NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2263, 4 July 1881, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

(PEE PBBBS ASSOCIATION.) AUCKLAND, July 2. DepartedJohn Walsh, a miner at Tiki, fell dead just after breakfast. Apoplexy was the cause of death. StormyThe schooners Linda Weber, Mary King, and Saturn, from Lyttelton ; Falcon, from Oamaru; and Sarah and Mary, from tho Bluff, all report very stormy passages, in which their decks were washed by heavy seas. No lives were lost. Fits. At the inquest on the body of Geo. Walker, found dead, it was proved that deceased was subject to fits. A verdict was returned of—- “ Found dead, without marks of violence.” No Catch ’em. It being rumored that a Chinaman had arrived from tho Thames suffering from leprosy, the sanitary inspector was instructed to find him and have him medically examined, but he has not yet been able to trace him. Contesting 1 . Major Jackson, Waikato, publishes an address to the electors that he intends contesting the electorate at the next election. Kingly Visit. Zing Tawhaio visits the Waikato settlement next week. WELLINGTON, July 3. Championship. The sculling match between White and Hearn for the championship of New Zealand, which takes place on Saturday next, is now creating some little excitement. Squalls International weather exchange—Sydney, Saturday night: The weather is now generally fine in Australia, except in the west, where a new area of low pressure is forming, the barometer at Perth being 29 4, with thunderstorms. The barometer at Alice Springs, in the interior, is 30.6. NELSON, July 2. Missing. There are no tidings of the schooner Dido, three weeks out from Lyttelton to Waratapu, in ballast, and all hopes of her safety are now generally given up. It is thought that in the severe squalls which were experienced after her leaving Lyttelton the ballast must have shifted, and the vessel capsized. She was insured in the New Zealand office for £BOO, half of which was reinsured in the South British. July 3. More SquallsThe schooner Ann White, while sailing into port this morning, was struck by a severe squall, and both her masts went over the side. In her helpless condition she drifted towards the sands, and eventually was brought up with her anchor. The pilot boat took off the crew, and on the tide changing her cable parted, and she drifted into the harbor, where she now lies alongside the wharf. DUNEDIN, July 3, The Exhibition. The members of Parliament expressed much surprise at the excellence of the Exhibition, and at a meeting of the committee with them the Premier was telegraphed to urging the running off excursion trains at one-third fares. Mr Dick, the Colonial Secretary, also wired urging concessions. Members leave on Tuesday.