NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2563, 26 June 1882, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

088 PBBBS ASSOCIATION.J AUCKLAND, June 26. Thirty thousand shares in the Union Oil, Soap and Candle Company are already applied for, A seaman on board the cutter Shag was was lost overheard off Kawau on Saturday night. James Walker, aged fifteen, a settler’s son, has been arrested for rape on a child ten years old. PALMERSTON NORTH, June 26. A man named White was drowned in the Manawatu River, near Palmerston, on Saturday evening. He was crossing at the ford, and it is supposed got on a quicksand, His body has not yet been recovered. DUNEDIN, June 26. The Benevolent Institution enquiry has commenced, and is likely to last the better week. Nothing new has as yet bee-i elicited, Mr Hitchcock was not present, owing to excitability. A reef nearly four feet thick, showing gold freely throughout, has been struck on Carriok Range. There is excellent news from the Maryborough Company’s claim at Maoetown, INVERCARGILL, June 26. A barn of Mr Grieve, at New River, was burned down this morning. A lot of implements and three horses were destroyed, but four were rescued. It was insured for £250 in the South British ; but a loss of £250 above that is estimated. [>SOM OFB OOHBBSFOHDENT,] KAIAPOI, June 26. The schooner Falcon, Captain Leslie, from Hokitika, with 24,000 ft timber for Messrs Rabins and Kay, went ashore on the South Beach this forenoon. The wind failed on the bar and, a sea striking the vessel, took her ashore. It is hoped that by discharging the cargo she will be got off. The cargo is insured in the Victoria Office for £9O.