NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2592, 28 July 1882, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

[pes pbzss ASSOCIATION.I AUCKLAND, July 28. Mr Solomon Beid's store, at Kyber Pass, was burglared yesternight, £l2 worth of property being stolen thorofrom. The thieves were observed and pursued, and, dropping a portion of their booty, escaped. Fears are entertained for the Bafety of the schooner Oathina, now thirty-eight days out from Fort Chalmers for Auckland. The Telephone Exchange has now 103 subscribers, and a third annunciator for the accommodation of fifty more is being erected. Heavy rain to-day has flooded portions of the suburb?, causing considerable damage. WELLINGTON, July 28, Tho heaviest downpour of rain experienced here for some time commenced yesterday afternoon, and oontinued until six o'clock this morning, when it slightly moderated. Slight rain is still falling at the To Aro end of the city. At Newton the houses were flooded to a depth of about three feet, and in one instance a slip oarried away the founda. tion of a house, and it now lies at angle. At Thorndon the low lying puts were flooded, but no serious damage is yet reported. The boisterous weather has delayed the arrival of trains. DUNEDIN, July 28 Mr Begg has received oable advice that tho s.s. Marsala, 2500 tons, left the Clyde on June 17ch for Port Chalmers, there to load with frozen meat.

The Equitable Investment Society have declared a 10 per cent, dividend for the half year. Mr G. O. Matheson writes to the creditors in Shepherd's estate that he has been so far successful in inducing Shepherd to see the error of his ways as to cause him to make partial restitution. He has recovered several hundred pounds, from whioh some heavy expenses are to be deducted.