NEW ZEALAND. [BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2227, 16 October 1886, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND. [BY TELEGRA PH— PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

WELLINGTON. Thursday. Mr J. M Mn.U-vY is gazettcil member of the Licensing Committee for Te Aioha Honorary Ciptain Schmitt of the Auckland College Rifles is gazetted Captain in tin New Zt aland Militia. Ma|or .Shepherd, of the Kew Zealand Militia, is ga/etted Luiitenant-Colonel, and Sergeant-Major Falconer, of Royal En^ineei-., to be Lieutenant. The sitting of the Court of Appeal is fixed for November S.

NELSON, Thursday. T. A. FieVl has covered 178 miles in a '24 hours' ride on a bicycle, thus beating the New Zealand record by 10 miles. The road chosen w^s that 1 etween Wakapuaka and Behjrove, which is very hilly in borne parts.

OUXEDIN, Thursday. The police in the Dunedin district hare suhseiihed mil piesetittd :i pus so of soveii'iL'i's lo L -p« < toi Wt'ldon, who goes home on leave of ab^t nee.

WoODVILLE, Thursday. Mr C. TT. Wthen, engineer, Is'apier, \n old <-etH<T. l<>it this tov\n for L\iiiid f ua on T'le^la-, \\cnk to inspect l !l" laml in t:ie M mgatakato Block \\\<h a \ie\v to pnrcliast>. and has not licon heiul (>f siiut'. (4ieat fears are t'lia 1 taiup.l as to In- .>\fcty, as the riverB w-ie in flood at tlu> tine. A search paity went out joattnlay, but got no tidings of him, and another party has gone out to-day to maUe a further seai eh.