TELEGRAMS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2042, 30 March 1907, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

* Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, last night. The awards in the district courts’ display at the exhibition .were announced to-night, the points being as follows: —South Canterbury; 165, Auckland 157, North Canterbury 151, Marlborough’' 122, AVest Coast 110, Southland ’**lo7, Ashburton 107, Hawke’s Bay 92. The minimum was 270. The prizes are: —Ist 60 guineas, 2nd 30 guineas, 3rd 10 guineas, AUCKLAND, last night. The election of councillors for various boroughs surrounding Auckland will be pretty well contested this year. It is quite probable that labor candidates will be put up in each borough as well as in the city.

worried look, for he was. pressed into WELLINGTON, last night.

The City Council passed a resolution to-night protesting against the Government’s proposal to utilise Kapiti Island as a leper station. A special order was agreed to resolving to borrow £15,000 to establish municipal abattoirs. The tramway committee was authorised to arrange for procuring twenty additional cars.

NATIVE LAND COMMISSION. WANGANUI, Thursday. At the Native Land Commission yesterday, the only witness was' D. Howalls, a Mormon missionary, who asked if.there was any possibility of that church being granted a piece of land for the establishment of an agricultural school for teaching farming to the Maoris. The Chief Justice thought there was not- the slightest chalice, of any more landvbeing given to any church. The tendency was the other way about. Personally he had always hold that the State should undertake all education, and the Commission would not be prepared to recommend that ..such a request he given effect to. At' the Commission this morning a number of upriver natives gave evidence concerning blocks at Ranaua, Morikaii, and Raetihi. Native witnesses throughout the proceedings show a decided wish to escape from tho trammels of the Maori Land Boards and doal direct'- with Europeans. Win. McDonald gave evidence that after 45 years knowledge of many of the upriver blocks, they wero in "a worse condition now than at first. Ho considered tho best thing for the Maoris was to adopt Mr. Carroll’s suggestions to appoint a competent man to manage a farm, and let him employ and pay wages to the Maoris and teach them farming, so that after a while they would ho-competent to leave and work their own land-properly.

CHESS ASSOCIATION. WELLINGTON,, last night. At the quarterly meeting of the New Zealand Chess Association the report oil the recent Congress was read and adopted. On behalf of the Masterton Club, Mr. Rolling gave notice of bis intention to. move an alteration in -tlie Congress’ rules, making the time limit 15 moves per hour, instead of 18 as at present. The Club also desires to have next Congress bold at Easter, 1908, instead of at Christmas, 1907, and it was decided to ask affiliated Clubs to instruct their delegates in time to allow these matters to be decided on the 13th May, at the annual general meeting. Mr.. James read .an interesting draft of instructions which lie claimed might with advantage be issued for the guidance of future Congress Committees. These draft instructions are much more detailed than the few general rules at present dealing with the Congress’ management., and are evolved from an experience in past tourneys, their object being of course, to provide competitions with as much quiet and comfort as possible, to make their surroundings in every way as confluc-. ive as possible to good chess, and generally to-make provision for the competition to be. conducted minus tlio many petty annoyances that do not perhaps in any way trouble tho average player, yet operate very adversely to the play of a nervous competitor. It was decided to circulate Mr. James’s motion as soon as possible among affiliated clubs, so that they could rule in matter at tho annual meoting.

CALLIOPE DOCK ACCIDENT. AUCKLAND, last night.

It was announced by Mr. Justice Cooper yesterday that Mr. Justice Denuiston had decided to dismiss a summons taken out by the Auckland Harbor Board,' defendants in an action for damages brought by the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Coy., arising out of the Calliope dock accident, whereby plaintiffs : were called upon to furnish a more explicit statement of claim setting out the acts of negligence relied upon. His Honor said that Mr. Justice Denniston hud informed him by teelgrapli that tho written judgment had been inadvertently delayed by post.

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. Press Association. DUNEDIN, last night. Alex. Blair, aged 19, died in the hospital, of which he has been an inmate for the past four months. Un the 28tli of November tlio lal was carting manure, when the hone belted and broke the shaits. The cart was overturned; and came d-wu on Blajr’s ’right Teg, whim Was badly L3§tured above the' ku’.o, x. . -