NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2116, 4 December 1880, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

| fPBESS ASSOCIATION WELLINGTON, December 4, ' The Tobacco Act--1 The Magistrates have convicted tho pro- [ prietor of the Albion Hotel for having in his J possession seven boxes of cigars not bearing the stamps required by the Act. The Magis- , trates were of opinion that there was no attempt to defraud the revenue, and ex- | pressed a hope that the penalty would be mitigated. > The Murderer Tuhi. > The Hinemoa, with the murderer Tuhi on • board, arrived at nine this morning. A large > number of people were on the wharf to catoh > sight of the prisoner. Tuhi walked ashore, and was at once driven to the gaol. Ho ap- ' peored quite calm. * AUCKLAND, Decembers. I Found Dead. 1 An old man named W. Wilkinton was ' found dead in his dwelling, Q-rey street. He 1 was feeble and decrepid, and was in receipt of J Government rations. , Mr Tole’s Land--1 There is more excitement about Mr L Tole’s land, near Kihikihi. Te Nghan has quarelled with Te Fuke, the first disturber, on the ground that he is being paid to run another European’s cattle on the land. Death from Apoplexy. At the inquest on the body of Robert Brown, inspected of having poisoned himself, tho jury returned a verdict in accordance with the medical evidence, that death resulted from apoplexy. NEW PLYMOUTH, December 3. The Murderer Tuhi. 1 The Hinemoa arrived at 5 p.m. from Opunato to land the mail. She had the Native prisoner Tuhi on hoard. Messrs Parris, Hurethouse, and Bullen visited the boat, and from a conversation Mr Hursthouse had with the prisoner it is evident that the remarkable indifference he at first exhibited as to his fate has disappeared, and a careworn, anxious look has fallen over his countenance, which shows that he is beginning to realise his position. The Hinemoa sailed for Wellington at 6 p.m. WELLINGTON, December 3. Cole’s Circus. Mr L. E. Clarke, the Press agent for Cole’s circus, left by the steamer Penguin for Christchurch, to make arrangements for the opening of the circus there. The Missing Boat. The Government have received a telegram that a boat was seen at White’s Bay going to Port Underwood on the 29th nit., with three > men on board. Probably this is the boat that left Cape Campbell on that date, and is rei ported as missing. TIMABU, December 3. Old Friends. The Lynch Family of Bellringers opened to-night to a full house. They have been playing with great success throughout the district. INVERCARGILL, December 3. Gold in Stewart’s Island. The recent discovery of an apparently rich gold-bearing reef at Port William, Stewart Island, is attracting considerable attention. Already a number of miners and Bluff and Invercargill residents are on the spot, and the Kakanui will to-morrow convey thither several more. The information yet to hand is somewhat meagre, but there appears to be no doubt that a gold-bearing reef has been found. The discoverer, however, is keeping the matter as quiet as possible. Those who have seen the specimen in bis possession distinctly say that gold is clearly perceptible. EducationalThe Governors of the High School here have selected Miss C. S. Spence, Madras Normal School, as head mistress of the girls’ schools, and Mr G. W. Blanchflower, Geelong College, as head master of the boys’ school. [fbom otte own cobbespondent.J WELLINGTON, December 3, The Parihaka NativesThe Parihaka Natives appear to be watching the result of the Opunake murder and waiting to see the fate of Tuhi before taking any further steps re fencing. Native affairs on the West Coast are perfectly quiet. The Trial of TuhiThe needful authority for the remova of Tuhi to Wellington has been granted by the Judges of the Supreme Court, who made the necessary order last evening. The UnemployedThe Government, after very careful consideration, have oome to the decision that it is advisable to reduce the rate of wages paid to the unemployed on work provided for their benefit. The new rates will be 4s per day, instead of 4s 83, for married men, and 3s for single men, the prices for piece work being proportionately lowered. The reason given for this reduction is tho large number of men in Canterbury and Otago who still prefer to remain in receipt of Government pay, rather than accept slightly higher wages from private employers for farm work. On the other hand, the unemployed on the West Coast of this island are rapidly decreasing in numbers, as the men are finding work on farms and stations, but in the Seventy Mile Bush tho deferred payment settlers are in great distress, and it is understood that some work will be found for married men on the continuation of the Wellington-Napier railway. Deferred payment settlement, in that district, so far, has proved a lamentable failure.