NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2119, 8 December 1880, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

CABLE NEWS

[PEBSS ASSOCIATION. J AUCKLAND, December 8. Native Land CourtPrivate advices from Taupe report that the Natives refuse the services of lawyers and the proceedings of the Land Court are interrupted. Industrial Home. Mr and Mrs Harvey are appointed master and matron of the Industrial Home Eailway ExtensionIt is stated here that the Public Works Department has accepted Messrs Larkins and. O’Brien’s tender for the extension of the Bay of Islands Bailway. The amount is about £25 000 WANGANUI, December 8. The "Wanganui Dredge. The Harbor Board dredge has been successfully launched and named the Bapeha. Mr Ballance, the chairman of the Board, in the course of his remarks, confidently anticipated that after six months’ work of the dredge, the river would have a depth of water all the way up as now on the bar. The launch was a great success. A complimentary banquet was given to Mr Duthie last night, which was attended by sixty of the most influential citizens, the Mayor in the chair, snpported by the Hon. the Native Minister and Mr Ballance, M.H.B. Speeches laudatory of Mr Duthie’s career as a business man and also as a member of various administrative bodies wore given by the various speakers. Mr Duthie intends residing in Wellington, where his principal business is located. WELLINGTON, December 8. Charitable AidAt present 375 persons are in receipt of relief from the Benevolent Institution. DUNEDIN, December 8. Sale of Station. The Bellamy station has been sold tor £17,000 to Mr Samuel Henry. Sudden DeathCharles Howard, an expressman, died suddenly at Havelock. He had been earning a precarious livelihood there. AUCKLAND, December 7. For Levuka. Mr Lodder has succeeded in arranging for the steamer Albion to take the place of the Southern Cross this voyage to Levuka. Sadden DeathA sudden death occurred at Hamilton. Mr McNeill, a gentleman advanced in years, who had been staying at Judd’s boarding bouse, was found dead in bed. He had been in Illhealth for some time. His wife and family are expected out from England. The Governor of FijiA bereavement has taken place in the family of the Governor of Levuka, Fiji, now staying at Government House. Pi* infant daughter, aged four months, is dead. Carriage AccidentThis morning a daughter of Mr Alfred Buokland was driving from the house, when her horse bolted, and the carriage was overturned. Miss Bnckland received a kick on the face from the horse, and is seriously injured. Her father left Auckland this morning by steamer for Kaipara, The Governor. The Governor, replying to the city address, expressed his strong sense of the trouble taken and the exertion made on the occasion of his reception, and conveyed his personal acknowledgment both of those efforts and the oordisl response which they obtained from the inhabitants. WELLINGTON, December 7. Beer Duty ActIt is understood that a number of publicans will be prosecuted for a breach of the Beer Duty Act in not defacing the stamps on beer barrels. Licensing CourtThe Licensing Court sat this afternoon, and refused all the applications for new licenses. OAMAKU, December 7. Narrow Escape. The Victoria Brewery had a narrow escape from fire to-day. Some shavings caught fire, and communicating with the building, soon caused a blaze. The flames were noticed, however, and soon subdued by a plentiful supply of water. Licensing CourtAt the quarterly meeting of the Licensing Court to-day, two applications for hotel licenses were refnsed. DUNEDIN, December 7. Sprachen sie Dentch.. The Board of Governors of the High School have offered the post of German master of the High Schools to Dr. Belau, of Christchurch, at a salary of £3OO. [from oub mra cobeespondkkt.j WELLINGTON, December 7. Wife DesertionThe frequency of wife desertion has been under the consideration of the Government for some time past in regard to those cases in which the deserter decamps to another colony. So far back sa May last circular letters were sent to the Governments of all the other Australian colonies asking their co-operation in the matter. Favorable replies have been received from all the colonies thus communicated with, and in each case the proposal of the New Zealand Government was heartily approved, and cordial co-operation was freely promised. The matter Las been laid before the law officers of the Crown, and they are of opinion that Imperial legislation will be requisite to ensure the validity a! any arrange* ment-B made among the Australian colonic * for the mutual extradition of offenders of thia class. Failing the sanction of an Imperial Act there would always be uncertainty as to the validity of extradition action, and a possibility that there might ba some flaw in tto proceedings, while the consequences of the illegal extradition and forcible removal of a man from one colony to another wonld ba oottiy. The entire question is now under th

careful consideration of the Government with a view to vigorous action as speedily as practicable. The Meeting of Parliament. As reports are still in circulation and believed by some credulous people, that Parliament will meet either next month or at some other exceptionally early date, I can state distinctly, on authoritative assurance, that there is not, and has never been, the slightest idea of calling Parliament together earlier than May, while the probability is that it will not meet before June. There is nothing whatever to demand an early meeting, which would bo productive of extreme inconvenience to the majority of members, and its possibility, therefore, has not bean even containC’ ted. The latest form which this canard been taken is a mysterious insinuation that Sir Arthur Gordon has insisted on Parliament being convened at once, in order that he may do something or other which is only darkly hinted at. This absurd rumor is utterly baseless. Executive CouncilAn Executive Council meeting was held at Government House at noon to-day, his Excellency the Governor presiding, and all the ministers, excepting Messrs Bryce and Oliver, being present. The business was wholly ot a ■formal routine nature. The Attorney-General. The Attorney - General left by the s.e. Albion this afternoon for Auckland. His absence from Wellington is likely to be of a somewhat lengthened duration. The Trial of TuhiThe Crown Prosecutor informs me that Tuhi’s trial will probably begin next Monday, and most likely last four days, as the prisoner will plead “Not Guilty,” which involves proving the whole case in extenso. Mr Forwood, barrister, formerly of Eiji, has been retained for the defence, and I understand he will set np intoxication in extenuation of the -crime, with a view of getting the capital sentence commuted.