The Globe. TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1875. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Globe, Volume III, Issue 239, 16 March 1875, Page 2

The Globe. TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1875. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(Press Telegraph Agency.') Auckland, March 15. The Williamson testimonial committee has issued lists inviting subscriptions to be invested as follows:—lst, to provide an income to Mrs Williamson for life, after her decease for Miss Williamson if she should survive ; 2, after the decease of the survivor to establish a school in Auckland, or a scholarship at the Auckland Grammar-school to be called the Williamson Memorial Scholarship. Any subscriber to the amount of £45 directing that his subscription be treated as a loan for the benefit of Mrs Williamson only, will be entitled to have money returned at her decease, or the loan may be expended for the benefit of Miss Williamson for life, and also be returned at the death of the survivor if so desired. In the Police Court to-day, Henry Pettit was committed for trial for assault on the wife of Mr Cornford, solicitor, Napier, in December last. The evidence showed that he had followed Mrs Cornford into an outhouse, closed the door, seized her, and threw her on the floor, and threatened to kill her with a knife unless she gave him £lO. After some parley he let her out to get the money. She escaped, and fell fainting. He then disappeared over the fence. He pleaded guilty. The Pretty Jane has arrived from Poverty Bay, after being successfully raised. She presents a dilapidated appearance. Taubanga, March 15. The Luna has sailed for Maketu with the Native Minister and party. About one thousand Natives are awaiting Mr M'Lean’s arrival at Maketu. Dunedin, March 15. In the share market money is tight. Colonial Bank, £1 Os 6d ; National, £3 8s ; National Insurance, 28s to 28s 6d ; South British, £2 6s ; Standard, 13s, Castaway, Hercules, Templeton, Elfin King, and Sledmere colt have arrived per the Phoebe, and have been safely landed. All the Cup horses are now hard at work, and their movements are closely watched. By the San Francisco mail were despatched 3134 letters and 3666 newspapers. Received via Frisco 6139 letters and 19,290 newspapers. By the Suez mail inwards were received 1814 letters and 1920 newspapers. THIS DAT 6 TVA EG TAMS. Port Chalmers, March 16. The first stone of the Port Chalmers waterworks reservoir was laid at Sawyer’s Bay yesterday afternoon, by the Mayor, Mr A. Mclnnon, in the presence of the Superintendent, the Mayor of Dunedin, and a large assemblage of spectators. A silver trowel, silver-mounted mallet, and level were presented to the Mayor by the engineer and contractor for the works. Dunedin, March 16. At a meeting of the shareholders of the New Zealand Shipping Company, Messrs C. F, Reid, J. Scoular, and -W, J. M. Larnach, were appointed local directors. The chairman and others complained that the Provincial Government neglected to support the company, which was a colonial undertaking and Government got out their goods by ships belonging to opposing companies. [FROM OUR AUCKLAND CORRESPONDENT.] Auckland, March 15, A singular and painful accident has occurred at the Thames. Mrs Moyle, an elderly woman, on returning home at night took the wrong path, and fell down the hill; after rolling some distance she struck against the stump of a tree, and was rendered unconscious. Upon recovering, she managed to attract the attention of the neighbors, and was conveyed to her residence. Upon examination by the doctor her spine was found to be so severely injured as to cause general paralysis. She lies in a precarious state. There has been a shocking mine accident at the Thames. A man named Robert Fox, working in the Queen of Beauty mine, was shovelling some dirt, when the side-wall gave way, falling on him. He was immediately rescued and brought to the surface, and conveyed to the Hospital, where it was found necessary to amputate his left arm near the shoulder, and his left leg close under the knee, both being broken in three places. He is in a very precarious state. The contractors a short time previous were warned of the danger of a slip, manager Wilson having sounded the wall and cautioned them, but it was deemed “All light,” and the work proceeded with the results narrated. Father Simpson, a Catholic priest, while engaged in the celebration of mass yesterday morning fainted, owing to exhaustion from Lent fasting. The event caused a great sensation of alarm in the church, but the priest soon recovered when carried into the air. Measles are so prevalent among children that the annual children’s fete of the Catholic schools, oa Sfc Patrick’s Day, is postponed,

[FEOM OUR DUNEDIN CORRESPONDENT.] Dunedin, March 15. The Home Agent advises that owing to the Cospatrick catastrophe he had despatched the Timaru 144 short of her guaranteed number of emigrants. Dr Featherston decided that passages must be charged against the province on account of the salmon ova, whereupon the owners of the Timaru voluntarily wiped off £3OO, in the form of a subscription towards the cost of procuring the ova. The Timaru left Glasgow on December 31st, but was detained in the North Channel for nine days by contrary weather. A peculiar decision has been given by Mr Parker, R.M., at Oamaru. Four men were charged with gambling on the race-course, and Mr Parker dismissed them because they had licenses from the local Turf Club. Exile has changed hands for £l4O. A three mile Hurdle race at Oamaru, between Banjo, Ivanhoe, and Mistletoe for £7O, was won easily by Banjo. The Forbnry railway would have been open for traffic this meeting if the General Government had been disposed to assist. Arrangements were made with the Government for the purchase of the required three miles of rails, but at the last moment the company received notice that the sale could not be completed, and they were threatened with an injunction if they attempt to further prosecute the work. Another Building Society, under the Joint Stock Companies Act, with a capital of a quarter of a million, is projected.