NEW ZEALAND.

Press, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5364, 4 December 1882, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

[PES PEKBB ASSOCIATION.! AUCKLAND, December 3. At tho inquest on the body of John "Winter, found dead in a shanty at Poosonby, tho verdict was " Death from natural causes."

Malcolm Benton, draughtsman, wae thrown from his horse at Cambridge when going home last night. He is stated to have been imbibing Freely. A presentation ot 100 soys hae hoen made to Mr W. Bridaon, choirmaster, of the Rtfc street Wesloyan Church, on his tumoral to Wellington as Registrar of the Haifo Lands Court.

j At the annual meeting of the i Club, the report showed a good surahs ! after paying all liabilities. J. M. Kirkwobd was re-elected president. In the Auckland papers Slade, the wrestler, challenges any man in the colour to a wrestling match for .£2OO a side, "WELLINGTON, December 3. Bain has fallen all day, and will be o£ great assistance to farmors. GBEYMOUTH, Decembers. Bain fell from nine last night till that afternoon, and will do a great deal of good. HOKITIKA, Decembers, The Boas Gold-mining Company's water engine was christened yesterday, and the occasion was made quite a gala day in the town of Boss. Luncheon was provided in the machine-shed, and speeches were made by the Hon. J. A. Bonar, Purkiss, Gibson, Malfrof, also County Chairman and Mayor of Boss. The new hydraulic pumpinff and winding machinery was inspected by alarga ! number of citizens from all parts. In th» I evening the Borough Council celebrated the event by a ball, at which a largo number ■ were present. The whole affair passed oE • most successfully. At the Eimu rush for the poet fortnighfe ■.. nearly all work in the claims has bees suspended for want of rain. To-night tha weather has changed, and rain has commenced. TIMABU, December a - A eix-roomed house on Maori Hill, occupied by Mr Walker, schoolmaster,' and ' ■ owned by Mrs McKenzie, was burnt down >;- yesterday afternoon. The house was insured '■ ' for i 3300 in the Boyal, and the furniture for £150 in the same office. Mr Walker estimates his loss at JBIOO. The flames f need' all the telegraph wires, and interrupted communication with the North for a time. OAMABU, December 3. The indefinite nature of the Order ipt Cou]*cilinmakingnowTolunte«rrogulatioK!; J .. has led to a difficulty here. On the artillery and rifles fire for a cup ft§Hsr" '" by Mr Shrimski, M.H.E., and CgpStet . Creagh, of the artillery, has given thaUtn notice to Captain Headland that he object* 1 to bandsmen of rifles firing in the team, holding that the now regulations are now - in force, and that under them th&baai} bfe comes a garrison band. Captain Creagh, Jβ & lawyer, and timnttane to persist in all • objection.,. &.tl<3. as Ca.-phai.ri. v JEtftfbdltkncL is.; -r " pnte. Tha benevolent -caroivai sports me ——- higiily successful, especially in point of efc» tendance. Tine fan principally consisted m> ■-f ■ well known citizens playing a cricket match; ■•■' ■'' atrainst a team of -well imovni enxi; in jpat££coa.lml -Sozzio of Hi*a lAfcteir team - were Tfeirtfeot belles of the pertoa. others wore coal scuttles ana gar ' I prints, azud the crowd betas in. t&e hnnxir - to Iβ emusedl laughed heartily at toir > ■ absurd antics. An interesting bicycle nice* and one: or two other events, helped tofilf, ■ * ont the afternoon. " -

SimOflsen'B opera season concluded ite ■ season to-xugflit. They played "Boccaccio % for eight nights during , the season. Ataqxuwtertotwoo'clocithismoniuiga, ■ ■ fire brotrfbut at Miltoa potter;. By thrt* the greater part of the 5 works were d»- 't stroyed. The fire apparently broke out ia the packing room. HaclafeTrmenlwp.aS liana nearly all might have bees eavflo, bt^ , before assistance arrived the flamea lied' complete maeteiy.Por some time the hope*, iri the vicinity were inperiL Hflofflent been any wind all mast have been desorgea. Thfl'only baildinga eared were the kun» and a brick building containing toe *&«» an* the printing room. Beoenia? ana -valuable machinery has been erectea, ana , only the day before additional wpenwra ■_• worka were completed. An immense amotos ■; of finished ware in stock was dostroyeo Djr . the fire. It is a bad thin? for Milton, *8 forty hands are thrown out of employment. - Incendiarism is Jjuspeefeed. Th*> stock is. .' ': inanred for -81525 with the Kational, narb - of which is reina&red in the New Zealand United and Victoria. ; A fire occurred on the sailmakingr gremises of Messrs Thompson and Owen,ia. iv , \ astle street, last night. Thepremiees are insured in the Hamburg Company f«r Jt2Oo. UnrBBCAEQILL, < Much 'needed' rain has been falling here - Fred. McCabe made his first appearaac» "' in the colony here to-night t» tk hwiagep \.. house. He was accorded a flattedfi^paeaj^ tion for his extraordinary ;. ~,'