NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1567, 26 February 1879, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

[pee pbess agency ] Blenheim, February 25. The Marlborough nettling day was -ati factory. The meeting showed liabilities outside of st ikes .£128; receipts. ,£578; paid in stakes, £407 Mr Melvor took £155, Mr C, Redwood £l6B, Mr Yallance £36. After payment of all expenses the:e is a balance in hand of £ h. [PEOM OTJE OWN COBBESPONDENT ] Timaeu, February 25. It is expected that the steam crane for the harbor work- will be in working o der within a month. It is now being put together at the end of the breakwater. The bodies of a number of apparently stillborn children have been found buried in the footpaths and graves in the Timaru Cemetery, having been placed there by stealth during the night time. .Enquiries are being instituted into the matter. During the four weeks ended to-day, the principal exports by sea from Timaru were 45,000 bushels wheat, 1768 bushels barley, 854 sacks flour, 7200 bushels oats, and 1492 bales wool, besides lesser quantities of bran, pollard, potatoes, &c. The roadstead is now full of shipping. Another excellent seam of coal has been found in Waimate district. Doctor R. B. Hogg has been appointed resident surgeon to the Hospital out of five applicants, The commissioners passed a resolution warmly thanking Dr. Mclntyre for his services as resident surgeon during the many years ho filled the post. [Press Special Wire.] Auckland, February 25. At the New Zealand Rifle Association’s meeting at Nelson this year theie will be twelve or more representatives from Auckland. The qualified representatives from Auckland arc volunteers E. Cooper, Allen, and F'.irs. Lieuts. Skinner and Kelly, and volunteer- J. l,eigh and M. C imeron will also take * art. Messrs Woolley and Bowden having made the highest scores at the carbine competition for repre j entatives, arrived in Auckland yesterd y. The nam s of the Thames representatives are Captain Small, Sergeant G. W Clarke and Sappe ■ Kelly, of the Engineer Company; Private 1 homas, Petty Officer Walker, Petty Officer Gordon, and Seamen Armstrong and Harris, of the Naval Brigade; Volunteers Downing, Win. McLeod, Downing, D, Reid, and Fenton, of the Scottish Company. The Auckland and Thames repro-

sentatives leave for Nelson by the Taiaroa to. u orrow.

messrs DeLias and Hicks, o' the Georgia Minstrels, went South in the Juotorua, after a su •cessful season here.

At the Waste Lands sale to-day there was a large attendance, but singularly slack bidding, nothing above the upset price of a pound per acre. This is attributed to the land tax.

H.M.S. Sapphire sailed to-day for England, where she will be paid off. The commissioners on higher education left to-night by the Kotorua, and will hold the next sitting in Wellington. Alexandra, February 25.

It is most probable that the great Native meeting with air G. Grey and Native Minister will not take place at Kopua as expected, as Te .Ngakau, who has taken the principal share ia the work of collecting fish and other fooa n -cessary for the number expected, ins sts on having the meeting where the food now is, atHikurangi. He says ib is easier for people to walk to the food than for him to bring it down to Ko. ua, where there is no house accommodation or firewood. He will be likely to have his own way. Another argument of his is that too many Europeans would force their way to a place so near the European settlements and cause troubles. Hikurangi is from its position and circumscribed extent, one of the most unpleasant of spots that could be found for the assemblage of a large number of people, at least in the opinion of any European, its only recommendation is the largo quantity of firewood to be found there. The iCth of next month is the day at present fixed for the meeting. The Natives are now very strict at Kopua, and will allow no visits from Europeans. Tawhiao’s eldest daughter, with her relative Te Keinga, or “the Rainer” as she is now called, was down here last week on a visit to Major Anderson and Mrs Main. It was the first time the Princess was allowed to visit a European settlement since the war. Napier, February 25. Mr Buchanan was elected chairman of the Harbor Board.

A two-roomed house, with its contents, was burnt at T radale this morning under very suspicious circumstances. It was uninsured. The title to the land en which the house was erected is disputed, and two bro.hers named Whaling held it by force of arms. The matter was brought before the Magistrate, who decided that the • ispute being one of a title to land, he had no jurisdiction. The occupier, Hawker, had just left home this morning to attend Court when the fire occurred.

Wellington, February 25.

A public subscription has been set on toot for the relief of sufferers from the Kaitangata catastrophe. The town clerk collected £6O in about a quarter of an hour. The inquiry into the alleged favoritism of certain Government officials in the disposal of a tender for fnrn ture and fittings for Government House and buildings fell through this morning. The complainant, a foreigner, refusing to proceed without legal assistance, which the Commission positive!? refused to allow. Further action is to be taken.

Dunedin, February 25. The Mayor to-day received several subscriptions in aid of the Kaitangata relief fund. The Bank of New Zealand, through Mr Roberts, the local manager, forwarded a cheque for £IOO. It was accompanied by a letter in the following terms : —“ I have just received from our Auckland office the following telegram:—The directors desire to express their sympathy with the sufferers from the Kaitangata calamity, and authorise a subscription of <£loo towards the relief of the families bereaved of their bread-winners — John Murray.” A number of Volunteers proceed by express to Christchurch to-morrow morning en route for Nelson. Invbrcabgill, February 25. The Mayor has convened a public meeting for Friday next to devise means for the relief of the Kaitangata sufferers. At the rifle firing at Nelson only three representatives from .Southland, viz, Volunteer Cuff of Invercargill, and Sergeant Acheson and Volunteer Hancock Bom Riverton, will be present. The K i'attery of Artillery Volunteers has received arms bat no accoutrements. The men propose improvising belts and straps out of flax.

A quarter-acre section in Tay street sold today for £zooo.