NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2711, 15 December 1882, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

[*ISB PRESS ASSOCIATION.] AUCKLAND, December 14. j The owners of a cargo of tin ore brought -j from Lord Howe's Island have decided that , 25 tons of the cargo should be shipped to London for the purpose of ascertaining the commercial value of the ore, and the balance ] of 5 tons will be locally treated. The area i held by the company is 200 acres. So far ] as the ore is concerned, the supply appears ; unlimited, extending, as it does, from , *' Clear Place " to a point known as Judy's , Eun, about three-quarters of a mile long. j Thomas Horton has been arrested for an attempt to murder Mary Jane Eaynor, and ; was remanded. The trouble arose out of : a dispute with Mr Eaynor. ! Judge McDonald took formal leave of the • Auckland Bar to-day, and sat in the Dis- : trict Court for the last time. WANGANUI, December 14. In the case of Francis Williamson, sentenced to twelve months' iniprisonuient at the District Court yesterday for perjury, a petition for appeal to the Governor is being got up, on the ground that the verdict of the jury was not justified. The prisoner swore, in a recent civil case at the Supreme Court, that a certain Native was alive in 1872, and a mass of Native evidence was called to prove that he died in 1869. A document is said to be in the possession of the Bank of New Zealand alleged to have been signed by the deceased Native in 1872, and it is said that other evidence can be brought forward. Great interest is taken in the matter, and the Press ridicules the verdict, contending that the evidence was not sufficient to prove wilful perjury. The old soldiers of Wanganui sent Home a petition to the Prince of Wales asking for assistance re land grants, and received a reply that his Eoyal Highness cannot interfere, but that he asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies to inquire into the matter. The heat is intense, and there have been numerous cases of sunstroke in this district. Two gaol warders are down with it. E. Beale, of the Auckland Second Eleven, is still here ill with sunstroke and low fever. NEW PLYMOUTH, December 14. The engineer of the New Plymouth harbor j works in the annual reports states that during the year 305 lineal feet of breakwater containing 10,141 cubic yards have been made at a cost of .£131,502 Ss 2d, or at at the rate of .£1 6s 8d per cubic foot, and at the rate of .£44 5s per lineal foot. Besides the concrete built in the breakwater there was added to the stock of blocks 967 cubic yards worth £967. The total concrete made during the year was 11,108 cubic yards, costing .£14,469 8s 2d, or at the rate of .£1 6s Old per cubic yard, leaving a balance of expenditure of .£3105 9s Bd. WELLINGTON, December 14. Information received from the AgentGeneral by the mail states that he intended despatching the ship Halcione for Lyttelton on 13th December with a full complement of immigrants. He mentions that he is advertising for experienced domestic servants who are willing to proceed to New Zealand. With regard to the appointments for the Auckland College and Waitaki High School, he says that a large number of applications. have been received from professors. For the Auckland College there were eightyseven applications, and for the chair of classics and English, sixty-one for mathematics, forty-three for chemistry, and twenty-three for natural science. For Waitaki school 700 gentlemen applied for necessary forms, of whom 230 sent incomplete applications. Sir Dillon Bell expected to make a final selection during November. At the inquest on children drowned in Upper llutt Eiver on Tuesday night a verdict of " Accidentally Drowned " was returned. January 25th is the day gazetted for the 1 payment of the property tax. '■ Mr Mathew Michael Cleary, transferred i from Hokitika, has been appointed to the i gaol at Auckland vice Mr Jas. Caldwell, • granted a year's leave of absence on retiri ing from the service. HOKITIKA. December 14. | At a meeting of the Westland County ' Council yesterday, Mr McWhirter, the I newly-elected chairman, in the course of " ! his address on the financial position of the ' county, referred at length to the new Local

