NEW ZEALAND.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1972, 26 February 1885, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

|nv ThLK(.n\m — rius-s association.] WELLINGTON, Tuesday. Tlic Hospital patients .ire improving. After threw weeks \eiy fine weather rain lias set in, and theie is no appearance of its taking off". Mrs Reave, one of the patients attacked at the Hospit.il with puerperal fever, died this morning.

BLENHEIM, Tuesday. Hon. Mr Lainach, Mimstei of Mines, arrived last night oveiLuid fiom Christ-^ cliurch, via Awatere. He leaves for % Nelson to-iiioirow, weather permitting, v ia Topliouso.

CHRISTCHURCH, Tnestlay. The rain fall here lias been exceedingly heavy; T7G inches fell for the twentyfour hour*, ending at nine a. m. to day. Donald McDonald was committal for tiuil to day, chaiged with stealing a post letter containing a cheque lor £11. He was messenger for the Bank of Austialasia, and is supposed to ha\e stolea the letter from a private bo*. At the Selwyn County Council to dty^| it was repoitfii that thiity-three acies of^ bailey at Chancey's Corner on the Northern Rail \r.y line have becnenthel) i of p;iain by spin civs. Otncr ciOj , oa the &>m > farm ,iie much i'imaficd, and the u« tier's loss is abont -300 bushels.

DUXRDIN, Tuesday. Iv tlic first match for the Cunningham challenge cup to day, the Chri3tclmrch Bowling Cup beat the Dunedin Club after a \\ ell contested game. Mr Stout leaves Duuediu for Wellington on Thursday. Wednesday. The directors of the New Zealand K«fi igcratuig Company, w ho.se works are at B n inside, within thiee mih'S of thtcity, and who were the fiist company in New Zealaud to begin fiee?iug operations, m Inch they have cairied on since August, 1882, have passed the following iesolution : "That in view of the small number', of sheep guaranteed for shipment during the ensuing months of May, June, July and August, the present high rate of freight, and the tinsatistjctoiy position of the trade in London, this company declines to commit itself to any fiirtner ft eight arrangement;."

KUiMARA, Wednesday. - A ."(mart shock of eaithquake occurred at 2.30 this afternoon. The oscillation was from about west to east. With the exception of one slight sliower, theie has been no ram hen tor the last three weeka, aud many miners ate conse(|iientlv idle.

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