NEW ZEALAND.
[By Telegraph—Press Association.] Wellington, last night.
The Agent-General cabled to the Agricultural Department on ; the. 18th iiist “ Butter 106 s, market firm;. There' are heavy supplies of butter on hand., Cheese 525, market steady.- : The hemp market is firm ; good, fair Wellington 'IJ23, fairicurrent.Manila £32 10s. There is a disposition to sell distant hemp. Cocksfoot is unchanged.” --: ■ . , Palmerston North, last night. '
A young man named Parker, a recent arrival from- Hawke’s Bay; is believed to have been drowned in the Manawatu river on Sunday. He went to the fiver to bathe, and has not been.-scon .since. His clothes were found ,on the river, bank. The police are dragging for the body. ... Sherrait, licensee of tho Longburn Hotel, was fined £‘2 and ‘costs {yesterday for refusing to admit the police.to his premises. - ' .
Wanganui, last night,
At the evening sitting, on the motion of Dr Elmslie, secondod by . the Rev. Air, Paterson, it was unanimously resolved to forward an address of condolence to the King. The matter : of church insurance was again left in tho hands of the committee. The thanks of the Assembywere accorded to the '.retiring,' laiv.' adviser, Mr W. S. Reid. Petitions re gambling were circulated. Protests wero made. against' Sabbath desecration.' Gratification was expressed at the'union of the' Free and United Presbyterian Churches of Scotland. The Rev. Afr White read the report of the Sunday school teachers’ examination. Dunedin, last night.
The sly-grog selling prosecutions are proceeding atTapanui. { George Dunnett, of Kelso; was, convicted and fined D4O and costs, or a'month's imprisonment. ; Greymouth, last night. {
In the Foleys’ salting case several witnesses swore that Lawson was at work all day on the date ho was said to havo been at Greyinouth buying gold at the bank. - The Trades and Labor Council is sitting, and has passed ; a resolution asking the Government tb make*the‘clauses in the Mines Act regarding shafts to mines more explicit. The Cable Commission is taking evidence at Brunnor to-day. •
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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 43, 20 February 1901, Page 1
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