NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2286, 30 July 1881, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

TrBE PBEBB ABBOaiATTOir.I AUCKLAND, July 29. A Good Dividend. The Coromandel Steamship Company hue declared a dividend o£ 20 per cent.

County Council Agitation. The petition in favor of the abolition of County Councils has now received the signttures of the representatives of fifty-one Boards. A Man of Property. The Hon. James Williamson has offered the Surry Hill estate to the City Council fcr £IOO,OOO in debentures, with a proviso that the entire estate is to be reserved as a public park. Low Price of GasThe Auckland Gas Company has declared a dividend of 7s 6d per ehare. Several shareholders spoke in favor of the further reduction of the price of gas from 8s -13 per thousand. The Poisons QuestionSuperintendent Thompson reports to the City Council that from defects in the Adulteration of Fond Act it is largely h.operaiire. alco his belief that convictione for ri:rty and ill-drained dairies eiuld not be obtained under the provisions of the Rnalth Act. NEW PLYMOUTH, July 20. Wreck of the Samson. A preliminary inquiry into the wreck of the Samson was held at Waitara to-day. Evidence was taken to the effect that the Bam»on arrived at Waitara on Saturday evening, and without waiting for signals the oaptain took the steamer over the bar. A short time after it got over the bar the Samson grounded, and a heavy current down the river drove herupr.n the wreck of the Paterson, and a hole was driven in her bottom, rendering her a total GBEYMOT7TH, July 29. Sudden Death. Mr James Archer, farmer, of Oosl Creek Flat, dropped dead in the street last night. At the inquest a verdict of "Death from heart disease " was returned. DUNEDIN, July 29. Spurious Tea. A number of samples of tea have been purchased in Dunedin by the police, with a view of tracing the spurious toas reported to hare come from Melbourne. Nothing has yet oome to light however. Provident Societies. A deputation of the Oddfellows and Foresters waited on Mr Stewart, M.H.S., this forenoon, and brought under his consideration several important alterations proposed in the law affecting Friendly Societies. A Volunteer Court Martial. Sergeant Erovo of the City Guards will be tried by court-martial on Wednesday for causing a local to be inserted in the " Daily Times " damaging to the company.