NEW ZEALAND.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LVI, Issue 6488, 13 December 1881, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND.

[Bu Buss Aasoaumos.]

AUCKLAND. B*a I*. The Auckland btoyriiste contemplate formins e dab. The infant asm of J. Bennett, of the Whau, wm accidentally overlain, and the infant daughter of Joseph Hare,of Kale, accidentally drowned in a creek.

Private Utter# from Eiji stot* that the Sava land sale was uiuueoeMfttl. owing to imnortont clauses in the conditiori. *

The police have discovered thaUmyetorioue box wm placed oa beard the Bakaia, which Jwootij (tiled for London—it la foppowd by Piummer. They hare communicated with (he London police.

THAMES. DlO. IS. Bur George Qm *ende the following tele* «tm to Mr Sheehan in reference to hit defeat of Mr Speight s—“ When two Wend* WS* ton contest it ie difficult to oongratulate the riotor, mit appear* t elur upon the conquered one, but 1 heartily congratulate you on getting a Mt Your absence from Parliament would hare been a loeeto the House and the country.—9. Qair."

WILUHQXON, Dio. 12. At the declaration of the poll for Xhorndoa, to* day, there wm no alteration in the number#. Mr Lem wm declared elected. Hr Dwaa, tho defeated candidate, made strong remarks about the local morning paper, and that further action would be taken in the whkh appeared in the Ttm* on the morning

MrW. B. Browne's house, at Oheriro, wm burnt to the ground on Saturday. The origin of tho fire is unknown. The contents were uninsured, but the National had £6OO on the building. *

_ LYKLL, Die. 12. The reel in the United Victory level wm intersected In the Eastern cresting this morning. The stone looks well and carries gold all through. WMEPOBT, Dio. it. Complete returns from Westport give Mr

Mooro a majority of 8 ever Mr C'Cwwr lathe Ba liar eketotateu OBEY MOUTH. ]: za . 12 A kda JEft m to Sft thick, to t • Oahtea Fkece claim, ha* laao utosct ft u Ulirrcd to ba • eoettssaUes of tha old fW# block Tha protpteto an atatad to b* prmsaiag. TIMASC, Dec. 12. Tha Sapraana Chert span* to-'iaorrow, Xa* criminal bueinw* # ccmprkr* two ca#«« 0 f moo, one of forgery mod otterm*. four of theft and falaa pretence*, atm of on -.r.natural offence, and two dvd owe*. ihe locally owned barque Oaeymei*, 2>70 toes. Smith, 300 ton* of coal on bomn’ wa* brought alongside Uta wharf thk asorr.’ iag to tala in hallaat from tha track*. feh* k tha Urgent vmel that hat yet bos along-

Bain It a good deal wanted on the cow.. A slight e&o-wtr fall ywtarday. Owing u» th* eool eprteg, fruit, Ac., k backward • and f TO tn tha earn# esaw tha dry weather hat met been to tej often* aa would otherwise h*r* been tha tms. Tha crop* are looking w«a ««. rally.

DCmiDIU, Dxc. 12. A ecmtbsy haa ndueed Mr Scatoak trajority to twelve. Tha refrigerating machinery on board th* •hip Dunedin, at Port Chalmere. broke down thsi axinhg. Tha crank (haft and come eeatinge war* broken. About 60) th#«p w£] have to ba landed.

Tha raceEom*, Tolostoar and Bawdcs, w«ra offared for aalaea Saturday, but pasatd fa at SO and 180 gsieaaa rwjwe Mr T. L. Shadbard, fonatrly cow Oerit of tha Coort, Palmarstoo. hu ba*n •wpadad by Mr Walt, AM., for iesuborhsatiofl, for taking poaManoa wit,host aotharsiy of tha baildPe office, and for frequent abasnon from doty* Mr Wiktt had to affect aa tn> traaoa to tha Gosrthooaa by a window dense Mr Shapbartfa abacaoa. Ha removed Mr Shaphard’a {wraoaai bakaMg* and fsreitare from tha baudPa 08k*. Vba matter will be rafamd to tha Mfektor for Jostica. BLUFF, Die. 12. Mr Macdonald, goaral agent for Mr WtUiamaon, k a paaaaßgacr by tha Botoscahasa; Mka Magma Moore and Mr W&iaasaca are to airtvahava sait Monday.