NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2435, 25 January 1882, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

Tubs press association. 1 AUCKLAND, January 24, The Eleven's Bargain. The English Eleven will play a match in the Waikato, getting £BO and expenses. A Wholesale Dealer. Vowdess, a settler at Hamilton, was committed for trial on five separate charges of cattle stealing. The BainHeavy rain has fallen in the Waikato, and has damaged the roads. The School Committees. The election of school committees passed off without any contest between Denominational* ists and Secularists. Obituary. Intelligence has been received of the death of Captain William Moir, formerly of the 58th Begiment during the Northern war, at Toronto, Canada, aged sixty. Shareholders’ Money. The New Zealand Shipping Company give two cups for the regatta. The Maori King. Tawhaio and chiefs visited the Herman war ship Habioht by an invitation, in the man-of-war boats. The crew were exercised at great gun exercise. Tawhaio fired a big gun, and the party were greatly delighted. WANGANUI, January 24. A Promising Youth. A boy named John Connell, eleven years of age, was arrested to day, charged with stealing £4 from the dwelling of a man named Simpson. The boy had spent a portion of the money in buying sweetmeats, pipes and tobacco. He had entered the house by raising a window. NELSON, January 24, At Last. A Jockey Club has been formed here, and the stewards are General Davidson, E. MoKae, W. Oldham, Percy Adams, P. Donald, F. H. Blundell; John Sharp, treasurer ; Captain Webb, secretary. Deer Stalking. The Acclimatisation Society have agreed to open a deer stalking season from the 2Xat February to 23 rd March. Stags only are to be shot, and the license fee is £l. The Society distributed 5000 trout last season. HOKITIKA, January 24. Mr Rolleston. The Hon. Mr Rolleston, Minister of Mines, loft Hokitika for Christchurch this morning. Deputations from the various local bodies waited on him yesterday. He expressed his satisfaction at the cordial reception he had met with on the coast. Mr Wakefield, Under Secretary, accompanied him. OAMAEU, January 24. Imminent Strike by J.P.’s. A meeeting of Justices of the Peace was held in the Court House to-day, at which several resolutions were passed, one being to the effect that the justices objected to the Petty Sessions Act being in force in the district, and decided to allow the Act to remain in abeyance, so far as their district is concerned. They also objected to the absence of the Resident Magistrate being rendered more frequent by the extension of his circuit. The B.M. holds courts at five or six different places in his absence, and the local justices have to conduct the business of his Court. Presentation. Mr H. J. Medlicott, for many years manager of the Bank of New South Wales here, was to-day presented with a handsome gold watch by a number of friends previous to his departure for Auckland. DUNEDIN, January 24. Crime. The charge of perjury against Constable O’Shea, who was the principal witness in the case of the constable convicted at last Supreme Court of stealing fowls, has been dismissed by tho Magistrate. Fire. A fire at Queenstown, Lake Wakatip, yesterday afternoon, destroyed some seven or eight business places. The total loss is said to be £3OOO, and is half covered by insurance in the Union, Victoria and National offices. The storekeeper in whose premises the fire originated had gone to Invercargill early in the morning, leaving the place locked up. The general opinion is that the fire was the act of an incendiary.

INDUBTEIAL ASSOCIATION. A meeting of the committee of the above was held last Tuesday evening at half past seven o’clock, in the rooms of the Association, Present—Messrs J. P. Jameson (nresident), Banks, Kelsey, Sheath, A. M. Kirk, Toomer, Bspenett, Waller, Bates, Buchanan, and E. Eord. The President explained that since last meeting the citizens' committee had amalgamated with the committee of the association, and the joint body was now engaged at Exhibition work. He also stated that, accompanied by one or two other gentlemen, he had paid a visit of inspection to Mr Federli’s silkworm operations, the result of which was that he was pretty well convinced that it was possible that sericiculture might become a profitable means of employment in the colony in the future. With this impression he wrote to the Government, expressing his approval of what ho had seen, and suggesting that the operations at present in progress should not be discontinued until the industry was fairly established. He had received a letter from the Colonial Secretary in reply, thanking him for the personal interest he had taken in the question, and informing him that his suggestion would receive early consideration from the Government, Mr Federli was now in Akaroa superintending the silkworm batching, which took place twice a year in this colony, instead of only once as elsewhere. Mr Federli was of opinion that the climate of Now Zealand was particularly favorable for the growth of the silkworm, especially in the sheltered portions, and reported that the 400 mulberry trees imported from Sydney some time ago were doing extremely well, and promised to become healthy plants, likely to answer the purpose for which they were required. For those who wished to read up the subject of sericiculture he believed the best work to consult was a book by Count Dandolo.

The President stated that he had received a letter from the town clerk requesting the oo operation of the association in the endeavor to procure the presence at Lyttelton of the British and other ships of war on the Australian station on the occasion of the opening of the Exhibition.

It wag agreed that the association should lend its assistance in the matter.

A discussion took place on the question of providing funds for the Exhibition committee.

Mr Kelsey moved—“ That a sum not exceeding £lO be placed at the disposal of the Exhibition committee for the purpose of paying for postage and stationery. ” The motion was seconded.

Mr Waller moved, as an amendment—- “ That the funds of the association should remain intact, and that the Exhibition committee should provide its own funds.” The amendment was negatived, and the further discussion of the subject postponed for a fortnight.

Mr S. Manning and Professor Bickerton were nominated members of the committee. The President stated that a circular had been sent to the different Mayors in the colony and to the Industrial Associations, requesting their co-operation in obtaining a proper representation of New Zealand products and industries at the forthcoming Exhibition. This concluded the business, and the meeting adjourned.