NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXI, Issue 1808, 6 December 1879, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

[PBOJI OUB OWN COBBESPONDENT.J KAIAPOT, December G. Death from Exhaustion. A laboring man, whose name has not been ascertained, was found dead, apparently from exhaustion, in a sad hut, near JTlaiton, last evening. He had been engaged at stumping work in the district. An inquest will be held at Kaiapoi at 4 p.m. DTJNEDIN, December 6. Rash Canvasser. A canvasser of the " Tribune " oflica namei Dunne had his arm broken this mcrning when jumping off a tram car when ia motion. A Generous Chairman. Mr Roberts has been re-elected Chairman of the Taieri County Couucil. He declined to accept a salary. [PES PRESS AGENCY.] AUCKLAND, December 6. The late Sudden DeathMr Coatcs, who died suddenly last night at the Victoria Hotel, was not a commercial traveller, but was a total stranger in Auckland. He had in his possession a chemist's diploma from the Queensland Board. The Spiritualists. The Spiritualists of Auckland will entertain Mrs Britten at a valedictory tea meeting on Monday evening, when she will be presented with a testimonial and a book of ferns. DUNEDW, Djcember_6. Mr Stout on Finance

Mr Stout, in a letter to the "Daily Times," says that probably the passing of tho Property Tax Bill may be an advantage, inasmuch as itwill act as a stimulus to our citizens to tul.o part in politics. They will suffer from defective Government arrangements, and the property tax is the first instalment of the burden they must bear. In conclusion he writes—- " I chargo tho Government that in tho face of existing depression, is the face of the need o! new taxation, of increasing expenditure in all departments, I charge them with gross extravagance, and I am amazed that tho House should not have agreed to Mr Macandrew's proposal and sent back tho estimates. I hope wo will hear no more of the charges of extravagance against the Grey Ministry. Let me only add that the Government and the House—for both are responsible—who desired to economise, could, without injury to the colony, have reduced the expenditure bj £200,000, and I Btatc this from my knowledge of governmental affairs." AUCKLAND, December 5. Tho Auckland Builders' and Contractus' Association was successfully established The Unemployed. The Mayor, in compliance with the request of tho unemployed, holds out hopes of speedy work upon Newmarket and other railway contracts in country districts. WELLINGTON, December 5. A Nice Point. At the Court of Appeal to-day, tho case of Maher v Boyle, an appeal under tho Appeil from Justices Act, from tho decision of th< Magistrate at Westport, who fined appellant, a brewer, £5 5s for selling a hogshead of boer without a license, was heard. Appellent had a brewer's license under the Distillation Act, 18G8, but no wholesale liconse undor the Licensing Act, 1873. The Resident Magistrate held that to entitle a brewer to sell beer in cask, it was necessary to hold both licenses. Mr J, B.

Fisher appeared for the appellant, and Mr Bell in support of the oonviction. The argument turned on the wording of the tenth and eleventh seotions of Licensing Act Amendment Act, 1874. The Court reserved judgment. The Volunteer Court Martial. The Court-martial whioh has been inquiring into certain charges against Leahey, an officer in the corps, met to-day for the second time, and after taking some evidence adjourned till Tuesday, to enable further evidence to be produced. They expeot if this be forthcoming they will be able to send in their report to Governmor<t the same day. Police News, Alexander Ogilvie was charged with having on 2nd January, 1879, at Sydney, New South Wales, forged a certain mark purporting to bo the mark of Beuben Heriod, with intent to defraud the Operative Building and Land Investment Society of £3 3s Bd. The same prisoner was also charged with forging a certain mark purporting to be the mark of R. Finlay on a receipt for £IOO, with intent to defraud. The depositions taken in Sydney were read, and it appears from these that the prisoner was recently the manager of the Building Society referred to, and in that capacity was entitled to grant loanß to applicants, and pay interest on deposits. He was committed for trial, and will be sent to Sydney by the first steamer. TIMABU, December 5. Kicking* Made Easy. I John Gibson, a farmer, kicked John King in the public street. King went insolvent, owing Gibson £SOO for oats he had got to sell on commission, and for which he (King) had received £2OO in cash. The Magistrate, under the circumstances, fined defendant in tho mitigated penalty of 20s. OAMAEU, December 5. Ihe Fatal Accident on the Show Ground* At a meeting of the North Otago Agricultural Association to-day £2O was voted to the widow of the man McKenzie, killed on the show ground at the second day's show by a horse treading on him. It was resolved that all racing and jumping be prohibited except in the ring for exhibition. DUNEDIN, December 5. The action of Mr Walters in endeavouriog to upset the election as Mayor of Mr Fish is causing a good deal of comment. A four-roomed cottage at Caversham was burnt down last night. Mr Fickford, the owner, was out at the time. The insurances are—£lso on the building in the South British, ar.d on the furniture £IOO in the Colonial. Five hundred and eighty-three persons arrived and 106 left Fort Chalmers last month. The Lyster Company. The Lyster Opera Company open here tomorrow.