NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1871, 21 February 1880, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

[Pbess Association.] DDNEDIN, February 21. Dunedin Artillery. The Artillery are practising vigorously for dismounting competition at the Easter Review. Oa Thursday the work was done in Smin,

Proposed Church. Roslyn is endeavoring to have an English Church built there. West Coast Mail ServiceThe Chamber of Commerce received the following telegram from Mr Oliver —" Re steam communication with West Coast ports, the Premier tells me, upon discussion of the postal estimates in Committee of Supply, the expenditure for the service was strongly objected to. It was pointed out that this was only required to keep the ports south of Hokitika in communication with the rest of the world, and that for this purpose communication with Hokitika or Greymouth would suffice. He promised to endeavor to reduce this expenditure by inviting tenders for the service from one of the larger West Coast ports, and is only acting up to that promise. There is nothing to prevent Dunedin steamboat owners tendering for the service, but the colony generally would not be content to subsidise a steamer to run from Dunedin at much greater expense than is warranted." Death from Sunstroke* Thomas Brinn, engaged on the Government survey staff in Tuapeka district, died of sunstroke, received at Waipari. HAWERA, February 21. Native Affairs. Major Tuko, with the whole of the constabulary under him, are to move to Bayley's farm, north of Stoney River, to-day. Manaia, head chief of a tribe at Napier, visited the commission at Oeo on Thursday. He expressed his inability to compel his tribe to attend, by saying " Can one horse move four tons?" Sir W. Fox replied that if a man was in front and another behind, the load would be shifted. Manaia answered "That would be the death of the horse." GBAHAMSTOWN, February 21. Narrow EscapeA lad named James had a narrow escape from drowning in the Kauaerangi yesterday. He was pluckily rescued by a little boy named Pearce. Caledonian CompanyThere is small probability of Mr Rowe floating the Caledonian Company. The Auckland capitalists have combined against him. Sir G. Grey's Speech. There was great dissatisfaction here on receipt of Southern files at the meagre and incorrect report of Sir G. Grey's speech sent South. Black Mail. Tho Government is urged to procure some alteration in the conditions under which the goldfield is leased from the natives, who levy black mail on anyone moving the surface of the soil. AUCKLAND, February 20. The Indefatigable Treadwell. At a meeting of the Waste Lands Board, the chairman announced the receipt of a letter from Mr J. W. Treadwell, secretary of the Working Men's Association at Christchurch, reciting the terms upon which they wished to take up lands near Hamilton. One condition was that the settlers with their families should be conveyed to the land free of cost, and that they should be provided with work for some time. Mr Tonks observed that the writer had omitted a very essential condition, viz., that the settlers should be provided with a comfortable home and supplied with full rations for the first three years. Under terms like these he would like to settle down himself. Mr Tread well's overtures were not accepted. A Foolish Experiment. Mr Richard Feltus fell off the Queen street wharf in the forenoon, and was drowning, when a young man named Evan Owens, a seaman on board the Penguin, jumped in and brought the exhausted man to the stringers of the wharf. A Pleasure to Come. Captain Oolbeck addresses the Marsden electors next week. Nautical Enquiry. The inquiry into the circumstances attending the striking of the schooner Sophia upon the Bullrock on January 28th, on her voyage from Oamaru to Auckland, ended in the suspension of Captain Barker's certificate for one month. The enquiry was conducted before Mr Barstow, E.M., and Captain Frater, Nautical Assessor. HAWERA, February 20. Wasteful Disposal of ProduceA fire took place yesterday afternoon which destroyed the stables of Owen's Hotel, Hawera, together with a large stack of unthreshed oaten hay. NAPIER, February 80. A Well-earned HonorA presentation was made at the City Council meeting of the Royal Humane Society's medal to Mr Hugh Connor, who has at different times saved nine lives, six of them at Auckland. The meeting was crowded by the public White Terrace TarnishedThe Taupo correspondent of the "Herald" telegraphs that the famous White Terrace at Rotomahana has become discolored, presumably owing to the action of oxide of iron in the water. It is becoming pink in color. Steamer Ashore. The steamer Clyde, trading between Napier and Wairoa, has gone ashore near the mouth of the Wairoa River, but is expected to be got off. Inquest. At the inquest on the Mayor's son, drowned last week, the jury added a rider expressing their admiration of the bravery of young Vautier's companions in their efforts to save him. All's Well, &c The dispute about the Mount-Vernon property has been peacefully arranged by Major Sculley and the Natives, who will seek legal advice, Harding undertaking not to proceed with fencing in the meantime. A Fortunate CompA compositor named Morish, of the " Herald," has drawn Libeller in Cameron's Five Thousand sweep. WELLINGTON, February 20. A man named George Longhurst was arrested this evening on a charge of rape. At a meeting of the new Harbor Board this afternoon, Mr W. H. Levin was elected chairman. The Unemployed. A subscription is being raised to alleviate the distress at present prevalent in Wellington. A deputation representing the unemployed immigrants waited on the Colonial Treasurer this morning, urging the necessity of providing them with work or with the means of getting out of the city into the country. The number of unemployed immigrants was stated to be 200. The Colonial Treasurer replied that the Government had given the matter very serious consideration, and had come to the conclusion that the best thing to be done was to provide work for the unemployed. With this view they had determined to proceed with the construction of a number of roads, and the contracts for the formation of these roads would be let at suitable prices to those who were unemployed at present. NELSON, February 20. The girl Annie Scalfie, charged with attempting suicide, was dismissed with a caution. Charge of Forgery. A man named William Carter, who arrived on Tuesday by the Taiaroa, has been apprehended on a charge of utterin g two forged cheques. OAMARU, February 20. The Lincolnshire DelegatesThe Lincolnshire delegates left Oamaru today. It is said they express a partiality for the lands of this and the Timaru district over anything they have seen in New Zealand. TIMARU, February 20. Timaro. Exalted —Temuka Cast Down. The Geraldine County Council have resolved to make Timaru the county town instead of Temuka. DUNEDIN, February 20. Interprovincial Boat Bace. Five members of the Otago Rowing Olub are passengers per Wanaka to compete in the Interprovincial match. Kaitangata Fund. The Kaitangata Fund Trustees distributed during the year £1464. There have been four additional claimants on the fund, and four of the widows are remarried. Dunedin Tramways. The extension of the tramway line to the Ocean Beach has been attended with much success. The cars are very liberally patronised,

