NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2237, 29 April 1881, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

[PBB PEBBB ASSOCIATION.! WELLINGTON, April 29, Fire. Mr Bob’'»on'i flawin''", at Cr-torton, piong with the maob'nery, has been destroyed by firs. The insu-ance does not cover the loss. Shipping. Tha ship Pareora, from London, is at the Heads. Hew Zealand Cement. One hundred tons of Portland (sic) cement are to be manufactured in the colony. The Minister of Public Works has accepted the offers of Messrs Hibbard end Dick, of Dunedin and of Mr D. Atkinson, of New Plymouth, for the supply of a hundred tons each for sums of £4 6s 3d, and £4 7s 6i per ton, respectively. OPUNAKE, April 29. Ducal. The Duke of Manchester, accompanied by Colonels Header and Pearce, arrived lest ntght, and started for Pungarehu this mom”ig. It is thought they w>"l visit Paribaka, AUCKLAND, April 29. Archbishop Steins. The Eomau Catho'ic Archbishop Stains is so ill that ho is going to Sydney for change of climate ; possibly to Europe, from whence he may not retnu. Judicial. Edward Williams, Bay of Islands, on a retired pension, is appointed Judge of the Native Lands Court.

DUNEDIN, April 29. Mining Return*

The Cromwell Company’* crushing for th» month was 4510zs from 435 tons. Fire.

A fire, which occurred at Mr Doiwcll'* stables this morning, J was promptly extinguished, They were insured in the Trans* Atlantic for £IOO. Municipal Thrift. The City Council adopted in glnbo the recommendations of the retrenchment committee, because one Councillor showed such obstructive tendencies. The saving effected well amount to £5600 yearly.