NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXI, Issue 1718, 22 August 1879, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

[PBOM OUa OWN COBBHSPONDBST.] i DUNEDIN, Augußt 22. Re Sir Conyers. The statement re Mr Conyars is believed te be put forward here te influence the City elections, and a declaration from the Premier as to the Cabinet's intentions re the central railway offices is looked forwprd to with interest. The " Times" says that it is reported on good authority that Mr Conyers is likely to be removed from Dunedin, he having reported to the Government that the work for which he was specially removed to Obristchurch ii completed. Mr Stout's Speech. The " Times" strongly denounces Mr Stout for his disingenuousnesß at the Garrison Hall meeting, and publishes a telegram from Mr Whitaker contradicting Mr St jut's assertions re the Thames railway. Electoral. Mr Simpson has withdrawn from the Boslyn contest. It is rumoured that Mr Cutten wi'l retire from the Taieri contest in favour of Mr James Fulton, and contest Caversham or the City. Captain Baldwin is mentioned for Waikaia, the nomination for which is on the 29th, and the poll on the Bth of next month. Electoral. WAITARA, August 22. Colonel Trimble addressed the electors here last night. About 200 were present. In an exhaustive speech the Colonel reviewed the whole action of the Grey Government, and severely censured them for the manner in which they had conducted Native affairs. He strongly advocated the mak'ng of good metal roads through the country, and more particularly through the disturbed districts. He recommended the immediate survey and occupation of the Waimate Plains, and spoke strongly in favor of secular education. A hearty vote of confidence and a pledge of support at the coming election was carried unanimously. WELLINGTON, August 22. One of the Ancients in Difficulties. Morton Quin, formerly secretary of the Foresters, wasbrought up charged at the suit of the Ancient Order of Foresters with larceny. After a long hearing, Quin was committed to take his trial at the next criminal sitting of tho Supreme Court. Bail was allowed. The Football Team. Tho football team selected to play Christchurch leaves by the Wanaka this afternoon. The names of the teim selected are—Cowie (captain), Bay ley (sub-captain), Warbrick, Thomson, A. Davy, Berry, Lynch, Galbraith, Stewart, Ronaldson, Holesinith, Cooper, Campbell, and Wright; emergency—Leckie and Barnes. Political. An endeavor is to be made to get the Liberal Reform Association and Working Mens' League to amalgamate, the objects of both being the same. Nautical. The New Zealand Steam Co.'s fleet is advertised for sale next month. The stranded ship Hydrabad, and all attached to her, will be sold to-day. Fire Prevention Affairs. The Fire Salvage Corps has applied to the Corporation to grant them the same powers as fire inspectors, so as to enable them to , remove goods at fires without making them- p selves liable for damages. The representatives of the insurance companies refuse to ; contribute anything towards the cost of the , steam fire engineß, either the land or the j water one. , The Unemployed. i It was Btated at a meeting of the City i Council that three hundred men wore out of i employment, and it was urged that the Go- I vernsaent should immediately commence a i section of the West Coast railway adjoining i the city, otherwise the Corporation would i have to support these unemployed. I <

Mr Moore, the inspector, has written to the - Council, stit'ng that he believed that a payable - gold field existed in the vicinity of Wellington. Ho was prepared to prospect, but wanted money. In order that he might do so, he ■aid that the Government had promised that they would give him pound for pound upon what he might raise by subscription. The matter will be further considered. AUCKLAND, August 21. At a volunteer meeting held last evening, a letter of thanks was read from the Taranaki Settlers' Defence Association for the offers of assistance in the event of an emergency. Against £25,000 granted! to the Board of Education for school buildings, they have j £20,C30 liabilities for contracts entered into. The Auckland Board have made a protest against what appears to be a disregard of Auckland's claims, and ordered their protest to be sent to the Secretary of the Education Department, Wellington. The letter says : "Of 740 schools in operation within the colony during the past year, 119 schools were conducted in churches, halls or other hired rooms, and of this number 67 schools (more than one-half) are in Auckland. The same argument may be applied with almost equal force to the want of teachers' dwellings. Of 291 schools set down as being unprovided with dwellings, one hundred and thirty-five (135) are in Auckland district. These results remain after an expenditure on school buildings during the '.year 1878 the largest of any in the colony, being nearly double that of Otago, and considerably more than that of Noiuh Canterbury." WELLINGTON, August 21. Mr Miller, sculptor, of Brandon, has just finished a magnificent bust of the celebrated Napier chief Te Hapuka. The bust was ordered by the Government, and will cost £2OO.

The first annual report of the directors oE the West Wanganui Coal Company (Limited) states that all operations at tho mine are now stopped. The mine manager will leave as soon as his time has expired, and the only future expenditure will be the annual rent of the lease, viz., £32. As soon as the present monetary crisis is passed, and money becomes easier, the directors wiJ'. call the shareholders together again, and lay before them any plan they may nave formed. In the EM, Court to-day judgment was entered against the master of the Huia for £2O for the loss of a whaling boat, on the ground that sufficient care had not been taken in stowing the boat. The publication of another " Punch " is - now announced. Tenders for the Kaiwarra contract of the Wellington-Foxton line are to be called for at once. A General Government " Gazslte " issued to-day contains a notification of the appointment of Mr Joseph Beswick to be an B.M. for the district of Christchurch, with a jurisdiction to £ICO. TIMABU, August 21. On Wednesday a party from Burke's Pass ■ proceeded to the ravine where the bodies of the men missing from Bollesby Station are supposed to be. Eosr feet below the surface of the snow they found the body of one of the dogs, and no doubt the men are buried there. Another party of forty left this morning to continue clearing the snow. " H.M.B. Pinafore" was greeted with a crowded house to-night. DUNEDIN, August 21. The Walton Park colliery men determined to strike against a reduction oE wages, but have now altered their minds and accepted a compromise. The Dunedin footballers leave for Christchurch to-morrow.

Mr Oonyers is inquiring into some looseness m ra : 'way management here, by which, it is alleged that two .trains almost ran into one another between Dunedin and Balclutha. Three fresh informations hare been laid against Thomas Chalmers Beid, the defaulting secretary of the Colonial Building Company. A meeting was held in Dunedin to-day, at which it was decide! to appoint a committee to canvass for subscriptions to defray the cost of sending Mr G-eorge Grant, the local secretary, to the Sydney Exhibition .to look after the interests of Otago. INVERCARGILL, August 21. Much apprehension is felt for the safety of two men, one a German named Barmer, the other a Londoner, name unknown, who were the crew of a fishing hooker, which was discovered oh her beam ends on the Moko-Moko arivo* on Wednesday. [jPBOST OITB OWS OOBBBSPONDENT.] WELLINGTON, August 21. Mr George E'liott Barton has bounced the colony with more effect than he did the Judges. When Parliament broke up, and the moist important thing left for a member to do was to rake in the honorarium, Mr Barton made a call at the Treasury for his. A slight difficulty occurred, owing to a regulation in force for a considerable time, that Wellington city members have to be satisfied with a honorarium considerably lower than that allowed to hon. members who come from faijier afield. Mr Barton, however, demuu-ed to being classed as a Wellington member, and to being allowed a lesser honorarium than other hon. members. The official argued the point, but Mr Barton insisted upon it that he wai not a Wel'ington member, and did not intend to be—that, in fact, he would be outward bound in less than a week. As he asseued his rights with his accustomed vigour and pertinacity, it was considered that the cheapest way out of the difficulty would be to pay Mr Barton what was asked, otherwise the risk would be run of detaining Mr Barton in the colony for an indefinite time.