NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2075, 18 October 1880, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

[PBBBS ASSOCIATION.J DUNEDIN, October 18. libel Case. The Supreme Court will be occupied the whole day with the case of Maokay y Connor, contractors, in which £4OOO is claimed for an alleged libel in letters written by Connor to one Stevens, in Western Australia. The parties were partners in the building of the Port Chalmers graving dock. INNEBOARGILL, October 18. Mining. The crushing of the Geelong claim, Longwood, shows half-an-ounce to the ton. A- and P. AssociationThe Southland Agricultural and Pastoral Association’s Show will take place on the second Thursday in December.

AUCKLAND, October 16.

Fatal Accident.

A man named Daniel Smith has been killed by a falling tree at Matakana.

The Boating Season.

The boating season of the present year was inaugurated this afternoon by a procession of Rowing Club gigs and private sailing and rowing boats in the harbor. The outriggers and gigs belonging to the Auckland, Ponsonby, and North Shore Clubs took part in the ceremony. Melbourne Exhibition.

A large number of passengers go forward to the Melbourne Exhibition by the mail steamer and the Te Anau.

Government House

Extensive renovations are proceeding at Government House. Educational.

The Education Board having received only £14,000 out of the sum for echool buildings voted last session, have resolved to inform the Government that another £20,000 are required. Mr Moss. Mr Moss, M.H.R., has been elected a member of the Education Board. Gallantry Rewarded. David Moore, who golluntly saved the passengers and crew of the Schiehallion on her last voyage to London, was publicly presented with the Humane Society’s bronze medal at the Theatre Royal last night. Native Affairs.

Some hundreds of Taupo Natives are migrating to Hanangi, Tawhio’s settlement.

Police Item

Sub-Inspector Pardy takes a lower grade as Sergeant-Major. WELLINGTON, October 16.

Government Insurance-

The “Post” has been informed that during the last financial year the Government Insurance Department issued 2274 policies for £72,524. The accumulated funds now reach £460,000, and the annual income is

£147,000, The department has nearly 12,000 policies in force, assuring over fonr millions sterling, and has paid in 'claims during the ten years of its existence £140,000. Aquatic. The boating season opened to-day with a procession of boats. October 17. A Novel Idea- “ Pinafore” was played on board the ship St. Leonard last night under Mr B. W. Carey’s management. There was a very large attendance, and the performance was a great success. QEEYMOUIH, October 17. Mining News. The scraping of the top plates from the Golden Fleece Quartz Mining Eeefton, the result of five days’ crushing, gave 3740 z. of amalgam. There are three feet of stone in tho rise above No. 4 lead, which looks well for the stone going to the BQFf&CO DUNEDIN, October 16. Accidents. A man named George Bevan, cook at a restaurant in Manse street, fell through a skylight into McLean’s store, a distance of twenty feet, to-day, and sustained severe internal injuries. Mr James Watte, ironmonger, who left for Melbourne a fortnight ago, broke his leg on the steamer and died in the Melbourne Hospital. Railway Stores. It is said that Mr Car row, of Christchurch, will probably receive the appointment of inspector of railway stores. The Kyeburn MurderThe condemned Chinaman, Ah Lee, now seems to realise his position. Death of Mr MansfordMr T. A. Hansford, District Judge and Besident Magistrate at Wellington, died sit Port Chalmers this morning. He arrived in the Hawea, to undergo an operation for an affection of the throat, and only survived tho journey a few hours. He was the oldest solicitor in New Zealand, and was greatly respected here.