NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2342, 5 October 1881, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

| PKB PBBSS ASSOCIATION.] AUCKLAND, October A. Crime. In the Supreme Court true bills were found against Esther for larceny, and against Samuel Keef for defacing coinage. Three Maoris, for grain stealing from a store, were sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment. They entered by means of a skeleton key. John Irwin, for horse-stealing, received three years. An Unfair TaxAt the Harbor Board Mr L. D. Nathan forwarded a protest against the wharfage fees on commercial travellers’ samples. The Board declined to alter the usage. In the Right Direction. Messrs Partridge and Wollams, tobacconists, owing to the remission of the duty on Colonial grown tobacco, are making arrangements to grow and manufacture tobacco on a blook of land at Eemuera. Choral Meeting. The choral festival of the Diocesan Choral Association was largely attended. The Bishop and twenty-four clergy were present. The VolunteersThe Thames contingent for the A, 0. left bj the Hawea. WANGANUI, October 4. Snicide. A man named Joseph Clarke committed snicide by cutting his throat with a razor at Mr Allan Campbell’s farm, Brunswick line, last night. It is supposed that insanity, induced by pecuniary embarrassment, was the cause. OPUNAKB, October 4. Volunteering. Seventy men have been enrolled here in the volunteer corps, and drill daily. The Natives say they won’t fight, but will hold the land to the last. WELLINGTON, October 4. Legal. In tke case Patten v the Gas Company leave to appeal has been granted. Accident. A young girl named Florence Barber, who was thrown from her horse on Friday, died to-day from the injuries sustained. The Maori ProphetThe Government state that they have ateertained from trustworthy sources that Te Whiti disclaims the warlike interpretations put upon his recent speech, but he, no doubt, continues opposition by encouraging fencing. The Government still hope to settle the difficulty without recourse to extreme measures, but they are making preparations for all eventualities. Caution to Publicans. At the Magistrate’s Court two publicans were fined for adulterating spirits. Another was fined £2 for Sunday trading. Civil Action. The Supreme Court was occupied all day with the case Climie v The City Corporation. The action is for 2$ per cent, commission on £BO,OOO, the estimated cost of the drainage scheme, for which the plaintiff prepared the plan. After taking evidence the Court adjourned till to-morrow. GREYMOUTH, October 4. Mining. It is stated here that in consequence of the way in which the Wallsend Colliery Company have tied up the mine the ground has bean jumped, and that the law will be set in force to have the lease cancelled. OAMAEU, October 4. One Chinaman Less. A Chinaman named Quin Ti was killed whilst engaged in goldmining at Maerewhenna yesterday. A fall of earth completely covered him, and an hour was spent in removing the debris before his body was reached. DUNEDIN, October 4. The Late Tram Accident. The Roelyn Tramway Coronany have now definitely settled the claim tor damages by the father of Garrett, the young man who was killed by the accident. Mr Thomson’s claim is being settled by arbitration ; the only claim now unsettled is one by Liggins, which will come into Court. PoliticalMr Oliver will stand tor Dunedin Central, not Eoslyn ; Mr Bastings opposes him, Mr Fish will stand for Dunedin South. New Industry. A trial of powder manufactured at Oatlin’s River by Mr Mackley, formerly of Port Chalmers, was held to-day at the Port Chalmers stono quarries, and was highly successful. The machinery at the factory is entirely of Dunedin make. The Government have offered a bonus for powder. INVEEOAHGILL. October 4. The Exhibition. Tho receipts from admissions to the recent Exhibition amounted to £451, and for sundry items to £lB, in all £469. The expenditure reached £341, leaving a net balance of £127 for the benefit of the benevolent institution. Obituary. News has been received of the sudden death at Melbourne, from fatty degeneration of the heart, of Mr O. H. Reynolds, formerly proprietor of the “ Southland Timee.’’