NEW ZEALAND.

Press, Volume XXXI, Issue 4299, 10 May 1879, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND.

- ' [PBB PHESB AGKSrOT.I \ ■ AUCKLAND, Hay 9. A new Volunteer Infantry Carpi it tgjjw formed in the Waikato, Already fortj mm. ben hare been enrolled, and a braMfesßda alao being started in connection with tJ»"Waikato Oavelry. - ■.■ M . Great complaints are being made. bytb» settlers on the railway line about the number of the cattle killed by the trains., Stepsats to be taken in order to have tnemaMer brought under the notice of the Hoansf this year j •• '~.' WANGANETI, May 9. Hugh MoMahon, «nelde*ly man, ol diesi* patod habits, yesterday fined for druakeutoaj,. had an altercation with, three Satire yoatSs at the Bed Lion Hotel, between six and e«ea o'clock last evening. He was pushed dtrtra, and then pulled up insensible. Helicgs«d till seven this morning, when he died. Ite youtha made off. WELLINGTON, May 9. Samuel Cowan «v brought up at the Bess* dent Magistrate's Court this afternoon, charged with bigamy by marrying one woman in 1872 and another at Adelufein 1876. Hβ was identified by a photograph. Prisoa«»d« mitted to the detective who Arrested him th&t - he was the man, and said he would begin! to get back fca Adelaide and settle the wbols matter, which would end in smoke. lt« magistrate committed him to prison n&ffieueh time as a warrant was prepared forte* warding him to Adelaide. In the Supremo Court this morning tk) 1 Chief-Justice delivered judgment in the cue < of McHamara t Norwich. Union Firelaußf ance Company. After stating the facts Lβ ! said he could not agree with Mr Bunny'? ! argument, that the polioy contained tfctts ] distinct contracts, as the premium was as» divided. It was not as though the property insured wae two distinct buildings, mtherefore made the rule absolute on the fet ground, and ordered judgment to be enteral tor the defendants with costs. His Excellency arrived this morning, It is stated amongst commercial men thfc since the commencement of the orders sent home for goods to the extent of a million hare been countermanded by »bl* messages. The solicitors of Wellington have-ap-pointed a committee to make repreaentetoto the Minister of Justice in regard to tJ» conduct of the business of the courts hew, Mr Stout arrived to-day from the Boutli, and Colonel Whitmore from Napier and Poverty Bay. [>BOH OKJB OWH COEBKSPOHDBHTj TIMABU, May 9. The first meeting of the Sonfch Canterbwy Coureicg Club wiJl be held at Peel JtoHt estate on May 20tk;~ ;. ' - This morninft a» Captain Fhea»,, of the barque Edwin Fox, was coming aehore m ma boat with a crew of three men, named James Mitchell, leaao Douglass (men o£ color), and Percival Sinclair, the boat, on entering tae channel of the Government l&ncling aarnce,. wm caught by a huge broken wave, dashed on the end of a ledge of ro'ris to the north of the channel, and imriieoiately capsized, the occupants being submerge!. Douglass-TO washed out to sea. The other men w«rt floating on oars, and Captein Pheas maEsse to eecure a hold of the .-boat, all being alfcto swim. The Government nervice empicp immediately tied ropes around their www and proceeded into the water to rsicue tb* ■ unfortunates. They succeeded in b«ngrc| j the boat ashore, and Mitehell, Sinclair, b« Captain Pheas were quickly plwed on KM firma, although in a very exhausted comities. Douelaee , position, however, was one 01gi»----danger, as he had been washed out « sea somo distance. A boat wm 9BKJJJ manned with volunteers, launched, snd p» , ceeded to the rescue. He was teien w of the water shortly after. On boag : WWPashore it wae found that Captain .Phe» *» had been badly torn by tho rocks,"».|j Douglas had received a gaah on the the other occupants escaping unhurt. The hounds nad an excellent meet •-* Levels station to-day. t t, Larrikins from McKenzi'e connlry, f«came to town for the sports, have own &' dulging in midnight frolwe. They coffip"* the squatters' sons and atalion back country, and they are ?<rto nOBS ,*" giving way to unbridled larrikinwm »&* they come to town once or twico a yeafc *** night, after the banquet held inconaw*" with the sporte, they turned out, wrrW noisy, broke all the barbers' poke u> WJ removed sign boards and knocJcerf, wound up by hanging three balls, Wβ' ?*r a pawnbroker's shop, over tho of New Zealand. The latter fed g looked upon with much favor b 7. tM &;» public, as that institution's way of f lately has made it unpopular. ' ' probably some Court cases will eni« m theie proceedings.

