NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2195, 9 March 1881, Page 1

NEW ZEALAND.

[PHE PRESS ASSOOIA.TIOK.] NAPIER, March 9. Maori Eviction. A small army of twenty-five men left town this morning for Waipawa, to assist Mr Harding, of Mount Yornon, to evict the Natives from the land which ho claims. There were only eight male Natives in the pah. After a struggle they were forced out, but they came hack again. The struggle has been going on all the morning, and both sides have had enough of it. WELLINGTON, March 9. The New Minister. Mr Walter Johnston, M.H.R. for Manswatu, has accepted a portfolio in the Government, and will be sworn in to-day as Post-master-General. TIMAET7, March 9. Exodus of MinersThe harvest hands are pouring into town from the country. The nows from Australia concerning the new rushes is creating great excitement, and large numbers are leaving by sailing vessels for Newcastle and Sydney. Seventeen passengers have just left by the Annie Bow, and fully double that number laave to-day by the George Noble. The steamer Tararoa was crowded fore and aft last evening with passengers for Dunedin, en route for the Australian diggings. The exodus is viewed with alarm and regret. DUNEDIN, March 9. WoolOargill and Co.’s wool telegrams, dated the 7th, say that prices continue in favor of buyers. Grease, Id to 1-J-d lower; fleece, scoured, lid to 2d lower than at the close of last series. The next series commence on May 10th. The quantity of now arrivals to. be included is limited to 350,000 bales. INVERCARGILL, March 9. Precocious BoyAlex. MoNaught, a boy aged ton, was charged with absconding from the Industrial School at Cavoreham, and was ordered to be sent hack. Ho had walked to Edendale, a distance of 113 miles, in three days, and said he left school because they wanted to put him in girls’ clothing. He explained to the Court that he was in the fifth" Royal Reader” when he left school, and was advised to stay and loam more; but he reminded the Court that this book was the highest in tha school.

AUCKLAND, March 8. School Enquiry. The Grammar School enquiry continue*. The evidence of the Rev. Gulliver, one of the masters, was strongly adverse to the organisation and efficiency of the school. Mr Biss, Chief Postmaster, also gave adverse testimony. The TaxOne thousand pounds in property tax was received yesterday and to-day. Railway SurveyMr Blackett, enginoer-in-ohiet, and Mr Hall, who [succeeded Mr Stewart as district engineer, are now preparing for the continuation of the Thames Valley Railway as far as Morrinsville, witi-.in fourteen miles of the Thames River, at To Aroha. Mr Hall will afterwards survey the Cambridge lines. The Rising Generation.

Several boys at the naval training school have stolon a punt and are missing. The police are searching for the lads. Claim for DamageThe Harbor Board has ordered an account for damage to the wharf done by the Tararua to be sent to the Union Steamship Company. CAMBRIDGE, March 8, The Land Dispute-To-day Major Mair appeared as agent fo the Government, and applied that one-fourth of the Whaito Kuranui block should be set apart as reserves for Native owners, and to bo made unalienable, unless with the consent of the Government; also 2000 acre; on the bank of the Waimakeri river unalienable, except to the Government, Mr Sheehan denounced the application as a most extraordinary one. The Government was not before Court in that block. It had boon very successful in getting its own woy in other blocks, and it ought to have been content. It was ultra vires of the Government, the question of such reserves beiug one entirely tor the Court to see to. It was utterly without the authority of the law. Major Mair said ho had done as instructed, and left the question with the Court, which adjourned to enable the agents for the various hapus to arrange preliminaries for proceeding with the block to-morrow. WELLINGTON, March 8. The TaxOver 400 payments of the Property Tox were made to-day. Mr E- W- Mills. Mr B. W. Mills, iron merchant, filed a declaration of insolvency to-day, all endeavors to effect a satisfactory arrangement for carrying on the business having failed. Sudden Death. Mr Henry Baker, an old and well-respected settler, was found dead in the road at Horokiwi Valley to-day. PresbyterianismThe Presbyterian General Assembly of New Zealand met this evening. The Rev. MoNicoll, of 'Auckland, Moderator, opened the Synod with an appropriate address, and the Bov. G. Ross of Turakina was appointed Moderator for the ensuing term. He delivered I an address on the future prospects of ; Christianity. The usual sessional committees were appointed, and the Assembly adjourned until to-morrow afternoon. They sit daily, afternoon and evening. 1 The Governor’s Movements. , The Governor leaves on his Southern tour about five o’clock on Thursday afternoon. TIMARU, March 8. Farmers’ Co-operative Movement. The Farmers’ Co-operative Association is making rapid headway in this district. One vessel, to load direct for home from Timaru, is on the berth, and others will follow. The Salmon QuestionThe South Canterbury Acclimatisation Society have authorised certain persons to net in two rivers in the district, with the object of determining the existence of Californian salmon in the waters. DUNEDIN, March 8. Frozen Meat- , A special meeting of the Frozen Meat Export Co. was held to-day. Mr McQuesn, who bad charge of the fitting-up of the Protos, was present, and stated that there was no donbt whatever about the success of that shipment. Subscriptions are coming in very slowly. The TaxOver 700 payments of property tax were made in Dunedin to-day. Sporting StockTwo of the Boondoora yearlings, Lurlino colt and Coquette, will be sent back to Melbourne, having been sold there for 500 guineas each.