NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1924, 24 April 1880, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

[PER PBESS ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON, April 24. The Tramway Case. At 12.30 this morning the jury give a verdict in the tramway case, which was substantially for the plaintiffs. Upon this verdict the court will have to make an award. Suspicious Circumstances. The police are investigating the circumstances connected with the fire at Berhampoor. Flogging in Gaol. Longhurst, who was sentenced last session to ten years and two whippings, received the first twenty-five this morning. He bor unfiinchingly, but suffered severely. The report of the medical examination denies that the prisoner suffers from heart disease. AUCKLAND, April 23. Alleged Embracery. The case against Williams, chemist, and Samuel Ooombe, clothier, for alleged embracery in the recent case of Hughes, comet on to-morrow. Trial of N.Z. CoalThe German war ship Bismarck has received instructions to sail for Valparaiso, South America, owing to disturbances there affecting German interests. The Bismarck takes a quantity of Bay of Islands coal as an experiment. The Deceased Tonga PrinceThe Nautilus, shortly expected here will take the body of the deceased Tonga Prince to Samoa. NAPEEB, April 23. The Pleuro-pneumonia-At the first meeting of the newly formed Cattle Board, held to-day, it was decided to request the Government to extend the regulations to the land boundaries of the province as well as to the sea coast, to prevent the disease being introduced overland. A letter was reel from the Government, asking the opinion of the Board as to whether they considered it desirable to prohibit the importation of cattle from the Australian colonies. _ In |reply the Board recommended the prohibition temporarily. It was also decided to request the Government to allow clean certificates to be given for cattle the same as for sheep. Major Kemp.

Dr Builer has gone to Murimotu, to see if lie can pacify Major Kemp. WELLINGTON, April 23. The Charge against the Asylum Superintendent. It is understood that the Government confirmbjtlie report made by the Commission that the inquiries as to the conduct of Mr Whitelaw, superintendent of the Asylum, completely exonerates him from charges made by the ex-attendant. Charge of Stabhing. A lad named Alfred Brown was charged at the Besident Magistrate's Couil this morning with stabbing another lad named Alfred Lindley. The case was remanded for further inquiry. Insurances. The insurance on Mr Wright's house destroyed by fire last night, was £4CO in the London and Globe. The furniture was insured for £4.00 in the New Zealand. NELSON, April 23. Sudden Death* Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held at Wakefield, on the body of Mr Melville Sellon who was a run holder, and well known a few years since as a crack cricketer. The verdict was that he died from apoplexy. It is said that deceased, whilst riding to his home from Wakefield on the night of the 21st, was seized with a fit of apoplexy, and died by the roadside, where he was found breathing his last. TIMABU, April 23. A Pre 3 Pardon. News has arrived here that his Excellency has granted a free pardon to F. A. Sims, formerly a merchant here, who was prosecuted by the National Bank for larceny, and sentenced by Judge Ward to three months" imprisonment. Emigration to Cape Town-

There has been quite a rush for passages for Cape Town. About sixty applications have been received since Monday. The intending emigrants are mostly able bodied men belonging to the laboring classes. The Railway CommissionThe Bailway Commission arrived from Oamsiu this morning. They proceeded to Albury by special train, returning to town this evening, when they were waited upon by the committee from the Chamber of Commerce relative to the new railway station, and the continuation of the Albury railway. In reference to the latter it was stated that the formation to Fairlie Creek, a distance o£ nearly twenty miles, had been completed six months ago, and it only required one bridge to make the extension available for traffic. The Albury branch line is one of the best paying ones in the colony, and its extension will open up half a million acres of rich agricultural country, besides passing through the Mackenzie country, the greatest wool-growing district in Canterbury, Melbourne ExhibitionIn reply to a telegram from the Government, the Mayor and Messrs Gibson, Jonas, and Captain Cain have consented to act as a local committee to collect exhibits for the Melbourne Exhibition. OAMAETJ, April 23. Government Terms. Working men with families complain bitterly of the terms offered by Government on the Windsor-Livingstone Bailway.