NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2110, 27 November 1880, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

[PEBPEKSS ASSOCIATION. | DUNEDIN, November 27. Juvenile Horse Stealers. At the City Court to-day, TheopMlus Bates, aged 12; Robert Hobson, aged 13; were charged with horse stealing. They took the animal from South Dunedin to where they offered it for sale for £2. The Magistrate committed them to the Industrial School for three and two years respectively. AUOKLAND, November 26. Archbishop Steins. Archbishop Steins, who is very much improved in health, paid a visit yesterday to the Governor and Mr DesVoeux. Young's Little Account. The inquiry into matters of account between the Crown and Mr J. O. Young,. Native land purchase agent, is going on at the Supreme Court to-day before the Registrar. Several'Natives are being examined. Scared by Wild BeastsA woman walking np Queen street Wharf last night, on meeting tha caravan of wild beasts of Cole's circus, stepped on one sideand accidentally walked over the wharf into the sea. A sailor named O'Brien rescued herein the dark. Te Aroha Goldfields. The Government regulations, that all ground taken up on Te Aroha goldflelds must be immediately manned and continuously worked, is very unpopular amongst minersand investors generally. Messrs. Jos. Newman and several other gentlemen interested in mining pursuits, waited on the Attorney* General in regard to it, and urged upon jam the advisability of having it either modified or suspended. Mr Whitaker in reply pointed out that the desire of the Government was to secure a speedy and effective prospecting of the ground which of course could not be done if protection was granted for any length of time. He referred them, however, to the Minister of Mines. The shares in the company formed to work Te Aroha prospectors' claim have been all taken up, the Waikato allotment included, and there were applications for severalhundred more shares than were available. Importation of CattleBy the Hero six bulls and three heifers,, shorthorn pedigree stock, arrived, belonging to Mr J. Homwood, of Bridgeworth Park, Victoria. To-day, at the Cattle Board, the question of placing them in quarantine was considered, and it was resolved that the Board approve the action taken by the inspector in permitting the cattle being transhipped into the Comerang ; .the cattle to be kept on board that vessel until the subject be further considered by the Board. The Island Trade. The directors of the Auckland Steam Navigation Company had an interview with Sir A. Gordon and Mr Desvoeux relative to the developement of the Fiji- Island trade. M? Desvoemx expressed his desire to aid in every possible way in doing so. WELLINGTON, November 26. The GovernorActive preparations are on foot for giving the new Governor a hearty welcome.. : The Late FataS Bathing AccidentAt the inquest to-day, on the body of the. man Hartley, who received fatal injuries at the swimming bath on Wednesday, the jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death, and added the following rider :—"The jury areof opinion thai insufficient care is exercised in, warning bathers not to jump from the spring board at l«w water, and that gauges should he nsed showing the depths of the varioua tides." SmugglingTha charge of smuggling against the captain and aseward of the ship Wairoa ha» been further adjourned until to-morrow. Mr W. Seed. I Mr William Seed has been appointed Secretary of the Marine Department. s Convenient for SydenhamI A money order office has been opened at ydenham.

Pedestrianism. Croft, who started on a forty-eight hours' .go-as-youpleaee tournament had completed eighty miles at noon. TIMABTJ, November 26. Accidental Death. An inquest was held to-day at Pleasant Point on the body of Mr Louis Baddon, a very old settler in the district. Mr Baddon, in company with his grandson, aged ten years, left the Point in a oait on Wednesday evening for his farm. Yesterday morning the cart was found upturned, Mr Baddon lying dead underneath. The boy is still missing, and as his hat has been found in the Opihi river, close by, he is supposed to be drowned. At • the inquest a verdict of " Accidental death was returned in the case of Mr Baddon. OAMABT7, November 26. RacingShe Kakanui Jockey Club have issued a programme comprising a Maiden of 20 sovs, Kakanui Handicap of 40 sovs, Novel raoe of 30 sovs, Publicans' Handioap of 30 sovs, Hack race of 20 sovs, and a Consolation. The raoes will take place on Boxing Day. Nominations for tho handicaps have to be made on or before December 10th. DUNEDIN, November 26. Mosgiel Woollen FactoryThe annual meeting of the Mosgiel Woollen Factory Co. was held to-day. The directors' report stated that, after writing off the sum of £2069 13s 9d depredation in machinery, buildings, and furniture, and making provision for all bad and doubtful debts, the profit and loss account shows an available balance of £9245 Oa 7d, which includes £3408 Os 6d, the balance from the previous year. The directors recommend the disposal of the balance as follows :—l. That as no dividend was paid last year, a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum be deolared for the year ended 6th Ootober, 1879. 2. That a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent, per annum be deolared for the half-year ended 6th October, 1880. 3. That £3OOO be carried to the reserve fund. 4. That the balance of £912 15s 7d be carried forward to the credit of the profit and loss account for the next year. The report was adopted. Mr De Beer's Nose. At the City Police Court to-day Gilbert Matheson was fined £5 for tweaking the nose of Solomon De Beer, and ordered to enter into reoognisances to keep the peace for three months. The parties are leading China merchants. The assault arose out of alleged slanderous statements circulated by Da Beer. INVFBOABGILL, November 26. large MnggettThe largest nugget that has been obtained at Longwood was purchased to-day from Messrs Donald McGregor and John Loft. It weighs 9ozs. 18idwts., and is but little, if at all, water-worn, showing that it cannot have travelled far from the matrix. It was found in alluvial ground, about nine feet from the surface. [HJOjH OTTB OWH COBBBBPONDBNT.] WELLINGTON, November 26. Ministerial MovementsMessrs Bryce and Bolleston could not get away from Wanganui, as intended, but came by special train to Foxton late last night, leaving by ooach this morning, and arriving in Wellington to-night. 3Jo News. There is nothing fresh in the way of Native news. No development has taken place, but the situation remains in statu quo. The Te Pnke SettlementThe Government have reoeived the first land orders for Mr Vesey Stewart's third party of special settlers for Te Puke, consisting of twenty-four orders, ranging from five to 200 acres in favor of families of five to seventeen persons, the average being nine. By these land orders the colonial treasury receives £2085, as £1 6s 3d per acre has been paid to the Agent-General in London prior to the iasne of the land orders, and in addition to £3OBO deposited by Mr Stewart in London according to the terms of the agreement.