AUSTRALIAN.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2479, 17 March 1882, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN.

[BEUTEE’S TELEGRAMS.! MELBOURNE, March 16. Shipping. Arrived, this morning—Rotomahana, from tho Bluff. NEW ZEALAND. [PBE PRESS ASSOCIATION.] AUCKLAND, March 16. Inquest. At the inquest on the body of the widow of James Robertson, who was found dead in her residence, Devonport, the post-mortem showed that death resulted from the fracture of the skull. Sudden Death. Edwards, a livery stable-keeper at Hamilton, was found dead in bed. University Examinations. At the University Senate sittings, it was resolved that eight junior and five senior scholarships be offered for competition at the examination in 1883. The amount of the Bowen prize for 1883, was reduced to £5, being the full .amount received from tho sum invested by the donor. The Gale. During a N.B. gale the yachts Zodiac, Ripple, and Missing Link were smashed up. H.M.S. Lark returned to port owing to heavy weather outside. NEW PLYMOUTH, March 16, Serious Charge. Joseph Parden Parnell was charged with breaking into the Windsor Castle Hotel with the intention of criminally assaulting Mrs Daniel. Parnell is one of the A.O. 's stationed fit Puugarebu, and had the same afternoon been a oompatitor in the swimming matches in the Botanical Gardens. The case was adjourned till Friday week, bail being allowed in two sureties of £SO each. DUNEDIN, March 16, Fatal Fire. A house belonging to a miner named Ellis, near Cromwell, on tho Northern goldfields, was burned down to-day and a child was burned to death in the flames. A CollisionAt Port Chalmers to-day the Union Company’s steamer Waitaki ran into the tug Koputai, cutting her down to the wafer’s edge. The Waitaki was slightly damaged, but was able to proceed'on her usual voyage to Timaru in the evening. The Koputai, which was built in 1876 in Scotland for tho Otago Towing" Company, is of 158 tons register. She has been slung and floated between two lighters. An inquiry will bo held. The Easter Encampment. The Volunteer effleors have definitely decided to-night to hold an Easter encampment near Dunedin. Tents, wood, and water will be found. Each company provide their own commissariat. There is every prospect of a largo number of representatives from country companies, including tho Southland Hussars. A Good Dividend. The Kaitangata Coal Company has declared an interim dividend of 10 per cent, for the half-year. The Inevitable Dinner. Dr. Hooken, Coroner, intends going home on a visit. He will be entertained ot a dinner by his friend*. University Item. The Otago University students will hold a meeting to protest against Sir G. M. O’Rorke’s resolution, carried at Auckland, to grant degrees without requiring the customary keeping ot terms.

Ashburton Wooixhn Factory.—Elsewhere a bonus of £lO is offered by the promoters of the Ashburton Woollen Factory Company for the best design for factory buildings.