NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2421, 9 January 1882, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

IPSE 7BISD A6BOOIATIGH.J AUCKLAND, January 8. A Mad Spiritualist. Marsh, the spiritualist, now in Auckland, having written letters pretesting his sanity. Judge Gillies held an inquiry, and after hearing medical evidenoe he decided that' Marsh was demented, and ratified the order of committal. Lucky Escape. G. W. Garrard, charged with a breaoh of the Corrupt Practices Prevention Act, was discharged, Judge Gillies holding that the ißdiotment was bad, as it did not disclose any offence. Fire Alarm. The City Counoil are ereoting automatic eleotrio fire alarm apparatus throughout the oity. Inquest* At the inquest on the body of Charles Gledshan, who died aboard the s.s. Wellington, the jury returned a verdiot of " Death from natural causes." Rescued. An infant child, named George Vause, fell overboard from the steamer Durham. The father jumped overboard and resoued it. WELLINGTON, January 8. Amicably Settled, The aotion for slander preferred by Mr George Fisher (Mayor) against Mr James Stewart has been withdrawn, the defendant publishing a full and complete apology for the statements made. BEEFION, January 8. A Mine of Wealth. Mr W. E. Bowe, geologist, has reported on the Golden Fleece mine. His report materially affeots the interest of the whole of the Murray Creek mines. He says auriferous deposits traversing your lease, and I believe of the adjaoent oountry yet unexplored, is a true lode, rich in gold and composed entirely of quartz banded with the slates and minerals of the country, solid and firm, almost vertioal in position, persistent in oharacter.and at the greatest depth yet acquired in your mine (620 feet) is five feet thick, with a tendency to enlarge in dip and strike. It contains the ores of lead, silver, iron, and antimony, as associated minerals. Geologically considered, it holds a favorable position. The excellence and importance of the line of reef to the distriot has not been locally apprehended."

The Lands Minister. The Hon. Mr Bolleston arrived here yesterday. HQEITIKA, January 8. An Attempt at Suicide. A young man named Thomas Kearns, in the employ of his unole, John Bowling, at the Arahura fellmongery, cut his throat" at an early hour this morning. Anderson, another workman in the tannery, occupied the same hut as Kearns. The latter rose in the middle of the night, entered the neighboring hut, and committed the act. He staggered baok and fell on his bunk. Anderson at once ran for assistance and had Kearns removed to the Hospital. The police found in the hut where the deed was committed a looking-glass on the bed, the floor and blankets saturated with blood, and two knives on the floor, the sharpest having evidently been used by Kearns. Dr James considers the wound fatal, though Kearns is still alive. OAMABU, January 8. Casualty. A son of Mr John Beid, of Elderslie, while out rabbit shooting, was struck in the face by the discharge from, his , companion's gun, but the extent of the injuries is not known. Reapers and BindersThe reaper and binder trial, under the auspices of the local Agricultural and Pastoral Association, takes place on the 12th insfc. DUNEDIN, January 8. Cricket Prizes- ' The Caledonian Sooiety will present two trophies of the value of £5 isaoh to the highest ecorer in each team at the English crioket matoh. A Determined Thief. In the Supreme Court James Hogan was sentenced to three years for burglarously entering a hotel at Cromwell. He was die charged from gaol after a eentenoe of twelve

months, and in the same month, he committees the offence. POET CHALMERS, January 8, Breach of the Plimsoll AetFrederiok Holloway, master of the brig Star of the Mersey, was charged by the customs" officer with loading the vessel 4§in below Plimsoll'o mark. She had come from. Newcastle with a cargo of coals. The Beneb. hold that the mark had been put ia the wrong place, and although the letter of the Act had been broken the spirit was not. The master was fined Is, and 7s costs.