NEW ZEALAND.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LVI, Issue 6496, 22 December 1881, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND.

[Feb Pbbss Assocutiov.J AUCKLAND, Die, SI. 54 boys and 38 girls entered at candidates from the public school* for the sixteen scholarships of the Board of Education. A mo foment has been commenced lor lighting Cambridge and Waikato with gas. At the Poises Court several charges were preferred against Einhard Best and Charles Alexander Martin, of the Park Hotel, of receiving stolen goods. The case was adjourned till Saturday, bail being allowed. Mr J. M. Clark, the Mayor, was installed to-day for bis second leua. He gar* a

banquet In the #?*«!«* to lb# member# of of toe Council atd official# <-t to# Corpxv tjew, John Ormeriefo, etomoan »t Noth®* and Co.*#, pleaded guilty to • *»r»I char*®# of larceny. „ ~ . Te ffgokau Tawhiao« pmot# MvrreUry, mid a visit to the Mon *. Vthi-ri-f iL» morning, to company with Mr B? f «#bar,. a loot eonrerwriwo tool piar*. m »birh i« Bgftlau deckrdf plainly t»jai io a toort time matter* between the llaortt* ar.d Kuruprac# would be «« they were thirty ym» #r»-thn they would be »» on# people. Af>r to# interview the Xtngfto dirnttfary d. rot# the town;'with Mr Sheehan, w-d «tpr*.Md hi# ptewure *1 lb# prc*p*r.t-y ar.»* air*r.r.em«n*. which wee cverywbsv® wttr.t- He ptfii town in a couple of deye. In rone action with hi# vi#tt, it ie riatod to be quit# ■ on the card* that the Kawbia h*rboar »i.i b« opened shortly. la# MoftUfue-TttßMr Op r» 'Vnp-wy opened to-night at lha Theatr# Boy*! to i good house, cotwitoriar.dtof the ite!#cr.«u weather. A bftJtaftf W»» opened today in aid of the building fond of the Hew St H-r. *4£•-?,'# Church, How ton, now brief mct#d by memhert of the Benedlciie# Order, Ihetr effort# hare been rery #o«wfol The Boa F. WfcßnWand Mr J«hr H' left for the Thame* todays it i« to complate certain Upper Thame* Sum land purcha*##.

TBfJMKff, htr. 21. Mr Daruer report# that the «r (>jfomaedel left Waibele for rorumaodel »bwtly before the ae. Botomahan* hod reached th*r# in search of her. Some injury to tie machinery canted her driest ion there for tfce sight. PATE A, D«C 21. The Collector of Custom* at Warrsn&i proseeutod bare in three came under t ? B##» Dftty Aetyeeterday. William Jamea GibUoe, brewer, wae fined £3O and eerie for -of eeir.g a' etomp, tha Magirirato bolting th»f. to# penalty iropoeal wae ft fixed os#. He hr*. ever neommended ft ribftte. Franci* M aller end Jftmee O’iuitran, puhiiease, were «*db fined 20* end oasto for using wror.g itarsp#. WELUSOTOS. Dec 21. The meat under the Gamine and Interim Act will be heard before a %. A a fall Bench of Joetiee*, Over thirty have been cent to Jcrikee of toe Pe«a», requariiag their erieedenee on the Bench. A copy of “The Fotjilve Off#sd#r» Act, 1881,” hae been received by hi* laceilrt cy. It Ie feared that the crope in a tortus of the Walrarapft district will eufftr Horn toe heavy wad* which here prevailed here during the present month. In renwrae to • requisition, the Mayor hae convened • public meeting to ditcusc the Question of the recent coovtctios of Chin** •ten for olefine fan taa. The fieooto the Butt Brrer haa nttoided. Ho asrieua daaac* ia reported. The rieftaoen Jane Dougla#, Stormbtrd, and Mmsawatu, belonfisg to' tha Wcllicgton— Wanganui lisa of sfeamer*, were *old by auction to-day. The price* obtained went, for the Ja&e Dosglas, £2QGO; Stores bird, gSGO; and Vamwato, £260.

OAMARU, Use. 2! A little ftri, mud forgo *>«, «*» drowned, through falling into tbe Wktj: River, co Toseday. It Is proposed to increase the capital A ut Onasiti woollen Factory to ASO.ftX’. *.*.d to plses a number of shares m tbe Wt:r.sa market, from which pbee proaiies cf«. -.,r. have bees received. " oononr, r*.- :i. At the Oh? Court today Chari- 4 * . -iw tu wmaitUd far tml oa & ckxr: ? cf Ann Wsstou, »imt St. w%t arrested by tbs police fardruak«r.- , t . Per found bsr in tbs streets at ak a -• i desd child in her ansa, a lt« ru >v: iaded Tbs tWoiiileamiblp Ooapaoj » cablegram today statlag that th<w r.*w rteassr, tbe Manipori, bad been r~c»*sftsßy bunched at Dumbarton ye*teri*». €ms or two burglaries bare o«-.wi la Bond street warehouses lately. Xht c:;;r.C4r» bars set yet bees caught. EfTEBCARSILL. Psc. 21. The Nightcaps CM Com wav L»t<« reerived an order from tbs Gkmrnmer-t •upplv (tom 30 to 40 toes per week f:r tbe csoof tbs locomotive*.

[mom ora owy ooaasaroxoxaT ] DDJfIDn?, Die. SI. A be?, trying to get into % boat era* Pan Chalmere, fell isto toe water, and wvtiid have been drowned bat far the plucky ac'ioc of a mao named Bmccbrid**, the 'driver of a freight engine pairing at the lice, who »w*m off and eared the etntgglißg tad. A labourer, carrying atiluw from the *j. ladybird, tripped cm the edge cf the Graving Dock, and felt to the bottom. He is cot supposed to be eeriocriy injured. Thai it the Meood accident at the Book within a week.