ttelv owing to tlio action of many N Z prodnceTs in diverting other brands from those who for morly bandied them, and from markets new channels and outlets, considerable dissatisfaction exists among the trade here. There is not that eager enquiry for parcels that was experienced at the opening of tlio season Last year’s prices arc, of nnnrsG liiccli, from 118 sto 116 s for best New Zealand brands, but there is no evidence of the tendency to specialise in New Zealand butter that ' has been a strong feature of the market during the past year or two. Tlio demand for New Zealand butter for blending purposes is considerable, continues Mr. Cameron, “and it is reported that, blenders have already secured most of the butter that is coming forward. If this is so, there i, not a bright prospect of advancing the reputation of New Zealand butter among consumers throughout the country. No doubt the producers have given full consideration to the question, and havo come to the conclusion that their interests are best served by their action regardfi,,,. the disposal of them produce. Thov must not overlook tlio fact, however, that they may be induced bv the offer of an extra price to sell. + { those whose interest it may be to ■ ucop certain brands off the market, and so destroy the reputation they and so " , , n mong consumers. V do S so some buyers could afford to rav extreme rates. The question for, producers to decide is which is the hfttor policy, to sell to the highest bidder whatever lie may be every year, or to place their brands regulady in the bands of some agent for \ sale on' the same, market? If the ' former Plan is decided on, then the V brand cannot bo of. very great value, but if the latter is quoted then the 0 'brand • appreciates yearly,. ' / <V; \ 5 i .i : • ",-yi-P-nn-—'-.1, m--'’ l '* t

COMMERCIAL. PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYIIIGHT. LONDON, Jan, 17. Wool is brisk of salo. For all classes prices are firm. American buyers are operating froly for the best merinos and crossbreds. Tho wool sales included the following averages: Greonhill 18R1, Paukawa 13Jd, Maoyanja 123 d. Press Association. WELLINGTON, yesterday. I Tho third of tho soason’s series of , wool sales opened to-day, over 10,000 bales being offered, a local record. Somo fifty buyers woro present. Bidding started keenly, and nothing of merit .was allowed to pass. The first catalogue submitted was that of tho United Farmers’ and Wnirarapa Farmers’. Prices for medium crossbred were about the samo as at last month’s sales. Conrso crossbrod and shabby parcels woro in sonic cases a farthing moro. There was good competition for fino crossbred lines, which were well grown and cloan, and prices woro realised a farthing in advance of tho previous salos’ ptices. Lambs’ wool was sold at a slight advance on tho previous sales rates. Tho N.Z. Lonn and Mercantile Company report spirited competition for good crossbreds, with prices fully up to last salos, and ill some instances advances woro obtained. Inferior and faulty crossbreds met with irregular competition, seedy lots being neglected. Half-bred was not keenly competed for, and prices woro easier. Merino sold well, Old to IOJd being realised. Tho sulo is proceeding. WELLINGTON, last night, f There were over ten thousand bales of wool offered at Wellington to-day. Tho quality was such that only in a minority of cases keen competition was manifested, whoro tho wool suited tho requirements of manufacturers, good prices wore paid, and tho best kinds showed an advance of fully a farthing on tho December rates. Poorer conditioned and inferior sorts wero very much neglected. The best prieo of tho sale was 13.1 cl for 22 bales of fine half-bred quality, sold on account of Nearo, Polorous Sound. Fifteen bales of second half-bred from the same grower made 123 d. Tho range of prices was as follows:—Halfbrecls lid to 13)6; superfine breds, lid to 12id; medium ditto, 10)cl to 113 d; coarse ditto, lOd to lid; inferior ditto, S)d to 93d; pieces and bellies, 6cl to 9ld ; locks, 4d to old ; lambs superior, lid to 113 d; lambs medium, 9d to lid; ditto seedy and inferior, 6)d to 83d.

RECEPTION OF PREMIER. NATIVE LAND COMMISSION. THE NEW JUDGES. Press Association. DUNEDIN, last night. There was a great gathering in the Garrison Hall this evening on the occasion of tho reception to the Hon. Sir Joseph Ward, Prime Minister, tho spacious building being packed to tho doors. Sir Joseph was played from his hotel to the hall by the Dunedin Pipe Band, and, on entering the hall, was enthusiastically cheered. The Mayor, Mr. Geo. Lawrence, occupied the chair, and seats on the platform were also occupied by the Hon. 'J. A. Millar, Hon. R. McNab, members of Council, House of lAwresentatives, and all c 1 assejj^EfcAl*!immunity. Mr. James AiTE. presented the Premier with a tjbautifully illuminated address, encased in a handsome album. Mr. Mills, who spoke on behalf of the commercial interests, said that all shades of political opinion were represented in the gathering, which was purely a demonstration in honor of the Prime Minister of the colony. Mr. H. Hocking spoke for learned professions, and Mr. J. T. Paul for the industrial* classes, both of whom congratulated the Premier on the high office he had attained. The Prime Minister, on rising to reply, was greeted with a perfect ovation, tho audience standing en masse, and singing “For lie’s a jolly good fellow.” Sir Joseph, after thanking the people of Dunedin for the address, referred to matters that are to be discussed at the Imperial Conference, laying stress on the advisability of getting up a Council on which the colonies would be represented, so that the desires of Colonial Governments might be brought prominently Before the Home Government. He also devoted some time to tho question of native lands, and announced that the members of the Native Lands Commission would be Sir Robert Stout, Chief Justice, and Mr. Ngat.i, M.H.R. He also intimated that Mr. Gilfedder, solicitor, of Invercargill; Mr. Fisher, agent for the Public Trustee at Wanganui, had been appointed native land court judges, in order to expedite the work of individualising titles to native lands. The ■ question of appointing a third member of the Native Lands Commission would be considered on his return to Wellington. Sir Joseph, on resuming his -seat, was heartiy received, and the audience sang “Rule Britannia.” During the evening a capital musical programme was contributed by the Dunedin Orchestral Society and Vocalists.

THE GOVERNOR'S TOUR. Press Association. HOKITIKI, yesterday. Splendid weather prevailed for the reception of His Excellency tho Governor to-day. A special train arrived at 11 a.m., and Lord Plunketl was received by a large- assemblage. Volunteers formed a guard of honor. A loyal address was presented on behalf of Westland. In the course of the address, the following reference -yyas made to the late Premier: “In welcoming yojir Excellency to-day, there is a sadness in the hearts of the people that you are not under the personal escort of our respected and revered member, the late Right Hon. R. J. Seddon, P.C. A year ago, when amongst us, the late Mr. Seddon expressed the hope that lie would have the pleasure of accompanying your Excellency through Westland at this time. Providence has, alas, willed otherwise, and withdrawn the notable Statesman from our . midst, and from the service of this country. Here, in the laud he loved so well, his death is still deeply deplored, and in common with the colony generally, the removal of a leader so magnetically vigorous is sincerely regretted.” His Excellency in his official reply said: “I join with you in your expressions of sorrow regarding tho late Mr. Seddon, >vith whom I had looked forward to making my official visit to Westland, and postponed doing so more than once with that object. As representative of the King I lament the death of a great Imperialist. As Governor I . appreciate tho loss of so distinguished a Prime Minister, and ns a private individual I remember bis constant courtesy and consideration towards myself.” This afternoon tlio Governors party were taken to Lake Kanieri, and will be entertained at a conversazione this evening Ho visits the minin gdistricts to-morrow morning, proceeding to Kumara in the afternoon.