NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2496, 6 April 1882, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

, PKB PBBSe ASfIOOIATIOW.J AUCKLAND, April 5. CrimeAt the Supreme Court sessions Rachel Yolan was found guilty of bigamy, and sentence wag deferred till the other bigamy case is tried. Kew Chairman. Mr W. P. Moat wag elected chairman of the Board of Education, New Governor. Mr J. M. Dargaville hag been elected governor of the Auckland Grammar School. Burglary. Frodk. Eairburn wag arrested on a charge of unlawfully breaking into and entering the dwelling of the regidenee of William Gittoa on Sunday. A Sad Example of Amateur paperisingAt a meeting of the creditors of _ Geo. Edwd. Aldortou, newspaper proprietor, it appeared that hie liabilities were £I3OO and hig assets £650. The property was seized under bill ef sale. Death of Old Colonist. James Wrigley, architect, died of quinsey. He was an old colonist, and the son-in-law of Oapt. Daldy. Acclimatisation. A consignment of 115,000 brook trout ovo. and 120 mountain quail was received by tfce Acclimatisation Society from San Francisco. The former were dead, owing to imperfect packing. . CrimeThe Grand Jury returned a true bill against the Native Wikare for manslaughter in the fatal affray at Oxford racecourse. Presbyterianism. At the Auckland Presbytery the Bev. W Bunoiman moved the adoption of the report of the committee, recommending religious instruction in day schools. The Bov. 9. Wortie seconded. The Bsvs. Fraser, O. MoCallum, Wotrie and Mackey spoke at length supporting the resolution, and advoeating the reading of the Bible in schools. The Bev. J. Neil did not desire fo see sny change in the Act at present, and the recommendations of the committee was adopted, with an unimportant alteration. The Bev. MoCallum notified that he intended to take charge at Christchurch of the North Belt Presbyterian Church for one year.

Sunday School Union. At the annual meeting of the Auckland Sunday School Union Mr O. Fifth was elected president. The report showed that the re* ceipts for the year was £2733 WELLINGTON, April 5. Crime. The Supreme Court was occupied the whole day bearing a charge of arson preferred against Mrs Fuller. The trial is not expected to finish until late this evening. Fatal Accident. A man named Richard Candy was run over by a truck on a siding running from Petoni railway etation'to Gear's slaughter yard. He died from the injuries received. The deceased was in the act of jumping on a truck when the door gave way and threw him under the wheels. The Missing 1 Coal Ship* No communication as yet has been received by the New Zealand Government with regard to the missing vessel Min-y-don. The PremierThe Premier is improving in health. Ministers. Major Atkinson will arrive hero to-night, and Mr Bryce in tho course of a day or txo. It is expected that the Premier and Post-master-General will leave for Christchurch on Friday to attend the opening of the Exhibition. Good PayThe salary of Mr Higgenscm, who has been appointed engineer to the Weet Coast Railway Company, has been fixed at £1250. FireAn empty cottage, owned by Robert Bannister, situated in Hopper street, was destroyed by fire at nine this evening. It is understood that the house had been insured, but the policy was allowed to lapse. The origin is unknown. TIMARU, April 5. lie-elected-Mr Herbert Belfield was to day re-elected chairman of the South Canterbury Board of Education. INVERCARGILL, April 6. Action for Alleged False mentMr W. Batchelor, who was recently acquitted at the R M. Court on a charge of stealing timber, bas issued a writ against Mr Alfred Tapper (of the firm of Tapper and Lee) claiming £IOOO damages for malicious prosecution.