NEW ZEALAND.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2128, 17 January 1880, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

[Pee “Times” Special AViue.l The Timber Trade. Auckland, Jan. 17. —News from Wangaroa states that a very large number of logs were washed down by the recent Hoods in the rivers. The mills are now active. Railway Matters. The calling for fresh tenders for the .. railway station on the reclamation works ; .. is delayed, pending the authority of flic * Minister of Works. Repenting their Bargain. The Native Lands Court at Te Awamutu is adjourned. The Natives claim that the Government should remove the railway lines off lands on which £SOOO were advanced and allow them to sell to private purchasers, the £SOOO being refunded. The proposed railway funs through part of this land. Major Miiir has telegraphed to Mr Bryce for instruc- , tions. Chlniquy on the Move. Father Chiniquy proceeded to the Thames yesterday accompanied by prominent Orangemen. The Samoan Question. The “ Star ” reporter interviewed „ General Bartlett from Samoa who. gives a full statement of Samoan affairs. He said the American Consul possesses no diplomatic power from Washington and he does not believe Germany has any design of annexing Samoa or will spend one cent on it. Bad for Best. Wellington, Jan. 17. —At the District Court, in the case of Meares v.Best, a claim for money alleged to have been fradulently appropriated, bis Honor said nq doubt the defendant was guilty of fraud, and the whole transaction, as far as the defendant was concerned, was \ i anything but straightforward, and would ' not redound to his credit. Judgment was given for £lO5. Harlequin Captured. Frank Hook, lately of the Panto-

• l .| » * iJ£ ** A mime, and formerly of CliristcHurch, was arrested to-day, on a charge of obtaining £SO frbm Mr Johti GleW,'hy| means of false pretences. s , .j. .Acclimatisation. t _■ ? 7 s - u ,- H Cheisxchuech, Jan. Canterbury portion ’of‘the white f fi ! sh ova was...landed; this morning; The \ eggs were oply, spoiled in. : small«. portions, wherejhe ihoss had been pressed... The, by means only aihoiints to five per cent. ! The' packing was nearly perfection. ’The Hinemoa left \ with the Pjunedin portion at 11 a.m. ; ’ f> ''"Walking: Match/ Young Scott finished his seventy-first mile at two minutes past two this afternoonif The a'sphalte floor' of'%e’rifik ! has xdisediarge ! blisters oh' the soli; of eaclp.;foot, .but ; the boy ;is ’ walking pluqkily,! and| thinks; he will pull.off shells miles in time. n ; Housebreaking: and ' r ’ Suicide’. DuNEbttr,: Jan. ’ 17i—A f father pebuliar qa^e,happened at Ravensbournclast night,, Shand,yvyas,brought up to the NOftli Dunedin Police Station, by a 'resident of Raveiishburhe', bn;, a cnargeof breaking into his 5 dwelling. It waSsthen found the man had taken Eoisprt a§ he was tired of life, although edpe.s not .appear,to have vouchsafed explanation regarding tbe|alleged|houscbreakihg. The man was'taken to the hospital|where he was treated, and he is now believed to be out of danger., . ro bfir.'l at a'in'ccfing this morning of : the Irish Farhine Committee* . : ,o‘ « ;!’■;> ' of Scaffolding. INyebCAEGri 11, j an. I^—Yesterday a portion t o,f the scaffolding of. the new Supreme,' Court building, . Tay street, gard’Way, precipitating five workmen to the grOUUd, 'a distance of 30 ‘ feet. Two of theto, A. Deliargie and James Farrell were not much hurt, and were able,fo wallf fhome, ; The’ptliers were conveyed to the Hospital, where it was found .Georg? Smith (unmarried), had sustained an injury to his spine, causing paralysis of the lower extremities, [and dislocation tlie'"hip joint ; John McNala./., (married), received severe cuts and bruises on the head,, and lefHS|f; Jaihes Dew (ihaVried; with children), received injuries to his abdomen. It is feared some of the injuries will prove fatal. The accident was caused through a piece of brittle wood breaking off short. In fact, the scaffolding was weak, and this was pointed out by Inspector Fox only that morning. I. fJ'JM-’f.FiV!’'!;*