NEW ZEALAND.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2359, 8 October 1880, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

[Pee “Times” Special Wiee.l Education Reserves. , Auckland, Oct. 8, The Education [Reserves Commissioners have divided £702 receipts from primary reserves, giving £672 to the Auckland • Education Board and £3O to Hawke’s Bay. Actions Withdrawn. The civil action, Government v G. J. Young, a claim of £I6BO, bala ice due to the Treasury is withdrawn, the account having been referred to the Registrar. The case Colbeck, M.H.R. v. Robertson, a claim for £6OOO, is also withdrawn. The real issue was whether under a purchasing clause in the lease to plaintiff, the defendant was bound to sell at the price covenanted, namely 12s Od per acre. The present value of the land is stated to be £3 per acre. The basis of settlement is that the plaintiff is to pay the original price and the defendant to pay costs. A Taste of Civilization. Joe the New Hebrides murderer under sentencence of death, has been supplied with tobacco. Public Sympathy. At a public meeting last night a committee was formed to raise subscriptions for the widow of Rees, whose husband was recently murdered. Wanganui Harbor Works. Wanganui, Oct. 8. The Harbor Board Engineer has reported that a tramway wall of 1,800 feet in length running out from the north head towards the bar, has received the sanction of the marine engineer. The estimated cost is £24,000. Tho Board has decided to appoint a committee to ascertain whether the Board had sufficient funds to undertake tho works. The works arc estimated to give.lß feet on the bar. Wreck Enquiry. Wellington, Oct 8. An enquiry re the wreck of the Hannah Broomfield is proceeding. The captain attributes the accident to baffling winds which caused the vessel to miss stays. ’Frisco mails. The Zealandia, with the London mails of 9th ultimo, left San Francisco for Auckland on Sept. 25, being in advance of sailing date. The City of Sydney, with the September colonial mails, arrived at San Francisco on the sth, two days in advance of contract date. The Magisterial Stirrabout. Dunedin Oct.B. The “ Times” says that the following Magisterial changes are about to take place:—Mr Beetham of Timaru, to Wellington; Mr Mellish of Christchurch, to Timaru; Mr Whitefoord, of Kaiapoi, to Christchurch ; Mr Beswick of Lyttelton, to Kaiapoi; Mr Watt of Dunedin, to Oaumru ; Mr Wood to Invercargill; and Messrs McCulloch, and Parker retiring on pensions. The Kyeburn murder Trial. The trial of the Chinese probably concludes to-night. The judge wanted to admit Ah Lee’s statement, reserving the question of admissability for the Appeal Court, but Mr Haggit is unwilling to risk this. The matter is yet undecided. more Green-eyed monster. Invercargill, October 8. An agitation is afoot among the local sawmiilers against the unfair action of the railway department carrying round logs to the Dunedin sawmills at a low freight.