The public meeting convened ty "ffi» i m held to-day, and a committeei or hundred leading citizens appoints arrangement! for the reception « y» 'Jhe improTement oommiißio»e» J*f" j,,. open negotiations for the transfer of w»» * pertyto the City CouEdl. tf ; An infantry corps has been fo^ 5 " Hamilton " iuBMinAW , - Wahanui and Bflwlspoie to-day, • Bewi accused Sir George Groj o. d»»— hie promieeelmode at twJJ ( 8 . ; Su Q-. <lrey expreeeed a aeare 60 r* ? the Hikuraagi programme. to.ajon** , • , Bodenci Hugh.M'Lennaa was W* l, *

. rtjg B»M- Court this morning charged with Aaeiirder of bis wife, and m remanded for yL| 1 J~»« l -.--MBding: tim emiulnskm <rf the inwlaVopened on April 30th, and £r«dioßnied for the analyaia of the stomach ULcessed by Dr. Hector. On Dr. Hector's Inlral inNapier the inquest trillbe resumed. *%> charge against M'Lennan passing ralueJβ withdrawn now that there ie jggeets&tion of murder against him. ■ Erfiaordinary rain has been falling during Aβ k*t few days, *kich cauied flood about xLse* *°d Taradale, though not of «o ZgJ&ad a nature aa wu the case in 1877. SSffiTwiHi "Taradale and Meanee wae not Meticftble by the old road because of the fepshef water, and the approach to theTarajjeroftd wu obstructed at Napier end by t had dip- Access to the two townships «v teteter, open by way of the Spit. The flood to bow nearly subsided, and the ebstructiot —swd by the land clip is being cleared away. ogjge ef the stuff fell on the railway line, gaJ trains to the Spit cauld not run untß.a gUjnnce «si made, which wee sufficiently ffectid lait night to enable railway traffic to fa leium^d. A Ch«» Clab ie being formed hen with —fft nospect of sueee**. *t*l r r~ W ELLHJ»TOS, May 9. hii Excellency had only jiut w*AtA from the Hinemo* after his southern S, h« presided at the meeting of the comfor the Srdnej Eihibition to-day. tfit Wellington and, Dunadin goods >ppeu jjkelT from application* already receiTed, to «A no half the ipsce alloted for Sew Zealand c she Exhibition. When the remaining *ftoen local cemmittees and the country jijtß& haTe reported the apace required, it * expected this colony will make a good renjrtoT itself »t the opening of the Exhibipimaut, anetioneer, hsa anigned hia estate tothe-hen*** of his ereditari. J. W. Oarey propote* to take ft party of Ifa&i* to the Sydney Exhibition to dance the Hsßbau dance, and give other perfonngfffi:' , Carey has written to the commiei/somi laying hia riewa before them, and ftttjagthat, if they will entrust the Maori feggte, iwhich they propose to send to the SihiMfion, to hia care, he will be responsible ft»iua»ffty. hpoential deputation waited upon Mr StQisdß to-day, and presented e> petition for aafte far a gymnasium. Mr Ballanee proto eonsnlt his colleagues on the matter. Jaitiett Wniiams and Johnstoa arriTed from the BoHth this afternoon, and Justice gillies from ABciland, to hold the Oonrt of is on foot to form a Boghy Utkffl Football Club among the Civil Mr &. HnnUr, M.H.E., hat consented to be noadneted for the mayoralty. Th* work on the new railway wharf is ■He Xdoeation Soard are calHng for de« tigDtfar a sew school at Kewtown, costing jnooo. , . , There was a meeting of the Governors of VeiSagton College held to-day. A resoln— passed to the effect that the G-o-Tenon spprore the memorandum sent by the lafr-eaMfittee to the Minister for Education, spA ihtt the Gorernment be requested to gire effect thereto by placing s sum of £7000 on tftf • (stimates . and by bringing in a 'Bill, esh&igthe Qorernors to sell endowment* af rural lands conditionally on re-inTeeting tiainroeeeda in, other lands or mortgage on fresfiold, and further that by the same Act as endowments of the College be increased. A ka» dbcussion ensued on the subject of reposing the eerrices of Professor Kirk as lecture* on natural science. The Governors agreed that it would be a great blow to the institution to lose Mr Kirk's serrices. Dr. Hector pointed out that if the College ceased-: iS (saeh natural science, it must cease to be jfijiated to the New Zealand Unirersity, «&K.would LnTolre a serious breach of faith «Kb undergraduates who had put themselves a training in connection with, the College, ftsther, the College would lapie into the faeiion of a Ghammar School merely, and Ua eoTernors could not expect to de-rote their endowment* to teaching Grammar School eubject*. The Canterbury College taught scarcely asy Grammar School subjects. The Ber. Mr Peterson—" So with the Otago College." Dr. Hector—" Yes; I may jiate that I think the cemmitsion on higher tducation will make some recommendation on fee point." Ultimately it was reiolred to «Ha special meeting of the Gorernors to eanrider the matter. WESIPOBT, May 9. The wife of J. C. Crawford, pianist, at Sasshan's Boyal Hotel, left her home at dayTo|)ion Tnesday morning, and has not been tad of since, but one man arera he saw her •fte beach the same eTening, and a woman xpositdYe she saw her in the street coining fipa the fire which happened that night. As th woman was demented by a long course of itiak, and as she had been, heard to say she *»eld burn the place down, coupled with the &ct that she left her home as she said to sake away with herself, there is much anxiety about her. IKVEBCABGILL, May 9. At a meeting of the JSaater Volunteer denenstration committee this eTening, fltwmwimi oaMers were gone into, and it was ascertained that not only will all liabilities be liquidated, but that after the various volunteer corps have paid their subscriptions, there will at a probable surplus of £180. This is most atstfacfory, as it is the first time a demontation of the kind has paid in Ifew ZeaIsad. _^_^.