Large Order For Produce.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3099, 9 January 1889, Page 2

Large Order For Produce.

Auckland, January 8, It is stated that as one result of the drought in Australia, one gontlbinan has purchased £20,000 worth of produce in the Auckland district ,to -be forwarded Jo Sydpey,

.I»quest' Wansandi, Wednesday. At the inquest :on Wm Hells, Btore. keeper, of' Waitotara, a-'verdjet of death from natural causes accelerated by exoitgmeti6 of being assaulted by a Maori, :

Frozen Meat Enterprise.' toss Seed. The Native land Court,r \ T , GiSi)oitNE,'Weduesday.~ Mr. Hislop, buyer for the North British Freezing Company, has during, the- past-few weeks purchased 20,000 ; fat sheep; in the ■ Gisborue district, The sheep will bo driven ovferland to Napier, aud there frozen. Tlio mobs .already sent from: ■liewv have suffered little loss, in weight",the feed being remarkably good on the road, . ..;■■■

A large parcel of Poverty Bay the Now Zealand Loan andMercantile,Agency Company at 4s 6d- per bushel, and the' market-: has' an upward tendency; " • • ; . On account of the large number of cases gazetted for. hearing at the Native Court at Gisborne, and little , promise of their being owing to multiplicity of the duties' of Mr Booth R.M,, who sits as.Recorder, the local bodies are talcing tho matter up, ' At; a meeting last night, a discussion took place on the unfavorable Native legislation and the following motion was passed to be sent to other bodies and forwarded to thd' Government:—" This Council desires to represent to the Native Minister the urgent necessity, which exists and has existed here for many years for a continuous session of the Native Land Court for the purpose of disposing of numerous cases of long standing which have been so frequently adjourned to Ihe great detriment and inconvenience of claimants intliis

Half a Million Salmon Ova. Wellington, January 9, The Government Lave received advice from the Agent-General that he has passed a total shipment of •500,000 salmon ova by the Aoraiiga andArawa,

TheN.Z. Insurance Company.

• Auckland, Wednesday. At the N.Z. Insurance Company's annual meeting, a dividend of 15 per cent, was recommended after writing off £18,186 depreciation and paying an interim dividend of 8s per share in July, and carrying LBOOO to the investment fluctuation account. A balance of LSOBB was carried forward.

Seizure of a Whiske> Mill." Wellington, Wednesday. The Customs-house Officers and a Detective visited tho house of Tur> bot, stokor at the gasworks, early this morning, and found air apparatus apparently used for distilling whisky and ten gallons of whisky. He was arrested and remanded this i morning. \ -

Meeting of Creditors. Napier, Wednesday. The, meeting of creditors in the estate of Kinross is, adjourned to the 21st inst., owing to the illness of the bankrupt, The principal creditors are the Union Bank, L1G.570; Dalgety & Co., LIB,186; Steward and McDonald, L 5884. Kinross's approximate estimate shows assets, L 146.000; liabilities, LIOG.OOO.