NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2103, 19 November 1880, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

[FSB FBBSS ASSOCIATION. | AUCKLAND, November 19. The Cattle BoardThe Auckland Cattle Board have passed resolutions providing that all cattle landing from Australia be quarantined forty-two days on the Island of Motuitii. Sewi. Bewi yesterday met Mr Tole, M.H.8., and Mrs Tole, near Orakiu, and fcrmally placed them in possession of their large block of land at Ngamako, which they have been unable to occupy for many years past. Bewi declared ti.at he was a man of peace, and said he would adhere to the promises made at Waitara and since. The Patetere Block. Farther difficulties prevent the withdrawal of the Government proclamatiom over the Patetere Block. The Government claim to have advanced £12.000, but the Natives deny having received more than £3OO, and object to being made responsible. They say the Brissenden agreement was only for a lease, on which several thousand pounds are stiU due. WANGANUI. November 19. Criminal Sessions. Murray Kovern, t'.ie bank clerk at Morton, has been sentenced to six years' penal servitude for forging a cheque for £35. The other cases at the sessions are only of local interest. DUNEDIN, November 19. ObituaryNews by the mail reports the sudden death at Edinburgh of Mr George Montgomery, 8.A., who went Home to finish his education. AUCKLAND, November 18. The Annie MilbankThe paddle-steamer Annie Milbank has been chartered by the Union Steamship Company to connect with the s.s. Waitaki at Whangarei. She will also run between Whangarei, Mangapai, Waipu, and Mangawai. AccidentA young married man named John Carroll, working at the railway workshops site contract, received a fracture of the jaw and other injuries at a tip waggon, and was removed to the hospital. Arcbishop Steins. Archbishop Steins is in infirm health and under medical treatment. Ecclesiastical. The Bev. J. H. Oornford, formerly of Auckland, late of Sydney, arrived by the Bingarooma with the intention of settling at Napier. Industrial HomeThe Government having accorded permission, the children of the Industrial Home are to be sent for two months to the quarantine station island of Motuihi, to permit of the cleaning and renovating of the home buildings. Jewellery B.obbery. Another jewellery robbery has taken place in a public-house, this time at the Caledonian Hotel, Mrs Barns, the landlady, losing £ll worth. It occurred on the 10th, but the detectives have kept it quiet till now in the hope of obtaining a clue, but none has been found. Lunatic Asylum. The new wing of the Lunatio Asylum is almost completed. WELLINGTON, November 18. Shocking MassacreOn October 9th the Alexa, which arrived from China, was boarded by the master of the trading schooner Alasca, who had a shocking Native massacre to report. It appears that on October Ist he landed on Bongerek island for the purpose of trading, when he was horrified to find the bodies of sixty Natives lying on the beach. Only three men, a woman, and a child appeared to be left alive on the island, and from these the captain learned that a tribe from a neighboring group had invaded the island in the night and had plundered and massacred the inhabitants. War had previously been raging between the two islands.

Contract AcceptedThe tender of Mr W. A. Oompton, Wellington, for £620, has been acoeptedj for the goods shed contract at Wellington railway station. HOKITIEA, November 18. Mr T. S- WestonMr T. S. Weston, late District Judge, was presented with an illuminated address in the Town Hall on Wednesday evening. The Mayor occupied the chair, and the Hon. J. A. Bonar read the address. The hall was crowded, and a number of ladies was present. Mr Weston spoke feelingly and eloquently in reply, and was loudly cheered. He leaves with his wife and family by coach to-morrow for Ohristchurch, where it is understood be will practice his profession. His departure from the Coast is generally regretted. MayoralThere are four candidates nominated for the Mayoralty—Messrs Peake, Hudson, Tait, and Learmonth. DUNEDIN, November 18. Sale of StationThe Bookland station, comprising 110,000 acres leasehold, 30,000 sheep and other stock, was sold to-day for £25,100. The lease expires in 1883. |"»B05t OUB OWS COBBESPOSDHST.] WELLINGTON, November 18. The Hew Governor. The Premier left Taranaki this morning by the Hinemoa for Auckland, via Manukau, where he will arrive early to-morrow. Sir Arthur Gordon is expected to put in an appearance there on Saturday or Sunday, in which case His Excellency, with Mr Hall, and possibly Mr Whitaker, the Attorney-General, will leave on Monday or Tuesday for Wellington direct. Sir Arthur will be sworn in at Government House before the Chief Justice immediately after his official landing m Wellington.