NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1921, 21 April 1880, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

[PBQ I?Ri;3S ASSOCIATION ] AUCKLAND, April 21. Mr OliverMr Oliver returned hero from tho Tharu a early thio morning, lie proceeds south by the Penguin on E\n lay. Embezzling Government Funds. The trial of J. N. Young on another charge is proceeding to-day. Strange TheftsStealing lead from roofs ia prevalent. N API KB, April 21. EducationalAt the Edueitijn Board yeMcrday a Einnmary of the school attendar.c; was read. It showed, for tho quirter ending March 31$f, an attendance of 1579 inula-! and 1413 females ; total 29?2. Tho average attendance was 2211. For the corresponding

quarter laat year the average attendance was 1687. Sending off the MailsAt the Harbour Board meeting yesterday the following resolution was passed : " That the arrangement made by the pilot for taking off tho San Francisco mails to the Rotorua on the 24th ult. were faulty, and Bhowed a want of forethought and energy. Iq future the Postmaster, if an emergency arises for using the life boats, should communicate with the chairman or secretary of the Harbor Board." Neglected3Cb.ild.ren. Throe children, ten, seven, and five years respectively, were brought before the Resident Magistrate this morning, charged with beiog neglected children. The father of the children is an old offender, and the mother died while the father was in gaol. The children have been kept by the nuns, and have since been ordered to be|Jeent to the Nelson Indus:rial School.

WELLINGTON, April 21. Charge of Arson. Information has been laid against a butcher named Devereaux for setting fire to his house on February 4th. The case will be heard on Friday. DUNEDIN, April 21. Civil SittingsIn Mackenzie v South, a rule for a new trial was made absolute with costs. Notice of appeal waß given. In Larnach and others v McEenzie a rule absolute was made with costs. Criminal SessionsThe minor charges against Butler are to be taken to morrow. With regard to Mitton'a case, after the Act of the Incorporation of the Athor.a.'um had been considered, Judge Johnston said that as there was no beneficial interest to any person, he did not know why he was brought down to try the case. Mr Haggitt replied that ho had urged that view before, but that Judge Williams thought otherwise. INVERGARGILL, April 21. Fraudulent BankruptThomas Flynn, a bootmaker at Gore, filed his schedule for £6O, and was afterwards discovered to have withdrawn £9O from the bank. Being taxed with this, he gave up £B6. The bankrupt was brought up before the District Court and remanded for eight days. The Judge intended that the creditors Bhould receive the amount due to them in full and the balance should go towards the expense of prosecution.

TIMARU, April 21. Emigration to the Cape. It is announced by advertisement that, if sufficient inducement offers, a first class vessel will leave Timaru for Capetown direct at the end of the month. Within two days over twenty passages have been applied for, chiefly by well-to-do working men. A Prisoner FloggedTate, who was sentenced to two floggings for indecent assault, received his first punishment at the gaol yesterday. The Kissing CassThe information brought by a married woman named Q-raaf against Jonathan Allpress for kissing her against her will, because she could not pay what she owed, was dismissed, as no corroborative evidence was produced. The Memorial re SimsonSurprise and dissatisfaction is generally expressed at the delay that has taken place in dealing with the memorial praying for the reloaso of the bankrupt, Simson, on the ground that Judge Ward should have accepted tho verdict twice returned by the jury as a verdict of acquittal. The memorial which was numerously and influentially s'gned, wa3 despatched to His Excellency about six weeks ago, and the feeling is prevalent that Simeon, who has now completed half his sentence, has been wrongly imprisoned. Chase After a Seal. A seal sft. long was seen sporting about in the water at the end of the breakwater this morning. Saveral boats were manned and went in pursuit, but the stranger escaped. AUCKLAND, April 20. CommittalsAnn Hogan and Mary Welsh were committed for trial in connection with the robbery of £ls from the Crown Hotel. The Wellington. The barque Wellington, bound from Kiipara to Melbourne, has put back leaky, with soren feet of water in her hold. The pumps did not reduce the leak, which started in a gale. The s-s. Soathern Cross. The s.s. Southern Cross has been placed in the Fiji trade. The Coal Trade. Complaints are made by the colliers that the Union Company's vessels convey coal beyond their requirements from Bussell to other places and then sell it. The Waikato Land Association.

News has been received here that the prospectus of the Waikato Land Association w«b issued before the departure of the mail. The proposal is to Bettle Piako lands, and tho capitul is £6OO OCD, in £2O shares. The directors includo Mr Thomas Russell, 'ir James Eergueson, and Mr Mundella. Ninety thousand acres are to be sold for £300,000. and half the capital is to be absorbed in the first purchase of the land. The Piako estate will be divided into manageable farms. It is expected that the scheme will bring half a million of money into Auckland. GRAHAMSTOWN, April 20. Mr OliverThe Hon. B. Oliver arrives from the Upper Thames this afternoon, and leaves by tho steamer to-night for Auckland. He goes South by the Penguin to-morrow. WELLINGTON, April 20. Sale of Coal M.neTho coal mine and property connected with it belonging to the Wellington Company was put up to auction to-day, and purchased by Capt. Williams for £-1750. New Railway StationThe tender of Mr Alex. Reese for £2294 has been accepted for the erection of the new railway station. Body FoundThe body of George Cooley, one of the men drowned in the Wairarapa Lake, was found to-day. DUNEDIN, April 20. The Easter Eeview. Lieut.-Colonel Stavoly has called a meeting of captains of corps in the Dunedin district for to-morrow to investigate the charges against the volunteers who took part in tlie lato review. The Charges against ButlerIt is not known yet what course the Crown intends to take re the other charges of murder aguinet Butler. INVERCAKGLLL, April 20 Fraudulent Bankruptcy. A man named Flynn was arrested to-day for fraudulent bankruptcy, havirg, it is alleged, concealed somo £9O odd from his creditors.