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Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1589, 24 March 1879, Page 3

[Press Special Wire.]

Auckland, March 22. It is expected that £7OO will be col ected in Auckland towards the Kaitangata relief fund, and £3OO in the country districts. The lists close next Saturday. Sir George Arney, late Chief Justice, has sent to the New Zealand Government a report of the Stockholm prison congress. MrH. T. Clarke, late Native Under-Secretary, intends to settle in the Bay of Islands. In addition to the nominations previously sent, Merlin and Memento are entered for

the Easter Handicap, and Memento for the Autumn Handicap. Dr. Skae is expected here shortly as resident superintendent in the asylum. Wellington, March 22. It is stated that the captain of the Hermione has commenced legal proceedings respecting two seamen he wishes to leave behind in the Hospital, and which is opposed on the ground that th«se men were employed for the benefit of the owners of the ship, and should not, therefore, be made a burde i on the colony. . In the Wellington educational district there are over 8000 children of school age, but the average daily attendance at the public schools is le:s than half. . Bridget Beard, a married woman at Ohano, who had been drinking for some time, walked about a mile barefooted in her night dress, and then drowned herself in an old mill dam, Notwithstanding the number of new arrivals of immigrants, complaints are still made with regard to the scarcity of female servants. Tickets for the Kaitangata concert arc in great demand. Frequent complaints regarding the mb™ plague now come from Manawatu, a distr’et hitherto free from them. . The following tenders have been received for the inland and coastal routes, Waitakcrei and Wiiitemata contracts of the Kaipara and Punin Railway • —Waitakerei, accepted, Taylor and Danagher, Auckland, ,£36,601. Declined, Cameron and Barton, .£37,712; Rowe, Wanganui, .£38,400 ; Larkin and Obrian, .£39,117 ; D. McKinnon and McLean, <£47,070 ; Each 8r05.,.£51,154. Waitematacontract, accepted (P), Taylor and Danagher, Auckland, £37.944. Declined, Cameron and Barton, £37,467 ; Rowe, £40,423; Larkin and Obrian, £46,141; D. Mclnnon and McLean, £44,465. The cook of the Loch Fergus made a violent assault upon one of the apprentices, when the lad in self defence took up a marlin spike and hit the cook over the head, wounding him so severely that he had to be taken to the hospital. In the district firing Crowe scored seventy, and Ballinger, the champion, sixty-eight. Dunedin, March 23. A long inquiry has been hold on the fire at Tapanui, before the District Coroner. The insurance Compani :s were represented by a i nnedin solicitor. A verdict that the premises were wilfully sot fire to by some person or persons unknown, was returned. Invercargill, March 23. Yesterday a disastrous fire occurred about five in the morning in Deveron street, in the premises occupied by Mr D. Smith, cabinet maker. The brigade were speedily ou the ground, but their efforts were to a great extent paralysed by the want of water. Mr Smith’s building, together with the house he lived in, were speedily levelled to the ground, and the adjoining houses of Mr Falconer and Mr Saunders were only saved by almost superhuman exertions on the part of the Brigade. The buildings on the otter side of the street were also in considerable danger, but with the aid of wet blankets and other appliances were saved. The buildings were insure! for £2uo in the New Zealand, muen below their value. A yonng man named Patrick Kenny was charged at the Police Court on Saturday with an assault with intent upon a girl under eleven years of age at the Orcli. H.-itne evidence was taken and he wu .■cmar.dud nil Wednesday. Up to the present time 777 Volunteers have intimated their intenri m of attending the forthcoming Easter Demonstration.