NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2438, 28 January 1882, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

[>BB PBBBS ASSOCIATION. I WELLINGTON, December 28, Tenders. The following tenders were received by the Public Works Department for the Wejt Oxford contract, Canterbury interior main line (Oxford Malvorn section) :—Thomas and Hill, Amberley, £14,137 12s 2d; H. McKenzie, Dunedin, £14,284 8i; Jesse Coates, Palmerston South, £14,301 5s 4d; P. Dey, Mosgiel, £14,400 lls 4d; H. Shepherd, Rakaia, £14,727 13s; Davidson and Conyers, Dunedin, £l4 775 4s lOd ; Anderson, Christchurch, £15,324 14a 5d ; Mace and Bassett, Pates, £16,237; P. McGrath, Rangiora, £16,880 8* 61 ; Andrew Stonhouse, Christchurch, £18,795 19s lOi ; Rutherford and Williams, £22,312. Alternative tenders— Jesse Coates (accepted), Palmerston South, £13,656 5s 4i ; Thomas and Hill, Amberley, £13,883 13i 2d; Davidson and C rovers, Dunedin, £14,100 3s 10d; P. McGrath, Rangiora, £16,433 lls. Sporting. Grip has been scratched for all engagements at the ensuing races. TIM ABU, January 28. Child Drowned. A child two and a half years of age, son of Mr Davis, draper, of Geraldine, was drowned in the Waihi River yesterday. Alleged Forgery. John Henry Healey, an old resident, has been remanded till February 3rd on two charges of forging promissory notes. Inquest. At the inquest to-day on the man who fell downstairs at Geraldine on the 14th, and injured his spine so that he died on the 26th, a verdict of “Accidental Death” was returnad.

DUNEDIN, January 26. The New Dredge.

At the dredge demonstration, the Hon, W* Rolleaton, Hon. B. Oliver, and others were present. It was suggested that the new dredge should be called “Union,” as it promised to conciliate the ill feeling between Dunedin and Port Chalmers on the questions of harbor improvement and the deepening of the bar, Mr Ramsay, chairman of the Harbor Board, expressed the opinion that within twelve months the largest steamers would be able to cross the bar.