NEW ZEALAND.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2431, 3 January 1881, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

("Pee “ Times” Special AYibe.] Wreck of a Schooner. Auckland. Jan, 3. The Schooner Lady Don has been wrecked at Hokianga. All hands were saved. Suicide. A gum digger named Nixon, committed suicide'by hanging himself. The Governor's Tour. Wellington, Jan. 3. The Governor starts on a tour' of the North Island on Friday next. He visits Auckland first, then Waikato, Napier, Palmerston, Wanganui and New Plymouth, stopping at all the intermediate places of any note. Missing. A seaman named Picketts wiio came ashore from the schooner Fleetwing on Thursday, is missing. A pair of boots found at the end of the wharf are identified as his, and it is feared he attempted to swim to the vessel and was drowned. A Woman Burnt to Death. Blenheim, Jan. 3. New Year was ushered in by a terrible fatality. About 12.30 on Saturday morning a house, occupied b} r a bricklayer named Daiko, caught fire and was soon burnt to the ground. When the fire was discovered, Daike was aroused, and escaped in a blanket. The charred remains of Mrs Daike were found under the kitchen floor. An inquest wall be held to-day. Pigeon Races. CmasTcnuiic.il, Jan. 3. The Christchurch Pigeon Club’s races came of to-day. The distances were as follows :—From Bolleston, II miles, Foulkes’ Chippendale and Ashby’s Blueskin tied. Time—lGlmins. From Dunedin, 233 miles, Foulkes’ Blair Athol and Blue William tied. Time—Bhrs 35mins. A Daring Horse Stealer. Dunedin, Jan. 3. At the Cifc\ r Court, John Christie alias Lee, a notorious horse stealer, w r lio is now undergoing sentence is committed for trial for horse stealing at Naseby, in October last. Ho rode the horse to town and was on his back in Princes street when he was arrested on another charge. The Caledonian Sports. The weather is threatening hut no rain is falling. There is a large attendance at the Caledonian sports. Mr Inglis, the draper, who paid the £4OO for the booths and privileges,has had to present the booths to publicans, as he was unable to obtain a license to sell. Mining. The Cromwell Company crushed 3-50 ounces fram nearly 500 ounces of stone. Come-in-Tirae Company, at Bendigo got 110 ounces from 350 tons ; and the Homeward Bound, at the Arrow, 28G ounces from 430 tons.