NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXI, Issue 1695, 26 July 1879, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

AUCKLAND, July 25. A fire in Te Awamutu, Waikato, destroyed a six roomed dwelling occupied by James Manden. The only furniture saved was a piano and a few household effects. The fire originated in the kitchen after the family had gone to bed. The building was insured in the New Zealand office for £2OO. The furnitare was partially insured. O’Shea, a laborer employed at fallow works, near Ohaupo, was found hanging by a rope to ceiling of his whare this morning. At the Waste Lands Board the Crown Ranger’s report on Katikali, No. 2 settlement, was road. He wrote that a largo area of land had been brought under cultiva! ion, large and costly houses erected, and roads formed, while so far as the writer could judge, the settlers appeared to bo content. Thirtyseven schedules appended showed that £10,582 was spent in improvements, and that of this sum £6680 had been spent upon thirtytwo buildings erected ; that of 10,000 sold to Mr Stewart 6580 acres were allotted, and 6670 acres actually occupied. The settlers numbered eighty-four adults and sixty-three children, and the area of land under cultivation was 712 J acres. HAWERA, July 25. Great indignation is felt here at the Government breaking faith in regard to the railwoy station, the Normanby settlers having bought under a distinct promise from the Government. The Government have now decided to have the station on Maori land, where there is no house near. WELLINGTON, July 25. A meeting is called towards taking preliminary steps for prospecting the Wainui-o-mata ranges.

The schooner Richard and Mary, wrecked on Manawatu beach, is abandoned, and is likely to be a total wreck. Allen, the prospector, returned from his camp at the head of the Buamahanga, and reports traces of gold in all directions. He prophesies that in summer miners will bo able to find profitable employment in the ranges. In the case of Brown v Wellington City Tramway Company, an action to recover £1895 for extra work and alterations, the jury returned a verdict for plaintiff for the full amount and costs.

TIMARU, July 25. A public enquiry was held to-day before Mr Beotham, 8.M., and Mr G. W. Hall, nautical assessor, on the wreck of the Akbar. The verdict was to the effect that the wreck was caused by an unexpected heavy gale, and that the vessel ought to have been provided with signal light*. The schooner Young Dick, bound from Timnru to Sydney, and about which so much anxiety was felt, arrived at Port Stevens yesterday, forty-eight days out. DUNEDIN, July 25,

A two-roomed house near Port Chalmers was burned down last n'ght. It was uninsured.