NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2687, 17 November 1882, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

i [IER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] 1 AUCKLAND, November 16. ] The Teamatu Cheese Factory is an- 3 nounced to commence operations. i The horticultural spring show has been j opened. The exhibits were good, and the attendance large. i WANGANUI, November 16. - Mr Gilbert Carson, proprietor of the , “ Chronicle,” and the present Mayor, was , nominated for a second term. < Major Nathaniel George Morse, formerly ] commanding the force in Nelson district, ] and an old settler here, died to-day, after j a lingering illness. A boy of the name of Yardley was • drowned this afternoon while bathing in the creek at Aramoho. The body has been . recovered. 1 WELLINGTON, November 16. The Government are advertising 106,000 . acres of agricultural and pastoral land for sale on deferred payments and for cash in the various parts of the North Island during December. At the inquest to-day into the circumstances connected with the recent fire at \ Newton, the jury returned a verdict that there was not sufficient evidence to show ' the cause of fire; but the jury are of opinion that the fire was accidental. This afternoon Miss Annie Hadfield, eldest daughter of the Bishop of Wellington was married to John W. Marshall, late of the 58th Regiment, and now residing near Marton. The newly-married I couple leave hero on Monday on a visit to | Lord and Lady Normanby at Melbourne. Ferrets have been proclaimed natural enemies of the rabbits. George Warrington Grabham is appointed inspector of lunatic asylums, hospitals and licensed houses in the colony of New Zealand, under the Lunacy Act, 1882. John Edwin Macdonald is appointed Chief Judge of the Native Land Court. The following changes have been made in the Gaol department : —Mr James Caldwell to be keeper of the common gaol at Auckland, vice Mr O’Brien transferred ; Mr Bartholomew Lloyd O’Brien to be keeper of the common gaol at Lyttelton, vice Mr Phillips transferred; Mr Samuel Charles Phillips to be keeper of the common gaol at Dunedin, vice Mr Caldwell transferred ; Mr Thomas Macnamara has been reduced from principal warder of Dunedin gaol to warder. NELSON, November 16. In the District Court to-day the rule nisi obtained by the Bank of New Zealand Nelson, against Hickson, of Wellington, liquidation of the Phoenix Gold Mining Company, came on for argument. The rule called on the liquidator to show cause why he should not be made to pay the Bank at Nelson £686, owing by the company, or as an alternative be removed from office of liquidator, and in either ease have his remuneration as liquidator disallowed, and ordered to pay all costs. Hickson filed affidavits that ho regarded the Bank of New Zealand at Nelson and the Bank of New Zealand at Wellington as one creditor, and not knowing that there were sufficient uncalled-up assets to pay all debts did not think it would make any difference whether he paid the Wellington or Nelson Bank, and so paid the former in full. The affidavit replies to other allegations, but admitted technical irregularities. Mr Adams for the liquidator asked for an enlargement of the rule for another order. The Court granted this application, which was not opposed, and in doing so said it was evident that the liquidator had neglected his duties. GREYMOUTH, November 10. Bishop Redwood is now visiting various settlements on the West Coast. While at No Town £320 was collected towards the erection of a new Roman Catholic Chapel i there. ■ q’ho channel across the bar is now abnori mally wide, but still carrying a splendid ■ depth of water. TIMARU, November 16. At the Harbor Board to-day it was stated 1 that it would take £12,000 to complete the 1 contracts now in hand. After paying 1 accounts passed at this meeting there , J would bo only £4500 to the Board’s credit, i I an d when all existing contracts were paid \ o fx the Board would bo £7500 in debt. It

was therefore decided not to enter ;n':c any new contracts till authority was received from the people of the district tc raise the loan. Up to the present time the Hoard has not borrowed a sixpence. During the past month the breakwater has been extended 45 feet. An additional 300 feet of wharfage has just been finished. DUNEDIN, November 16. At a Presbyterian Church bazaar, held at Port Chalmers, no rallies, lotteries or bazaar swindles of any kind were allowed. The public seemed to appreciate the idea, for £685 was realised. The expenses were only .£25. At the Education Board to-day the following motion, notice of which was given by Mr Elder at last meeting, when the Parnie case was being considered, was withdrawn —“ That as statements have been made on several occasions by Messrs Green and Fergus at meetings of the Board reflecting on the conduct of certain of the Board's officers, they be requested to formulate these charges so that they be investigated, and their truth or otherwise substantiated.” Mr Begg gave notice of the following motion for next meeting:—“ That in view of the unsatisfactory results of the examination of the Normal School, the inspectors be directed to make an early and thorough examination and inspection of both the training and practising departments of the school, and to report fully to the Board.”