NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2635, 16 September 1882, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

[>B» FBBCfI ABSOOIAriOW.} AUCKLAND, September 15. Bobt. Marsh, tbs burglar captured jester* day by Meiers F. J. Hill and Knox, was brought up at the police court and remanded for a week. He made a clean breast of several robberies imputed to Plummer. Gao. Hart has been arrested on a charge of embezzlement of funds as the manager of the Auckland Dairy Company. Aubrey Fitzgerald has been committed for trial for breaking and entering. The news by cable that a Miss Lovcgrove, from New Zealand, has laid claim to the Derwentwater Estates, has aroused into action a local claimant. Pearce, of Newmarket, considers he has some right jto the property, which has so long gone a begging, and bases his claims upon the following pedigree.- His father-in-law was a Captain Bobert, Good and Captain Good’s greatgrandfather was Lord Fetre, who married the only daughter of the executed Bari of Derwentwater. The latter had an only eon who was killed in Francs, leaving no issue. Pearce states Captain Good more than fifty years ago made application for the estates, but through some informality over a baptismal certificate failed to get possession of the wealth. Pearce feels he has a stake in the business, and is going to write to a brother-in-law of the son of Captain Good to watch narrowly the family interest, WANGANUI, September 15. Twenty-five applications were received by the Harbor Board to-day for the post of subinspector in connection with harbor improvements. The salary is £3 10s per week. GISBOBNE, September 15. Several large blocks of land have been taken np here lately. John Herbert, of Tapanui, has leased from the natives 8100 acres of rich pastoral land, sixteen miles from Gisborne, and it is understood that J. N. Williams, of Napier, is purchasing from the Natives 35,000 sores, which lie ten miles inland from the coast. The Natives wish to lease several other large tracts of country amounting to two or three hundred thousand acres.

WELLINGTON, September 15. The weather has cleared up, and there is every appearanc of fine weather for the football match to-morrow afternoon. Bland Holt concluded a most successful season here last night. The company leave tor Auckland to-morrow. Considerable dissatisfaction is expressed at the team selected to represent Wellington in the football match to-morrow, and Messrs Cooper and Brown, two of the Athletic Club, have refused to play. The committee met tonight, and selected Firth aud Lynch to take their places. The team is not considered a good one, and owing to frequent changes in selecting the team there is little betting. GREYMOUTH, September 15. The body of Hill, killed by the fall of earth at Bed Jack’s, has been recovered. It would appear from the distance between the bodies and the position in which they laid that Devery had seen tho danger, and endeavored to make his escape, but was overtaken before ho got far enough away. Hill must have been completely surprised by the slip, and was killed at once. Hill’s body was shockingly mutilated. A fireman named Gossling, who was on board the Lioness at the time of the wreak, and met with an accident, died in hospital to-night. The immediate came of death was inflammation of the lungs, brought on, it is supposed, through not changing hia wet, clothes after the occurrence. The deceased was forty-six years of age, and is said to leave a mother at Wellington. The Greymouth Despatch Foundry Dorapuny are the successful tenderers for the construction of a 15 ton crane for the. better prosecution of tho Greymouth harbour works.

TIM ABU, September 15. At tho annual meeting of the South Canterbury Jockey Olnb to-night a satisfactory balance sheet was presented. The nctn&l receipt* were £1785, and expenditure £1642 ; balance in hand, £505 ; £ll7l wan paid in Btahos at the actumn meeting and steeplechase meeting, A *mall loss resulted from holding the latter. £238 had been spent on permanent improTements. It is intended to pay oft a mortgage of £6OO on the grand stand during the current year. The racecourse reserre ia now let at 4120 per annum.

DUNEDIN. September 15. The new Chamber of Commerce roomc were to-day utilised for the first time, a few merchants and brokers having met there st neon. Mr Crawford, a publican at Palmerston Bouth, has bad to pay £iß damages, for sheep worried by his dogi on the Mount Royal estate.