NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2345, 8 October 1881, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

[FEB FBBBS ASSOCIATION.] AUCKLAND, October 7. DrownedDonald Murohie, drowned at Dargaville by the upselling of a boat, was brother of Mre Goldie, wife of the Auckland Sanitary Inspector. Insolvents. At a meeting of the creditors of Kumaia and 00., the liabilities were stated to be : Secured, £3500; unsecured, £6OOO approximately. A committee was appointed to investigate and report. Crime. At the Supreme Court the jury found a verdict of not p-rlty in the case of Bodritzry, charged with rape on a Maori woman. The Judge said the prisoner should never have been committed. The case against Stehr for embezzlement is now going on. H. B. Stohr, formerly manager of the New Zealand Timber Company's Mill at Wangapoa, was acquitted on charges of forgery, embezzelment, and larceny, the indictment being faulty. Evidence was taken in one case only. PoliticalDr, Wallis addressed the electors of City West to-night, about eighty persons being present. He reviewed the business of the session. He approved of most of the measures locally affecting Auckland, and condemned the Local Government Bill of the Ministry and the proposal for a direct steam service, which he said would put burdens upon the colony equal to another five million loan. As to borrowing, he supposed it would go on till till the colony was exhausted. He said that there seemed no hope of a reduction in taxation. He concluded by stating that he would stand for one of the new constituencies, but did not indicate which.

Mr Edwin Hesketh declines to contest Eden, owing to ill health and business en gagements.

WELLINGTON, October 7. To the Front. The Hinemoa sailed for Opunake this even* ing with a detachment of Armed Constabulary numbering 100. Cantion to Publicans. At the Magistrate’s Court Wm, Pappens, proprietor of the Princess Theatre Hotel, was charged with Sunday trading and fined £6. Two previous convictions were recorded against him. Crime. Gordon Phillips has been committed for trial on two charges of false pretences. The s-s. ini. The steamer Tui, which went ashore at Waitara and was subsequently floated off, arrived here safely to-day to undergo repairs. The Irish Rebels.

At a meeting of the Ladies’ Land League it was announced that £l3O had been collected, and the amount will be forwarded to Miss Parnell by the outgoing mail, BUM ABA, October 7. Political. Mr Edmund Barff is also a candidate for the electoral district of Eumara. LYELL, October 7. MiningIt is stated that the Alpine Company’s five days’ crushing of 186 tons yielded 2700zs amalgam from the plates only. TIMABU, October 7. The WeatherHeavy southerly rain set in last night, and still continues. It is much needed throughout the district. Political. A meeting of the working classes was held to-night to discuss what steps should be taken to secure their representation in the new Parliament. Some ninety persons were present. It was decided that before further action was taken the present member for Timaru be interviewed to see if ho would stand again. It is understood that Mr Turnbull has definitely decided to seek re-election, but be has not yet announced himself. No candidates are yet announced for either Waimate or Gladstone. DUNEDIN, October 7. Mr Driver has refused a requisition to stand for Bruoe, and will stand for Hokonni. BenevolenceThe first instalment of £IOO has been sent to the Shetland Belief Pund, also two tons of oatmeal.

[PEOM THB OWN COBBBSPONDBNT THE OP "PEBSB.”J ASHBURTON, October 7. Heavy rain has fallen to day in Ashburton and vicinity. To-night Herr Benno Soherek, assisted by Madame Scherek, Miss Webb, and Messrs Baber and Wand, gave an excellent concert in the Town Hall. WELIiINQ-TON, October 7. Although the complete revenue returns for the half-year just expired are not yet to hand, sufficient information is available to enable a rough estimate to be formed of the general results. I have reason to believe that these will bo found of the most satisfactory and encouraging nature, and that the receipts will prove to have exceeded the estimates in nearly every item of revenue. The Customs have come in very well, and when the full returns are in it is expected that they will show the rgceipts from that source to have been some £40,000 above the estimate. Stamps, too, will probably be

found above the estimate, although the first half year is always the worse of the two, as Banks and similar bodies compound for their stamp duties in January, and these, therefore, oome in in a lump in the March quarter. The land revenue is also, I understand, in excess of the estimate. On the other hand, so far ss I can judge, the railways will be somewhat short of the estimate, as also probably will the beer duty, owing to the summer half of the year being naturally more favorable to the beer consumption than the winter. However, on the whole it is likely that the revenue will prove to have been well above anticipations, and the expenditure below the estimates, the latter especially on the railways, which consequently may be expected to show a net profit quite equal to the calculations. The financial position of the colony, in short, appears to be very sound, and satisfactory, and progressive. The Government are using every exertion to expedite the elections, which are expected to take place early in December. The Government are determined to hav# the rolls completed within the prescribed time, that is to say, completed by the 15th, and printed by the 25th inst. The date of the elections will most likely be fixed for some day in the first half of December.

The Premier is expected back in Wellington some time next week, and Mr Dick about the 16bh,