DOMINION NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2575, 9 August 1909, Page 4

DOMINION NEWS.

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ipHH Pitkbs Association.J 11 AUCKLAND, Aug. 7 Mr. Outten, S.M., fined A. Leonard, dairy proprietor, £3 and costs m respect of u sale of milk from which a portion of the cream wa* removed, holding that the shop kept by Mrs. Kelly from which the milk was’sold, was a branch, of the defendant’s business. A MASTER’S CERTIFICATE SUSPENDED. The Nautical Court suspended the certificate of .Captain Dowd, master■ ot the cutter Flora, which sank at tnc anchorage in Auckland Harbor, one of i.Ar crew being drowned in attempting toS ashore. The Court aoo.oed that the vessel was leaking, overloads J, and unseaworthy. It was also inixmae to recommend the' Minister of Munm. to amend the Shipping and Seamen s Act to make tlie Jaw respecting Railing apply to vessels of this mass. i'EN ROOMED HOUSE DESTROYED. FEILDING, Aug. 7. A ton roomed house owned by G. O. Hubner, and occupied by W. Harrell, was destroyed by fire at miuingl t. There was no one at home at the time The house was insured ior £4UU m the State office, and the furniture for £125 in -the National Omce. WELLINGTON SUPREME COURT. WELLINGTON, August 8. At the Suorerne Court to-day, William McLean, who pleaded guilty to q charge of bigamy, was admitted to probation for 12 months. Andrew Amos, of Blenheim, for indecent assault on a voting -woman, was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment and ordered to receive 15 lushes. Mr. Cooper said the case was the worst tnat had ever come before liiin. Janies Reynolds, on a charge of perjury, was admitted to probation for 12 months. Frederick Cyril Ross, on eight cnarges of theft at Feilding, was sentenced to two years on each charge, the sentences to be concurrent.

BURGLARY AT WELLINGTON. The business premises of Henry Droongool, Lambton Quay, wore entered shortly after midnight, and goods valued at £lB stolen. Two men, Robert Pvke and Henry Mcbu., were arrested to-day, charged, and remanded until Wednesday. DOMINION EXPORTS The following are the vaTues of the principal products exported during July last, as shown by Customs returns, with figures for July, 1908, for comparison : Butter, 1909 £15,665, I'M® £39,319; cheese, £13,604 and_ £3577 ; frozen bee-f, £62,555 and £42,951: mutton. £74,603 and £94,518; lamb, £131,915 and £154,810; wheat. £140.920 and £3O ; 0at5,£121.942 and £13,613 : hemp, £ 15,407 and £21,646. WEREROA STATE FARM.

CHRISTCHURCH, August 7

The Agricultural Department has secured ten Holstein heifers and cows from Mr J. C. N. Grigg’s farm at Longbeach, intending to establish a milking strain of that breed at the Wereroa State farm. The animals will he shipped north on Tuesday night. THE HON. R. McKENZIE. DUNEDIN, August 7. The Hon. R. McKenzie journeyed from Ophir to Alexandra and Clyde yesterday. Several deputations waited on the Minister in regard to irrigation and mining matters. Mr McKenzie proceeds to Queenstown to-day. HARBOR BOARD REPRESENTATION. At the annual meetlUg of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday, the question of representation on harbor boards was discussed, and the following motion was carried: “That this chamber is of the opinion that representation on the Harbor Board is in the interests of the mercantile community, and that the executive be instructed to make such representations in the matter as may be necessary to the proper quarters.” CHALLENGE CUP LOST OX THE MAORI. A silver cup. given by Hudson and Co., Dunedin, for Garrison Artillery, and won by Auckland this year, was on the wrecked Shaw-Sarill steamer Maori.