NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2061, 1 October 1880, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

[per pbbss ASSOCIATION.J AUOKLAND.jOctober 1. The Lincolnshire"Farmers.

At the Waste Lands Board yesterday Captain Steele, local agent for Messrs Grant and Foster, proposed the deferred payment system for the purchase of 17,000 acres of the Te Aroha land. The Board agreed to part with the land at 40s an acre on certain conditions respecting [residency cultivation and improvements. The Unemployed. At the Oity Council meeting yesterday it was stated that of the nineteen men who had applied for stone breaking only three went to work. The city engineer had authorised a supply of tools to worthy persons seeking work. City Council MeetingThe Council decided to hold meetings in the evening instead of in the day time. A Young DeserterAnother lad was arrested last evening for desertion from the Eohimarama Training school. Sir G- Grey. Sir G. Grey is ill at Kawau, and suffering from his old compliant in the leg, and is not likely to take an active part in politics for some time. Native land. The Natives in Waikato, inside the confiscated boundary, display an anxiety to sell their land. The GovernorThe Captain of the Danae has reoeived a telegram tiom the commodore in Sydney, ordering him to hold himself in readiness to proceed t > Fiji to bring Sir A. Gordon.

Maori Claim* Mr Whitaker visits the Thames shortly, to inquire into Maori claims for compensation. Eoads in the Nor hSix thousand pounds are to be expended immediately in the construction of roads and bridges north of Auckland. NAPIEB, October T Statistics. Thero were 41 births, 13 deaths, and 6 marriages registered last month. For the corresponding month of last year there were 32 births, 7 deaths, and 5 marriages. The Customs returns for the quarter are £7601 6j 8L For the corresponding quarter last year £5365 15s 9d. For the month just ended, £3309. WELLINGTON, October 1. FireA fire at Eaikoura yjsterday destroyed a shop owned by a man named W'shingham. The building was insured for £2OO, and the stock for £3OO, both in the Standard. The Alleged 111-treatment byConstables. The enquiry into the charges of ill-treat-ment of a prison9r by two constables was resumed this morning. The medical evidence showed that when the prisoner was taken to the hospital the largo bone of the leg was broken, which would have been easily detected if he had been examined immediately after being locked up. The prisoner appeared to have been on the spree. Jane Campbell stated that the constables dragged the prisoner along tho street. She heard him crying out that his leg was broken, but the policemen did not heed him. The station-house keeper said the prisoner did not make any complaint when locked up. The sergeant visited him two or three times during the night, but the prisoner did not make any complaint. The accused deny the alleged ill treatment of the prisoner, and state they were unable to trace any injury to the limb when they examined it. The magistrate has reserved judgment until Monday. OAMARU, Oolober 1. The Customs. The total customs' duty for September were £1577 6s 9d. For the quarter, £4513 5s Id against £3554 8s lid for ths gamequarter of 1879. DUNEDIN, October 1. Insolvencies. Four declarations of insolvency were filed this week, including that of George Wyber, hotel keeper, South Dunedin, whose liabilities were £4961, and assets £3581. AUCKLAND, September 30. Criminal SessionsThere are eight cases for trial at the criminal sessions. GISBORNE, September 30. Terrible OutrageDetective Grace has during the past few days vigorously prosecuted enquiries towards finding the offender of the late horrible outrage committed on a little girl three years of age, and the father of the child, a foreigner named Johnson, has been arrested as the perpetrator of the offence. WELLINGTON, September 30. Insolvencies Twenty-five declarations of insolvency have been filed during this month.

;Hatches, Matches, and Despatches

The number of births registered U 109, and deaths 40. Twenty marriage certificates were issued during the same period.

A Bush for a Secretaryship

There were forty-four applications for the secretaryship of the newly-formed Harbor Board. Mr H. M. Lyon was appointed.

Appointments.

The appointment of Mr Caleb Whitefcord to be magistrate at Kaikoura and the return of Mr Horace Bastings for Waikaia are gazetted. The s.s. WanganuiThe steamer Manawatu, which broke down on the passage from Wanganui, was towed into harbor this morning. Eevenue. The Customs revenue for the month was £13,904 17b 2d, and for the quarter £44,693 18* 6d. In the corresponding quarter in 1879 it was £49,354 Oi Id. The beer duty collected in Wellington district during the quarter ending September, 1880, was £384 Oi 3d. NELSON, September 30. The Schooner DidoThe schooner Dido, from Kaiapoi to this port, went ashore this afternoon on the boulder bank, a mile or two below the lighthouse. The weather has been tempestuous all day, with heavy rainß, squalls, and very thick fog. It is not expected that the vessel will sustain any serious damage. HOKITIKA, September 30. Charge of Wife Murder. David Hutchison was charged at the B.M. Court this morning with the murder of Margaret Hutchison and of Faddy Hutchison. The prisoner was remanded for eight days. Sudden DeathA man named Jonathan Brown dropped down dead at Boss to day. It is supposed that heart disease was the rau«e of death. TIMAKTJ, September 30. The CustomsThe Customs revonue for September amounted to £2199 17a 4d. For the corresponding month last year it was £1284 15 1 Id. Statistical-

There were 43 births, 10 deaths, and 8 marriages registered in Timaru this month. DUNEDLN, September 30. The vital statistics for Dunedin for the quarter ending September 30ih are—Births 509, deaths 150, marriages 99. For Fort Chalmers the returns for the same period were—Births 55, deaths 91, marriages 5. The CustomsThe Customs revenue for the quarter ended September 30th was £91,448 0a Si, against £92,011 6> 7d for the corresponding quarter of last year.

fFBOU OUB OWN CORBE3PONDBKX. 1 WELLINGTON, September 30. &News from the Front.

To-day's telegrams from the eonatsbularj camp state that the Maoris returned to-day towards the fence, carrying fencing material, but when they had arrived within 250 yards of their supposed destination they suddenly turned and went back. At this time there were seven Natives working in the adjacent wheat paddock, and when they e&n the fencers retire one man jumped up, shook a mat, and danced as if highly pleased at the result. He and his companions then joined the fencing party, and all went away together. The Natives re-erected the Parapara fence at dusk yesterday. It was pulled down by the constabulary a day or two ago.