NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2236, 2 June 1881, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

[PHB PBBBS ABSOOIAHOW.] £jj NEW PLYMOUTH, June 2. tb Mr. Kelly Speaks. *; Mr Kelly addressed hia constituents last us night, the Mayor being in the chair. He Be •poke for nearly two hours, and said he con- lei sidered that the Grey Government were re- th sponsible for £700,000 of the million deficit, a ? and the Bell Ministry of the remainder. He °r •aid that Major Atkinson had kindly supplied him with the return of the reoeipts and ex- gj, penditure up to the end of the finan- w£ oial year, and, adding both the land f e ] and consolidated fund together, that at< there wao a surplus of ' £26,000. He be thought the result showed that the public all works policy had been a great success this th year. The receipts of the railways oyer the A expenditure were £350,000, being about 3} tb ' per cent, on the money expended on them. ™ He referred to Mr J, O. .Richmond's remarks un on Sir Julius "Vogel, and said it showed no manly spirit. He thought it would be a very ne foolish thing to either sell or let the railways pU to private persons, for under vigorous fal management they would be made to pay P. well. He thought that the Government should to take over all the main lines of road in the - 81 colony, and leave to counties and Road P£ Hoards the roads that would feed them. He considered that there was a leak somewhere j n ; on the property tax, which should have yielded more. The Native policy he con- to . ■idered had been a great success ; and, with xi regard to education, he was in favor of a free, jg secular and compulsory system. He said to th the working-men of the colony, if they & valued their future liberty, they must oppose ws any attempt to upset the Education Act, for if J n once ohanged they would have to wait a long ™ time before they would get as good a system. |g He .referred to Major Atkinson's remarks respecting political rest, and said that all the ml Ministry were not in favor of it, and Mr p, Bollestoo, in 1875, had saidJthat ogitationlwas \\ the moral life of a community. He said yc neither the Opposition nor the Government ca supporters would allow the Ministry to have lei any political rest. At the conclusion of bis of speech, a vote of thanks and confidence in tb him was unanimously passed. °! The Eowena. oi The Eowena is still on the beach at the pi Waitara. « MABTON, June 2. « Political. ol Sir Wm. Fox addressed a large meeting of el his constituents at the Temperance Hall last tl night. The Mayor occupied the ohair. Sir o Wm. Fox spoke strongly in favor of the pre- B sent Government, and denounced the reckless u finance of the Grey Government. A vote of !| thanks and confidence in him was carried u nnanimously. He speaks at Bulls on Friday B night. "S WAIMATB, June 2. a Sporting. ° The following are the weights for the c Oamaru steeplechase!:—Agent and Sailor t Boy, 12st 101 b each ; Clarence, list 121 b; t Quamby, list 71b; Chandler, lOst 121 b; 1 Winfield, lOst 91b; Little John, lOst 41b; J Robin Hood, Nuumo, Kelpie, eaoh lOst. I OAMARU, June 2. i Goursing> , The meeting of the North Otago Coursing « Club conoluded to-day. The results of today's coursing are:—The Derby—Second * ties : Prince beat Shooting Star, Sir Heroules beat Azolia, Lady Ellen beat Magician. Third < ties: Prince beat Lady Ellen, Sir Heroules • ran a bye. Pinal course: Prince beat Sir Heroules. Totara Cup—First ties :—Jean- 1 netto beat Glucose, Banshee beat Wandering Nun, Final course : Jeanette beat Banshee. ' DUNEDIN, June 2. PresentationA service of silver plate has been presented to ex-Mayor Walter. Frozen MeatA oontraot has been made by the Albion Shipping Company with the New Zealand Land Company to convey 5000 frozen sheep to London from Otago in their ships. [MOM OUB OWN COBBEBPONDBHT.J ASHBUR.TON, Juno 2. Boy Lost. A boy named Evanß, seven years of age, son of a settler at Waterton, has been missing since Tuesday evening last. He had played truant during the day, and on his return home was sent to bed by his mother, who, when his father came home at night, asked him to chastue the boy. His father went outside to obtain a switch wherewith to beat the lad, and in his absence the boy slipped outside, and has not been seen sinoe. He had on only his night, shirt at the time, and as the night was dark and raining fears are entertained as to his safety. Search parties were out yesterday, but without result. Goldburg Again. Sergeant Felton having declined to give up the stock-in-trade of the man Goldburg, who was arrested for swindling on the course at the steepleohasea last Friday, the latter has laid an information against him for illegal detention of property. The oaie will be heard tomorrow.