Government Act passed last session. He stated that the Eoads Construction Act would have been of great benefit to Westland had the Government given anyreasonable time for the preparation of plans and specifications for proposed, works. These surveys would cost .£IOB a mile, and half-a-dozen engineers could not do the work by the Ist of January, and when the expense of surveys had been incurred the works might all be disapproved of after all. The Bill for rating Crown lands might have benefitted Westland largely if the land had been valued at the selling price, instead of which they were valued at a fourth or fifth of the price which purchasers would have to pay if the lands were put "UP f?ISftlS uj auctiOttV In WestlttUd hundreds of niiiea of main, aftd district roads ran through Crown iaii'l% and there was not much other rateable property. The bare maintenance cost of mam roads in Westland Mr McWhirter estimated at .£BOOO a year, while the receipts from rates would not reach £3OO. The chairman concluded by referring to the present hopeful and flourishing condition of the prospects of Westland. An immense impetus had been given to the mining industry by the introduction of foreign capital to develop large alluvial gold mining and sluicing undertakings. GEEYMOUTH, December 14. A telegram from Lyell, respecting theUnited Victory, says one-third of the gold in the last crushing was lost through maltreatment, and that an improvement may be relied on.

TIMAEU, December 14. The poll for the proposed harbor loan of £IOO,OOO will be held on Tuesday next. Great interest is being taken in the matter by all parts of the district, the only opposition so far coming from Geraldine, where Mr Postlethwaite, a member of the HarborBoard, is strongly opposing the loan on the ground that only two harbors are required, for the South Island. At the public meeting held this afternoon, influential committees were appointed for all parts of the district to work in support of the loan. At the Harbor Board to-day, the engineer reported that the breakwater had been extended 63ft during the month. DUNEDIN, December 14. As the train from Palmerston, whicß arrives at 9 p.m., was nearing the city, and just as it had got to Castle street crossing, at the entrance to the railway yard, a man, who was observed standing near the rails, suddenly threw himself in front of the engine across the rails- He was shockingly mangled, and death was instantaneous. The body has not as yet been identified. Mr Fish, M.H.E., addressed his constituents to-night at the Princess Theatre. There was a good attendance. Mr Fish spoke for nearly three hours. He was accorded a unanimous vote of confidence. A public meeting is called' for Friday, to arrange for a banquet to Sir Julius Vbgel. Still another new gas producing patent hr to be applied for by Dunedin manufacturers. The gas is to be made from any fatty substance, at such cost that it can be supplied at 2s per thousand feet,.-and coal gas works can be utilised for manufacture.

Sir Julius Vogel's stay in this colony will be brief. He will only remain a few days in Dunedin, and will probably only visit Christchurch and Wellington before be takes his departure from New ZeaLiad. INVERCARGILL, December 14, The A. and P. Show was a great success. The weather was excellent. The spacious grounds were well fitted up, and .£llO- was taken at the gates. The show of horses was moderate. The Stud Company's Just Time o' Day Ist in draught entires, Accountant 2nd. Mr Russell's Dundee was first in thoroughbreds. Mr Sounness tained the prize for the best pony undertwelve hands. Mr Printz took the lead in shorthorns, Messrs Boyse, Stead and Ay son; being second. Ayrshire honours were divided, Messrs Hay, Grieve, Rankin, McShurack, and Muir being the principal winners.. Hereford, Devon, and polled Anffus cattler were poorly represented. Fat stock, MessrsOrgan and Co., 1; Hon. M. Holmes, 2. Merino Messrs Johnston, Holmes and. "Watt were principal prize winners. ForLincolns there was a poor show, Mr J. F_ Collins being the first prize taker. Leicester —Messrs Grieve, McKerchie and Hon. M. Holmes were the prize takers. Eomney Marsh sheep—Messrs Cargill and_ Anderson, and Hon. M. Holmes were the prize takers. Pigs—There was small show, and Mr H. Carswell was the chief winner. Poultry—- " Very poor. Cheese —Messrs J. Grant and A. Galtlead. Butter —Mesdauies Malcolm, Jamieson and Fyfe were first prize takers. There was a fine show of butter and a small show of hams and small goods. In implements there was very little new shown. Reapers and binders were recommended" for field trials, but no awards were made. Oamaru barbed wire secured a honorary certificate.