NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXI, Issue 1815, 15 December 1879, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

fFBOiI OTJB OWN COBBH3PONI3ENT.] AMBERLEY, December 15. The Weather up NorthThe Waipara is running from bank to bankThe coach had to return to Amberley this morning, and iorsemen had to swim. It is raining now very heavily. [PEESS ASSOCIATION.] NEW PLYMOUTH, December 15. ObituaryDr Eawson, for many years surgeon of the Hospital, New Plymouth, died yesterday at an advanced age. WELLINGTON, December 15. Police NewsAt the Magistrate’s Court a mm named Bigot was charged on information for issuing valueless cheques, and remanded, as it is believed that a charge of forgery will bo preferred against him. A colored man, a recent arrival by the Arothusa, was committed for trial for stealing £7 10s from another passenger. Court Martial. The Court of Inquiry into the conduct of Sub-Lieut. Leary of the Naval Brigade, while at boat practice a short time back, was concluded to-day. Judgment was deferred. AUCKLAND, December 13. The Unemployed. An open-air meeting of the unemployed is called for Monday. A Stabbing- CaseA man named Horne stabbed his wife during a quarrel and has been arrested.

Ropata~Eopata, the celebrated Maori horse-stealer, attempted to* escape while being taken from the train to the stockade, but he was captured after a chase by Sergeant Gamble. The Ciraust Court Calendar. The quarterly Circuit Court calendar is filling up. The number of cases is in excess of the average. Already nineteen oases are set down for trial.Free Lectures-' At a meeting of the committee of the Working Men’s Political Society it was decided that a course of two free lectures bo delivered by James Craig on “ England' before the Reform,” and “'Random Recollections of how the Reform Bill was carried.” Annual BenefitThe annual benefit in aid of the sick and accidental fund of the Auckland Fire Brigade yielded £2l. Sunday School UnionAt the annual meeting of the Sanday School Union the report showed that 12T schools were affiliated. The receipts were £1847 and the expenditure £1512, the assets being £778. Volunteering. In the carbine match, Auckland battery v Dunedin battery of Artillery, the following team has been appointed : —Gunners Bell,. Wooley, Henderson, W. Rose, Tetchiner, Kearns, A. Payne, H. Rose, Sergeant-Major Ansell, and Sergeant Anderson. Gunner Salmon, waiting man. The AlburniaThe Alburnia retorting for one week was 5700z5. of gold. The Big PumpCaptain Fraser has entered a plaint requesting the owners of the big pump to hand the property over to him, on the plea that it is held under a miner’s right of 1866, and that the present owners have no such miner’s rights. The matter will come before the Warden’s Court. WELLINGTON, December 13. JournalisticIt is understood that the “ New Zealander” and the “ New Zealand Times ” have changed hands ; it is stated that the former has been purchased by Mr Bain, M.H.R., and Mr Oarkeek, and the latter by Mr H. Chantry Harris. ArrestOgilvie, late manager of the Operative Building Society at Sydney, and who has been arrested here for forgery while there, left in the steamer Wakatipu, for Sydney, this afternoon. The Stabbing CaseThe man Flanagan, who was stabbed on Saturday week, is in a critical condition, erysipelas having set in. DUNEDIN, December 14. A Clergyman in DifficultiesArthur Graves, clergyman, formerly of Oxford, who recently arrived by the Hermione and acted as chaplain on the voyage, was lodged in gaol on Saturdays afternoon charged with forgery. His credentials are signed by the Bishop of Carlisle. Art Association. The fourth exhibition of the Otago Art Association was opened yesterday afternoon. The pictures are not of first-class quality. AccidentA young man named Stenhouse, employed on the reclamation contract, had his loft log crushed by a truck on Saturday. Amputation is necessary.