NEW ZEALAND.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2136, 26 January 1880, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

[Per “Times” Special Wire.] A Schooner Wrecked. Auckland, Jan. 26, —The schooner Mmuahaha, owned by McKenzie and

Baglow, lias been wrecked in Harvey’s group, South Sea Islands. A valuable c, ar gp .was lost. The captain and crejv wete saved. The schooner was insured for £3OOO in a floating policy on cargo and vessel. (i i An Extinct Race. A remarkable discovery has been made near Mongonui, near Cape Karra-, . kara. One of the sandhills was blown away; by the recent gales and ft great heap,of human remains, and houses were uncovered. The natives know nothing of it, and have no tracings of a settlement or: btirial place there. It is believed that further examination will show they are th,e. remains, of a race inhabiting New Zealand prior, to tlie immigration of the Maoris, - ‘ ■'Arrived—Tftrarua from the* South. ■'.;[] •. .( nf:' 1 . . Supposed Suicide. I Wanganui, Jan. 26.— A man named Thomas Trice has disappeared. His clothes were found near Virginia Lake, and it is’ feared he has committed suicide. ;The; . lake / has been dragged but' Diving to its depth and the, the'inequalities of the bottom, without success, ■ so far. Trice was formerly landlord,of the White Hart Hotel at' Marten, but failed- and he has been depressed inspirits ever since. " Counsel and Client. Jan. 26.—At the Supreme (Court i on' Saturday, a rule nisi was granted, calling upon W. L. Rees ' to show cause why he should not pay the sum of £1,177, in his hands, belonging to,Tarehao Mpnana. The Waimate Plains Invasion. - Nobmanby, Jan. 26.—The Native Minister and. party, arrived at Waihi from Opunake soon after eleven o’clock yesterday, and, after staying at the station, proceeded to Hawea, Via Normfthby. Native praperations are being made at Waihi station, for a movement td the Waimate Plains to-day. The site has been chosen for a redoubt to be immediately erected on the plains. It i 5 at Kaip.una; stream, , ;

Reaper and Binder Contest. r "CHfiISTdiiURCH, Jan. 26.— I The reaping and binding contest to-day, at Burnside, excited a good deal of interest. Among the large .number of visitors present are the Lincolnshire delegates, who seem to be taking very great interest in the result.. There are .six machines on the ground, and the trial is being held in a heavy paddock of wheat and oats, expected to yield 55 and 70 bushels to the acre. Educational. In the educational district of East Christchurch ■95 ‘ * per cent passed the standard in the examinations this year, as against 73 per cent, last year, and 48 the year before. < ! Good Collection. Dunedin, Jan. 26. —The collection at St. Joseph’s Cathedral, yesterday, in aid of-the Irish Famine, amounted to £92. The Tramway in Trouble. An action, Meldrum v. Proudfoot, in which £IOOO damages are claimed for the death of Meldrum, a carter, through a tramway accident in October last, is proceeding in the Supreme Court. , . Dunedin Ramparts. Colonel Scratchley went around to White Island, off the Ocean Beach, where he took soundings, and inspected the neighborhood of the Heads for sites for batteries. Expensive Chalk. At the City Court three milkmen were each fined 10s and costs for selling adulterated milk. Twelve samples were taken hut the analyist only reported against these three. Changed Hands. Invercargill, Jan. 26. —The Bank of Australasia has bought the land and premises in Tay street, formerly occupied by the Bank of New Zealand, for £3,750. Death of a Settler. James Colyer, formerly of the Princess hotel, a very old resident, was found dead yesterday in a hut on his run, near New River Heads. Tlie cause of death is supposed to be apoplexy.