YESTERDAY’S TELEGRAMS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2048, 27 November 1907, Page 1

YESTERDAY’S TELEGRAMS.

Press Association. AUCKLAND,

Alexiander Whisker, 0110 of .tlio few. surviving soldiers present at ■the coronation of Queen Victoria, died yesterday, aged 89. Ho was a member of the 58tli Regiment, and took part ill tlio Maori wars. DUNEDIN.

■Captain . Moße,fch, of ,tlio n.s. Warriiuoo, leaves shortly' tp bring out the Tof-u-a, the -new Island trader, now being built for the Union Company. The Tofu a leaves early next year. -Captain ' Livingstone, who brought out the Maori, has gone Home to act as an assistant building supervising • _ engineer at . the Clvdo.for the Union Compamy.

Captain CU-ifit, formerly of the s.s. Maponrika, brings out tho Union Company’s new turret steamer Koromiko.

At tho thirty-second annual meeting of tlio Union (Steamship Company yesterday a dividend at the rate of 8 per cent, per annum was declared, with a bonus of 2 per cent from the insurance f.un-d. A number of special resolutions dealing wi>; tho readjustment of certain, reserve funds were passed. The retiring directors, Messrs J. M. Ritchie and A. Leo Smith, were re-elected. ELTHAM.

Brigadier Albiston (officer in charge of tlio North Island, and Brigadier Bray, in charge of tho social work ip Australasia) to-day inspected,alternative sites for the Salvation Army Boys’ Homo. The site chosen is an ideal one, being within two miles of the' town and commanding a magnificent view. It consists of ten -acres, fronting tiie Mang-awhare road, with a sunny aspect. A ridge runs up the centre, on top- of which tlio home will be built. The land is rich, and there is water on both sides. .PALMERSTON. A conference last evening between representatives of the employers and employees in the dairy factory workers’ dispute was productive of no satisfactory results, and the case co-mes before the Arbitration Cbunt in Marchl -It is understood that Mr Pryor, who conducted the case for the Flax-millers’ Association in the Arbitration .Court, will, appear on behalf of the employers in this, matter. WELLINGTON. Tlio Italian Consul to-day handed Captain Oashnian, of the rt earner Karitane, -a medal, presented by 'the Italian Government, hi recognition of the bravery displayed by tbe captain when on the s.s. Rosamond in rescuing four Italian fishermen from drowning in Cook Strait.