NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1891, 16 March 1880, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

AUCKLAND, March 16. Ministers Interviewed. Mr Ehrenfried, Mayor at the Thames, and Mr Sheehan, the member, waited on Messrs Hall and Rolleston, and requested a reimbursement of the two thousand three hundred pounds alleged to have been wrongfully deducted from the sum supplied to the borough for the last three years for charitable purposes. They also requested the Government to refund the five hundred pounds promised by Mr Sheehan when Native Minister, aod expended by the Thames people on the faith of the promise. The matter was referred to Mr Bryce. A deputation from the Thames also applied to have the Orphanage proclaimed under the Neg'eeted Criminals' Children Act, 1867, and Mr RollestOD. agreed to arrange it. The fourth application was the fulfilment of an agreement made by the Provincial Government to transfer the Grahamstown and Tararua tramway to the postal authorities (?) An enquiry was promised. WELLINGTON, March 16. Death of an Old Sett erAn old settler named John Wallace died this morning, in his 93rd year. Local Industries Commission. At a meeting of the Local Industries Commission Mr Wakefield was appointed Chairman. It was resolved to send a circular to the various chambers of commerce asking them to make any suggestions they considered necessary to aid industries already in exist* once, and for developing new ones. NEW PLYMOUTH, March 16. Banquet to Sergeant OkeyThe banquet given to Sergeant Okey last night was a great success. Over two hundred attended. Sir Dillon Bell was present, and Sroposed the toast " Prosperity to TaranakL" [ajor Stapp was in the chair and Colonel Trimble in the vice-chair. The Lincolnshire Delegates. The Lincolnshire Delegates arrived from. Hawera last night. Mr Grant is suffering from a severe attack of sciatica, and can scarcely walk. They are the guests of Me Caverhill. It is supposed they will leave for Auckland to-day in the steamer Rangatira,. which will be detained so as to enable Mr Foster to see something of the district. DUNEDIN, March 16. AppointmentMr. O. y. O'Connor, District Engineer of Westland, has been transferred to Dunedin as assistant to Mr Blair. The Cumberland Street Tragedy. The inquest on the Cumberland street tragedy will be held to-morrow. Butler has been remanded till Monday Besides the charges of murder, and of presenting a loaded revolver at Constable Town»•nd, he will be charged with burglary at Mr Stampers's house. This place was found to be on fire under suspicious circumstances early on Saturday morning, and some of Mr Stamper's property was found on Butler when arrested. TIMARU, March 16. A Curious CaseThe case of larceny of eight hundred sheep against George Orr, representing the firm of Messrs Meek and Miller, Oamaru, was dismissed, after occupying the bench two days. The sheep had been sold by Mr Scott, formerly partner with Mr Meek, and the latter, believing the sale to be fraudulent, instructed Orr to seize them, pending the appointment by the Supreme Court of a person to receive the disputed partnership property. AUCKLAND, March 15. A Stormy Passage. H.M.S. Cormorant had a tempestuous passage. When the vessel was thirty miles off the East Caps the wind began to coma down strongly from the North Bast, and: the vessel was compelled to stand off the land. The galo increased in force, and blew very strongly until two o'clock the following afternoon. In the meantime, the ship, which. was lying under easy steam and storm sails, drifted seventy-four miles to the Southward. A calm, which lasted three hours, was subsequently experienced, and she then encounterc 1 hea'vy S.W. squalls, during which one boat was carried away and two others stove in. The vessel had to run before the squalls under bare poles, not a stitch being set. The wind came round to westward and gradually decreased in force until eight o'clock next morning, when the vessel had run out of the storm. Police Items. Thomas Hanking, a clerk in the Railway Department, has been arrested for embezzling £92, and remanded till Monday. Frank Eaxton, charged with embezzling £52, the property of the Bank of New South Wales, was similarly remanded. Acclimatisation Society. At the annual meeting of the Auckland Acclimatisation Society held to-day, the report showed the net income to be £745. Mr R. 0. Barstow was elected president. The Carbine ChampionOn the arrival of the Auckland and Thames representatives at the railway station they were met by the Naval Brigade and Artillery. The Navals carried the carbine champion shoulder high to a gun carriage, and marched to the drill-shed. Inquest. At the inquest held on the body of Hubert Hinde, a verdict of "Pound Drowned " was returned. He had been generally intemperate. The Late Mr BirchThe remains of Mr Birch are to be forwarded to Dunedin by steamer for interment there. NELSON, March 15. ObituaryMajor Stack, well-known throughout the colony as commanding officer of volunteers, died here on Saturday evening. He was buried this atternoon with military honors. WELLINGTON, March 15. Au Explanation. A letter from the CommiEsioner of the Government Insurance Department, states that the delay in the payment of the amount of the policy of insurance on James Boyle, who was killed at Auckland, was owing to the necessary documents for settlement not beingreceived. The original probate was only received on March 8?h, and on the 10th a cheque was forwarded to the widow. The Railway CommissionA deputation from the West Coast Railway committee wait on the Hallway Commission to-morrow, for the purpose of giving evidenoe. GREYMOUTH, March 15. MiningThe first crushing of Mr Boase's claim, Langdon's Reef, is finished. One hundred tons of quartz and thirty or forty tons of mullock were put through, with a result of 51oz». of retorted gold. OAMARTJ, March 15. Sudden DeathA man, name rxknown, died suddenly at Te Aneraki yesterday. He came to the hotel apparently well, and during the night died quite suddenly. Committee Amenities. A case of assault, the outcome of a meeting for the election of a school committee, was tried to-day. There was an absence of harmony at the meeting, and the proceedings eventually culminated in a fight. DUNEDIN, March 15. The Unemployed. The memorial from the unemployed has already received about 500 signatures. The men contend that the payment offered by the Government is too low, and a«k the Government to provide work immediately for those who like to accept 7s per day. They also ask that small sections should be let by tender at fixed amounts. The Walmate Bush Fire CasesThe case, Theobald v Studholme, an action to recever £IOOO damages for losses sustained by the plaintiff through the destruction of his property by the large fire at Waimate on November 15th, 1878, which fire, it is alleged, was caused by the negligence of the defendant's servants, oommenced in the Supreme Court to-day. The defendant pleads that the plaintiff u not possessed of the land in respect to which he claims, and further that he is not guilty of the grievances complained against. The case is likely to last the whole week.