NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2459, 22 February 1882, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

fPEB PBBSB ASSOCIATION. 1 AUCKLAND, February 21. The Government CruiserThe Kohimarama, Government schooner, employed to watch the seal fisheries, sailed to-day for btewart’s Island. Determined Bigamy. Eachel Bolet has been arrested on a charge of bigamy, having been married in the Registry Office, on Saturday, to W. Donald, her husband, Henry Bolet, being still alive in the district. Smugglers Beware. Peter Neilson has been fined .£IOO and costs for evading Customs duty on thirty-three boxes of cigars. Ho is an itinerant showman, and went to gaol, unable to pay the flue. The Property TaxThe property tax is coming in at tho rate of £GOO a day. Harbour ImprovementsThe Harbor Board selected Mr Compton as chairman, and agreed to the Attorney-General’s scheme re railway reclamation. A confirmatory Act of the Assembly is required. The Publicans Victorious. The Licensed Victuallers carried their ticket in the licensing election for Auckland East, North, and South. NAPIER, February 21, Strange FreakAn extraordinary outrage was perpetrated on Sunday night at Waipawa. The bedroom of Miss Inglis, daughter of the County clerk, was entered, and all her back hair was cut off and thrust into one of her boots and thrown into the garden. She remained asleep the whole time, but was awakened by the noise made by the perpetrator leaping through the window. There is no clue to the midnight barber. Disloyalty Discouraged. The attempt to form a branch of the Irish Land League here was not a success. No room to meet in can be hired. The clergy refnied the Roman Catholic schools, which were before used without their knowledge. Hew Fire Engine. At a public meeting, held to-night, it was decided to obtain another steam fire engine to supplement the present one. Mr Eolleston. Mr Eolleston has left for Gisborne, via Wairoa. WELLINGTON, February 21. Z*ew Hcnorables. It is understood that his Excellency has consented to call to tho Legislative Council Mr M. Williams, of Auckland district, and Mr E C. J. Stevens, of Christchurch. Mr Williams is the eldest son of the late Archdeacon Williams, who was for many years Chairman of tho Bay of Islands County Council. The Compulsory Clause. The police are taking steps to enforce the compulsory clause of tho Education Act. Illegal Practice. Walter Boyers, proprietor of tho Victoria Hotel, was to day fined £5 and costs for a breach of the Licensing Act, by selling liquor cn Sunday. Harbour Improvements Tho Harbor Board to-day approved of a modified scheme of reclamation not to exceed beyond eleven feet in depth of water. The Weather A thunderstorm passed over Wellington this evening. A heavv rain fell for half-an-hour. ’WESTPORT, Jiebrnary 21. Crimein the Resident Magistrate’s Court, the case? of Welsh v O’Connor and others and Johngtoa

v;: - _y„v-jr-• -nr:^ v Moss, for conspiracy and forgery, were adjourned till April 3rd, for the production cf documents. Denniston v Wright, a libel case, was ad jo nr red till Monday next, in order to allow defendants to obtain legal assistance. TIMAEU, February 21. Mount Cook Climbers. Mr Barclay, who accompanied the Alpine tourists to Mackenzie country, returned to-day. He reports that Mr Green and his guides have proceeded fifteen miles up Tasman river, and had every hope of the ascent of Mount Coefc being accomplished. The weather has been very fine for their operations. The Swiss guides say that the fifteen miles cf debris and gUcKra which have first to be negotiated are worse than, any part of Switzerland. DUNEDIN, February 21. MnnicipalMr Adam Gibson, who has been a'ting town clerk, has been appointed to office at a salary cE .£SOO a year. Total estimated revenue of the City Council for the year ending March, iBB3, is .£11.168 ss, which is 20 per cent, mere than last year. This includes over £ 8 000 to be raised by a rate of Is 3d JE 12,967 is ta bo expended on works, and £21,566 oa sinking fund, interest tn loans, &c. The Licensing Committes The licensing committee elect on for Dnnedin, Bell district, took place to-day, and resulted as follows : —A. Bobin, 80 ; Sligo, 75 ; A. H. Boss, 53 ; Elliott, 47 ; Aller, 46. The unsuccessful candidates were Bennie, Culling, a .d Harr. Compulsory Clauf#. The school committee intend asking hi Minister of Justice for the services of a specia, constable, to make a house to house vi .itatiou, order to enforce the compulsory clauses of Education Act. The Weather. The weather here to-day has bean very wintry. Another Beer CompanyMaurice Joel’s Bed Lion brewery is to be thrown into a Limited Liability Company. A Large Cargo. The ship Phasis, which sailed to-day for London, takes the largest cargo that ever left the port, namely, 3945 bales of wool, 12,678 bags of wheat, and 74 coils of rope.