NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 226, 7 July 1881, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

[PBE PRESS ASSOCIATION.! AUCKLAND, July 6. Crime. At the criminal sessions James Walker, charged with rape on Ellen E. Peter#, aged twelve, was acquitted. John Davis, for rape on Alice Messenger, a girl under twelve, was sentenced to seven years. Owing to his age (seventy), the Judge said he would not order a flogging. The Grand Jury found a true bill against Dindson Bros, for arson. The Hero in Durance. Efforts have been made to gee the Hero released from quarantine, but they proved unavailing. Hot Doubted. MoOartie, burned to death at Gisborne, has a wife and family in Auckland. The Horticultural Society. At the annual meeting of the Horticultural Society, a favorable report was submitted. Mr Justice Gillies and the Hon. E. Whitaker were re-elected vice-presidents. WELLINGTON, July 6. Another Steamer Quarantined. The steamer Wakatipu, which is due from Sydney to.morrow, will immediately on arrival be quarantined. Good News for the AssuredThe Government has received a cable message from the London actuaries, to whom were submitted the Insurance Department accounts, stating that they find that the sum of £50,000 is divisible amongst the assured for the quinquennial period. This sum closely approximates to that arrived at by Mr Knight, the actuary to the department. DUNEDIN, July 6. Crime. In the Supreme Court Samuel Stewart, for rape on a child six years of age, was acquitted. Malaohi O’Grady, fraudulent bankruptcy, was found guilty, and sentence deferred. Strange DeathThomas Goodwin, an hotelkeeper in the Wakatip district, was found dead at Shotover Beach. His head lay in six inches of water. Death probably resulted from an epileptic fit, as deceased was subject to them. The Exhibition. The committee have decided on keeping the exhibition open two days next week, the gross proceeds to go to local charities.