NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2299, 16 August 1881, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

[PUB PBE9S ASSOCIATION.] AUCKLAND, August 15. A Step Forward. At Bussell a quarantine station is being arranged so that Sydney steamers may call in and coal with their own crew, without haying any communication with the shore. University Diplomas. Bishcp Oowie, on behalf of the New Zealand University, presented at the Choral Hall the diplomas granted by the Senate of the New Zealand University to the students in the Auckland district. HOKITIKA, August 15. Found Drowned. The body of T. Ward, drowned in Oamaru Creek, near Okarito, was found this morning on the beach at Arahura, north of Hokitika, upwards of seventy miles from where he was drowned. The head, which was severed from the body, was picked up near the spot where the body was found. The latter was greatly mutilated. An inquest will bo held to-day, and the remains will be buried on Wednesday by the Masons, of which ho was a member. GBEYMOUTH, August 15. The Gold Export Duty. At a special meeting of the County Council to-night, a resolution was carried, by five to four, in favor of the retention of the gold duty, unless the Government would subsidise this and other counties by an amount equal to that received from the gold duty. TIMABU, August 15, Serious ChargeThe enquiry into the late fire at Moses Cash Palace, Timaru, last week, occupied all day. A verdict of arson was returned against Abraham and Louis Moses. DUNEDIN, August 15. FireA seven roomed house at Deborah Bay, belonging to Mr Jubie, was burned down yesterday, It was insured in the National for £350, and the loss is £2OO above that sum. Inquest. At the inquest on the carpenter killed by a fall from aloft on board the steamer Hero, a verdict of “ Accidental Death” was returned, acquitting the officers from all blame.