NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1984, 3 July 1880, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

[PEESS ASSOCIATION.] AUCKLAND, July 3. A Bigamous Batcher. The case of Lawlor, the butcher, charged with bigamy, was on before the Police Court this morning. He has been committed for trial. GRAHAMSTOWN, July 3. Death of a Prospector. A man named Praneis James Shine died last evening in the Hospital from injuries received while prospecting in Hope Creek. An inquest wi’l be held. INVERCARGILL, July 3. The Charge against Dr. Moffat. An inquest is proceeding re an extraordinary case at Winton. A woman named Cameron died in childbirth, through the apparent neglect of Dr. Moffat, who ran away from the one after partially effecting delivery, although implored by both man and wife to stay. The medical evidence is inconclusive, and the case is adjourned for a second post-mortem and other practitioners. ClosedThe Working Men’s Club hn closed for financial reasons. The Orepuki Coal Mine. The Orepuki Coal Company have forwarded to the Melbourne Exhibition a column of shale the full thickness of the seam, viz., soma five or six feet. The seam descends through the coal at an angle of forty-five degrees to unknown depths. The company have sunk into the coal seam about eighteen feet, and have not yet passed through it. The coal improves in quality as they go deeper. TIMARU, July 3. A Welter Race. An amusing race of a hundred yards between the landlord of the Qrosvenor Hotel and a veterinary surgeon, each weighing over eighteen stone, for £lO a side, resulted in the latter winning by a stride. A Hard Case. Henry Davis, one of the unemployed, after walking overland from the Weka Pass to Nelson and back to Timaru, bad to break a tobacconist’s window in order to obtain admission to the gaol. The Bench gave him for teen days. AccidentDr. Mr-’doch was rendered insensible by falling from his horse last evening while crossing the r, Tway line. A Scamped Job. Considerable sensation has been caused by the discovery that the portion of the breakwater which recently slipped out, necessitating the breaking of the monolith, had been propped up with bags of concrete instead of resting on solid blocks. Welcome Rain. A steady fall of rain during the past few days has filled the wells and tanks in the townjjuat as a water famine [was beginning to cause complaints. WELLINGTON, July 2, Supposed Loss of the Poneke. The topsail schooner Poneke, which was off Greymouth ;bar on the 18th inst., has not been heard of since, and is supposed to be lost. She left Manukau for Greymouth, to load coal for Napier, but finding the bar in a bad state the captain intimated his intention of proceeding to Picton. A heavy gale sprang up the same evening, and it is supposed that the vessel capsized or foundered. The crew consisted of Jas. Lee, captain, and five seamen. She is owned by Messrs Waddel, McLeod and Weir, of Wellington, and is insured for £IOOO in the South British, of which £666 13s 4d is re-insured in the Victoria and Colonial offices. The Unemployed. At b meeting of the unemployed, a committee was appointed to obtain the necessary information required by the Premier. Justices of the Peace ActThe “ Gazette ’’ publishes the amended scales of fees to be taken under the Justices of the Peace Act, 1866, the E.M. Acts of 1867 and 1868, the Licensing Act, 1873, Amendment Act, 1874, and the R.M.’s Evidence Act, 1870. DUNEDIN, July 2. Mining NewsSome rich gold discoveries are reported from the Eorks run, between Lakes Wanaka and Hawea. The sinking is from sft, and nuggets weighing four ounces have been found. The ground must bo limited, owing to the nature of the country. A number of Cromwell residents have gone out prospecting.