NEW ZEALAND.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2186, 20 March 1880, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

[Per “ Times” Special Wire.] Xiabour for the Worth Island. 'Wellington, March 20. —The Government have sent a memo to the Secretary of the Benevolent Institution, authorising him to engage 30 men, to be immediately forwarded to Muriniohc plains, for the purpose of road making. Expensive Travelling - . Christchurch, March 20. —At the Police Court to-day a man named John Lawson was lined 20s for travelling from llaugiora to Christchurch without a ticket. Grain Traffic. During the week, ending Friday, March It), 00,(582 bags of grain were carried on the Christchuch section and branches. Relief from Tipperary. Dunedin, March 20.—A cake of 113 ounces of gold, obtained from 100 tons of stone, has been scut down from Tipperary claim. Death of an Old Settler. Daniel lloggart, an early settler at the Clutha, died suddenly, aged 80. Another Burglary. The premises of Wong Tape, Chinese merchant, of Stafford street were broken into last night, and TlbO in notes and gold stolen. The strangest part of the affair is that lifty sovereigns and four pieces of gold in the same chest were not abstracted. The Waimate Bush Fire. In Theobald v Studholmc a verdict was entered for the defendant. The rest of the Waimate bush lire cases arc postponed till April Ilk The Mayor-Elect Wants a DeadHouse. Cr. Fish moves in the City Council in the direction of a city morgue.