NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1941, 14 May 1880, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

[PBSSS ASSOCIATION.] AUCKLAND, May 14. Juvenile BurglarsThree juvenile burglars were charged at the Police Court to-day. They effected an entrance into a house in the suburbs, and stole a watch and other articles. The two youngest were sent to the Industrial School, and the eldest was remanded. Sunday Liquor Selling. Fraser, landlord of the Globe Motel, was fined 40s for Sunday liquor selling. Native LandAbout a quarter of a million acres of Patetero land are to pass through the Land Court at Cambridge. Only a hundred thousand acres are expected to pass this sitting. Several representative Kingites were present, including Te Ngakau, though merely as spectators. Tukukino, of the Thames, was exoectod. TIMARU, May 14. Fishing Extraordinary. During the past fortnight the coast here has been visited by shoals of cod fish. The water is literally alive with them, and fishermen have filled their boats as rapidly as they could pull them in. Fish have never before been so cheap and plentiful in Timaru. Old Friends. Henry Williams has been sentenced to six months for robbing an acquaintance of by-

gone years of his swag while the latter was doing the amiable in a public-house bar. The Bench characterised, the theft as peculiarly mean and ungrateful. Stealing a Theodolite. Wm. Bradahaw, formerly confidential clerk to a legal firm, was committed for trial for stoaling a theodolite from a surveyor's office on Sunday last. WELLINGTON, May 14. Wellington-Masterton Railway. The Greytown section of the WellingtonMasterton railway was opened through this morning. The train came through at the appointed time, all smoothly, but with only very few passengers. Some twenty men assembled at the station on the arrival, including the Mayor and Councillors. It was raining heavily. DUNEDIN, May IS. Mining NewsA trial orushing at Oonroy's went over three ounces to the ton. The Gladstone Company, at the Arrow, sent down a cake of 367 i ounces, from 97 tons of stone. FireThe Court-house at Tokomairiro has been burnt down. All the documents are destroyed. The clerk left the lamp burning while he went to tea, and it is supposed that it exploded. AUCKLAND, May 13. A Hard CaseA poor woman named Margaret Aspiu, with four helpless children and a baby in urms, arrived per Te Anau from Brisbane. She received a letter from her husband to come to Auckland and he would meet her there. She sent a letter telling him she was coming, and when she arrived to her dismay her own letter was still in the Post Office unclaimed. The woman is helpless, and has no means whatever. The police have no clue to the whereabouts of Aspir. Official MovementsMr James M'Kerrow, Surveyor-General, and the Secretary for the Goldfields, who have been visiting the Thames, were passengers for Wellington by the Te Anau. The Late Fatal AccidentAn inquest on Walsh, killed on the Waikato railway, resulted in a verdict of "Accidental death." The jury rider that the Government be advised to inaugurate a system of communication between the guard and engine driver, and also that all stations should be in telegraphic communication. The Te Aro Block. The Te Aro block dispute came up at the Wast e Lands Board to-day. Mr A. Campbell of the Thames wrote reminding the Board that a memorial forwarded by himself and others for a portion of the block, was received prior to that of Messrs Grant and Foster, who were successful in their treaty for the land to. On the motion of Mr Firth, it was resolved to inform Mr Campbell that the land applied for by Messrs Grant and Foster was miles south of that which he had written about. WELLINGTON, May 13. Serious Accident. George Jones, poulterer, reooived serious injury yesterday by being thrown over a precipice on the Bimutuka hill, owing to his horse shying. Fire. A fire broke out at 11.30 in Mr Alexander's boarding-house, Murphy street. The fire originated in the back kitchen, but in what manner is unknown, as all the occupants of the house were in bed. The alarm was given by the next door neighbor, who saw the glare through a window when going to bed. The building was speedily in flames, and was completely destroyed, also the next house, occupied and belonging to Mr Cosgrove, the Parliamentary messenger. A quantity of his furniture was Baved. A carpenter's workshop belonging to Mr Johnson was also gutted. The furniture waß removed from Capt. Holmwood's house, next door, but his premises did not catch. The water supply was very defective. It is believed that the Colonial, South British and Union Offioes have small lines on the buildings and furniture destroyed, but the total insurances are thought to be under £IOOO. May 13. The following are the insurances on the buildings:—£3so in the South British and £3OO in the Colonial. The