NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2007, 30 July 1880, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

[PBBBS ASSOCIATION.] AUCKLAND, July 30. Tawpiri Coal Mining Company. At the half-yearly meeting of the Tawpiri Coal Mining Company the report was as follows :—The profit and loss account shows a credit balance of £1196 6s 8d ; out of which the directors recommend the payment of a dividend of Is per share, payable on the 15th of August. The principal work of opening the now lower 40 feet seam has been done and the solid coal reached. In the market the coal still maintains its superiority for household purposes, notwithstanding competition and the low price charged for other local coals. An Amateur ConveyancerAlex. Martin was to-day, charged with acting as a conveyancer, he not being a barrister or solicitor of the Supremo Court. Tie prisoner, who was concerned in the forgery of the said deed but turned Queen’s evidence, pleaded Guilty. He waa fined £SO, or one month’s imprisonment without hard labor. NEW PLYMOUTH, July 30. Gas CompanyThe New Plymouth Gas Company held a meeting yesterday, when the chairman stated that the company have been in operation four months. There were eighty-four consumers, and the gas sold during the four months realised £268. The price charged waa 15s per thousand cash, which waa a lower price than any company in New Zealand had started with. The Lynch Family. The Lynch family of bellringers are doing good business hero. The hall was crammed last night. DUNEDIN, July 30. Insurance News. By a fire at Bendigo, which burned down Cameron’s billiard-room, the National Insurance Company lose £3OO. AUCKLAND, July 20. Industrial Home Inquiry. The Industrial Home inquiry is still dragging along. The evidence of Mr T. B. Hannaford was taken. He admitted that one part of the petition which he had prepared for presentation to the General Assembly had been proved to be untrue as regarded the master’s conduct. GISBORNE, July 29. Charge of Perjury. The charge of perjury against Mr W. L. Rees was dismissed to-day. The charge was that an affidavit of the indebtedness o£ Mr Cooper made by Mr Rees was false. WELLINGTON, July 29. Insurance Companies Bill. The Chamber of Commerce held a moating this afternoon to consider the Insurance Companies Bill which is now before Parliament. The principal speakers agreed that the Act would drive foreign companies out of the field, principally because their articles of association would not allow them to comply with the provisions of the Act. Resolutions were passed condemning the Act, as it tended to create a monopoly, also because of its protective tendency. Only agents of the local companies spoke in favor of the Bill. DUNEDIN, July 29. Bottla Licenses. At a meeting of brewers, hotelkeeper?, and merchants this afternoon resolutions were passed against the introduction of the provision for bottle licenses in the new Licensing Act. The Steamer Ino. The steamer Ino went ashore at Port Molyneux last night. She has a full cargo, and is expected to become a total wreck. Her hull is insured for £SOO in the South British and £450 in the Victoria, and tho cargo is also insured in the South British for £SOO.