NEW ZEALAND.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2373, 25 October 1880, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

[Pee “Times” Special Wise.] The Te Aroha Coldfield. Auckland, Oct. 25 Sir George Grey writes from Kawau that he has been too ill to attend any business, but hopes to visit the Thames shortly. Telegrams from Hamilton and Waikato state that the natives have found rich stone at Te Aroha, on a hill behind O’Hallorun’s hotel, and in consequence there is a great rush to the ground, which is being pegged off for a considerable distance. Government officers are now arranging for the remaining native signatures, and in a few days the block will be declared a goldfield. Accident to a Magistrate. Mr Stunner, R.M. of Hokianga, has broken his arm in two places by a fall. A Clerical Ungnlst. The German and French men-o£-war men attended the Catholic Chapel yesterday. Archbishop Steine gave discourses in both languages. Journalistic. A new democratic paper is announced to support Grey. I3nd of an Old Soldier. Fielding, Ocf. 25. An inquest was held this morning at the Empire Hotel on the body of Henry Westhally who committed suicide by drowing himself in the creek at Toani. The deceased tied his hands with a handkerchief, and jumped into two feet of water. A verdict of suicide while of unsound mind was returned. Deceased was an old Crimean soldier, and one of the Coldstream Guards. He had a medal and clasp of the Sebastopol campaign and a Turkish medal. The Publican Said Defeated. Wellington, Oct. 25. The Resident Magistrate dismissed the information against Walkey, the publican, for keeping open after hours. Accidental Death. At an inquest held on the body of the boy Heaton, a verdict was returned that death resulted from a throw from his horse.

A Ducky Heathen. Dunedin, Oct. 25. A Chinaman at Butchers Gully is reported to have found a nugget weighing 4 lb. A 'Valuable Signature. The Supreme Court is occupied with the case Proudfoot v. Turnbull, a Claim for £519 for commission for putting a name to a number of accommodation, bills. Over a Precipice. Kate White, aged 10, fell down an embankment of forty feet, at the rear the first church, sustaining severe injuries. Sudden Death. James Richard Saunders, a currier, in the employ of Messrs Coombes and Son died very suddenly yesterday morning—he had been ailing for some time past. At about 7 o’clock ho left his bed and about 20 minutes after there was a rush of blood from his mouth and nostrils. The cause of death is supposed to have been rupture and aneurism of the aorta. A Home Ship. A ship is at the Heads supposed to be the Tiinaru from London.