NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 141, 25 June 1901, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

(By Telegraph —Press Association.) Auckland last night. The four-year-old son of Mr Manson, while floating a boat in a tank, fell in and was drowned. The mother, missing the child, saw his hat near the tank, and prodding tho bottom with a rake, discovered the dead body. Joseph Paice, of Mount Roskill, aged .' 0 years, died suddenly on a ferry steamer ast night. Napier, last night. A Maori named Tokomauru appeared at tho Court this morning charged with obtaining money by false pretences, with indecently assaulting a Native woman, and with practising as tohunga. Accused was remanded for a month. Wellington, last night. The Terrace School, one of tho largest schools in tho city, was burned to the ground at 7 o’clock this morning. It was in occupation of the Defence Department, but troops had not been in it since Friday

night. The Department was retaining possession until to-morrow, to accommodate for the night the men returning from South. Tho only insurances were £SO on the school piano and £SO on the library, both in the South British. Tho building stood on a high level, and though the Fire Brigade arrived in good time, they were hampered by lack of water.

Tho Minister for Public Works left for Rotorua this morning for the benefit of his health. In reference to tho refusal to give up rooms at Scald's Hotel for the uao of the Royal party, he ridiculed tho suggestion that any unpleasantness had occurred between him and his colleagues. He says ho has occupied tho rooms for tho last two and a half years, and it was proposed, without consulting him, to appropriate them for ono of tho Royal suite, and this after ho had been assured he would not be disturbed, and at a time when it was impossible to obtain accommodation elsewhere. Under the circumstances, ho refused to consent. Now Plymouth, last night. Boring for petroleum is still being continued by Mr Samuel and his associates. The eighth boro is down 922 ft, but water is now troubling, and experiments aro being made to shut it off. Dunedin, last night.

Tho Horticultural and Fruitgrowors’ Conference, with delegates from all parts of the colony, opened this morning, and will last for tho greater part of the week. Mr William Beelham, of Mastorton, was appointed Chairman, and Mr Matthew Muir, of Balclutha, secretary. Mr Murray Aston, a well-known insurance agent, is dead.