NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2697, 29 November 1882, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

[pee press association.] AUCKLAND, November 28. Waymond Davis, a seaman, shipped on the Hermione for London, cashed his advance note of dS6, and disappeared. He was arrested on the Thames goldfields and fined £4, and sent to the ship. He refused to work, and was brought up again and sentenced to go to gaol for two months’ hard labor. Mr Aicken has been elected chairman of the Harbor Board. A son of Mr H. Lane, sawmiller, Russell, aged five years, fell off a rock into the sea and was drowned. Hugh Hamilton, aged thirty-two, employed by Mr Archibald Clarke and Co., returned home early this morning, and entering his bedroom fell against the bedstead, fracturing his skull. He was found unconsckus in his room at daylight and died in the forenoon. He leaves a wife and three children.

HAWBRA, November 2S. Further progress has been made by the trustee respecting the leasing of the West Coast settlement reserves, he having concluded an agreement with the leading Natives of the Ngatimamihiakai hapu and Titokowaru’s tribe for leasing of 2-100 acres of their lands. The chief surveyor of Taranaki paid the surveyors, who are at work on reserves, a visit yesterday, with a view of expediting their work. Some trouble arose yesterday at Taiporohenni with regard to the right of certain Natives to lands. The matter is to be settled according to Native customs in such matters, Mr Mackay having arranged that the leading men of the tribe, with the assistance of Hone Pihama, shall hold a meeting and settle in his presence the rights of the disputants. When the korero was going on the wife of the alleged aggressor threatened to burn the house on the land, a weatherboard one of four or five rooms, and had actually set fire to it, but Mr Mackay interfered and had it put out before any damage was done. It seems this is not the first time she has burned a house down under similar circumstances. NAPIER, November 28. Mr McAdam Hassell, son of the late Mr Hassell, of Christchurch, who owned Waihua stat'on at Mohaka, yesterday fell over a cliff 3i>o feet high into the sea. The body was tliis morning discovered floating in the The Horticultural Society’s first show, which opens to-morrow, promises to be a grand success. There are over 250 entries. The weather is still unsettled. Shearing is not yet over on many stations. There are groat complaints at the scarcity of farm and station hands. „ , „ GISBORNE, November 28. At the New Zealand Land Settlement Company’s first sale of land to-day 500 were present. Of the Ponama block, containing 7000 acres of agricultural land, 500 were sold at an average of 42s_ Gd per acre. The laud was situated four miles from Gisborne. Of the Whatamapoko block, opposite Gisborne. 1000 acres was submitted in sections

from 5 to 40 acres, and about 300 acres were sold. They averaged .£ls per acre. Forthe balance of the land there wore no bidders, and it was withdrawn. A number of intending purchasers remain here till the Bth December for the Government land sale, when some valuable blocks near Gisborne will be offered. WELLINGTON, November 28.

The Government have decided to extend by three months the time allowed for the commencement of direct steam service, and have fixed July and October respectively for the first boats to start from England and New Zealand.

At a special meeting of the Bankruptcy Court to-day, a discharge was granted to Mr J. L. Hall. It is understood that Mr and Mrs Hall have been engaged by Messrs Williamson, Gaines, and Musgrove to sustain the leading parts in the Christmas pantomime at Sydney. The property tax for the current financial year has been made payable on the 25th January next. Mr Charles White, manager of the Wellington Land and Building Company, Wellington Building Society, and Albion Gold Mining Company, who left here on the 4th inst. in the mail steamer ostensibly with the object of visiting the suburbs of Auckland, is believed to have left the colony by the San Francisco mail steamer. The police have the matter in hand, and are making enquiries to ascertain if possible the whereabouts of Mr White. NELSON, November 28. A fire broke out at Child’s cabinetmaking and steam turnery works this afternoon. When discovered the fire had a good hold of the roof, and was extinguished with difficulty, but not before the upper portion of the building was destroyed. The building was insured in the Norwich Union for £2OO. The stock, &c,, was uninsured. The origin is supposed to be a spark falling on the roof.

REEFTON, November 28. A public meeting is to be held here tomorrow to protest against exclusion of the consideration of the west route by the Railway Commission, and asking that a fresh commission bo appointed. TIMARU, November 28. A stevedore named Francis Scoring was very severely injured while working on a vessel at the wharf last night, by a heavy iron hook striking him on the back of the head. His condition is precarious. DUNEDIN, November 28. Mr G. B. King, town clerk of Lawrence, committed suicide last evening, having taken chlorodyne. Until a few months ago he had been a leading spirit in the Good Templars’ lodge, but latterly had been given, to drink. An inquest was hold, and the jury found that death was caused by asphyxia, - accelerated by inadvertently taking an overdose of chlorodyne, and not otherwise.

Constable Dwyer, wlio saved Mrs Kitchener’s life at the fatal fire in Cumberland street some time ago, was to-night presented by the City Council with a silver Maltese cross in recognition of the deed. Mr D. A. Graham, the new gas engineer of the City Council, has arrived, and has taken charge of the work. _ A married woman named McVickar, residing at South Dunedin, made a determined attempt to commit suicide to-day by cutting her throat with a carving knife. She had been suffering from asthma, and had threatened the previous day to drown herself. It is possible she may recover. The Balclutha Agricultural Show to-day was very successful. The weather was fine, and there was a large attendance. The stock, horses, and sheep were especially good. The Harbor Board employes having formed themselves into a branch of the Otago Trades and Labor League, asked Mr Pish, M.H.E., to be president, but he has replied declining, owing to being a member of the Harbor Board, consequently one of their employers. The Shamrock Hotel at Timaru was offered by auction to-day, and passed in at .£6400.

The Carnival continues to be largely patronised. The committee has fixed Saturday for their costume cricket match, and have been remonstrated with by the Jockey Club, as it is the second day of their spring meeting. However, the Carnival people have replied, regretting their inability to postpone the affair. There seems to be some feeling imported into the matter.

A case of great hardship came before the Police Court to-day. A woman named Montague sued her husband for £lO due on an erder for maintenance. She had four children, and £l6O was due to her upon the order. She was now unable to work to support her children. Her husband was living with another woman, by whom he had four children. The Magistrate adjourned the case for a fortnight, telling the husband that if he did not pay then he would be sent to gaol for six months.

INVEECAKGILL, November 28. Mr Archibald Forbes, the famous war correspondent, commenced his lecturing tour of New Zealand here this evening to a full house. The lecture was highly appreciated, and afforded great pleasure. On Thursday (St. Andrew’s Day), the Caledonian and Gaelic Societies give Mr Forbes an ovation, and have invited him to a banquet in the evening, at which he will receive a Scottish welcome to New Zealand,