NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1885, 9 March 1880, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

[press association.! March 9. Volunteering. The naval and artillery volunteers are arranging a reception for Thomas, the winner of the carbine bolt, and the other competitors. An Extensive ClaimMajor Heaphy is holding an inquiry into old land claims. The most important case is that of Captain Beadon, R.N., who claims a large portion of the Piako Swamp, now in possession of the Piako Swamp 00. The Plenro-Pneumonia. Colonel Buckland advocates a subscription of £ SCO, to purchase the remainder of the cattle introduced from New South Wales by W. Payne, with a view to their destruction. Mr Buckland publishes a letter from the chief cattle inspector of Victoria, admitting that pleuro-pneumonia prevails throughout the colony. NEW PLYMOUTH, March 9. Sudden DeathA gentleman named Wm. Rodgers, known as a farmer at Opotiki, which place he loft for the purpose of settling, died after a day’s illness at the Clarendon Boarding-house last night. He was apparently in good health on Sunday, and his death is very sudden. The Native CommissionThe Royal Native Commission have concluded their sittings at Waitara. They will remain here a week and then return to Patea, WELLINGTON, March 9. Eoyal Commission. The members of the Civil Service Commission have been appointed, and comprise Sir R. Douglas, Messrs. A. Saunders and T. Kelly, M.H.R.’s and Mr O. Pharazin. The commission to act will be presented to them to-day. The Commission to decide upon the best means of promoting local industries will be appointed shortly. DUNEDIN, March 9. The Benevolent Institute. The Benevolent Institute’s report shows the revenue for the year as £5534, and the expenditure £2794 ; 1521 persons were relieved. Deserted wives received the lion’s share. The committee say that special efforts are needed to cope with the Increasing distress. The Unemployed. Mr Oliver has telegraphed offering the unemployed the same terms as those in force in the North Island. Directions have been given to the engineers hero to prepare work, and no time will be lost. Irish Relief Fund. £1,602, of which £516 came from the country districts, has been subsidised towards the Irish famine. The Harbor Board. The Harbor Board have instructed their home agents to accept a tender for a hopper dredge which will have a carrying capacity of 1250 tons, the price being £29,900. One of the conditions of tho contract is to bo that the builders undertake the fitting up of the machinery in the colony, and the superintending of the working of the dredger here for three months after, handing her over in good working order. MiningThe Gladstone Co., at Arrow, have sent down a cake of 1300 z., from 130 tons of stone.

AUCKLAND, March 8. Volunteering. A meeting of the officers of the Side Battalion will be held to consider proposals for improving the Volunteer force, to be submitted to Colonel Leckie, who will forward the same to the Government. A Bailway Item. In view of a visit to the district by the Minister for Public Works, the Cambridge railway committee has appointed delegates to confer with the members of the Waikato County Council, in order to decide as to the route for the proposed branch railway. Native News. Paul, of Oraki, has convened a meeting of the Kaiwara tribes at Oraki, near Auckland, for March 17th. Paul states that chiefs from the North are expected to attend, and that it will be an important meeting. They are greatly excited at the reduction of Paul’s salary and the payment of highway rates. It is believed that Hauhau emissaries have been at work. Committal. Peter Morris has been committed for trial on a charge of burglary on the premises of J.;Levy, Queen street. Obituary.

Dr. Pox, of the ship Earl Qlanville, died at the quarantine station, Mautaitai, of low fever. The Premier.

The Premier has expressed his surprise at the progress made in Auckland since his last visit here. To-morrow the deputations will commence. First Mr Hall will receive a deputation respecting the £63,000 grant for roads and bridges in the North, and second a Thames deputation relating to their railway and the Komata Native difficulty. On Wednesday the Premier leaves for Mata Mata to assist in the celebration of the opening of the Upper Thames river navigation. GEAHAMSXOWN, MarchS. Salmon BeportedSalmon have been seen in numbers in the Ohinemuri river apparently making their way up stream. The Natives have been catching them, but the police are taking steps to prevent their doing so in future. NAPIEE, March 8. A Singular Meeting. The meeting of the unemployed called for Saturday night proved a great fiasco. About fifty men, two-thirds laborers, attended. The convener of the meeting unexpectedly asserted that there was plenty of work. He then said that there was none, and concluded by returning to his first statement, and offering to get work for any who said they could not find it. He told an extraordinary tale of how he and Mr Vincent Pyke lived on snakes for a week in Victoria, when on the “ wallaby.” The next speaker strongly denounced the noemployment cry, saying that every man able and willing to work could get constant employment. Mr Bennett, the convener of the meeting, said he must dispute this, and mounted a barrel, which did duty for a platform, but some one pushed the barrel from under him, and he fell heavily to the ground, where he lay stunned for some time. On recovering, he offered to fight any one in a thirty-six-foot ring for love or money. This concluded the proceedings. GISBOENE, March 8. Mr "Ward’s CaseThe case against Mr E. P. Ward, jun., is not yet finished. Archdeacon Williams gave evidence on Saturday, but so far nothing has been adduced to show that Mr Ward forged Mr Nesbitt’s signature to the deed. Native Land Court. The Native Land Court, Judge Halse presiding, began its sitting here to-day, for hearing the case of the Waingaromau No. 2 Block. This is a valuable block of land of about 30,0CX) acres, formerly purchased by Mr Bobert Cooper from the Natives. It afterwards got into the hands of the Glasgow Bank directors, and appeared among the Bank’s assets as a most valuable security. The rehearing which is taking place is for the whole investigation of title. Faropa Waibopi, the spokesman for a large section of the Natives, said that he did not find fault with Judge Bogan’s decision, but the Natives themselves had excluded a large number of persons entitled to claim. Mr Brassey, solicitor, appears on behalf of the representatives of Messrs Potter, Wilson and Co., and Mr W. L. Bses appears for the Natives. I Mr Bolleston-

