NEW ZEALAND

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2256, 25 June 1881, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND

[per press association.] NEW PLYMOUTH, June 25. Blown Down. The flagstaff at Waitara was blown down during a storm yesterday morning. It will take some days before another can be ereotcd. Still on the SpitThe steamer Rowena still lies on the South Spit, Waitara. The owner will prooeed to Auckland to got appliances for launching her. THAMES, June 25. Supposed Case of LeprosyRumours have been current lately that leprosy exists among Chinese gardeners resident at the Thames. The Board of Health instructed their surgeons to report on the matter, and both doctors agree that a Chinese, a late arrival, has appearanoes pointing to leprosy. The man has extensive sores, which in the case of a " white man would be pronounced a case of long standing strumous disease, with a syphilitic taint." Probably the man will be isolated. Mining. The Waihi goldfleld is attracting considerable attention. In the Waitekauri mine, a few miles distant from Waihi, twelve men, for an average four months' work, secured 1600 ounces of gold. ASHBURTON, June 25. Mr Ivess in a New Line. Mr Joseph Ivess, the well-known fnewspapor proprietor, starts in business here as an auctioneer on the Ist July. Chicory. Pearce's chicoiy manufactory eommenced work yesterday. TIMARU, June 25. Alleged Arson. At the Polioe Court this morning, John Tait, who was yesterday committed for trial, on the verdict of the coroner's jury, on a charge of arson in connection with the burning of the slaughterhouse at the Washdyke, near Timaru, was brought up for magisterial inquiry, and remanded at the request of the police until Friday, when additional evidence is likely to be forthcoming. [from our own correspondent.] ASHBURTON, June 25. Fire. Mr Buxton's building, which was burnt down last night, was worth £350. It was owned by Mr Quill, and was insured in the Norwich Union office for £l5O. The stock and furniture were insured for £250 in the Transatlantic, and £2OO in"Jthe Standard offices. The stock of tweeds was worth £7OO, and about £6O worth of jewellery was also destroyed. Mr Quill intends erecting on the sito of the burned building a brick theatre, to accommodate 900 persons.