NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXI, Issue 1792, 18 November 1879, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

[per, press agency.] WELLINGTON, November 18. Telegraph "Wire Across Lyttelton Harbor. Several miles of cable, stored under the telegraph office, is now being got out for the purpose of being sent to Ljttelton to be laid across the harbor. When all the wire is out of the tank the steamer will be telegraphed for to come and take the cable away. Coroner's VerdictAt the inquest on the body of Jas. Taylor, a verdict was given declaring in effect that death was caused by his own hand when in a state of temporary insanity. NELSON, November 18. The dead body of a female child, which medical examination proves to have been born alive, was found in the College grounds this morning. There is no clue as yet to the mother.

AUCKLAND, November 18. John Groom, at Gwynne's Hotel, whose skull was fractured by the kick of a vicious horse, is not expected to live. GRAHAMBTOWN, November 18. Mr Ehrenfried has been elected Mayor without opposition. Gold Mining. There is great excitement in the market over the Alburnias, which show no signs of decreasing. The latest quotations for buyers is 82s Bd. Considerable business was done at 80s during the day, and at times 85s was reached. To-day's crushing is better than any previously made of late years. AUCKLAND, November 17. At the inquest on the child found in a closet at Newton, evidence showed that the child was born alive, and was suffocated in falling. John Groom, at Glynn's Hotel, had Mb skull fractured by a kick from a vicious horse, and he is not expected to live. WELLINGTON, November 17. Judgment in the case Lingards v E. T. Gillon, respecting dramatic author's fees, is postponed till Thursday. The Public Works StatementIt is not expected that the Publio Works Statement will be delivered before the latter end' of next week, as its form will depend largely upon the reception which the financial proposals receive. Masonic. Mr Whitaker, Provincial Grand Master for the North Island, will lay the foundation stone of the new Court-houses here on St. Andrew's Day, December Ist, with Masonic honors. It is expected to be the largest assemblage of Masonß ever held in New Zealand. The "Hansard" Staff. The Reporting Debates Committee decided to give members of the Hansard staff tbis session a bonus of £75, and the question of raising their salaries to £4OO a year is to receive further consideration.. Mr Taylor's Death. Eurther information regarding the deceased Jas. Taylor, who blew his brains out, would

indicate that he was subject to periodical fiti of temporary derangement. It appeara that whim a youth in Southland he had brain fever, and eyes, since at internals, generally distant, deceased acted in a eccontric and sometimes unaccountable manner. On one occasion he attempted to jump out of a boat.

The Divorce Court. The Divorce Court aat to-day. In the case Harvey v Harvey and Jonea Mr Fitzgerald applied that the rule nisi in thia case migbt be made absolute. The parties live in Canterbury. There waa no appearance, and the order waa granted with costs against the corespondent. Cooper v Cooper—This waa a wife's petition on the grounds of the husband's desertion for two years ; also on the ground of adultery and cruelty. There was no arpearance on behalf of reapondent. The parties were married at Government House, Hokitika, in 1866. The petitioner, Emma Cooper, deposed that her maiden name was Winter. She was married on the 15th of December, 1866, to respondent, Wm. Cooper, at Government House, Hokitika. There was no church there at the time, and that was why she was married at Government House. Her husband was a surveyor. She lived with him at Hokitika. Boss and Grey mouth for about six and a half

years. There were no children. Her husband frequently struck her, and otherwise illused her, and she eventually left him and went to Wanganui to live with her sister, Mrs John Watt. Aa shown in evidence, respondent had been travelling In California with a woman who passed aa Mrs Cooper. A rule nisi was granted. In the case of Henderson v Henderson and Flynn, an Auckland case, the ruin was made absolute. There wa several Wellington cases disposed of. Earthquake. Three sharp ahocks of earthquake in quick succession were felt thia evening at aix minutes past six, the direction being north and south. TIMABU, November 17. Captain Sutter, Mayor. Captain Sutter was to-day re-elected unopposed aa Mayor of Timaru. Milford Lagoon Harbour. Sir John Coode's report is unfavorable to harbor works being constructed at Milford Lagoon. The Timaru Mechanics. The Minister of Public Works has promised to take into consideration the petition from Timaru mechanics to find employment for them. DUNEDIN, November 17. Of Standard's risk on Saturday's fire £IOOO waa reinsured—£3oo in the Transatlantic, £2OO in the Northern, £3OO in the London and Lancashire, and £2OO in the Norwich Union. Hutton's loss is partial.