NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2252, 17 May 1881, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

1 PEE PBESS ASSOCIATION.] AUCKLAND, May 16, Wesleyan Relief FundIt is anticipated that £3OO will be raised in Auckland for the fund in aid of the families of the Revs. J. R. Richardson and Armitage. Archbishop Steins. A private cablegram received from Sydney states that Archbishop Steins’ health is greatly improved. Mr SqueersShepherd, of Whatawhata, has been arrested on a charge of perjury in connection with the recent prosecution lor ill-treatment of children. NEW PLYMOUTH, May 16. Property Tax Dispute. A few persons were summoned this morning in the SI. Court for the property tax, when judgment was given in every case. One case was defended by Mr Liewthwaite, who sent in a return for all land claimed by him, representing a total of £6230. That amount included sections 46 and 52, block 7, on the Waimate Plains. He said those sections had been illegally taken possession of by the Government, and sold without his consent. He objected to pay the property tax because the land was not in his possession, and secondly, the persons at present in occupation had paid the tax. He said he put those sections in his return because he intended to claim them from the Government. The magistrate gave judgment for the amount claimed, which Liewthwaite said he would settle by giving a cheque on the Government for it. NAPIER, May 16. InsuranceThe Associated Insurance Companies intend to sue the Union Company for the values insured on the cargo lost through the Boojum in the Sir Donald collision. The companies cannot sue in their own name, but will pay the insurance to (be consignees, taking authority to sue in tie names of the consignees. Rich, not Gaudy. ** Costly thy babit as thy pirse can bny. But not express’d in fancy.” “ A shut month catches no flies.” When Herr Bandmann’s luggage was being put on board the Arawata to-day the tackle broke and three cases fell into the water. They were fished out, but their contents wore considerably damaged. Herr Bandmann stated that the contents of the oases were chiefly expensive dressts, and were worth £BOO. He estimated the damage at £3OO, for which he intends to hold the Union Company responsible. HOKITIKA, May 16. DiphtheriaAnother fatal case of diphtheria occurred on Sunday last at Ross, A Bone of Contention. A miner named Eiordan, working near Kanieri, was admitted to the hospital yesterday, suffering from a dislocated shoulder. The injury was the result of a souffle with a man named David Hutchison. The former was a witness for the prosecution in a charge against the latter recently for murder. TIMARU, May 16, Mr Turnbull, M.H.R. Mr Turnbull addresses his Timaru constituents on Thursday next. OAMARU, May 16. As Yon Were. Considerable interest has been for some time taken in the harbor works, and the Board has had under consideration various plans as to how they should be completed. It had been proposed that the area enclosed should be less, so that the cost should be less, but as contracts had been entered into which could not be rescinded without paying compensation to the contractors, and for other reasons, the Board to-day decided to carry out the original plan. DUNEDIN, May 16. Sporting MemThe Jockey Club committee to-night agreed to offer the Porbury Park Company £IOOO a year for a ton years’ lease of the present course there, and requested an answer by Friday. The Club have two other courses under offer. They also considered the case of J. Harding, who entered Miss Domett for the February Meeting, forwarding a cheque for the fees. The cheque was dishonoured, and has not since been paid, and the committee passed a resolution in accordance with Rule 37 of the Club and Rule 29 of the English Jockey Club, declaring Harding a defaulter until the cheque be paid. Hot Coppers-

A company has been launched with a capital of £15,000 to work the Waitahuna copper mine. Shares are being rapidly taken up.

Railway Works. The Minister for Fublio Works has decided upon leasing the railway workshops at Port Chalmers, the plant in which for some time past has been lying idle. A Tubular Bridge.

Telephone communication between Port Chalmers and the Heads was established today.

In connection with the Irish Famine Relief Fund the following creditable letter from a boy was received by her Grace the Duchess of Marlborough : “ Mareachal road, Lee, Kent. Madam, —I send you a sovereign for these poor starving people in Ireland. It is my pocket money and my brother’s and Violet's, and I hope it will give two or three of them a good tuck out. Prom George Francis X. P.S. —I think it would be best to buy Bath buns, but Vyvyan thinks chocolate."