DOMINION NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2737, 16 February 1910, Page 5

DOMINION NEWS.

NAPIER HARBOR BOARD. ri»Kii Press Association.'] NAPIER, Feb. 15. Mr. J. Vigor Brown, M.P., was today re-elected chairman of the Napier Harbor Board. The Board adopted the report of the committee which had arranged the preliminaries in connection with the ensuing poll of ratepayers upon the proposal to borrow £300,000 under the Board’s Act of 1909 for the completion and improvement of the breakwater harbor. NEW PLYMOUTH HARBOR BOARD

NEW PLYMOUTH. Feb. 15. At the annual, meeting of the New Plymouth Harbor Board to-day, Mr. J. B. Connell was re-elected chairman for the ninth term. The Public Trustee’s application for a renewal of the ironsand leases was referred to a committee, which meets to-night to consider that and two other applications for leases from Dunedin and London.

A BOROUGH COUNCILLOR DISQUALIFIED.

ELTHAM, Feb. 15

As a result of the consideration of the matter following the Napier case one of the Eltham Borough Councillors (Cr. Clements), who had unwittingly infringed the disqualification clause of the Act, has resigned. An extraordinary election is fixed for [March 9.

REVENUE FROM POLICE PROSECUTIONS.

WELLINGTON, Feb. 15

The police prosecutions in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday proved a source of revenue to the Government. The Bench, in the course of its jurisdiction, during the morning alone, imposed fines aggregating between £l2O and £l3O. Of this amount ten “two-up” gamblers provided £32, and of the remainder, five residents of Ngahauranga, who were concerned in the slv-grog traffic found to be existent in that prohibition district, contributed between them another £6O. The severest fines inflicted were three of £2O each. In addition, defendants were ordered to pay costs. *

A PENGUIN WRECK COMPENSA-

TION CASE

Mrs. Rogers, of Wellington, whose husband was drowned in the wreck of the Penguin last February, has instituted proceedings against the Union Company, claiming £2OOO compensation

ACCOMMODATION AT MT. COOK

CHRISTCHURCH, Feb. 15

Referring to reports that the accommodation at Mt. Cook for tourists is overcrowded, it is stated that the rush is now at an end, and that there Is plenty of accommodation available for visitors at the Hermitage, where considerable improvements have been made this vear.

CHARGE OF SHEEP STEALING. William Skinner, charged with having stolen 457 sheep, was to-day remanded to Wanganui.

AN ILLEGAL ART UNION

D. A. Thomson, secretary of the Canterbur Cricket Association, was to-day fined £5 and costs for having run an art union in connection with the Association. He pleaded that he had the Governor's permission, and thought that that protected him.

LAND FOR SETTLEMENT LOANS.

Sir Joseph Ward mentioned to a “Star” reporter this morning that applications under the Land Settlement Finance scheme ought to be made on the printed forms supplied by the Government, in order to avoid informalities. - A number of applications hsve already been received, and one at least is informal.