NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2587, 22 July 1882, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

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NEW PLYMOUTH, July 22. Mr Gilmour’s store at Waitara was burned down lest night. Gilmour’a store at Waitara was insured for £2OO in the Union, the stock for £750 in the Northern, and £SOO in the Victorian. The The cause of the fire is unknown. The fire was first discovered at one o’clock this morning by a man connected with tho railway, who gave the alarm, but too late for the building to be saved. It was detached, and burnt itself out. WANGANUI. July 23. A man named David Hannah, a seaman on board the T. B. Taylor, was drowned in Wanganui river yesterday afternoon. The vessel was lying at the heads, and Hannah and another man named Robinson obtained permission from the captain to come to town. When they got half a mile away they were talking when the boat capsized. Hannah swam for tho shore, but got cramped and sank. The pilot who went out found Robinson hanging on to the boat, and picked him up. Hannah was sometime on board the Stellr and Ta Anau, and has friends in Christchurch. WELLINGTON, July 22 The “Evening Post” appears to-night in an enlarged and improved form. DUNEDIN, July 22. For the civil sittings of the Supreme Court, three common jury and three special jury cases are set down, and one motion under the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1867. OAMARU, July 22. The hearing of the charge of murder against Alexander Beattie is still proceeding, and cannot close before Monday night.