NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2003, 26 July 1880, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

AUCKLAND, July2G. The 10 per-cent Reduction. At a meeting of railway employees on Saturday evening it was resolved to petition Q-overnment to rescind the decision affecting the ten-per-cent reduction of salaries. The Mail. There is no sign of the mail steamer as yet. The Missing Cutter. The owner of the missing cutter Three Brothers has been making a aearch along the beaches of the Port Oharle3 district dur'ug

the past week, but can discover nothing. He believes the cutter was run down. INVEROAR&ILL, July 26. A Rabbit Run Sold. The lease of run 415, at Takatimoe, of 44,000 acres, was submitted to sale to day and' purchased by a company of four, at the upset rental of £5 yearly and an assessment for a similar amount. The run is overrun with, rabbits, and it is believed the lessees intendto make their profits from this source. AUCKLAND, July 24. District law Society. At the annual meeting of the District Law Society, it was stated that the Registrar of the Supreme Court hod promised to adopt the Canterbury scale of fees in lieu of that in present ruling. The secretary reported that the Council had resolved to recommend the proseoution of a person who had illegally performed some duties of a solicitor. NEW PLYMOUTH, July 25. The Native Prisoners-Twenty-six Native prisoners (including Te Whetu) are on board the Hinemoa, which left the roadstead about eleven o'clock today, and steamed as far as the Sugar Loaves, where she now lies. It is reported that she is awaiting the arrival of the Wanaka, and will take on board the Southern portion of the English mail. HAWERA, July 24. New Plymouth Harbor Board-Scheme Much satisfsction was expressed by the settlers this morning at the prospect of a searching enquiry by the Legislative Council into the New Plymouth Harbor scheme, and the right to levy a shilling rate on lands beyond the Waingongoro river. Mr Barleyman, solicitor, has been retained by the Battlers to look up evidence and watch their interests generally. WELLINGTON, July 25. Funeral of Father O'Reilly. Father O'Reilly was buried this afternoon. The coffin was borne to tho cemetery by the members of the Hibernian Society. The citybands amalgamated and made one band comprising over seventy players. The most prominent positions of the town were crowded by those who wished to gain a glimpse of the of the cortege. It is estimated that nearly two thousand followed the remains of the deceased. GREYMOTJTEI. July 25. Stranding of the Kennedy. A court of enquiry en the stranding of the Kennedy was held on Saturday before the Resident: Magistate and two assessors, when Oapt. Dillon was held free of blame and his certificate returned to him. Fire. A small cottage in Threadneedle street wae destroyed by fire on Saturday night, but the cause is unknown, as the owner was absent at the time. The building was not insured.