NEW ZEALAND. [BY TELEGRAPH.-PRESS ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON. Thursday.

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NEW ZEALAND. [BY TELEGRAPH.-PRESS ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON. Thursday.

As yet no cine has been iouml to the perpetrator of the jevvdlciy robbery. The value of t,Si "> \i<>o is HColen is now estimated it tSOO A telet't am received in town to day reooids the total de^tuicMnn by tire this morning at Proascr's Hotel, Opunake. Tlie msMi iii" la vveiv as follows • — On hnilding : National Company, £300 ; New Zealand, f>o') ; United, r2.')o. On the stock and furniture : Victoua Company, £<>0J No particulars -ire yet to hand as to how it originated. Friday. Ju lu<ne;>t was given today at the Court of \pin-il in th» Wvmi; Taylor 'M^e. T'l ■ lh J <- . « • w i-< ijuashed, but tli • secou 1 co'HUtoii wa* upheld, and Taylor vvis oulerpil to com 1 - up for sentence at the next criminal sittings of the Suprt me Contt OISBORXR, Friday. Anxiety \<i felt here for the safety of the barque Lithna;>nr, which left here 1*23 day* auo for London, laden with wool. Nothing has been heaid of her since. There was only one passenger, Mr Rilph Arthur. CHRIS TCHURCH, Thursday. Mr L. Harper, AJ.H.R. tor Avon addressed his constituents at Papanui tonight. He avowed himself a supporter of the Ministry as long as they adhered to the policy they had enunciated when taking office. He received a >ote of conti'ence. Mr D. Me Millan, M.H R. for Colerridge, addressed his constituents at Sheffield last uight. He announced himself a geueral supporter of the Govern* ment, and received a unanimous vote of confidence. Friday. The Canterbury Chamber of Commerc* resolved to-day to endeavour to obtain combined action to secure a reduction in the charges of cable messages by the New Zealand - Australian line. The Chamber also resolved to send to the South Sea Islands a suitable person to enquite into all matters of commercial interests as affecting this part of New Zealand. DUNEDIN, Friday. At the City Court Sydney Knight wu sentenced to 12 months' hard labour for assaulting a Chinaman. The evidence disclosed a shocking state of immorality, prisoner obliging his wife to live with the Chinaman He is well connected in England, and is understood to be a remittance man. His children appeared in Court yesterday charged with theft. HAW ERA, Friday. The only particulars re the Opunake fire, by which Proseer'a Hotel wai destroyed, as yet to hand, are that the fire commenced about 3 o'clock, at the west end ot the building. Some shavings in DuttiU's turnituie shop, on the opposite coiuer, caught tiie, but it was fortunately discoveicd iv time, otherwise there is no doubt the buildings between Duffill's and Crow ther's would have gone. The caube i» not known. The building was destroyed with exttaordinary lapidity. The fire was fiist noticed at about half-past 3, and by four o'clock the liuilditig wa« totally consumed, thero being a strong wind blowing at the titno. Whether the tire broke out in the billiard-room or the stoic room appears to be a mystery. A quantity of furniture was saved, but nothing of great value.