NEW ZEALAND.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1951, 8 January 1885, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

[in TBLE«.K\FH.— I'KK^S ASSOCIATION. ] GISBORNE, Tuesday. Tlih body of Sarah Harvey was recovered at Tologa, horribly mutilated by hsh and by l>eing dashed against the rocks. KAIKOURA, Tuesday. Before Mr Whitefoid, R M., today, Edward Rcecc was fined 4d per head on 700 infected sheep ; Walter Gibson, the same on 34,000 ; and Pardons, 3d on 1000. I'hore are good prospects of all three flocks being clean soon. GREYMOUTH. Wednesday. The position of the Star of the South is unchanged. The harbour board has wi itten to the owners to remove her out of the channel, j\a she is a danger to navigation. There appears to be very littl« chance of her going to pieces thiough tidal force, as she lies inside tho entiauce to the mer. WELLINGTON", Wednesday. A slander case of some interest is on the tttpii here, a well-known cituen hating issued instructions to his legal advisers to ptoceed against another equally wellknown gentleman foi £.>OOO damages, for an alleged slander by the latter's wife. The Appeal Board for Napier in connection with the Railway Department has been appointed, and the members, it is understood, are Capt. Preece, R.M. (chairman), and Messrs H. IS. Tilfen and Thos. Tanner. The cricket team chosen to represent Wellington against the Auckland team to-morrow is not considered a strong one, and not a fairly representative one. The team is very weak in bowling. The election for three members for seats on the Government Insurance Association Board closed at 10 o'clock tnis morning. Major Campbell, returning officer, declares that the result will not be known for some two or three days. PORT CHALMERS, Wednesday. Armed : V.via, Swedish brigantme, 43 days from Mauntius, with 260 tons of sugar . Scotia, barque, 98 days from New Yoi k, with SOO tons of cargo for Dunedin, a:.d 400 tons for Lvttelton. DUNEDIN, Tuesday. In the Supreme Couit, Jacob Vandyke, chirged with shooting at Miss Wadsworth with intent to murder, was found guilty, and sentenced to 10 years. Samuel Smith, for unlawfully wounding, was acquitted. Wednesday. A four-roomed dwelling-house at Musselburgh, was burned down this morning. It was insured in the Colonial Ofhce for £200