NEW ZEALAND. [BY TELEGRAPH- PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2239, 13 November 1886, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND. [BY TELEGRAPH- PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

CHKISTCHUKCH, Thursday. It is notified that the Property Tax, w here the amount of duty is under £15, is to be jKiul ou December 14 ; where the duty is i'l~> or over the sum shall be paid in two equal instalments — the first on Dec-umber 14, and the second on Kehniary 18. In respect of the duty ou ri« c. marine, accident, and fidelity, live >t'n.!v, piite^h^s, or guarantee policies wit d hj my joint stock company, the >iiu- niu-t 1)0 paid on the 10th iiibtant. Tne body of Emma Stewart, the last of the young people who were accidentt'ly drowned on Tuesday, was recovered thi° afternoon in time for an inquest to he held upon it, immediately after the conclusion of the inquest on the bodies of the two Miss Cottons and Miss Bounday. In both inquests verdicts of "Accidental d«\ith '" were returned. At the meeting of the Canterbury Woolcrrowers' Association, Mr J. L>. L-inix', M H R.,w-as le-elected president. A sum of £100 was guaranteed to the expenses of the wool and grain show. Some strong things were said re Shaw, Savill, and Co.'s monopoly in HaslanVs refrigerators, and probably a special meeting will be called to discuss this duestion.

INVERCARGILL, Thursday. A young man named F. H. Dale, a lettei -carrier, has been apprehended on a charge of stealing letters. It is said that between 400 and 500 letters have been found at his house.

WELLINGTON, Thursday. The Government have received information that the whole of the sheep m the Kaikoura district are now free from scab. The immigration and emigration returns for the colony for the last month were published to-night. The arrivals were : — From the United Kingdom, 625 ; New South Wales, 3SI ; Victoria, '231 ; Tasmania, 35 ; other places, 1)2 ; total, 1364. The departures were :— To the United Kingdom, SI ; Queensland, 4 ; Yew South Wales, 307 ; Victoria. 374; Tasmania. 54 ; other places, 42 ; total, SGI. The arrivals at the various ports were: At Auckland, 332 ; Wellington, 334 ; Napier, 2 ; Nelson, 1 ; Greymouth, I ; Lyttelton, 53 ; Dunedin, 364 ; Invercar^ill, 267. The departures were :—: — From the Kai;tai.i, 4 ; Auckland, 291 ; Wellington, 99 ; Napier, S ; Greymouth, II ; Lyttelton, 32, Ipvorcai pill, 416. The writ for the election of a member of the House of Keptes>entatives, \ice the late \V .1. Hni st, \\a* l^uud today. It it> ie r urnnble on the 21*t of December. At tin. MKjviL-t uri tlu gul Helen Petersou, killed by bcine run oxer by a horse udden by William I'ilkingtoo, a verdict of manslaughter was returned against PilL iiirrf.nn

BLENHEIM, Friday. The Corporation have purchased the gas works for dt'l '2,ooo, possession to be y.ven by the owner iPritchard) on the Ist of March. The C'oi por.ition will pay the money out of the Uo\ eminent Insurance loan.

Win HFPmx'r— Deßagg*: «*i know how to m mure my w t f e /' H.iglcv : " Then why don't you mainge her V ' l)e Baggs: "She won't let me.*' I>. Siltnon\ advcrtismentd in another column. Mi F. O'Tooie, sadJler, Hamilton, notihe* the arrival of new good I.1 '. The uMial religious services to-monow are advertised in this issue. lloniekeej>er> will do well to notice the advpitisement of Wastell\ furniture polish, ntrMit^ for winch have been appointed in Hautiltcn,