NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1572, 4 March 1879, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

[Press Special Wire.] Auckland, March 3, A northern settler has sent to Auckland seven loads of grapes grown on one rood of ground. He thinks 2£d a pound will pay. There is intense interest in the City West election. Twenty-nine upholders of secular education left the Thames to-day to rote for Mr Goldie. At the Orakei meeting to day, Arama Karaka said where the Government bought land for a few pence an acre from Maoris and sold it for pounds, they ought to distribute part of the money among the original holders. They also protested against the taxation of land and game laws. They will send delegates to the King meeting, but are doubtful if it will result in any good. Wellington, March 3. Mr Justice Richmond held a sitting in Bankruptcy this morning, when James Teesd le, who « as apprehended on warrant from Christchurch, w*a examined by Mr Bell on behalf of th* trustee of the estate of Pallant, a bootmaker, recently bankrupt. Pallant, shortly before his bankruptcy, made over a great portion of his stock to Teesdale, but the sale was annulled by the Court. Teesdale refused to appear as a witness, and made his escape to i hristchnroh. This morning he admitted having received stock to the value of .£SOO, besides plant from Pallant. He did not remain in business two months, and in the meantime he decla r ed he sold very little, yet when the trustee seized the goods they only only realised £2OO, and were on 13’ worth .£290 at the price ti ey were invoiced to him. He admitted sales to the extent of £BB, but professed his utter inability to account for the balance. He declared that he had p..id away in wages aH he bad x-eceived with the exception of £l9, with which ho went to Christchurch. As nothing more satisfactory than this could be got out of the witness, the examination was adjourned until to-morrow. His Honor discharged the man from custody, the trustee consenting, but warned him that he was again liable to arrest if he attempted to abscond. An order for the costs of the proceedings was made against him. Another attempt is being made to arouse an agitation respecting the action of the City Council in regard to the drainage of the city. A movement is on foot here to form a naval brigade. A canvass has been held for members, and already one hundred gentlemen have signified their willingness to join if their services are acc< pted by the Government. Dr. Skao publishes a letter defending the m magement of the Lunatic Asylum against certain charges made against it by Mr Hutcheson, late Mayor, and says that several of the letterswhich reflected upon the management were tmfair and ungenerous, and one in particular ha says was dictated by per-oial vindictiveness. Wakely’s Hotel was openly robbed of 60 sots, which were in a box. this afternoon. Three men were in the bar at the lime it must have been ne ’ Dunedin, March 3. Creswick, 'the tragedian, opens at the Prinoeaa Theatre to-nierht. A lad named Fairborn was killed at iaien on Friday last, by being drawn into the machinery working on a farm. The annual meeting of shareholders in Gnthrie and i arnach’s New Zealand timber and woodware factory, was held to day. There were about a dozen shareholders present. The report was adopted, and Messrs Brodrick and Grey were elected directors. Mossni Brown and Moodie were re-elected auditors. Mr John Hislop, Under Secretary for Education, is expected to visit Dunedin next week.