and the traffic gives promise of increasing very largely. TpHOM OTTB OWN COBBBSPONDENTS.] WELLINGTON, February 20. Political and Native. An erroneous statement was telegraphed from Ohristehuroh this morning to the effect that the members of the Royal Commission on Railways were to be Messrs Oswald Curtis, E. G. Wright, J. F. Thomson, and Colonel Trimble. Of these four names only the two first are correct, and one of those was published some days ago. The matter has only been finally decided to-day, when ifc was resolved that the following gentlemen should form the Commission :—Colonel Pearce, representing Wellington; Mr J. McCosh Clark, Auckland ; Mr Oswald Curtis, Nelson; Mr E. G. Wright, Canterbury; and Mr John Beid of Elderslie, Otago. The special duty of the Commission will be to report on the economic value and paying probabilities of the various New Zealand railways undertaken or projected, and the large practical business knowledge and experience of these five gentlemen will render their report very valuable. The recessary appointments of Electoral Registrars under the Registration of Electors Act, 1879, have been decided on to-day by the Government, and go South to-night for the formal approval and signature of his Excellency. The lists will probably be gazetted next week. The Government are anxious to bring the new Act into practical operation as soon as possible. No Native news of importance has been received by the Government to-day, and nothing fresh has transpired on any reliable authority regarding the alleged interference of Maoris with the fencing operations on Mount Vernon Station. The Royal Native Commission at Oeo has not been able to do much yet, Te Whiti's orders, no doubt, having deterred many Natives in the first instance from putting in an appearance, but it is believed they will mostly come in ultimately. Letters from the West Coast express great indignation at articles in the Wanganui " Herald " of the 11th, 12th, and 13th inst., purporting to be supplied by a Maori chief in the year 1950, as giving his story of the Maori war of 1880, seventy years previously, but really pointing out insidiously to the Natives how they could most effectively carry on a war against the Europeans, using petroleum for incendiary purposes, &c. The articles indicate all European weak points, and are supposed to be the work of certain Pakeha-Maoris, with whom the Royal Commission and other Government measures, if successful, would naturally interfere.