The Hon. Mr Rolleston, Minister for Lands, is making a short stay here. NEW PLYMOUTH, March 8. Harbour Works.

A telegram has been received from Mr Bees, the Harbor Board’s engineer, at present in England, to the effect that the levels in connection with the harbor works will be most likely altered, and advising the immediate suspension of all works until his arrival in New Plymouth. Accordingly, the men on the harbor works, on Saturday last, received a week’s notice, and in the meantime a special meeting of the Board will most likely be called to confirm the action before the men are paid off. The Champion Shot. A meeting has been called by the Mayor to arrange for the reception of our volunteers on their return from Nelson on Saturday next, and especially of Vol. Okey, who has won the Champion Belt of the colony. It is also intended to invite the Auckland and Thames volunteers ashore and entertain them at a banquet. WELLINGTON, March 8. Fire. A house occupied by Mr Edward, situated at Pahautanui, was destroyed by fire on Saturday evening. The origin of the fire is attributed to a spark from an adjoining building. The house was insured in the Imperial office for £ICO. Yacht RaceThe preliminaries in connection with yacht race between the Bed Jacket and Pet have been satisfactorily arranged, and the race takes place on Saturday next. Irish Relief Fund. The total amount subscribed in aid of the Irish Distress Fund is £660. Coroner's Verdict. At the inquest on the body of Robert Campbell a verdict of “ Death from Natural Causes ” was returned. Railway RetrenchmentThe Hon. B. Oliver, Minister for Public Works, leaves Wellington this evening by the Stella on an official tour to Pioton, Nelson, and the West Coast, where he will meet Mr Conyers, Commissioner of Railways for the South Island, with a view to a thorough investigation of the system of working the railways in those districts, in order to introduce retrenchment wherever practicable. Road Making on the Waimate Plains. The latest reports are to the effect that the constabulary and the unemployed are working well on the plains, and about twelve miles of formation is finished. The Maoris are sending large quantities of flour and provisions to Parihaka for the meeting on March I7th. DUNEDIN, March 8. The Unemployed.

Mr Stewart, M.H.E., has telegraphed to the Hon. W. Oliver —“ A deputation of unemployed has just waited on me. They state that a meeting attended by 500 was held this morning to urge that the Government should find immediate employment on the Hinden section and Mullocky gully. The unemployed represented carpenters, bricklayers, a few engineers, and large numbers of ordinary laborers. Many are recent arrivals, and numbers are married. What can you do for them ? The case seems to be one of urgency.” Infectious DiseasesScarlet and typhoid fevers are very rife in the city and suburbs. Burglaries. Several burglaries have been reported to the police. On Thursday the residence of Mr Kohn, jeweller, was entered, and jewellery valued at £l5O abstracted. Special Sitting of Supreme Court. An Order-in-Council has been issued ordering a special sitting of the Supreme Court on March 15th. This is necessary owing to the failure to adjourn the Court at the conclusion of the case of Mackenzie v Smith. The Harbour BoardAt the Harbor Board meeting to-day a committee was appointed with a view of taking action attho ensuing session of Parliament with respect to the Board’s borrowing powers, it being considered desirable that efforts should be made to get the Government to take the Board’s Borrowing Bill as their own. OAMABU, March 8. Shipment of OatmealMessrs J. and T. Meek intend to make an experimental shipment of oatmeal to the old country.

TIMABU, March 8. A New 801 - Mr Beetham, Judge of the Assessment Court, has ordered a new roll to be struck for the Levels Eoad Board District, on th» grounds of informalities in it. Arthur SketcMeyArthur Sketchleyis drawing good houses.