NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2269, 11 July 1881, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

I'PEB PRESS ASSOCIATION.] THAMES, July 11. MiningThe first crushing from the Prospectors’ claim, Waihi, of 5 tons, resulted in 220 z, 17dwt. WELLINGTON, July 11. The Alleged Cruelty to a Lunatic. At the Supreme Court, the case against Whitelaw, for maltreatment of a lunatic patient, is proceeding. It will probably be extended over to-morrow. The WakatipuThe cargo of the steamer Wakatipu is being discharged into a hulk, and she proceeds south this afternoon. BLEINHEIM, July 11. Found Dead- 1 The body of a man, name unknown, described as being thirty-five to forty years of age, tall, with sandy beard and whiskers,_wae found on the banks of the Waihopai river, near Benbopai station, yesterday afternoon. It is supposed that, in attempting to cross the river, the man was washed down and drowned. DUNEDIN, July 11. BurglaryAt the City Police Court, Eliza Whittel was committed for trial for attempted burglary. Libel Case. 1 At the civil sittings of the Supreme Court, the case of Seaborne v “Bruce Standard,” in which £SOO is claimed for alleged libel, is being heard. Suppression of Gambling, A meeting |of the Dunedin clergy is convened to consider the best means of securing the passage of the Bill for the suppression [>f gambling.