NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2712, 18 December 1882, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

[per press association.] AUCKLAND, December 16. Tawhaio, 'with sixty followers, left Alexandra yesterday en route for Napier. The formation of the New Zealand Pedigree Stock Company is announced. It is an amalgamation of the interests of the Auckland Agricultural Company and Messrs T. and S. Morrin. December 17. A cricket match between eleven master mariners and eleven of H.M. Customs resulted in favor of the mariners. The result of the Native meeting re the Whangarei road construction is that if the Road Board submit to the Native decision and cause the roads to go round their paddocks, instead of through them, this one road may he finished. This concession, if such it may called, is mainly owing to the influence of the Ngapuhi chiefs, particularly Honi Kawiti. Two seamen of the barque Kentish Lass deserted at Helensville, and at Kaukaupo attempted to assault the daughter of John McLeod, settler. A settler approaching, the sailors fled. The police and settlers of the district are searching for the offenders. NAPIER, December 17.

Mr Milner Stephen gave the public an exhibition of his professed healing powers in the Theatre Royal yesterday, and created great astonishment hy apparently instantaneously curing partial paralysis, rheumatism and like affections. The patients certainly walked away professing to he cured. In one case a deaf and dumb boy was made to hear, and ho repeated words after Mr Stephen. It is reported that he has since fallen from grace, and cannot now sjieak. The so-called cures are brought about by breathings and blowings and stroking with the hand, assisted hy red flannel, on which Mr Stephen breathes, and hy bottles of what he calls magnetised water and magnetised oil. His performance was the talk of the town last night. It is reported here that Mr Bryce has arranged the long-standing Murimotu dispute so far as regards the leases of Moorhouse and Studholme and Morrin’s wool, worth over .£21,000, which has for three years past been impounded by the Natives, but that he could not arrange for a lease of the block, the Patea Natives objecting. WELLINGTON, December 17.

The Lyell United Victory returns this week show a decided improvement. Owing to the scarcity of water only thirty-two tons were crushed, hut ninety-seven ounces of amalgam were obtained from the plates only, and fifteen ounces more are expected from the boxes. A full battery power is expected to be available next week. GREYMOUTH, December 17.

The Mayor and Borough Councillors met the Minister of Works at Paroa yesterday, and drove him and party into town. A deputation of the Borough Councillors wait upon him to-morrow in relation to port matters. It is still raining, and heavy at times. This is likely to benefit the miners. The previous rain only benefited the farms and pastures. TIMARU, December 17. Yesterday was observed as a general holiday in this district. Tho annual show of the Floral and Horticultural Society was a great success, both as regards quality and number of exhibits, and the attendance of the public. The Supremo Court finished its sittings yesterday, when the last of the civil cases was adjourned for argument. At the inquest at Waimate touching the death of Geo. Duffield, a verdict was returned that death was caused by the deceased taking spirits of salt while temporarily demented with drink. DUNEDIN, December 16. A rather strange affair is reported from TuapekaWest. Mr John Bulfin reported to the police that a man had been seen last week in the bush behind his accommodation house, by himself, his son, and a ploughman, with a large polo or stick in his hand. The man came out of tho bush, was seen to stick tho polo in the ground, go some distance from it, throw stones at it, return and take it up, shako it round his head, and then bestride it as if on horseback. Those who witnessed the strange occurrence made a run to try and capture him, but ho made bis escape into the hush. As the parties were not close to him no description of his person can be given. On Monday, last Sergeant-Major Moore and Mounted Constable Clark proceeded to the locality, and accompanied by Mr Bulfin made a careful search of the hush, but could find no trace of the man. No one is known to have called at any place in the neighborhood asking for !food. The probability is that the individual, whether semi or wholly insane, has removed to some other locality.

John Wimpenny, clerk in the_ employ of Sparrow and Co., was drowned this morning whilst bathing at the Ocean Beach. The body was carried out to sea. December 17. Mr George Dodson, of Port Chalmers, the well-known sportsman, died to-day.