NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2298, 15 August 1881, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

[PHB PJSESB ASSOCIATION.] AUJKLAND, Augusts. The Smuggling Case. The Wade smuggling case will lait some time, as there are five witnesses for the prosecution and twenty-one for the defence. Several witnesses for the prosecution have applied to the Oonrt for protection against questions likely to criminate themselves. The testimony so far is most conflicting. It is reportsd that other charges r-e on the tapis. Brutality. A man named Dickson severely maltreated Sergeant Green at Onehunga. In endeavoring to arrest him Green received a kick on the forehead. A Tooley Street Resolution. At a meeting of volunteer officers a resolution was carried approving Oolonel Scratchley's recommendations re defence. NEW PLYMOUTH, August 14. Short of Water.

Owing to the Telegraph Bchooner being unable to get into Waitara through bad weather, provisions ran short, and the orew were three days without water. The Harbour Works A public meeting hes been called for Monday, to consider the report of the select committee on the harbor works. The Stella, with the members, arrived yesterday afternoon, and on lauding members at once proceeded to visit the harbor works, accompanied by the chairman of the Harbor Board. Fire Inquiry. Tne evidence at the inquest on the fire showed that the fire had originated in a cupboard t»l .Murphy's. He is the heaviest loser 7 ' " WELLINGTON, August 13. Resignation. Mr J. P. Maxwell, general manager of New Zealand railways, has resigned his appointment, as he purposes proceeding to England. DUNEDIN, August 13. Fatal Accident, Alexander Wylie, carpenter of the steamer Hero, fell from aloft, a distance of sixty feet, and broke hU neck. Death was instantaneous. He was agrd fifty-six, and had been sixteen years in the ship. He leaves a family in Melbourne. The Sunday Question. A teßt case under the Sabbath Observance Ordinance will be heard on Tuesday. The defendant, a fruiterer, contends that ri he observes Saturday religiously, no law can compel him to close on Sunday, and, if Christians disregard their Sabbath by making purchases, the law is not broken by him.