NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2221, 9 April 1881, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

[PBB PBBB9 ASSOCIATION. J j ATTCKLAND, April 8. Christian Mission. Amongst the passengers to Sydney by the Tararua were Mrs Brown and family, nndthoEov. Brown, the well-known missionary, who has been i so long connected with the Now Guinea mission. The Mine Swindle. 1 The Chamber of Commerce and the Auckland ._ Sharebrokers’ Association have cabled to London J that the Haven Gold-mining Company have no land as indicated on their plan, the ground marked being Q worked by other companies. The goldfields officials deny all knowledge of any property hold nnder that name. The greater portion of the property was recently sold by Mr R. Comer to the Southern 1 Cross Company, Some light is thrown on the matter from the fact that about two months ago Mr t Brodio (chairman of the Thames County Council), received a cablegram from a Mr Harvey, London, inquiring what right aMr Eicke had in property I adjoining Haven street, and who conld grant power to mine. This was dated January 31st. Mr Brodio replied that Mr Eioko had sold bis rights 1 to Mr Thomas Russell, and that the Worden was the person who grants the right to mine. Mr Harvey is supposed to be a loading London broker. Q The association here have received memos from Mining Inspector Clarke, of the Warden's office, and from Mr Comer upon the subject, and their c report characterises the whole affair “ as a barefaced swindle.” j These Vile Society Journals. Mr W. Ij. Eoes arrived by the Tararua, with the intention of commencing proceedings against the •• Free Lance." He intends to issue eight or ten « writs for separate libels, and the proceedings wiU be token criminally. An Awkward Fall. A little girl from St. Mary's Orphanage, named . S. Evans, while playing on the steps leading from the cement bathing house to tbo beach, missed her footing and foil to the bottom, injuring her J brain. Her life is despaired of. Admirable Institute- £ At the first meeting of the Auckland Institute of Architecture, the president stated that it promised to merge into a general institute for the whole colony. The P. and A. Association. J At the annual meeting of the Pastoral and Agricultural Association, Mr J. Dillworth was j elected president. The receipts for the year were £1312, and expenditure £1324. Sudden Death. Edward Davis, a miner, was working in the '■ Jnst-in-Time mine, Coromandel, harrowing stuff out of the drive. He sat down and was cutting a pipe full of tobacco, when he fell back dead, it is supposed from heart disease. WELLINGTON, April 8. The Treasurer. The Hon, Colonial Treasurer returns from Taranaki to-morrow. , A Recovery. ! Colonel Eoherts is now reported to be ont of danger. GEEYMOUTH, April 8. The West Coast Railway. A very large and influential mooting was held tonight, the Mayor in tbo chair, to obtain an expression of opinion respecting the construction of the railway between the East and West Coast s island. A series of resolutions favorable to scheme were passed unanimously, and a committee of the leading people of Greymonth was appointed to collect information and forward the objects in view. The general opinion of the speakers was that tbo proposed lino would be of groat advantage to tho Coast in promoting enterprise by developing its Intent resources in minerals and timber, and that it would bo in no way inimical to the harbor works, WAXMATE. April 8, Gold. A meeting of citizens to-day guaranteed JESOO to anyone discovering a payable goldllold nt Wnihao, or in tho district. Gold is known to exist at Waihoo, as specimens ore frequently brought into town. DUNEDIN, April 8. A Larcenist. Joseph Henry Pugett, Post-offico clerk, was committed for trial to-day for stealing money from a registered letter. Mining 1 . Morrison’s claim, at Blue Spur, lias washed np 100 ounces for three months* work. [PBOM THE OWN OOBBKSPONDBKT OP THU PBBB0,”] WELLINGTON, April 8. Tho railway returns for March are proving a great deal bettor than anticipated. It will be quite another fortnight before they are complete, but tho grain traffic has pulled up tho receipts so surprisingly during March that sanguine noxios are now entertained of coming considerably within £IOO,COO of tho Treasurer's estimate ; indeed, it is rumored in apparently well informed quarters that the total gross receipts may approach, if not quito reach, £BBO,OOO, or only £70,000 short of tho estimates. When it is remembered that a short time ago the deficiency was expected to bo nearly £150,000, it will bo seen how marked an improvement has taken place. It has boos hinted to mo, also, that a saving of fully £50,000 will bo found to have been znaao 4n tho expenditure. If these favorable anticipations are borne out, the net results will bo highly satisfactory and promising for the future. The report ©f tho Royal Commission on tho Mount View Lunatic Asylum will probably bo prosonted to his Excellency about Wednesday next. Not the slightest inkling of its purport has been allowed to transpire.