NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2302, 19 August 1881, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

[PBB PBBSfI ASSOCIATION.} AUCKLAND, August 18. The Sulphur Deposits. Several gentlemen connected with the company formed in Melbourne to work tho White Island sulphur are now inspecting the island for the benefit of the shareholders. NEW PLYMOUTH, August 18. Fanatical Natives. The "Herald's" correspondent at Pungarehu telegraphs :—There was no meeting at Parihaka yesterday, owing to the wet weather. At the meeting to-day, about 300 were present. A great tangi was held over the death of Muku, brother of Titokowaru. The purpart of Te Whiti's speech was to encourage the young Maoris to fence and cultivate the land and to annoy the Europeans within bounds. He quoted tho Bible, mentioning a flood and fire that, aocording to the S?ripturos, in old days wasted the land for seven days. Ho said that the Government's power will cease within seven months ; two of these months have elapsed, thus leaving five moro for European supremacy to fill in. The Harboar WorksTho harbor works at Motorua are proceeding rapidly. Concrete blooks, weighing 188 tons, containing 112 cubio yards, were commenced yesterday morning and finished this afternoon. GISBORNE, August 18. Good News. Mr Berries and some directors and shareholders in the Southern Cross Oil Company, have gone to verify the reports re the richness of the find of oil. Shares hero are up 200 per cent., and hard to get at that. WELLINGTON, August 18. Another Dock ProjectAt a meeting of the Harbor Board this afternoon, a committee was appointed to confer with a committee appointed by the City Council on tho subject of a dry dock for Wellington. It was also decided that the committee should wait on tho Government without delay regarding the question of endowment.