NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXI, Issue 1765, 16 October 1879, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

[from our own correspondent.] DUNEDIN, October 16, A Rich. Claim. Last month’u yield of Hind’s claim at the Blue Spur, was 600ozs. A Breach of Promise Case. At the civil sittings of the Supremo Court the case of Mary David v. David Hirst, of Wellington, for damages of £IOOO for breach of promise of marriage is going on. The defendant does not appear. Later. The plaintiff in the breach of promise case is at present residing here. Her age is twentysix. The defendant is a tanner at Kawaira, In 1878 the plaintiff entered the defendant’s service as housekeeper. Shortly afterwards the defendant referred to the recent loss of his wife, his consequent loneliness, and he proposed and was accepted. The marriage was arranged to take place within a year. Afterwards he seduced the plaintiff. While in an interesting condition he frequently referred to the marriage, but constantly put her off. As she could get no satisfaction she brought the present action. The jury, after a very brief retirement, gave her £4OO damages. The defendant is in a large way of business, [per press agency.] WELLINGTON, October 16. Political. The Government hold a meeting of supporters to-day with the view of seeing if some compromise between the Government and the Opposition cannot be come to. The Case of Carl PetersIn the case of Carl Paters, charged at the instance of the Law Society with preparing a bill of sale and receiving a fee from the same, the defendant pleaded that as the offence was committeed on April 10th, and the information was only laid on October 10th, the proceedings were a day too late. The Magistrate held the objection as fatal. The Submarine Cable. The repairing steamer, Agnes, has arrived* The cable is being taken out of the tank> which contains five miles of wire, and the Agnes is to take it all on board. GRAHAMSTOWN, October 16. Native and Railway MattersA large number of Natives are employed in clearing the ground for a railway between Kaneranga and Kerikeri. The Natives in the neighbourhood of Te Aroha are putting in their crops as usual. WELLINGTON, October 16. Gold Mining News. Private advices state that at Elat Creek, near Havelock, there are tweuty-throe men all getting payable gold. The gold is rough, some of the pieces being as large as hazel nuts. AUCKLAND, October 16. The Views of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber of Commerce have passed a resolution to the effect that the representatives of their provincial district should insist upon the great financial injustice inflicted upon Auckland by the manner in which the past loans for public works and immigration have been expended, being at least partially removed by a proper sum being placed upon the estimates for the prosecution of public works; such sum, if not expended within the financial year, to be reserved solely for such works, and that the representatives be urgently requested to use all their influence at the present crisis to obtain justice for their constituencies before pledging themselves to support any Ministry. It has also passed a resolution affirming the necessity for encouraging manufacturing industries and imposing protective duties; that a commission be appointed to collect the evidence and revise the trriff, with a view of increasing or imposing a duty on every article which can be produced with advantage in the colony ; that action in this direction is very urgent, on account of the alarming and increasing difference between the exports and the imports ; that the present time is a gojd opportunity for imposing protection duties, and consequently directly increasing the revune.

AUCKLAND, October 15. At the sitting of the Supreme Court in banco to-day Mavin was ordered, at the suit of the Phoenix Insurance Company, to render an account of all his dealings and moneys received, and information with it, as well as to produce all books relating thereto. James Yaughan, pedestrian, of Reefton, has challenged O'Connor, now of Auckland, formerly of Timaru, to run him a mile for any sum not less than £3OO a side or more than £SOO, the challenger being willing to come to Auckland if terms can be arranged. O’Connor will accept the challenge if he can find backers. There is every probability of the money being forthcoming. A mile race for £25 a side has been arranged between McGinley, of Auckland, and B. Both, of Christchurch. The match is fixed for the 4th prox. A telegram has been received from the Premier stating that the Government have no power to detain the ship Minister of Marine,

Chaplin and Mibb Osborne left by the mail steamer yesterday unknown to DeLias. Richard 111. had been announced for performance in the evening, but, of course, without the principals the company could not appear. A person named Sheridan Carlyle Hall was committed for obtaining forty pounds worth of goods on false pretences from Caulton of the Albert Hotel. Prisoner represented that he was expecting money from Dunedin, and officers of the telegraph department wore called to prove that prisoner altered a telegram to give color to a belief that money was coming to Ihim, Prisoner lived luxuriously at the hotel, frequently inviting friends to supper, and ran up a bill for £43 in five weeks. DUNEDIN, October 15. Mr Haggitt to-day received from the Government the necessary authority to enter a “nolle prosequi in the remaining charges against Waters. A long discussion took place at the Land Board to-day as to the Board’s right to regulate its own advertising. The members have only recently awakened to the fact that they have power to do this. Hitherto the newspaper has been selected by Government. General opinion supports the verdict of the jury in Waters’s case on the capital charge. It is thought that, while there was very strong suspicion, the evidence was not sufficient to justify a verdict of murder. The action of a section of the jury in offering to give a verdict before hearing counsels’ addresses was strongly reprobated by Mr Haggitt and commented on by the Judge. The Crown enters a nolle prosequi on the other charges, but will prefer them should fresh evidence turn up at any time. Nominations of 109 souls were made here this month.