NEW ZEALAND.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1975, 5 March 1885, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

|IIV ThLKORWIJ — I'Rl ->:> ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON, Tuesday. Mr Bai la mm; will shortly leave for the *-onth on l>u»nie<>s connected with the fjiiili Depni tmctit. It id not impro b.ible that lie may accompany .Sir Julius Vo^'pl to ChiUt< hnrch. While South Mi \> ill nice will endeavour to establish sin til firm settlements. Six of these is-.ocutions of 100 members each, are ilttady in existence iv Wellington and N.ipier diitnctd L'ulianir'iit is to be farther prorogued until April, when the Government will decide upon the date to call lion, mcnbiMa together for the despatch of busiUCbS. It is expected that 200 volunteers will compete ut the Rifle Association meeting ne<ct week. Half of the men go under cam as. In consequence of the native affairs on the West Coast verj quiet, the constabuliry cunp lias been broken np, and the men stationed at the various posts along the co.ist. Wednesday. Mr Micaiah Read, Governor of the Terrace Gaol, has been calli-d upon to retire on account of ape Mr Head is 65 years of age, and has been Governor of the Wellington Gaol for 25 years. It is undei stood that Be\eral transfers aie about to be made in the detective force of the colony. Detective (Jlienstal, of Wellington, is to be stationed at Duuedin, and his placo heie nil) betaken by Detective Henderson, of Dunedin. Detective Grace, of Napier, nnd Detective Bam, of Dunedm, will also exchange stations. Information for pet jury has been laid against F. E Price, bookseller. Masterton. The olfcuce is alleged to have been committed during the heating of an affiliition case a fottii'gut ago.

CH RISTCHUKCH, Tuesday. The Hou. J. Chiton, Premier of South Australia, who lias been here some days, visited the Canterbury College School of Ait and other public institutions to-day. Ho left by the Penguin to-night for Wellington, whence he w ill proceed to the Hot Lakes and Auckl uid. A telogiam was leceivod to-day from Sii Juhi's. Vogel, stating he will arrive in (Jliristchuioh ou Monday or Tuesday next. At a meeting convened by the Spanish Vice Consul to day, the Mayor presided, and a committee w<i-j appointed to consider the best means of raising money for the relief of the sufferers by the earthquake in Spain. 12,000 people are in distress. The catastrophe occurred in the pool eat part Spain.

DUNfcDIN, Tuesday. Tlie Port Clialmfis Licensing Bench granted .111 extension fiom ten to eleven o'clock to all hotels iv the port to-day. Wednesday. An eight-roomed house, owned by Thus. Wright, and situated in Havelockstieet, Mornington, was destroyed by fire .it an t-aily hour this morning. The insiii auces were £250 on the building, and £l.~>o on the furniture in the National. At the Dunedin licensing meeting a numbe.- of publicans at the noith end of the tity, wlieietcno'clock licenses are the rule, applied for an extension to twelve o'clock, which is the hour in the south end of the city. The bench said thsy had detei mined to make no change till the annual meeting in June.