NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1963, 9 June 1880, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

[PEKSS ASSOCIATION.] DUNEDIN, June 9. Bravery Rewarded. Constables Townsend and Colborne have received £lO each for their plucky conduct in capturing Butler. What's in a Name? The " Star " states that General Managers of Railways are in future to be known as Traffic Managers. Mr Oonyers is to be designated Beilway Manager. Mr Armstrong locomotive engineer here takes charge of a small station in the North Island. The TJrso Concerts. The TJrso concerts concluded last night. They were the great jst success of any concerts ever held in Dunedin. Scherek, the aecompanyist, has been appointed conductor of the Choral Society. A Conviction Quashed. Judge Williams has held that Mr Watts's assumption that he had power to take judicial notice of the city by-law without proving the same wei erroneous, and quashed the conviction in the appeal case, allowing costs against the Inspector of Nuisances. INVEECABGILL, June 9. The Licensing Bench* Mr Downie Stewart's action re the wooden buildings is greatly approved of, the publicans here, even the owners of stone and brick hotels, concurring that the action of the Invercargill Bench threatening to close wooden houses next year is tyrannical, arbitrary and a stretch of power. The Rabbit Skin TradeThe Dipton Babbit Skin Exhibition promisea to be a great success. Many exhibits are dressed almost equal to sealskin. The best will be forwarded to the Molbourne Exhibition. WELLINGTON, June 9. Compensation Court. At the Compensation Court, in the caso of Kircaldie and Stains and the GeneraVGovernment, judgment was given for the plaintiffs for £4853, and fifty guineas costs. The claim was for £5750, the value of land taken by the defendants for the new railway station. The Licensing Act. At a meeting of the licensed victuallers last night, a deputation was appointed to wait on several momberß of the House .of Bepresentatives this afternoon, for the purpose of placing before them suggestions and altera-

tions in the new Act, to avoid matters which" would ba prejudicial to the publicans. Police Items. The body oE a newly born infant was found on Eaiwarra beach last night. As yet therw is no clue to the mother. At the Magistrate's Court Annie Petersen and Lsna Smith, two young girls were sentenced to six months' hard labor for larceny from a dwelling. AUCKLAND, Juno 8. Attempted Suicide. A market gardener named Femberton attempted to commit suicide this morning by cutting his throat. The cause assigned is drink. The Reverend EscapesAll the charges against the so-called clergy man at Drury have broken down. The Hannah Mokau. The Hannah Mokau, over which there has been so much squabbling, is to be sold by order of the mortgagee. A Remittance Man in TroubleLawrence H. Jellings, committed for trial in Hamilton for forging and uttering a cheque for £63 on the Colonial Bank, was acquitted lately at the Supreme Court sessions on a similar charge. Jellings is connected with a wealthy family at home, and received regular remittances. Grass Seeds. Mr James Farmer has forwarded to Auckland Museum from London a case containing fifty different species of grasses suitable for arable land. NAPIER, June 8. The Bible in Schools. A meeting was held last night for the purpose of securing the reading of the Bible in public schools. The Bishop \o£ Waiapu presided, and Bevs. St. Hill, Spear, Hovel, and Penny were present. It was resolved to present a petition to Parliament, pricing that the Bible may be read without note or comlient in schools. A committee was appointed to get the petition signed, which will be forwarded for presentation to the local members. A counter-petition is going to be got up. NEW PLYMOUTH, June 8. New Plymouth Harbour. At a meeting of the Harbor Board this afternoon, Mr Bees made a report on his mission to England, and what he had done was approved. The plans of Sir John Ooode were also adopted, and recommended for the Governor's approval. WELLINGTON, June 8. A Bellman Killed. A man named Con. Croft, the well-known bellman, was killed this aftemoca [by a runaway horse. The Government LibrarianMr Ewen McColl, Government librarian,, received a severe streke of paralysis this afternoon. WESTPOBT, June 8. A False ReportThe report that the colliery had received serious injury is incorrect. The only foundation for the report is that a truck broke away last week and displaced a few sleepers. DUNEDTN, June 8. Greymouth Wallsend CoThe Greymouth Wallsend Colliery Company here have registered under the JointStock Companies Act, and directors have been appointed. Tenders will be immediately called for to put the mine in thorough working order.