NAPIER.

Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3608, 20 July 1880, Page 2

NAPIER.

This day.

A man named Harrisson in the employ of Mr Dermond was thrown from his horse at Havelock yesterday and receiv d internal injuries from which he died last evening.

The police are investigating another attempt at incendiarism in ail unoccupied house belonging to Messrs Neal and Close. Some one effected an entrance and sprinkled kerosene about, and then set fire to the place, but the flames were seen and extinguished before much damage was done. Neal and Close offer £100 reward for information leading to the conviction of the incendiary.

Another petition in faror of Bible reading in schools was forwarded to Wellington to-day.

Mr Birch, sheriff for the province, went to Hoardings' property at Mount Vernon yesterday to interview the natives who refused to give up possession in spite of the order of the Supreme Court. The natives refused to leave, and warned the sheriff and his men not to attempt force, or they would offer determined resistance as there were nearly one hundred men present. The sheriff appealed to the police, who had however received instructions from the Government not to inter* fere. The sheriff therefore left the Maories in possession of the field, and unless the Government will enforce Jaw, Mr Harding .will not get his property.

A scientific examination of the so-called gold bearing quartz from Te Ante shows that it contains no gold. The metallic appearance is due to the refraction of light through portions of the surface. This appearance misled old gold diggers and defied the microscope. Pressure was applied to the fractures disturbed by reflection of light, and disclosed the true character of tbe appearance. The stone is of the Jasper family.

A fire this morning destroyed two old cottages. They were insured in the South British for £150, and in the New Zealand for £100.