NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2646, 29 September 1882, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

[PKB TRUSS ASSOCIATION.) AUCKLAND, September 28, Mr Moss, M.H.8., addresses his Parnell constituency on Monday. A company has been formed to work a plumbago mine at Coromandel, with a capital of £15,000, and an Auckland Meat Freezing Company is also projected, with a capital of £SOOO, The object of the latter is to insure a fixed minimum market value for cattle.

The Masonic Hall, Onehnnga, narrowly escaped destruction by fire through the bursting of a kerosene lamp. It was only saved through the bravery and presence of mind of the caretaker, B. Murdoch. Some little damage was done. At a meeting of the Crown Lands Board, O. Alaino Simonsen, of the the Boyal Forest Academy nf Copenhagen, wrote, offering hie services to inspect the forest lands of the province, with a view of submitting recommendations for the conservation and reproduction of forests. He was willing to give his services free, provided his mere expenses were paid. The Chairman said there was no doubt Simonsen'a services oonld be utilised with very great advantage, but he thought the matter was one with which the Government oonld alone deal. It was resolved to forward a letter to the Government, with recommendation that some steps be taken in the direction of forest conservation. Shaw of Wairoa, Hawke’s Bay, claimed travelling expense*. &0., from Gisborne, in order to attend an advertised land sale under the Board, which sale he found on bis arrival to be postponed. It was decided to inform the applicant that the Board oonld not recognise any such claim, the principle being a dangerous one. At a meeting of clergy re the Contagious Diseases Act, a motion was unanimously carried requesting the City Council to postpone the enforcement of the Act tiU legislation should be introduced in the Assembly for making its provisions applicable to both sexes. All the denominations were represented save the Catholic and Baptist. WELLINGTON, September 28. A charge of manslaughter preferred against Christine Jansen, was heard thie afternoon, and resulted in the accused being discharged. Spooiil Thanksgiving Service was held in the Jewish Synagogue to-day for the success of the British in Egypt. The criminal calendar of the Supreme Court sessions next week is very light; no serious oases.

The return football match with the New South Wales team, to be played to-morrow afternoon, commences at two o’clock. The team leaves for Napier in the evening. TIMABU, September 28. Wm, Leishraan, who was injured at Winchester Bail way Station yesterday, _ is progressing favorably. His thigh was dislocated and hie legs bruised. A man, name unknown, lying on the railway line near Orari, was struck by the cowcatcher of the down train this evening and thrown on one side. He received concussion of the brain besides other serious injuries. OAMABU, September 28. Bohert George Warnes, who was arrested in Melbourne on an extradition warrant, was to-day sentenced to six months’ hard labor for fraudulent bankruptcy. DUNEDIN, September 28. O’Connor, the pedestrian, was presented by his admirers with a thirty guinea gold chronometer. He loaves for Christchurch to-morrow to take partin the eight hours’ go-as-you-please competition there. It is suggested that an inkorprovinoial match at draughts should bo arranged to take place annually between Christchurch and Dunedin, and the November holidays are spoken of as a suitable time. The committee of the Chamber of Commerce will interview the Minister of Public Works on hi* visit next week to urge the prosecution of the Otago Central railway to Blair—Taieri. *

At the Police Court to-day Robert Qoodison, a bankrupt, was charged with transferring certain property to his brother Henry with intent to defraud hie creditor*. Some evidence wai taken, and the cate was adjourned. At a public meeting held at Milton last night it was resolved to establish a woollen factory if sufficient shares are taken up. Three thousand shares were subscribed in the room. It is proposed to have 30,000 shares. News has been received that a detachment of the Salvation Army for service in New Zealand is on the way out from London per steamer Potosi. Messrs Boyse, Stead and Co. have bought from Mr G. M. Bell, of Waimea, his wellknown herd of shorthorns, comprising ten bulls and thirty cows and heifers. The herd is bred from well-known bulls, amongst others, Prince Frederick, sold for over £4OO, and Riby Knight, imported from England at a coat of 1000 guineas. Messrs Boyse, Stead and 00. will divide the herd between their Birohwood and Ocean View estates, in Southland. INVERCARGILL, Sep-ember 28. The Invercargill Cricket Club has decided to accept an offer of a two days’ match with the Hon. Ivo Bligh’s team in January. The Invercargill Borough Council, at its meeting this evening, passed a resolution to the effect that the General Government be aeked to convey to the British Government the hearty satisfaction with which the Mayor, Council, and burgesses of the borough hail the success of the British forces in Egypt, Captain Thomas Thompson, for eighteen years harbormaster and chief pilot at the Blnff harbor, died this moruing. He was well-known in maritime circles. Ha retired (from active service of the Harbor Board 1 about two years ago.