LATE NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12587, 18 October 1911, Page 6

LATE NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(Per Press Association.) . WHAXGAREI, thip day. Investigation to-day revealed thej broken remains of three other skeletons in' the vicinity of yesterday's discovery. The police 'theory is that the skeletons were used for anatomical purposes by a doctor who had resided •m the ' house many years ago. " "

; AUCKLAND, this day. Grand Junction for four weeks totalled £13,609 from 9282 tons.

• Sharemarket business : Sylvia, Is 9d, Is lOd ; Occidental, 3d, 3£d ;• Hauraki Reefs (con.), 2s 4d ; Golden Cross, Is to Is 3d; Talisman, 50s 3d, 50s 9d j Waihi, 67s 9d, 66s 9d; Waihi Reefs, Is ld, : Is 2d ; Grand Junction, 365, 35s 6d ; New Wuitaia, 6d >

HASTINGS, this day. ■ The Hawko's Bay A. and , P. annual show opened m fine, bnt windy weatlior. There were record entries. There was a large attendance. Slack Broswere awarded the championships for a" Yorkshire bull and heifer; W. J. Lovelock, Holstein Freisien bull and cow;' C. H. Thompson, Alderney bull and cow. The judging is still proceeding. t WELLINGTON, this day, .Threo Government Bills are set down for consideration this afternoon, comprising Local Elections Polls, Workers' Compensation Act Amendment, .'lndustrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act Amendment. It is then intended: » to take tha Loan j Bill arid Public ' Wo^ks Estimates, and to sit until the same /are comploted. . ' WAIHI, this day. Tlie Waihi ..Grand Junction, 'crushed 9282 tons for £13,609— a record. R. D. Curden, a local chemist, was fined £25 and costs for keeping liquor for sale. The police stated he had received 338 bottles m three months, and medical prescriptions .only accounted 1 for 76. The Magistrate said defendant had gj'ossty abused- the section of' tne Act governing the dispensing of liquor for chemists. The case is the first of. the kind m the Dominion. CHRISTOHUROH, this day. The north-west gale was responsible for a coach accident at Otira yesterday,

one of the coaches to the West Coast being overturned. There were two passengers/ both being thrown clear and unhuri. The driver, Maucer, hung to the reins, and was dragged 50 yards, his arm being dislocated.

WESTPORT, this day, A lieavy r eea on the bar to-day is hampering shipping. There are 600 tons of cargo at this port awaiting.transhipment to Greymouth. 'It vra& intended to bring sheep from Wanganui by the steamer Regulus, but there was some later 'interference, for the stock was shut out.

John Dow Gray, liabor candidate for Bxiller, has retired, owing to his duties on the Mines Commission taking all his time.

Local butchers are completely out of stock, and a meat famine is .threatened, owing to the withdrawal of the Wanganui cattle steamers. There are 600 tons of cargo at this port for Grey awaiting transhipment.