NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2709, 13 December 1882, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

[pee PKESS ASSOCIATION.] THAMES, December 12. The Juvenile Pinafore Company have opened here most successfully. The naked body of an infant female child about twelve hours old was found about noon to-day floating in the water in the intake formed by the railway works. There was a wound of a slight nature on the back of the head. A post-mortem examination showed that the child had lived after birth. The coroner’s inquest will be hold tomorrow. The police believo they have a clue to the mother. AUCKLAND, December 12. Samuel Cox, a negro, restaurant-keeper, was fined .£SO or a month’s imprisonment for selling beer without a license. He had been previously prosecuted. James Crowley was committed for trial on a charge of wilful murder of his wife, Ellen Crowley. At a meeting of the Harbor Board a letter was received from the manager of the Bank of New Zealand notifying the arrival of <£150,000 for the Board, being part of the proceeds of its debentures, and asking instructions re the disposition of the sum. Referred to the finance committee. WELLINGTON, December 12.

Largo quantities of wool are now arriving for transhipment with home ships. No less than eight steamers were discharging simultaneously yesterday. The stewards of the Wellington Kacing Club and a number of other gentlemen interested in horse racing visited Island Bay yesterday to inspect the land there, to ascertain if a suitable racecourse could bo obtained. It was shown that a suitable course could be obtained there, which would be approachable by means of the Adelaide road, and would include the area which was utilised as a course the other Saturday by the Island Bay Racing Club. The proposed course covers an area of about thirty-five acres of level land, which would afford a running track, elliptical in shape, of about “ a mile and a distance,” though, by taking in the adjoining section on the south, a longer course could be obtained. It is understood that the owners of the land are willing to part with the freehold at a cost which may bo agreed upon in the event of a decision to purchase it, and to abandon the course at the Hutt. It is computed that, together with the cost of the erection of a grand stand stables, &c., and putting the course in a proper condition for racing, the total expense will amount to di12,000 or .£13,000. The project will bo fully discussed at the next meeting of the stewards of the Welliugton Racing Club, and should it bo favorably entertained, a definite plan will doubtless bo submitted for raising the requisite capital. The preparation of the new course may thus bo immediately proceeded with, and got in order in plenty of time for the next spring meeting The Hon. Mr. Dick to-day received a telegram from Mrs Bernard Moore, stating that the appointment as head of the nursery staff in Wellington Hospital had been accepted by that lady. Mr W. 11. Levin, member for Thorndon, addressed the electors this evening. _ About 00 were present. At the conclusion he

received a unanimous vote of confidence and thanks.

RBEFTON, December 12. All danger has passed at Reefton from the hush fires.

TIMARU, December 12. The Supreme Court was occupied all day with a charge of arson against T. B. Lyle, watchmaker, in which a verdict of “ Not Guilty” was returned. DUNEDIN, December 12. Light warm rain has been falling here to-day, which is doubly welcome after the recent scorching weather. Thore_ are forty-three candidates now undergoing examination at the Otago University, thirty-three for matriculation, and eight for junior scholarships. The examination, which is being conducted under the supervision of Professor Salmond, will-pro-bably be concluded this day week. Captain Baldwin is now announced for the Peninsula seat. The candidates now announced are Messrs Larnach, Cutten, Donnelly, and Baldwin. Mr Stout has never declared himself, and it seems generally understood he will not stand. The name of Mr Bastings has also been mentioned.

Daniel Bannatyne has been committed for trial for severely assaulting James Borthwick at Waihola by striking him on the head with a stone. Mr Forbes, in his lecture, “ All Europe in arms,” to-night, expressed the opinion that should England, with the present disproportionate strength of her army compared with other powers, become embroiled with any formidable neighbors, one of two things might safely bo anticipated, either that the war would he followed by a complete reorganisation of the army or by the total abandonment on her part of armed intervention in foreign affairs. He opens in Wellington on Monday, passing Christchurch in the meantime. INVERCARGILL, December 12. A barn belonging to the Hon. W. Nurse, near Thornbury, was burned down. It was insured in the New Zealand office for £75. The shop of Stoddart, tailor, and the dwel-ling-house of Wedlock, Arrowtown, were destroyed by fire. The insurances were — Stoddart £175, Wedlock £75, both in the New Zealand Company. The Riverton beach is strewn with the wreckage of a ship evidently destroyed by fire. The vessel," apparently, was only recently burned. In the Supreme Court to-day, the Grand Jury found a true bill in each case. All the criminal business is concluded, except a stabbing case. The following are the judgments -John Robins, larceny as bailie, pleaded guilty, six months’ imprisonment hard labor; Charles Sullivan, indecent assault, not guilty, discharged; C. Everett and D. Moore, burglary at the Criterion Hotel, Invercargill, sentenced to twelve months hard labor. The fire at Mabel bush did not destroy the mill as reported. Several sawmills suffered some losses, but the steady welcome rain for five hours past has removed all risk. Mr Stout has arrived here, and is engaged for the defence in the case of Lewis v the “ Southland Times.” [prom the “ PRESS.”] WELLINGTON, December 12. The San Francisco mail is hardly likely to reach here before six or seven o’clock tomorrow evening, so it is improbable that it will catch the express at Christchurch on Thursday morning, unless the Taiaroa he unexpectedly favored with wind and weather.