NEW ZEALAND. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] DUNEDIN, Thursday.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2093, 5 December 1885, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] DUNE DIN, Thursday.

Pkofi-ssok McGki i.ok's resignation on account ot Ins appointment to the Inappctor^lnp of Lunatic A^j Jams, was iccuned at the mooting of tlio Uinvoiaity Council to day, and a loiolutiou was p.i'-seil uxjutsiivc of the council's ajipicciatiou of tin; m.imiui in mliioU he liad dibulinigcd Ins di'tioi. The new appoint nifiit is made coii|ointly by the I'lfibytoiidn Synod and thu Cliuroli trustees, and the niattci w.ia lutoiifd to them.

Friday. A woman ii.iim'd M.uy Goddard, at tempted to commit suioide )e«tetdiiy, by walking into the l>.iy nml lying down in three ttct of w.itoi She was icsciU'd by a young lad, and brought u[i to d.iy and remanded. Gild of tlio value of £20,000, was dow 11 by oii'oit labt nit'lit.

I N V Klia\ K< I F LL, J'luu hd.iy. In tlic Police Uomt yivstt-nl.iy a int-m-bei of the "G" Batteiy of Aitillciy was clunked ou the infoimation of tlic com(iiaiidiny ollicor, vvith being ulismt from a Govcrnineut par.ulu, ami was fined oa and eonts. Correspondence received by the Bluff Harbour Uoaid fiom tlio <j!etict\il Manager of Kail«ays shovvi. that considerable concession in the lateson measurement goods has been made ou the BlufFlnvcrcar^ill line, the maximum cluiijije being now Ija 8d per ton, or double the deadweight. Caiting from the Blutl', however, ia still goiiitf on. Close on 3(KI,000 Hacl<s of wheat weic shipped from the Bluff this season.

WANGANUI, Thursday. The Executive of New Zealand Rifle Association li.ivc decided to send Captain Somcrvillo to interview the Defence Minister, requesting £100 clear for a meeting at Wangamu. They also recommend the payment of £26 to Lieutenant I'urnoli, nml the rc-oyeniug of I'umcH's case. Captain Cninmings, President of the Ni'W Zunliind Fue Biigadc Association, was presented with the association's gold medal and seven b.iis, representing l'J ycais' soi vice. The nicmbun of the looal brigade made the presentation.

WELLINGTON, Thmsilay. Messrs .) McKerrow, William Maskell, and F. IJ. Hutchmson have been elected Governors of the New Zi alaud Institute. The Ga/.etto notifies the appnintmcut of Mr J. S. Edgceumbc, Hamilton, as Deputy Assignee.

CHRISTCHURCH, Thursday. At the Lyttelton Harbour Board meeting today the report of the special committee appointed to investigate certain charges against the harbourmaster was received and adopted. It concluded as follows :— "The committee report that the charge of drunkenness on September 19 was disproved, but they also find that the exoitement of manner, which two witnMses Attributed to drunkenness was due to irritability of temper. The coinmittie adhere to the recommendation that the harbour staff refjuno to bo re-organ-

ived, liut desire to eliminate from their previous report the siiggvstion that Cipt. McLellan should be asked to resign." The question of re organising the staff was left to the Harbour Improvement Committee.

Friday. In Chambers tin's morning Mr Justice Jolimtone granted lenve to the defendant in Stewart v. Roy d house (K\ening Press libel fiction) to hare the c.w tried a Duuedin subject to the fol« losing terms: — That defendant, if successful, shall be entitled to costs according tv scale, as if the case had hern ti icil at UhrUtehurch, deducting Mich additional expenses as plaintiff may be put to in placing witnesses' expenses to the place of trial, and if plaintiff is biiuce^ful he shall be entitled to costs, fixed by the registitir, upon tho old scale.

TIMARU, Fiiday. Suhodel and Kennedy, circus propi ktois and cniployets, were charged at the RM. Court this morning on ictuatid from Dmiedm with assaulting Mr M. J, Godby on November 21st., at Tim.iru. Tlie complanant attended the die^s circle with his wife and .inothei ! uly. 'I lie defendant charged complainant with having crawled undtr tlio canvas and not paid his way. In spite of protestation he was forcibly ejected. He had expressed his willingness to accept an apology, but none was" forthcoming. Scliodel was fined £5, and Kennedy was tlisoli irj{e<l.