NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2058, 28 September 1880, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

WELLINGTON, September 2&. Illustrating an ActAt the Magistrate's Court this morning Mr Mao Donald was fined £5 and costs for exercising his business as auctioneer after seven at night. _ The defence was that there was no intention to set the law at defiance, hut that he wished to bring the matter before the Court with a view of getting the law repealed. The magistrate faid the act was a breach of a clearly-defined Ordinance, and cautioned the defendant that, should the offence be repeated, he would inflict the full penalty of £SO. INVEBOABGILL, September 28. Educational. The Invercargill School Committee have resolved to declare to the Education Department that they cannot carry on their schools on the reduced allowance, rendered necessary by the curtailment of the vote. The reduction equals nearly 50 per cent. There are three big schools under the Committee, and over a thousand pupils. The Committeemen's position if they carry on is that they are personally liable for deficiencies. An Unsatisfactory Licensee. At an adjourned meeting of the Licensing Court yesterday, a suburban publican, the conduct of whose house was deemed unsatisfactory, was called on to hand over hiß license granted at the annual meeting for cancellation. Acting under legal advice the licensee refused to do as requested. It appears that under present; circumstances, and the present state of the law, he can .carry on to the end of the licsnsing year. The Railway Time Table. Mr Shanks, M.H.8., in a letter to a loeal paper, states that he and Mr Bain intend going to Dunedin to remonstrate with Mr Oliver r* the railway time table. AUCKLAND, September 27. The ETgaruawaiha Lands. The Ngarnawaha suburban lands are at last to be sold by order'of the Government. Accident* Mr Thomas Gibbons, of the Huia saw mills, met with a nasty accicent 10-day. He was cleaning a double-barrelled gun,not suspected of being loaded, and for the purpose of softening some oil that had hardened in it, he held the breech of the gun-barrel over the forge fire, when it went off, inflicting a serious flesh wound in the lower portion of the abdomen. Selling Arms. George William King has been committed for trial on a charge of selling arms to Natives. My Uephew on his LegsMr Seymour George addressed the electors afc Warkworth on Saturday. He opposed further borrowing, and supported the Education Act and separation. He denounced the Patetere block transaction, and said that he would abolish County Councils. A vote of thanks and confidence was passed. ImprovementsMr James Williamson has commenced the cultivation of his large estate near Hamilton. A thousand acres of land will be ploughed immediately. Avast swa-np will be reclaimed. WELLINGTON, September 27. The Suicide Mania.

At the Magistrate's Court this afternoon John Watson, for attempted suicide, wae committed for trial. The Political Fencers. The number of Natives who appeared at the fences near Parihaka was forty-two, of whom only soven were men. They made off when ordered by the Constabulary. Severe Accident. An accident happened this morning to a mac named Thomas Kitchens. He was engaged launching a email launch, when one of the guys carried away, and the vessel fell on his chest. It is believed that his back is broken. HOKITIKA, September 27. Gold Export. The Waipara teudered the Albion yesterday. She took wit h her 3451 ounces of gold, shipped by the Bank of New Zealand, and 2457 ounces, shipped by the Union Bank, together with between thirty and forty passengers from this port. Coal IndicationsOn Saturday last the diamond drill at work at Kanieri revealed indications of coal at a depth of 214 ft. OAMABU, September 27. Breach of the Plimsoll Act. The first case heard in Oatna.ru of loading a vessel below the load line, otherwise known as a breach of the Plimsoll Act, came before the Besident Magistrate's Court to-day. William Cross, master of the Isabella Pratt, was charged with having committed a breach, of the Shipping and Seamen's Act, 1577, by loading his vessel so as to submerge the centre disc marked upon her side to indicate the maximum load line. The Collector of Customs prosecuted. The defendant pleaded guilty. Evidence having been taken in support of the charge, his Worship discharged the defendant with a caution. DUNEDIN, September 27. Criminal SessionsThere is a long list of cases for trial at the criminal sessions commencing on October 4Ah, including two Chinamen charged with the Kyeburn murder. The Deceased Maori Prisoner. At the inquest on Pererangi, a Maori prisoner, a verdict was returned that death was caused by consumption. [from: ottb own cobbebpoitdekt.j WELLINGTON, September 27. Revenne ReturnsI hear that returns are being prepared showing the revenue received to date, with a view of guidance to the Government as to financial prospects of the year. These are not yet complete, but I believe that the Customs show much better than expected, and the railways not so bad as was feared. Some further particulars will probably be available in a day or two. Cabinet Meeting. A long Cabinet meeting was held this afternoon, at which all fi>e Ministers in town werepresent. The result has cot transpired.