NEW ZEALAND.

Press, Volume XXXV, Issue 4958, 4 July 1881, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

(PEB PBBSS ASSOCIATION.) AUCKLAND, July 2,

John Walsh, a miner at Tiki, fell dead jost after breakfast. Apoplexy was the cause of death.

The schooners Linda Weber, Mary King, and Saturn, from Lyttelton ; Falcon, from Oamaru; and Sarah and Mary, from the Bluff, all report very stormy passages, in which their decks were washed by heavy seas. No lives were lost.

At the inquest on the body of Geo. Walker, found dead, it was proved that deceased was subject to fits. A verdict was returned of— " Found dead, without marks of violenoe."

It being rumored that a Chinaman had arrived from the Thames suffering from leprosy, the sanitary inspector was instructed to find him and have him medically examined, but he has not yet been able to trace him. Major Jackson, Waikato, publishes an address to the eleotors that he intends contesting the electorate at the next election.

King Tdwhaio visits the Waikato settlement next week.

WELLINGTON, July 3. The souiling match between White and Hearn for the championship of New Zealand, which takes place on Saturday next, is now creating some little exoitement.

International weather exchange—Sydney, Saturday night: Tbe weather is now generally fine in Australia, except in the west, where t> new area of low pressure is forming, the barometer at Perth being 29 4, with thunderstorme. The barometer at Alice Springs, in the interior, is 80.6.

NELSON, Jnly 2. There are no tidings of the sohooner Dido, three weeks out from Lyttelton to Waratapu, in ballast, and all hopes of hor safety are now generally given up. It is thought that in the severe squalls which were experienced after her leaving Lyttelton the ballast must have shifted, and the vessel capsized. She was ineared in the New Zealand office for £800, half of which was reinsured in the South British.

July 3. The sohooner Ann White, while sailing into port this morning, was struck by a severe squall, and both her masts went over the side. In her helpless condition she drifted towards the sands, and eventually was brought up with her anchor. The pilot boat took off the crew, and on the tide changing her cable parted, and she drifted into the harbor, where she now lies alongside the wharf.

DUNfiDIN, July 2. Mr Maeeey, the town clerk, hai filed an in* formation against Mr Thomas Allan, seedsman, for alleged libel. The hearing ia fixed for Thursday.

At the inquest on the child found in Princes street South, the jury returned a Tardiest of " Wilful Murder " agsinst tome per* son unknown, and added a rider urging the establishment of a morgue.

July 3. The memberi of Parliament expressed much surprise at the excellence of the Exhibition, and at a meeting of the committee with them the Premies; was telegraphed to urging the ran* ning ofjexcnnian trains at one-third fares. Mr Dick, the Colonial Secretary, also wired urging GOsoettioM. Members leere on Tuesday.