NEW ZEALAND.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2293, 23 July 1880, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

[Pee “Times” Special Wire.l Another Railway Doctor. Auckland, July 23. . Mr Evans, superintendent of railways, New South. Wales, who arrived recently in Auckland and visited the South to inspect its tramways and on private business, took his departure for Wellington last night by the Avawata. It is possible that should Sir Henry Parkes consent and Evans’ time and inclination permit, the Government may avail themselves of his presence to obtain a report from him on the management of our railways. A Burglar Trapped. Wellington, July 23. Barnes’ house in Dixon street was broken into last night,but nothing was abstracted. The burglar was discovered and decamped through the door. The police received a description of the man and he was arrested to-day. His name is Charles Nicholson. Sir Hercules on the Turf again. His Excellency’s two racehorses are to be prepared for the November meeting at Christchurch. Journalists at War. Christchurch, July 28. The editor of the “ Star ’’ to-day laid a criminal information for libel against the four proprietors of the Christchurch “ Echo.”

Accident to a School Girl. Dunedin, July 23. A 9.30 this morning a girl named McCutcheon, aged five and a half years, while going to school was run over by a tram car at South Kensington. Giving Crime a Chance. Seductions in the Police Force have commenced. The Dunedin district is reduced hy nine constables. Third class sergeants are reduced to the grade of first-class constables. Dividing the Spoil. The £3OO reward in connection with the Athenaeum arson case, has been distributed as follows :—Burtensbaw, £6O ; the late Martin’s representatives, £SO ; Abrahams, £SO ; Sykes, £3O ; Mallard, £45 ; Detective Neil, £45 ; Mrs Coffey, £2O. A Disreputable Wound. INVERCARGILL, July 23. A young man named James Crowley, has been stabbed in the region of the heart in a surburban brothel. His assailant, one William Curran, was brought up at the Police Court and remanded. Sacrilege. A boy named named Charles Peters, aged 10, charged with stealing from the Baptist Church, was committed to the Industrial School.