NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2495, 5 April 1882, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

[PEß PRESS ASSOCIATION.] AUCKLAND, April 4. PedestriansMr and Mrs Delias and Freeman, the Australian pedestrian, were passengers by the City of New York for Sydney. (..’Connor and O'Brien remain under engagement here. The Dishonest “Consultation” ManIntelligence has been recoi- ed that North, the Wellington sweep levanter. is running a barber’s shep at Santa Cruz, ninety miles from San Francisco, and is doing well, but is ruining the business by his habits of intemperance. Scholastic. At the annual pupil teachers’ examination 112 candidates came up. Land Claimants. The Auckland division of the Colonial defence force has preferred 300 claims before the Eejal Commission. i RacersThe race horses Mischief dam Sonkar, Lonie, Angler, and Virginia Water arrived safely to-day. TARANAKI, April 4. The Local Option Apathy. The local option poll for the east ward of the Borough of New Plymouth was taken yesterday, and resulted in thirty parsons going to vo:e out of 400 ratepayers. Twenty-eight vmed against more publicans’ licenses, and five in their favor. As it should be. The whole of the 4 00 shares in the Taranaki Iron Sand Company have been taken up by the local people. WELLINGTON. April 4. Crime. At the Supreme r ’onrt today, Robert Bickling, on a charge of indecent assault, was acquitted. So far the Supreme Ccurt session has been very barren, only one case out of the seven resulting in a conviction. The West Coast RailwayTfce meeting of tbe directors of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company was held to day. The appointment of engineer to the railway was conferred upon Mr fl. P. Bigginson, M.C.E. It was resolved —“ That the engineer be instructed to take steps ns speedily as possible for inviting tenders for the first section of the railway construction at Palmerston ” It was stated at the meeting that the plans ar ■ in so forward a state of preparation that it is probable tenders will be called in the course of tbe next ten days for oonstrnoting the first mile out of Wellington, and for the reclamation in connection therewith. The PremierThe Premier is somewhat better to day, but is still confined to bis room. Offending: Publicans. At the Magistrate’s Court to-day several publicans were fined in various sums from 5s to £5 for a breach of the Licensing Act. The Mails The steamer Penguin, which crossed the Manukau bar with the ’Frisco mail at a quarter past one this aft-jri.oon. is expected to arrive about eight o’clock to morrow evening. Tbe steamer Hawea wilt be detained to carry on the Southern portion of the mail as soon as it can bo transhipped. Wreck Drift. The captain of the barque Onyx, which arrived from Newcastle to day, reports passing a top gallant and lower mast yesterday, about ten miles east of Stephens’ Island, The mast to nil appearances belonged to a vessel of about 400 tons. The Revenue The foil returns of revenue for the year are still incomplete. AccidentA serious accident happened to day at the waterworks to a workman named Lackland, who was engaged wheeling a barrow across a plank at the dam. The barrow went over the plonk.

and Buckland fell, striking the ground with hia head. Ho received a nasty scalp wound. The wjund is a serious one. Alleged Offence.Tames Harrison was charged before the Resident Magistrate this morning with having, at Opnnake, on 26th March, killed a bull, the property of Hakatea, with intent to steal the same. After hearing the evidence the case was dismissed. WESTPORT, April 4. The Tables TurnedThe test case against O’Connor, Tick and Gilmore for conspiring to defraud Jaa. Johnston by a forged dred was dismissed, and the Resident Magistrate ordered Sydney Walsh and Johnston into custody while an information for perjury was laid agaiast them. REEF TON, April 4. MiningThe Golden Fleece Extended QaaHz Mining Company clean d np to-day. getting 1670 z. 7dwta. of retorted gold from l. r .O tons ot quartz. Too Ju t-in-'i ime crashed 168ozs.15owts.gOid from 159 tons. KUMARA, April 4. Parsonage Burnt. A fire occurred to-day in the Church of England parsonage The Rev. and Mrs Holland and servant narrowly escaped suffocation. Nothing was saved, and the hou=e was burned to the ground. It was insured for £SO in the Union office. Mr Holland lost a valuable library. He estimates his loss at .£SOO. The origin is supposed to be the sitting-room fireplaces. OAMAKU, April 4. Grain Fire-

A threshing mill and a eta-k of grain were burned last night on the farm of Messrs Millington Bros. The mill was insured for £275 in the New Zealand office, and the grain for .£SOO. The fire is suspected to be the work of an incendiary, and an inquiry will likely be held. New Tramway. It is proposed to form a tramway line running about two miles outside the town boundary. , oC DUNEDIN, April 4. ProvidentialA warder named Binnsy and a prisoner named Paget had a narrow escape drowning in the harbor last night. They were taking stores to the prison hulk, when they were met by a squall, and the boat sank. The warder conld swim, and the prisoner seized a hoi and they drifted down the harbor, and after being in the water an hour and a half, they landed on Goat Island greatly distressed. EarthquakeA smart shock of earthquake was felt at Queenstown this morning.

[FROM THE “ PRESS.”] WELLINGTON, April 4. The San Francisco mail per City of New York was transhipped into the Penguin, which left Mannkau at 11 am. to-day for Wellington, via Taranaki. She is expected to arrive here early to-morrow evening, and the Hawea will be detained to tike on the Canterbury and Otago portions of the mail The Hawea will start directly after the arrival of the Penguin, and will uae every effort to cateb the Dunedin express.