NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2268, 9 July 1881, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

[PEB PBESS ASSOCIATION.] AUCKLAND, July 8. The Rew Land Company. The Bast Coast Native Land and Settlement Company yesterday was taken up by the Brokers’ Association. The commercial article in the “ Herald ” says that there is a very favorable impression on the Exchange with regard to the projected company, and it is expected that no difficulty will bo experienced in finding subscribers for the capital required. State of Roads to LakesThe Waikato settlors report that the proposed trip of the Princes to the Hot Lakes, by Cambridge to Rotorua, is impracticable, owing to the wretched roads. It is suggested now that they should go via Tauranga, by sea. Preparation for the Princes. The detached squadron committee have obtained a guarantee fuad of £l5O for the expenses of the reception of the Princes. The HeroThe Hero is expected to be released from quarantine to-morrow. finality of Waikato Lands. At the Waste Lands Board the Chief Surveyor reported that much of the Waikato land lately handed over to the Board was only fit for runs. Crime. John Powell, charged with stealing a gold watch from Thomas Selions, of Xemuka, was remanded to the 12th. Disqualification EndorsedAt a meeting of the stewards of the Auckland Racing Club, it was resolved to endorse the decision of the Victoria Racing Club in the disqualification of Mata and jockey Rae. WELLINGTON, July 8, SmallpoxThe Government to-night received a cable message from the Colonial Secretary at Sydney, stating that a fresh case of small-pox had today been discovered at Glebe, a suburb of Sydney. China and Hong Kong have been declared infected places under the Public Health Act.

Epidemic DiseaseIt having been represented to the Central Board of Health by the Local Board of Health of the Borough of Thames that a formidable infectious epidemic disease exists within the said borough, and that special precautions are required to prevent the spread of such disease, a proclamation has been issued that it shall not bo lawful for any person other than the medical men or officers of the Local Board of Health to enter into or to visit any house, knowing the same to be occupied by any person suffering from such disease, or being in such house, to leave it, or to remove any articles therefrom without permission in writing from such Local Board. The WeatherIntercolonial weather exchange, Friday evening : —The high pressure of atmosphere normal to winter is now established over Australia, the highest barometer being 30 6 at Alice Springe, in the centre of the continent, and the same at Sydney. The lowest, 30.3, is at Portland. Light rain is prevalent over Victoria. Quarantined. The following are the Wakatipu's passengers : —Per Wellington : Mrs Watt and two children, Messrs Buchanan, Oftilis, and Rowe, and eight steerage. For Lyttelton : Messrs Jack, Large, and Davenport, and five steerage. Eor Dunedin : Masters Muir (two), and two steerage. GREY MOUTH, July 8. Bridge over the Grey. A public meeting was held at Oobden, to night, with a view of urging upon the Government the necessity of erecting a bridge across the Grey River, s;> as to connecr. Oobden and Greymouth. A petition to Parliament with the same object, and which has been numerously signed by r-sidi-uts cf Orcymoath and Oobden, was road to the meeting

by the chairman, and a resolution was unanimously passed endorsing the prayer of the petition. It was resolved to request the Mayor of Qreymonth to convene a public meeting of citizens with the same object. It was also resolved to request the people of the 1 Seventeen Mile Beach to hold a meeting upon the subject. TIMARU, July 8. Alleged libel. At the Resident Magistrate’s Court to-day, George Green, butcher, was charged by Messrs Wildie, Allan and Stumbles, auctioneers, with libel. The charge was based on an advertisement inserted in the " Timaru Herald,” which stated that they had misled defendant in regard to a bill of sale, and bad charged him 120 per cent. The evidence showed that in the original copy of the advertisement the word “deceiving,” instead of “ misleading,” had appeared, and that the latter had been inserted by the editor in place of the former, without Mr Green’s knowledge. As Green had nothing to do with the insertion of the word “ misleading,” the case was dismissed. INVERCARGILL, July 8. The Rabbit Ifuisanee. Petitions, bearing 127 signatures, praying for the abolition of rabbit boards, were presented to the Southland County Council to-day, and the chairman intimated that he knew of several more to come. Several important amendments on the Rabbit Act, submitted by Councillor Richardson, were adopted and ordered to be forwarded to the Commission sitting in Wellington.