NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2392, 2 December 1881, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

* L rEE PEBBS ASSOCIATION.] i* AUCKLAND, December !• Return of a Whaler. 8 ,T he -Auckland whaling barque Especulador f which has arrived from a lengthy cruieo, has » not been particularly fortunate, only twenty- ■ firs tong of oil haring been taken. On one J occasion one of the crew, a native of Java, [ had “ narrow escape from death, having ■ fallen from the mainroyal yard to the vessel** ' deck. A Premier Parson. The Rev. Shirley Baker, Premier of Tonga, 1 hag promiiod a scholarship for the beat scholar in English among the Native stndenta of the Three Singe Wesleyan College, to bo called the Nga scholarship, in memory of the Crown Prince of Tonga, who died in Auckland, Mayoral. Mr Oodlin was elected Mayor of Onehunga, defeating Mr John Lundon. Fire. A fire destroyed Mr J, O, McCormick**' stables. They were insured in the Union for £250. NAPLES, December 1. Man Lost. A farmer named named Oilligan, a rvrj~ respectable man, has been miming from home for the past week. Ram Fair. The Hawke’s Bay ram fair as fixed for January 15th. PUNGABEHU, December 1. Natives at Work. The road to the new camp is just completed, and the cook-houses are now being built. The Natives are busy working at their cultivations. The Treasurer. Major Atkinson passed through h*rato-day on his way to Ojranake. TIMAEU, December 1. Customs Revenue. The Customs revenue for the month wus £1209. MayoralMr M. Sherwin has been elected Mayor of Waimate.