NEW ZEALAND.

Press, Volume XXXI, Issue 4264, 29 March 1879, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND.

I PER PKEBB AGBNCT.] „ "- Ahc_and, March X>_ A fire broko out last night at _r One Tree Hill, which destroyed a stocky "™* valued at „40. The owner, partly insured. The cause of the *** l unknown. , ur Tr*R.« Mr, Cox, of Hamilton, formerly sold out hia properfcv to ths Hon. J. WW-** son, and removes to Christchurch. Five racehorses arrived by the Hawes. _ , Young salmon are reported by the Maoris have been seen in the Upper Thames.

«-ePoH-Ce-rt, to-day, Mfc_**DerTan, fined 40s for Sunday tr-d-og._ *£__j£y„ r-seiug from t_rte» to """»£: JSSSterl for *_ robbery. Palae keys and implements were found a ! *^K 1 ia definitely fixed fortthe jggoflpr- Sir G. Grey is ill and confined to &***• GBAHAareTOW-, March 28. a «_ working in tbe bush, named MaxteHi, Ee_.ee of the Donegal Arms h«ra, f_7_f*kg broken by a fallh-.g tree last night, _s_kf-a ca very rough journey through the V** W__rxaTON, March 28. "•fe head o—~ of the Colo—al Insurance / _II_- here deny that there is any truth in ____S__j__t that the Colonial Insurance Com____S_<ri intend to pay oaths risks taken by jj_g ss— two months after the date upon tbe cl—ras are lodged. No such _atr_c__T_ve been issued frern the head office, and jggßefceases braacbes do not act without inJ *3__i_pVri trade cf the p»*t month has been dull, owing to the genersl scarcity 2_oney, which- in great dem-nd. r— iOXt OCTB OWN CO—_— •ONOTHT.I __■_»_ DDNSont, March 28. -Mes-3 Perrier and Capatick have purchased **_» "•'Ace- 1 ' A torrifie gab hiew here last night and to__ar sooo—pan—d by a teavy fall of rain. grtai __«:e has been dose, and the streets are „.«, very_uch._^ EEcAE6iiij The Town Co an— have declined to co-operate c__c Christehurch Council re the petitionnig __Cjunent to remove the seat of Government to C__4__rch, preferring to leave the matier to tfce. House of Repir—en—tives. '•__ Cbsneil has applied to the Minister of 3_£be to be allowed to lay informstion of _e_j_hes of bye-—ws without prepaying coats. The Estimate receipts of the year are over J_tl,oDo. [Press -Special Wire.} Auckland, March 28. __• Whitaker has given a legal opinion that the harbor ree___tic m having been brought iritiin the city, the corporation are responsible fgt forming roads. The cost of these roads ia ____ied at _211,000, •The Hinemca has arrived from the E—wau __ Sir George Grey. ; _n_entic information from Te Kopna says _. the Native meeting will not take place __1 the 28th Ap-ih Invitations are being telegraphed to all parts of the ialan rL "The poiic* arc making another raidon weights sod—eas——. Two more boya were sentenced to private V_ppings for bolting from the Naval Training fchool. The report of the Examine— of the Auckland College and Grammar School gives credit for _sro__—ley in mat-erasties, but gays there is general neglect of teach—g in English composition and literatere. The head-master, replying to the examiners' report., attributes thb to the fact that the appointment of the late English Stater was a mett unfortunate one. At the annual inspection of Artillery voh—tee-a list night. Colonel facte censured talk—g infthe x_—i and the noise made by the public speotatera. It is stated that Sir George Grey heard , __i£—g of the late proceedings at Waimate -a—il his return here. He is in good health, jkoagb he has lately suffered severely from ' (_xj—e complaints. j At a meeting of solicitors to-day a Law Society was formed of all solicitors in Auckland ' _S_ict» the subscription being fixed at two ' ____, 1 Taupo, March 28. ' "The s_s_er Victoria, -which sank in the river < fere, has been