NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2675, 2 November 1882, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

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AUCKLAND, November 1

Some time ago the ketch Adah left Auckland for Lord Howe Island, having on board Mr William Rowe, with a party of men proceeding thither, with the intention of bringing to New Zealand, for testing purposes, twenty or thirty tons of tin ore found on that island. They are expected to return here in three weeks.

An Auckland expressman drew Assyrian in the " Zoo Jumbo " consultation and an Auckland draper Gudarz. Mr Seymour George addressed his Rodney constituents last night, and had a large attendance. A unanimous vote of confidence and thanks was passed. Dr. Philson retires from the post of medical superintendent of the Auckland Hospital. At a meeting of the Auckland Presbytery it resolved itself into committee to to consider the charges ag'ainst the -Rev. Moses Breach, of New Plymouth. Six charges of different acts of contumacy were formulated. Mr Breach did not appear. The owner of the barque Gazelle, recently seized by H.M. Customs for a breach of the Customs Act, still declines to accept the terms offered by the Government, and the vessel accordingly continues to be at anchorage in charge of the officers of the Customs Department. ALEXANDRA, November 1. ToWheoro,M.H.R., thinks the difficulty of providing for AVaikato could be met by the Government giving the tribe the remainder of the unsold land in the block promised to Kingites by Sir Donald McLean, provided as much remains unsold as he believes to exist. According to his statement, Mr Bryce has not yet made any definite offer to provide for the Waikatos. The meeting takes place to-morrow afternoon. Tawhiao and Te Wheoro came in to see Mr Bryce this day, and are now with him. It is uncertain whether there will be any meeting till to-morrow. I ' HAWERA, November 1.

Malone, a member of the County Council, while on his way to attend a meeting, accidentally rode over a boy, who is so injured that he is not expected to live. Business people here have agreed to a weekly half-holiday, and consequently all stores aud places of business are closed this afternoon. The work of leasing the Native reserves is being pushed on, aud the -Natives seem to bfi awakening to the benefit they will derive from the arrangement.

NAPIER, November 1

The Olde Englyshc Fancy Fayre was concluded to-day. The takings have been over .£7OO. Visitors who saw other fancy fayres in the colony say that this was by far the most complete. The whole arrangements were designed and carried out by Mr Briggs, the scenic artist of the theatre.

The Hawke's Bay Meat Export Company has been successfully floated. Applications for shares being far more than the number to be allotted. The Customs revenue for October was .£4675, of which .£2304 was collected at the port, and .£2370 at the branch Customs house recently oxjened in Napier.

GISBORNE, November 1

A meeting has been held for the purpose of forming an Electric Light Company. It was decided to ask the Borough Council if they would undertake to light the town, and if not, the Council to allow the company to do so. WELLINGTON, November 1.

Applications for shares in the Equitable Insurance Assurance hero number over 70,000.

Colonel Tupman, who has arrived in Auckland, will leave for Christchurch tomorrow, arriving there on Tuesday.

The Wairarapa Agricidtural and Pastoral Show at Carterton to-day, was a great success. Upwards of 300 persons went up from town by the excursion train. Before the Chief Justice and Mr Justice Bichmond, in banco, Mr Chapman, on behalf of the Law Society, moved for a rule absolute in re Edward Francis Ward. Mr Stafford, with whom was Mr Hall, appeared to show cause on the other side. Judgment was reserved. The Customs duties collected at the

port of Wellington for the month ending 31st October, amounted to; £10,043, while for the corresponding month last year they were only £15,224 9s 3d. TIMAEU, November 1. At the inquest to-day on Capt. Eichard White, who expired in Court on Monday, a verdict of " Accidental death" was returned.

At the Board of Education to-day it was determined to adhere to the resolution to give notice to the present headmaster, headmistress, and to two pupil teachers of the Timaru Public Schools. A splendid fishing bank ha 3 been discovered about six miles due east of Timaru in twelve fathoms of water. Steps will be taken to work it without delay, as hitherto Timaru and district have been dependent on Christchurch and Dunedin for the supply of fish. DTTNEDIN, November 1.

The Presbytery unanimously granted the application of Knox Church to use an organ. In the case heard a day or two ago of Goodison v Edmond, a claim for a horse sold to the defendant, who pleaded that lie was drunk, and the whole affair was a swindle the Eesident Magistrate gave a verdict for the defendant, stating that in his opinion the defendant must have been drunk or temporarily insane. No doubt he was drunk to Goodison's knowledge.

The Colonial Secretary leaves here for Wellington on Monday. Mr E. Genever, formerly gas engineer to the Corporation, and recently discharged, was to-day presented by friends with a purse of 100 guineas. Mr Fish, M.H.E., made the presentation, which he said had been got up because several gentlemen thought the City Council had done an injustice to a worthy and clever professional man.

INVEECAEGILL, Nouember 1

A narrow escape from a serious fire took place to-night about nine. The upstairs bedroom of the Prince of Wales Hotel, a large wooden building in Dee street, was fosnd on fire. The flames broke through the roof and wall, and it was thought impossible to save not only the hotel but a range of wooden buildings to the north. Fortunately there was a force pump and hose in the house, and the hose kept the flames in check till the brigade got the engines to work. The damage by the fire was confined to the upper part of the back of the hotel. The hotel being close to the theatre where Simonson's company were playing " Boccaccio " to a crowded house, the fire quickly caused the audience to disperse. The damage is about £IOOO. The house and furniture are covered by the "insurance. The greater part of the hotel was seriously damaged by water. The offices involved are :—Hotel: New Zealand, Liverpool, London and Globe, National, and others unknown, to the extent of of £2OOO ; on the furniture and stock, the Colonial and "Victoria for over £ISOO. WELLINGTON, November 1. Mr Rolleston leaves on next Monday for the South. The date on which he will address his constituents is not yet decided, but probably it will be either on Friday, the 10th, or Monday, the 13th. It is understood that, although his speech will necessarily be largely that of a member to his constituents, he will also not ignore the fact that he is first Minister to speak publicly since the session, and that he will to a considerable extent, declare the mind of the Government. His speech is likely to be interesting and important. Mr: Whitaker writes that he will be back in Wellington shortly. He is expected about the middle of the month. Mr Bryce telegraphs that matters on the whole are making fair progress in the King country, although somewhat slowly, as is usual with Native negotiations. The real difficulty is to get Ngatimaniapoto to give Waikato fair play. It is well known that the former would gladly ignore the latter altogether, and throw Tawhaio ovorboard, but apart from the injustice this would involve to the Waikato tribe, it would not at all suit the book of the Government, because at present things can be concentrated in the " king," Tawhaio, the nominal head of all, although really a mere puppet in astuter hands.