LATE NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9641, 16 January 1903, Page 3

LATE NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

— > (Per Prfss Association.) INVERCARGLLL, this day. Mr J. P. Joyce, editor of the News for 40 years, and formerly representative of Wallace and Awarua "electorates iv Parliament, died suddenly this morning from heart disease. He was at Ballarat and Bendigo m the early days on the diggings, and arrived m Southland about 1857. DUNEDIN, this day. The allocation of the £1000 received by the Otago Patriotic Committee from Lloyds' Fund has been made as follows : Auckland £205, Canterbury £185, Hawke's Bay £10, Nelson £10, Otago £215. Southland £35, Wellington £330, Westlaud £20, total £1010, including interest. Forty cases were dealt with, tlie highest individual sum paid beiug £100, and the lowest £10. The body erf the suicide lias been identified as that of George Melndoe, a farmer ab Wairuna. It is believed deeea-sed made a similar attempt on his life at Palmerston a few years ago. John Walt, aged 73, a resident of Goodwood, died suddenly yesterday. PALMERSTON N., this day. The Ma.ivawalu Gun Club's Pigeon Shooting Match' commenced this moi'ning, there being 25 competitors. At luncheon three rounds had been fired, four still to go. Among the competitors are tlie Australian champions, Govrick and Kales. WELLINGTON, this day. The Agricultural Department reports that the area under potatoes m t.'lie colony this year is 31,408 acres, an increase of 149 acres compared with last year. The steamer Kent will load at New Zealand ports for South Africa, under Government contract, during next month. The four leading ports have not yet been nominated by the contractors, and m any case will not be approved by tlie Government until the- 25th inst. This gives every safe port m New Zealand nn> opportunity of securing a call from the steamer, provided shippers combine to place a guarantee of 300 tons of cargo m the lui.nds of the Department of Industries and Commerce before the 25th. To encourage shipments of timber, for which it is reported there is a good demand m South .Africa, a specially low rate of freight has been fixed at 6s per 100 ft supwficia.l. NEW PLYMOUTH, this day. At the Harbor Board meeting to-day the Committee reported that it is absolutely necessary that an extension of the breakwater be" proceeded with, but that (.lie mode of carrying on the work should be left to the new Board. It was decided to grant on all-round increase of wages to the employees.