NEW ZEALAND.

Press, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5461, 21 March 1883, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

I [PKK PBEBB ASSOCIATION.] f AUCKLAND, March 20. Mr Henry Goodall, a gentleman repre--8 senting a company of capitalists at Leeds, j Yorkshire, is at present making a tour of % inspection, in the Waikato district. He has come to New Zealand for the purpose of inepecting large blocks of land on the East c and West Coasts of the North Island, * particularly a large block on the East 1 Coast, consisting of 36,000 acres. The i Company which Mr Goodall. represents 1 have j6100,000 for investment. He has . visited the Piako district, and speaks favorably of that country. Hβ proceeds to '_ Eotorua to-morrow to look at the country " between Cambridge and that place, and from there he will proceed overland to > Napier. He is not in any way bound to any 3 particular block or part of the country, a but should he be favorably impressed witM I j any piece of country which may come under|[ > his notice, and which can be secured oajt| . reasonable terms, he is invested with th L necessary powers to open negotiations f< its purchase. After having visited Napie I he proceeds South. \ The first sod of the Kaihu Valley Ba£ [ way was turned at Dargaville, in th I presence of 700 persons, by Mr Dargavillti 5 jtf.H.E. 1 i John Paul, aged two years, the eon o I Walter Paul, a farmer, of Mangarei, wa p accidentally drowned in a sheep dip on th . farm. i f Barnum's agent is trying to arrange fa > six Ngapuhis to visit America and exhibit The Native Parliament meets at Waitaij > to-morrow. & The contractor for the Calliope dock las . got three months' extension of time, owing ; to an unexpected influx of water andfa • difficulty in getting skilled labor. 8 ( NEW PLYMOUTH, March 2<§ j The Alexandra correspondent of fte ' Taranaki " Herald" has just " Hursthouse left again at 5 a.m. wis P morning for Mokau. Wetere, Te Eerewa, [ and a party of Mokau Maoris, are tafflfag ' him through. Wahanui and Bewi lave , agreed to the railway and the exploration 1 for the survey." ft > GISBOENE, March ss. I At a meeting of the New Zealand Esßd ' Settlement Company to-day the propwied alterations in the articles of associan in ' were unanimously agreed to. The foUowulg ' permanent directors were appointed:—Joan 1 Logan Campbell, Hon. J. S. Williamsos, ■ Josiah Clifton Firth, Hon. Dr. Pollen, Ji >. : McCosh Chirk, Thomas Russell, C.M.fIL : Seymour Thorne, George John Bli !r Whyte, Allan McDonald, J. Buchanan, 3. A. DeLatour, Thomas Morrin, J. t. Matthews, Patrick Comiskey, E. [. Ehodes, John Baraclough, and Wire: v Pere. I WANGANtJI, March 2fl An illicit still was seized yesterday ait w noon in the bush, about eight miles fr jn Palmerston, in an out-of-the-way spot,- y Constables Gillespie and Stanton. Tlggy had long suspected that a still was the* §», and a few days ago they found it aftdftfe lengthy search. Information coming Wm Wanganui of the discovery, Inspector Joflgjr and Mr Lundon, Collector of Custom? proceeded to the spot. After about tweraK hours , waiting they captured a majs named Jessop after a long chase. Thai afterwards caught another man namu Pyke, who was found going to the stilE Jessop was convicted of the same thiwi here five years ago. This one is one of tfi most extensive affairs ever known intH colony. It contained a 400 gallon vat aS still, cased with brickwork, and close m another still and two boilers also encasfi in brickwork. There were other appliance a3 barrels, &c, and 450 gallons of waX were ready to pass through the still. T» plant is capable of turning out 100 gallon of spirits daily. The prisoners were takfp to Palmerston, where the case will f$ brought up to-day. « Arrangements for the Easter encanafe mentare proceeding favorably. It is edfi| mated that about 500 men will be preseJH Tbe authorities have applied to the DJs fence Department for seventy tents, as aSct will be under canvas. A number jjf : amusements are being prepared for thls week. H WELLINGTON, March 20. -M The following tenders have been im ceiyed for the Opaki contract (formatioM and permanent way) of the Wellingtons Napier Eailway -.—Accepted—O'Malley am t Pepperel, Christchurch, £U,793. Declined I < —Jay and Haynes.Hawea, .£16,651; Shield 1 and Cleary, Wellington, .£18,987; Martii 1 Danaher, Auckland, .£19,750; Eeese andlj Dawson. Masterton, jei0,642; Parker anda; Burke, Masterton, .£22,461 j T. P. Girwood,]! Mastertqn, £26,443. m The Minister of Public Works denies thaMK the Commission to enquire as to the best»j route of railway from Christchurch to thejgg West Coast has been appointed. km An accident occurred at the Union Steam 9| ship Company's offices last evening. Thi mt cashier, Mr Aitken, went to the safe for th< jin purpose of taking out the books, and oi El striking a match a gas explosion took place ! 1' resulting in his face being burnt. He i -j ( not seriously iniured. ttl J The Governor's Private Secretary state; j c that there is not the slightest foundations < for the statement that his Excellency con® c templates acquiring a residence in or neaifl> Christchurch. X NELSON, March 20. M An inquest was heldyesterday concernJP ing the late fire at the Temperance Board-* c ing-house, but nothing startling came out, I; , and a verdict was returned to the effect that h* the fire was accidental, and owing , to a h* foul chimney j m

Hop picking is now nearly comnlpfarf The total amount of land in therfirtT' . district under hope is 587 acres. **** EEEFTON, March«» MrE. Shaw, of hS&JL 113 M ? for the iua district. In it he declares Independent candidate, and if returnSi would gire the Government a qn«difi!s support, so long as he approved ofthrii policy. He promises largely in the w&Jrf local works, and announces his intention S Tisiting the district immediately . DUNEDIN, March 20 Ten cases, including Massey's, to down for trial for the criminal session A sad accident is reported from Cam* Saunders. A boy and girl named Nelann aged three and half and two and half veanT were so severely burnt by the accidenfeS igniting of an outhouse, that the girl died soon after the occurrence, and thebovU injured beyond hope of recovery. No steps have yet been taken in the matter of the alleged ill-treatment of * child by its parents at South Dnnedin Tb» child has been much worse during the paat " few days, and further action cannotlS taJzen at present. w An enquiry has been held by the Bailw&y " Department to-day into the case of a tram meeting the express on the same linetof rails when a mile out of Clinton en the rood to Invercargill. The occurrence took place on March 6th. The result of the encmW has not yet transpired. *