NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2313, 2 September 1881, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

[FEB FBBBB ASSOCIATION.] AUCKLAND, September 1. Inquest. At the inquest on the body of Mrs Luhrs the jury returned a verdict of "Found drowned." The Drink Interests. At a special meeting of the Licensed Victuallers it was deoided, after some diecutsion, not to establish a trade organ. Sale of Saw Mills. The New Zealand Timber Company have bought Messrs Jagger and Parker's sawmills and bushes for £13,000. NAPIER, September 1. The Bank Thief. It has transpired that the skeleton keys found in Rondall's possession open doors of one of the Banks, and also leading mercantile houses, both close to the Post Office. Two out of three safes in the latter instance oould also be opened, but fortunately all the cash was in the third safe. The Bank safe could not be opened. Whether Bendall had any design on these establishments is of oourse only matter of oonjeoture. The Temperance Question* In this month's issue of the "Schoolmaster," published to-day, Sir Wm. Fox writes rather warmly on the refusal of the Auckland Board to 00-operate in his proposal to give prizes for an examination in Dr. Richardson's Temperance Lesson-book. He explains that the examination has been fixed for December of next year, because the book is somewhat bulky, and because sufficient oopies could not be obtained in the colony. WELLINGTON, September 1. Smuggling. At the Police Court to-day, the charges of smuggling tobacco against William Barnard and J. A. Sarwell were dismissed ; the Magistrate saying that he gave them the benefit of a slight doubt, as the evidence was that of alleged accomplices. Walter Lee, who had pleaded guilty on the same charge, was fined £IOO, or six months. Customs Revenue. The Customs department at Wellington collected in August £20,090 as against £18,335 in the corresponding month last year. CHARLESTON, September 1. A Sad Ending. Emma Pell, the divorced wife of Walter Pell, contractor, oommitted suicide last night, nearly severing her head from her body with a carving knife. DUNEDIN, September 1. Railway Improvements. A publio meeting is to be held to urge the Government to carry out their engagements as to the removal of the railway station from its present site. Fatal .Accident. John Craig, fisherman, Deborah Bay, was killed by falling from a dray. Sporting. A private telegram says that the Hawkesbury Grand Handicap was won by Trump Joss, Sardonyx 2, Warhawk 3. Time—2min. 38aeos. INVEROAEGILL, September 1. The Exhibition. The Industrial and Art Exhibition, in aid of the Southland Benevolent Institute, was opened to-night by the Mayor. Messrs Thomson and Beattie's new warehouse, the largest building in Invercargill, was filled to suffocation. The exhibits, which are numerous and of a high order, attracted great attention. Many of them are from Dunedin and other Northern centres. [fbom the own oobbbspondbnt op the " PBESS."] WELLINGTON, September 1. Regarding the telegram about renewed Native fonoing, I am informed on authority that the accounts whioh have appeared are somewhat highly colored, although in_ the main correct. The aotion of the Maoris is troublesome and vexatious, but no serious complications are apprehended.