NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1979, 28 June 1880, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

[PBESB ASSOCIATION. J DUNEDIN, June 28. Insurance Items. By the fire at Portobello the New Zealand office lose £2OO. By the fire at Waitahuna the Norwich Union lose £3OO. Football. A large meeting of footballers decided to form an Otago Rugby Union, They also determined that the visit of the Otago team to 3 Wellington should not be paid until the Wellington team played in Dunedin, the 3 Wellington Union having no right to expect , another visit until it had repaid the visit of 1 the Otago team. It was resolved—“ That copies of these resolutions be forwarded to the Canterbury Union, and that they bo in--3 vited to send their team to Dunedin this season for the interprovincial match, with a proposal that this be an annual fixture, to be played at Christchurch and Bunedin alternately." A Cruel Mother. At the City Court the Bench ordered a criminal prosecution for exposing her child | against Mrs Ferguson, who figured in the recent divorce cases. She left her infant on the doorstep of the house where Fergusson i had placed his'own children. AUCKL AND, June 26. Disturbances at Cambridge. Yesterday was somewhat a riotous one at Cambridge. Proceedings commenced after the Court sat, when several of the consta- * bulary were somewhat roughly bandied, but > succeeded in quelling the disturbance in r Court. The street, however, was the scene ( of one row after another up to dusk. The hotels were closed to-day and quietude * reigned. NEW PLYMOUTH, June 26. Mr Hamlin. Mr Hamlin returned from the front last evening, and left for Wellington by train this morning. WELLINGTON, Juno 26. j The Property Tax. A public meeting wag held at Masterton ' last night to denounce the property tax. The following amendment was, however, carried by an overwhelming majority—“ That this meeting considers the property tax to be a just and equitable measure, as falling on that i section of the community who are best able to bear it, and have received the greatest benefit from loans to pay interest on which we are now being taxed.” OAMAEU, Juna 27. Curious Death. It is understood that the medical examinai tion as to the cause of George Ellis’ death i points to the deceased being affected through eating bad fruit, and then choked in the act of vomiting. DUNEDIN, June 27. Fatal Boat Accident. A fishing boat capsized in the surf at the bar at 8 p.m. on Saturday, and two men, named Brown and Johnson, were drowned. The third man, Remer, clung to the boat, and was rescued. Pedestriaaism. Young Scott succeeded in waiting over a hundred and thirteen miles in five minutes under twenty-four,hours. He did his last mile under ten minutes, and was enthusiastically cheered on the completion of his task. INYEROAEGILL, June 27. Collision of Trains. The night train from Clinton and the up train from Invercargill collided at Edendale, the crossing place, on Saturday evening. Both trains were heavily freighted with goods and passengers, and were going slowly at the time, being within fifty yards of the platform. Only the engines and one truck left the metals, but neither sustained much injury. The collision was caused by the driver of one of the engines mistaking the position of a light. The passengers, engine drivers, and stokers all escaped unhurt Fatal AccidentA man named Andrew Cornfoot was lost from the cutter Kent at Euapuko on Thursday last, havingjfallen overboard while intoxicated. Ropes were thrown to him, but he 1 was unable to catch them, and being unable 1 t4> swim he soon disappeared. [FEOM OUB OWN COBBESPOKDENT.I 1 WELLINGTON, June‘26 * The Waimate Plains. l The latest telegrams from the constabulary i camps on the West Coast are of a wholly 1 favorable nature. The Maoris show no sullen- 1 ness, but the utmost friendliness, and have - attempted no further obstruction. They are t busily engaged in sowing and planting in the i vicinity of the road line. The “ Post ” states ] t hat there is not the slightest truth in the c statement made in a letter in this morning’s 1 “New Zealand Times,” that the West Coast . Commission offered privately to Tauroa the t block between Patea and Whenuakura if ho 1 would relinquish his claims. On the con- £ trary, the Commissioners repeatedly said that 3 all the promises made to Tauroa before the 3 second insurrection had been swept away. c

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