NEW ZEALAND.

Press, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5360, 29 November 1882, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

'k - - {jMOf PBJSB ASBOCIATTOir.i AUCKLAND, November 28. - ; f J£»JOT Harris received a unanimous vote ?>tf cwjfideoce at Otahuhu yesternight. .iSfcßryce is expected to retain from If #*»aato-morrcrw-. '"iMxrntaad Davis, a seaman, shipped on 'BsOftermione for London* cashed Ms ad- , i*tt*Bdte of .£S,*and disappeared. He was «BW«8d on the Thames gold&elds and fined «s«ad sent to the ahip. He refused to . «m, and -was brougat up again and sen■lffloed to go to- gaol for two months' hard -Jlbor. -Mr Aicken has been elected chairman of ~&e Harbor Board. * ■ A son of Mr H. Lane, eatnuQer, Bussell, sees five years, fell off a rock into the sea .:«ad was drowned. .', Hurft Hamilton, aged thirty-two, em.Tfcyed by Mr Archibald, Oacke and Co., .'Xetemed home early this morning, and X-eaterinsr his bedroom fell against the bedJsSead, fracturing his skull. He was found : <BsconscivUß in his rooo at daylight and 7«ied in the forenoon. He leaves a wife and - three children.

HA.WEBA, November 28. Farther progress has been made by the Jnatee respecting the leasing of the West *oast settlement reserves, he having con-i-doded an agreement with the leading - S&tives of the hapu JSSdTitokowaru's tribe for leasing of 3400 i of their lands. The chief surveyor of j - xwanaSd paid the surveyors, -who are at WH&on reserves, a visit yesterday, mth a ? _VMw of expediting their work. Some ;:«tmfcle arose yesterday at Taiporohenni i} *ifih regard to the right of certain Natives 5»-land3. The matter is to be settled ao jgraißg to Native customs in such matters, " J «r Mackay having arranged that the lead* sag men of the tribe, vn& the assistance of jßiae Pihama, shall hold a meeting and iahispresenee the rights of the disWhen the korero was going on lie allegedaggressor threatened " VmS?*** korts& on the land, & weatherfour or five Toome, and had ifSr I*2*fire1 *2*fire to it, but Mr MacJcay interit put out before anydamage JSfL «eema this ia not tiie first down under

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when some valuable blocks nearGisborne will be offered. WELLINGTON, November 28. Thompson and Morgan were brought up again to-day, charged with having forty gallons of whiskey to their possession uponwhich duty had not been paid. A. farther remand was granted to enable an important witness to be present. Bail was allowed to each prisoner, Tii-mwlf in .£2OO and two sureties of JEIOO each. George Taylor, a resident in the Ponroa district, was charged with, having la his possession certain instruments for illicit He also was remanded, the same bail being granted. The Government have decided to extend by three months the time allowed for the , commencement of direct steam service, and have fixed July and October respectively ; for the first boats to start from England and New Zealand.

, At a special meeting of the Bankruptcy Court to-day, a discharge was granted to Mr J. L. Hall., It is understood that Mr and Mrs Hall nave been engaged by Messrs Williamson, Games, and to sustain the leading parts in the Christmas pantomime at Sydney. The property tax for the current fmaTim'a.l year has been made payable on the 25th January next.. The Appeal Cottrt was occupied all day hearing the case of Hurley v the Bank of New South "Wales (Gisborne). The case was adjourned until to-morrow morning. i Mr Charles White, manager of the Wellington Land and Building Company, Wet lington Building Society, and Albion Gold Mining Company, who left here on the 4th fn at., in the mail steamer ostensibly with the object of visiting the suburbs of Auckland, is believed to have left the colony by the San Francisco ™»m 1 steamer. The pohee have the matter in hand, and are making enquiries to ascertain if possible the whereaboute of Mr White. IJELSON, November 28. A fire broke out at Child's cabinefcmaking and steam turnery works this afternoon. When discovered the fire had a good hold of the roof, and was extinguished with difficulty, but not before the upper portion of the building was destroyed. The budding was insured in the Norwich Union for je2oo. The stock, &c,, was uninsured. The origin is supposed to be a spark falling on the roof

BEEFTON", November 28. A public .meeting is to be held here tomorrow to protest against exclusion of the consideration of the west route by the Kailway Commission, and asking that a fresh commission be appointed. TIMARIJ, November 28. A stevedore named Francis Scoring was very severely injured while working on a vessel at the wharf last night, by » heavy iron hook striking him on the back of the head. His condition is precarious. DONEDIN, November 28. The Cromwell, Company's three weeks' crushing shows 2520zb. of retorted gold from 305 tons. Lady Emma is scratched for the Wellington Cup. JfeG. B. Sing, town clerk e| Lawrence, committed suicide last evening, having taken chlorodyne. Until a few months ago he had been a leading spirit in the Good Templars VloiJge, but latterly had been given to drink. An inquest was held, and the jury found that death was caused by asphyxia, accelerated by inadvertently taking an overdose of chlorodyne, and not otherwise. •■•

Constable Dwyer, who saved Mrs Kitchener's life at the fatal fire in Cumberland street some time ago, was to-night presented by the City Council with a silver Maltese cross in recognition of the deed. MrD.A. Graham, the new gas engineer of the City Council, has arrived, and has taken charge of the work. A married woman named McVickar, rending at South Dunedin, made a determined attempt to commit suicide to-day by cutting her throat with a carving knife. She had been suffering from asthma, and had threatened the previous day to drown herself. It is possible she may recover. The Balclutha Agricultural Show to-day was very successful. The weather was fine, and there was , a large attendance. The stock, horses, and sheep were es- ; The Harbor Board employes Heaving formed themselves into a branch of the Otago Trades and Labor League, asked Mr Kflhj MJEL£., to be president, but he has replied declining, owing to being a member of the Harbor Board, consequently one of their employers. • ; The Shamrock Hotel at Timaru was offered by auction to-day, and passed in at JB6IOO.

; *£bja Carnival continues to be largely patronised. The committee hae fixed Saturday for their costume cricket match, and' have been remonstrated with, by the. Jockey Club, as it is the second day of their sprite meeting. However, the Carnival people have replied, regretting their inability to postpone the affair. There seems to be some feeling imported v into the matter. A caee of greafc "liiirdsliip.came I>ef ore ttie Police Court to-day. A woman named Montague Sued her husband for JBIO due dn an erder f or maintenance. She had four children, and Jd6o was due to her upon the order. She was now unable to work to support her children. Her husband was living with another woman, by whom he had four children. The Magistrate adjourned the case for a fortnight,, telling the husband that if he did not say then lie would be f sent to gaol for six months. DTVEECAEGILL. November 28. Mr Archibald Forbes, the famous war correspondent, commenced his lecturing tour of New Zealand here this evening to a fall house. The lecture was highly appreciated, and afforded great pleasure. On ! Thursday (St. Andrew's Day), the Caledonian and Gaelic Societies give Mr Forbes an ovation, and have invited him to a banquet in the evening, at which he will receive a Scottish welcome to New Zealand.