NEW ZEALAND.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2183, 17 March 1880, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

[Per “Times” Special Wire.] The IVKarch of Intellect. Auckland, March 17.—The Catholic Schools marched in procession to the

Domain, headed by a band, and sports are being held. Native Affairs. Judge Fenton, of the Native Land Court, goes to Taranaki,to give evidence before the Royal Commission. Seeing the Dions. The Premier, accompanied by L. Macfarlane, and Brett, yesterday visited the abbatoirs, waterworks, and asylum. Some alterations in the latter were ordered. Enterprise Persecuted. Wellington, March 17 —At the Magistrates’ Court this morning, Wakeford, proprietor of the Bank Hotel, was was fined £3 for selling spiritous liquors in the Arcade during Young Scott’s walk. Another Steamer Disabled. The steamer Waitaki, which left for the south at 1.30 this afternoon came to anchor when half-way down the harbor, the condenser opposite the high-pressure crank having burst. It is not yet known what delay will be occasioned. Appalling Distress in Dunedin. Dunedin, March 17.—A petition, 20 feet long, bearing 800 signatures of the unemployed, has been forwarded to Wellington. Dress on tbe Cheap. Christchuch, March 17. At the Police Court, to-day, a woman named Faith Gibson, whose husband occupies a respectable position, was sentenced to one month’s imprisonment, to be concurrent, on three charges of stealing from the front of draper’s shops. The Magistrate commented stromrly on the practice of exposing goods, and placing $ temptation in the people.’s way. Geo. Wilson, with seven aliases, was charged with robbing a till, and committed for trial. A Dear Mistake. At Lyttelton Court, a man and woman were charged with travelling from Christchurch to Lyttelton in a first-class carriage, on a second class ticket. They the worse for drink at the time. The Bench fined each 50s, or ten days imprisonment.