successfully raised, and will , shortly be ready to ply with passengers to the ( __ Bprings. ccnstebulary are leaving this - to Wellington this morning. Nafxsb, March 28. Iter the most part cf this week the Resident Magistr-te's Court has been occupied in hearing i i_osd_rge of conspiracy brought by Renata Sasepo against George Prior Donnelly and ' jpateph Price, in relation to the sale of the racefcgra—Otapai and Tavrera. The gist of the charge is that Donnelly and Price conspired to r_ tbe horEcs np by fictitious bids, and induced _o_a to buy atafictrtioas sale. The case for ' to prosecution closed to-day, and the magistrate waa aboot to commit the defendants for trial, __&ee_~el for the defence said ho would call ' _hss~- The case waa therefore remanded j t_Mt_i-iy. The prosecution ism the hands of 1 _r_—• J 'He esse ag_—•'■'Messrs Sutten and Kinross is ] fixslto came on n-xt Wednesday. __ c " _%aw ia a preposal before the Napier Harbor ( Board for the loan of -£2-5,000 to pay off the , yian-t—ai of —70,000, and with the remainder ( to e———t a break water. Wxlt.inoton, March 28. ' Mr C d Earrell has been gazetted clerk of 1 f_ I&feKt Court and Licensing Courts at < __WBr£&£. ] T_» mson in which native game may be i Mfadia Canterbury district is proclaimed as ] ft— —t April to 31 st July. . ] I—euHti n of appoint—g a second magis- \ tr_J for Wellington is being taken np by the . Fan on the ground that the present one is over- j *a_rsJ. ,f-t inq-iiry aa to the state of mind of Charles Sgi—d, at the Butt, has been adjourned for i f__er asEistanoe on behalf of the supposed - !___!. . i A preliminary inquiry has been held into the < —it_k of the ketch Unity, at Cape Campbell, but i wt-ing b«w was elicited. i The head ofliee of the D'UrviEe Tsland Copper . Coßpanj is to be removed to Wellington. , Hokitika, March 28. |Bt. Mary's (Roman Ca_.one) church was crowded last evening, when two postulants took j lie "white veil" cf the Order of Sisters of ' 3_rey. Bishop Redwood performed the cc.-c-: ' many.- * The _u_tgs of the Soprema Court are adjourned 1 fre»_oß—y to Wednesday next. j 'The Local "Elections Act, 1877, is declared in ] force within the Springs Road district. [ The ten— and conditions cpon which the ( __I—m waier race is vested in the Counril { of the Ommty of Selwrn axe publtshed in tbe , "Quette" Cosstshle Thomas rrtephenson has been ap- ' P—tied inspector of weights aid measures for ' tie Timaru district. Timaru, March 28. —B—Quest was held this afternoon on Jeffreys, who was severely scalded at tha meat fnanailsg works on Tuesday, and -who died jesterd»y. A. verdict of " Accidental Death " »—ret—ned. The Hotpi—l Commissioners lave invited the *-_ieal men of town to visit the Hospital -_or_ruy. i Four swaggeri were arrested atTemukato- j -W; ea a -barge of burglary at Geraldine. j The AUofEey-Ge-eral has expressed his ep_ion —at the resolution passed by the Ger-ldine County Council to bring the Act into ! fetea by three votes to two, after two members ' had resigned, was illegal, and the Act is, ' —-refore, sot in force. Dunedin March 28. The half-yearly meeting of the Working _—a's Club was held to-night. Tha receipts for —»ye_a-jou_ted *.o —1561, and the expendi-t«-to_s!2„. A t_ES-rooraed cottage at Kensington, which W—_pgred in the Victoria office for — HO, was s-r-ed down yesterday. l-ree it—l-r&tions of insolvency were filed in *feerhn during the rast week. Am i-quesi was held to-day c-rncerning the "»«»__ treat Saddle Hill, in William Burties' ~*P. Mr Nation, solicitor, wat hed the proon behalf of the New Zealand 1-3—_ce fwHiiy. A verdict of incendiarism was re- . ***« agai—t some person unknown.

Taupo, March 28.