NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1894, 19 March 1880, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

[EBB PBESS ASSOCIATION.] DUNEDIN, March 19. Fire. A four-roomed cottage was burned down in the North East Valley yesterday. It was insured in the Standard for £l5O, and in the South British for £IOO. On the Peninsula two stacks of hay were destroyed. They were insured. ■Racing. At the Moa Flat races Atlantic won the principal event. TIMABU, Maroh 19. The Riot at Pig-Hunting Creek. Sixteen men have now been arrested on the oharge of riot and assault in connection with the fight for the possession of the mob of sheep at Pig-hunting Greek yesterday. Warrants are out for several others. Eleven are now being criminally prosecuted. The prosacuting counsel asks that the eleven men, including McLeish, should be committed for trial. The case will occupy the Court all day. DUNEDIN, March 19. Criminal SessionsThere are fifteen cases for trial at the Criminal Sessions. AUCKLAND, March 18. Presbyterian General Assembly. A breakfast, in connection with the present session of the General Assembly of the Pres • byterian Church of New Zealand, was held at u.. a»»» xr.t.l. r-;fi- r .mm. including several ladies, were present, and the Bev. J. Patterson, of Wellington, occupied the chair. Addresses were delivered by the Bevs. Biely, Binnie, Sidey, Bruce, McKinney, Eraser, and Webb (Baptist), Morley (Weßleyan), and Br. Maunsell (Episcopalian). A most successful conversazione was held this evening in St. James' Hall. PedestrianismA foot race is on the tapis between B. P. Hutton, of Auckland, and Jas. Freer, of Gisborne, for £SO aside, distance 100, 150, and 200 yards, the winner of two events of the three to take the money. The Lincolnshire Delegates. At the Waste Lands Board, a letter was received from the Lincolnshire delegates, stating their intention to leave for England by next mail steamer. They were desirous of learning whether the Board was willing to withhold from sale ten thousand acres of the Te Aroha block until they had time to organise a colonising party. They would be willing to pay a fair price for it, and submit to any reasonable conditions imposed. After some discussion it was agreed to reserve the land for six months. Mr Fitzgibbon Louch, 0.E., of Katikati, applied for the indicated portion of the Te Aroha block for the purpose of a special settlement. If he were granted the land he intended to proceed to Great Britain in order to form a party of settlers. The chairman said that the land applied for included those sections referred to in Messrs Grant and Foster's letter, as well as that claimed by Mr Thomas Bussell. The applicant's project was supposed to be one of a purely speculative character, and it was, therefore, decided to refuse his request. Fire. The house of Mr Taite, Lome street, took fire to-day, it is supposed through the spark from a forge, but the fire was suppressed. The building was insured in the National for £IOO. Bishop Cowie on our Afghan Policy. Bishop Cowie delivered a lecture on Afghanistan and Central Asia at the Auckland Institute, to a crowded audience. He thoroughly endorsed Lord Beaconsfield's Afghan policy, and approved of the occupation of Merv and Herat if necessary. His Lordship served as army chaplain with the Indian forces in 1865. WELLINGTON, March 18. Civil Service Commi-sion. Dr. Lemon, General Manager of Telegraphs, Captain Johnston, head of the marine department, and Mr Oliver Wakefield, Secretary for Mines, were examined to-day by the Civil Service Commission. The Commission leave for Invercargill on Monday. A Successful Confectioner. Mr S. S. Griffiths, of this city, was awarded first prize for confectionery, and second prize for biscuits, and an honorable mention for manufacturing machinery, at the Sydney Exhibition. Building SocietyThe annual report of the Wellington Building Society shows a credit balance to profit and loss of £1724. Ihe Governor. The Hinemoa left for Napier this evening, for the purpose of bringing his Excellency and Lady Eobinson to Wellington. HOKITIEA, March 18. Supreme Court Sessions. The Supreme Court sessions were opened this morning by Mr Justice Williams. There were only three cases on the calendar. Two trivial charges of larceny were disposed of. Symonds, charged with the manslaughter of his son, will be tried to-morrow. The judgo expressed his pleasure and satisfaction at the law-abiding and orderly character of the West Coast. TIMARU, March 18. A Pastoral Riot. At the Besident Magistrate's Court this afternoon, James McLeish, Charles Bull and Bobert Nesbitt were charged with creating a riot at Pig Hunting Creek, a few miles out of Timaru. The circumstances of the case were as follows:—Some weeks ago, McLeish bought 800 sheep from one Scott, a partner of Mr Meek at Oamaru. On the sheep arriving in the vicinity of Timaru, thoy were put in a paddock by McLeish, and afterwards removed by one Orr, agent of Mr Meek. McLeißh laid an information against Orr for sheep stealing, but the case was dismissed. This morning, Orr, with a strong gang of men again removed the sheep, and McLeish started after them with a stronger force, and after considerable

hustling drove the sheep back toward Timaru. Orr then gave MeLeish. and others in charge. Orr was afterwards arrested on a similar charge, and this evening fire more men on McLeish's side have been taken into custody at Orr's instigation. The affair has create great excitement. All the accused will appear in Court to-morrow. OAMARU, Maroh 18. PedestrianismS. Brooks completed his task of walking 120 miles in 23 hours and 48 minutes. DUNEDIN, March 18. The Cumberland street Tragedy. The remains of the mnrdered Dewar family were interred in the Southern Cemetery today. The procession was a large one. The inquest on the bodies was resumed to-day, and further adjourned until to-morrow. Several witnesses were examined, but nothing elicited connecting the prisoner Butler with the murdflf. philoMpSoaTOn^xiitjtk. The Philosophical Institu!» held an additional ordinary meeting last evening (March 18th) to receive the opening address oE the president, and for the transaction oE ordinary business. Professor Hutton and Mr John Hay were duly elected members cf the institute. The president gave notice that the hon. sec. had sent in his resignation, and that it would be therefore necessary to elect .another secretary at the April meeting. The president then proceeded to read his address, which treated of the progress of applied science in Canterbury, and referred to the railways, roads, geodetic survey, determination of levels, barometer levels, irrigation, conservation of rivers, water supply of towns, town sewage, fever maps, compulsory abolition of cesspits, tram-cars, gasworks, harbor works, graving dock, Timaru breakwater, agricultural machinery, lighthouses, telegraphs, telephone, and the Museum. The address concluded with an eloquent appeal to the members of the institute to further the cause of scientific education by all the means in their power. On the termination of the reading a discussion took place on the address, in which Professor Bickerton, Dr Yon BTaast, Dr. Symes, Mr B. W. Fereday, and the president took part. It was announced that a conversazione would be held shortly, and that the evening would be devoted to an exhibition of constructive art.