NEW ZEALAND.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2920, 4 August 1882, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

(Feb Pause. Association.) Committed for PerjuryChristchurch, August 4. At the Resident Magistrate’s Court this morning, Francis Innes, brewer, was committed for trial at the Supreme Court, for perjury. McGill further Remanded. . Dunedih, August ;4. The case against Thomas McGill for alleged arson,has been further adjourned for a week, with the intention of still further adjourning it to allow of the stock-taking being completed. . , A aewHandicapperMr Jobberna having resigned the position of one of the hahdicapperis of the Jockey Club, Mr William Sounneas of Gore has been appointed instead. ; Evidences of a WreckInvebcaboiXil, August 4. What appear to be* portions , ;o£ a recent wreck, have just been picked up on the beach, at the Bluff. They comprise the lower topsail yard of a large ship and the face of a figure head; the face ia that of a woman, with flowing hair above the forehead; there being a large star gilded where the face was broken, the wood seemed fresh, as though not serrated from. the other part of the figure more than three or four months. It is asserted that the wreckage does not belong to any vessel that has been ashore at or near the Bluff ,* and it is possibly a portion of a missing vessel, the Miny-y-Don, Loch Maree, or some others. ;