furniture, £350 in t*ie Union. Oosgrave's house was insured for £l5O in the Colonial. NELSON, May 13. Nelson Trunk Railway. A largely attended meeting was held last night to consider the action of the Government in deolining to accept tenders for the trunk railway. Mr Pitt. M.H.8., read a telegram from the Colonial Treasurer, which in effect stated that the cause of the action of the Government was the financial position of the colony, and they felt bound before accepting further contraots to see their way to meet the deficiency on March 31st last, wt.ich he stated to be over a million. The speaker urged that the Government could not have made this discovery all at cnoe after calling for tenders, and contended that they had broken their pledges, and that this meeting express strong disapprobation of the action of the Government after their distinct pledge. It was carried by a large majority that as the Nelson distriot has not received its share of expenditure, though its inhabitants have had to contribute towards the whole expenditure of the colony, thiß meeting calls on the representatives of the district to oppose by all means any Government till jußtico is given to Nelson. Mr Hursthouse, M.H.R., was present, and opposed the resolution. Fire. A fire occurrod at Waimea West this morning, when Palmer's Hotel was burned down. The landlord, Carriage, lost everything, and Mr Palmer's insurance on the building, which is valued at £BOO, was only £4OO. Re Mr Acton AdamsNothing more has been heard of the requisition calling upon Mr Acton Adams to resign. O AMARU, May 13. The County CouncilAt the meeting of the County Council today, it was decided that no rate should be levied during the current year. Mr D. Sutherland, the county chairman, entertained his fellow members, the Mayor, and the chairmen of the different Boad Boards at a dinner to-night. DUNEDIN, May 13. The WeatherThe weather during the last few days has been very wet, cold, and boisterous. Mr J- S. Webb. Nothing new haß come out regarding the sudden disappearance of Mr J.B.Webb, but it is understood that no defalcations have been discovered in his accounts. ElectionMr J. J. Bitchie was to-day elected a member of the City Council for High Ward. AddressMr Barron, M.H.K. for Caversham, will address his constituents on Monday next. A Happy ThoughtIn his monthly report to the Harbor Board, Captain Thomson suggests that the Central Penal Establishment for New Zealand should be formed at Heyward'B Point. This point, which is just below Port Chalmers, is said to be a very out-of-the-way place, suggestive of a sort of Siberia, and if his recommendation is carried out, the harbor-master desires to have the prison labor utilised in forming a breakwater, which would improve the bar. The report was referred to the works committee for consideration. Gold Mining. A telegram from the Arrow says that a cake of gold weighing 3670zs lOdwts, from ninety-three tons of quartz from the Gladstone claim, came down last night. This return, which nearly equals 4dzs to the ton, is the best yet obtained at Macetown. BALOLUTHA, May 13. Fatal Accident. Alfred Shiels, aged eighteen, son of a settler at Pururu, was accidentally killed yesterday. He end his brother had a young horse on the stockyard. The gate was shut by one rail, near which on the outside deceased waß standing. The horse leaped through the gate, when the rail was displaced, and struck deceased on the chest. He fell, but at once got on kis feet again, then fell to the ground, and expired in a few minutes. Catlin'ii River Railway. A public meeting of settlers was held in the East Olutha schoolroom last night to consider the action of the Cy-overnment in stopping the Catlin's River railway. Mr Joett,

chairman of the County voted to the ohair. JP»« *"" M.H.R. was present. The folio* 0 ? 1 ??'» was passed: "Seeing that the[ ,ola "°r after earefnl eonßideration, initiatP. 1116 r| railway from Invercargill to Catff? the first section of which if formedVYL£ New Zealand Parliament last Bessie "T priated £12,000 for the further proseP T z2 the work; that the present Minister*? Ho Works months ago promised that thP ' Z section of this line would be at onoe pro., with, and that in accordance herewith tt were called for and received, none of \ were accepted, this meeting views with deepest regret the sudden and unexpe stoppage cf this much-needed and very portart railway, and would respectfully quest the Government to reconsider thi decision, and prooeed with the work withoi delay." [FROS£ OTTB OTO OOKEKBPOITDBHT.] WELLINGTON, May 13. The Premier. The Premier has been ill during the last day or two, and is now confined to his residence. His medical attendant will not allow him to go out, and Cabinet Councils are being held at his house. He is better to-day, and it is hoped that he will be all right again by the opening of Parliament.