YESTERDAY’S TELEGRAMS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2051, 30 November 1907, Page 1

YESTERDAY’S TELEGRAMS.

Press Association. AUCKLAND. Tho Agricultural and Pastoral Show opened in line weather. v ie outvies'.total 1500. being a considerable advance on of previous years. 'Pile stallion Marcellus won the first prize in iiis class and. the championship. , . , Win. Taylor, of To Awumutu, took the four orizes in yearling bulls, Baron Roso 111. taking first prize for two-year-old hulls; Fitzwiliuun, owned ‘by Willis ‘.Bros., won the first prize in'aged .hulls; and a bull sired by EitzwiHi'aun iget first ‘honors in yearling Jerseys. J ° .DUNEDIN. A poll was taken in St. Kilda borougjh yesterday in regard to- the introduction of tile system of rating on unimproved values. The ratepayers, a shade over one-third of whom exorcised their vote, rejected the proposal, tile voting being lfiSS for and 223 again t. The stallion Qiiarrymun. recently

leased .by -Mr. -VleLeaii/ ironi. - Sir George Clifford, took fright a.t a thunderstorm which passed over Warrington yesterday; and got fatally staked .when jumping a fence. The 31st annual summer show of the Otago A. and P.. Society opened to-duy In splendid weather. The entries all hound showed an increase as compared 'with' Hast year, the .total being 731, as against’ 657. The principal increases were, in horses and cattle, the iformer numbering 337, as against 295 last year, .and the latter 110 As against, 119. Championships wore awarded as .follows:- — Sheep: Border Leicester, ram, Mr. Little (Ngaparu); ewo, Mr. J. Boss; English .Leicester, ram, Mr. ‘Murdoch (Riversdale); owe, Mr. Belaud (Timami); Romney Marsh, ram, M». Watson Shennan (Cowcil Mills); ewe, Mr. E. Telford (Balclutha); Lincoln rani and ewe. New Zealand Agency

and Land Co.; in-bred and halfbred, ram, Mr Elisor (North Canterbury); ewe, New Zealand Agency

and Land Co. .Cattle: Shorthorn bull, Bean’s Estate (North Canterbury); cow, Mitchell Bros. (Weston); Ayrshire ‘bull, A. .Gillies (Hampden): cow, TV. Cowan (Enfield); polled Aligns hull and,cow, Murray. .Roberts, and Co.; Alderney or Jersey bull, G. .Shew (Leith Val-

ley) ; cow, l‘\ Hillycr (N.E. Harbor). Special points prizes were awarded ae follows: —‘Cattle: Shorthorn, J. Dean’s Estate (North Canterbury); polled Angus, Murray, Roberts, and Co.; Ayrshire, W. Cowan. Sheep: Border Leicester, T. G. Little (Ngapara)j .English Leicester, E. Ivelland; Romney Marsh, Watson Shennan. NEW PLYMOUTH. People’s Day at the Taranaki Show was completely spoiled by heavy rain, which set in eanly in the morning, and continued till about 4 o’clock. Only about 2000 country visitors attended. Mr. Brenner’s Lord Erskino easily annexed the Clydesdale stallion championship. The.parade of stock was abandoned, but the competitions avere successfully carried through without mishap. OAMAEU. The police last night raided .Boland’s .Papakaio hotel, and Seized two cases of whisky, which were found in an outhouse. A prosecution will follow. WELLINGTON. In accordance with a recommendation of a majority of th e .unions, tiho Cabinet lias appointed Mr. J. A. McCullough, late of the Addington railway workshops, the workers’ representative on the Arbitration Court. The appointment is to date from Ist January next, in order to enablo Mr. R. Slater, who at present represents the labor unions; to assist in completing the cases upon which he is already engaged. Mr. W. T. Young, of Wellington, secretary of the federated Seamen’s ynion of Australasia, secured a majority of the nominations of the unions as deputy representative of the workers, and the Cabinet has ‘appointed him to that .position. Mr. S. Brown, of Wellington, was the only, one nominated as the employers’ representative, and he has been reappointed. Mr. W. Pryor, Parliamentary secretary of the N.Z. Employers’ Federation, has been .appointed deputy employers’ representative. The salary of the employers’ •representative and of the workers’ representative is £SOO each per annum,. with £1 per client travelling expenses. The .Postmaster-General has approved of the design for the new general nost office to be erected in Wellington. The design is classic. Renaissance, and is intended foMie executed in . granite or other New Zealand stone, with steel, frame, fire proof .and earthquake resisting construction. The cast of the new building fs estimated at about £85,000. It is expected that, the office will be one of'th'e most imposing in the .Dominion.