NEW ZEALAND.
[ FIE PRESS ASSOCIATION. ) AUCKLAND, September 26. The statement of accounts for the halfyear ended August 31at was laid before the directors of the South British Insurance Company ta-day. The business shows an increase of £42,149 premium as compared with the corresponding period of last year. The balance to credit of profit and loss acocunt is £26,C00. £IO,OOO has been carried to reserve. The directors proposo to pay a dividend at the rate of 15 per cent, per annum. NELSON, September 26. A remarkable robbery has come to light, but where it was committed is a mystery. On Friday last Messrs Ligbtband and Co., of this city, received, ex steamer GHendower, nine oases of the best class of English boots. They paid out and took delivery of the same, but on opening out found that no less than sixty-seven pairs of most expensive ones bad been abstracted, and the trunks filled up with English coal. OAMARU, September 26. A four roomed cottage on the town boundary, belonging to William Collins, was burned down at 430 this morning. The occupants barely escaped in their night clothes. The building is insured in the Scottish Imperial for £BO. The furniture, which was all burned, was uninsured. DUNEDIN, September 26. Twelve oases, including the Fapakaio murder, are set down for trial at (he criminal sessions.
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Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2642, 26 September 1882, Page 3
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222NEW ZEALAND. Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2642, 26 September 1882, Page 3
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