NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2531, 19 May 1882, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

[PEB PBEBB ASBOOIATIOW.] AUCKLAND, May 18. Mr W. F. Buokland addressed the electors of North Franklin at Otahuhu, and received, a vote of confidence.

With reference to the levanter Harges, theNational Bank is a fully secured creditor. Their action in making him bankrupt is solely in the interests of other creditors who were not in a position to take proceedings owing to bills not having matured,, and to impound the money taken from Harges at Adelaide.

Silas Allones, thrown from his horse, died of conclusion of the brain.

-fhe Bev. Samuel E-lger, on leaving fop England to undergo a surgical operation, wa# presented at a meeting in the Lome street Hall with a purse of 100 nova. John Thompson and John Edwards have been committed for trial for breaking and entering.

WELLINGTON, Kay 18Tho City of Sydney, with the April English, mails, left ban Francisco for Auckland on the Bth of May, two days late. The Australia, with tho April colonial mails, arrived at San Francisco from Auckland on the 15th May, three days before the time table date. Subscription lists have been opened for the relief of those who suffered by the recent wrecks at Timaru.

To insure due rendering of the laureate’s new national song, the Government have supplied Mr Williamson with copies, in order that his opera company may perform it at the new ope a house at Auckland on her Majesty's birthnight.

The Hon. E, Oliver has been gazetted member of the Executive Council. A notice in the “ Gazette " states that ». prize of £ls will be given for the best essay on Freedom of Debate in Parliament, the competition to be open to all persons under the age of twenty-five years at this date who have passed either the junior or senior Civil Service examinations, and who are in the service at the time of the competition. Th* essays to be delivered to the secretary of the Civil Service Examination Board, Wellington, by December 31st, 1882. WESTPOET, May 18. Sydney Welch has been sentenced to twelve months’ imprisonment for perjury. TIMABU, May 18. The nominations for tho Timaru Steeplechase close to-morrow.

OAMARU, May 18. Stephen Smart, blacksmith, of Kurow, had one of his knee caps blown off, by the discharge of a gun. One barrel of the gun buret some time ago, injuring the hand of the person who was using it, and it was Bent to the blacksmith for the purpose of haring the nipples taken cut. The gun was placed in the fire, and one of the barrels being loaded, exploded, blowing the unfortunate man’s knee cap off. He was brought forty-four miles to a doctor, who expresses fears that the leg will hare to be amputated, DUNEDIN, May 18. Yesterday, at a lively meeting of creditors of a country firm of storekeepers, some harsh language was used to characterise the action of one Dunedia firm, who secured themialves from loss by lending the firm in difficulties money on a bill of sale, and so securing tbemselrea. To-day, tho subject was brought under the notice of the Chamber of Commerce, and a suggestion was made that a conference with members of tho legal profession be invited in order to consider tho beat means of obtaining an immediate alteration. The matter will probably reco re consideration on Tuesday. The name of R. T. Waters, Prince of Wales Hotel, telegraphed amongst insolvents some days since, has appeared in some of the papers as Walters. As there is an hotelkeeper of the latter name, it is advisable to mate this explanation. A letter has been received at the Education Board to-day from Mr Matthews, seedsman, urging the teaching of practical botany in schools. He suggested that a portion of the school grounds should be set aside for the cultivation of common grasses, which should be named and labelled, and to make the study mors interesting, a small assortment of common border flowers might be added. It was thought that there were considerable difficulties in the way, and the letter was merely received. Miners in the Cromwell district have requested Mr Ferguson, M.H.R., to use his influence to obtain the abolition of the gold duty; also the reduction of the price of miners' rights; further, to take means to compel mining leaseholders to work leasee or suffer forfeiture.

Mr Shand is sending home a special shipment of sis carcasses of beef by tho Mataura. The total weight of the six is 68001bs, the largeut being 1700'bs.