NEW ZEALAND.

Press, Volume XLI, Issue 6028, 10 January 1885, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

[PJR PBBBS ASSOCIATION. | - E AUCKLAND, Januarys § The City Council has decided to call ten* ¥• dors for the erection ot an art gallervis ff" Auckland, and the cost is estimated «? I' .£2l 000. w** g At tie Supreme Court to-day, in the can. ¥ against Martin Swallow, the tiraud JS. | ; found no bill, the Foreman Btating thatthA $■ evidence, which was of a gross and JiZ i gusting nature, was not sufficient to nro» I that an indecent assault had actually b«M * committed, although there was enda** lof grass and disgusting indecency iS i Honor said he fully concurred with tS t'< expressed view of the Grand Jury thai F there had been gross indecency b? r" was glad to find that the new jfJS X" i passed by the Legislature would bto. P , vide for the due punishment of aS* i' l j offences. The judge in discharging tk» t' ■ prisoner, said the case was so dtegustinjra* F ;to exclude him hi realter from all decent j& aocitty. ««v«n * j The Musket yearlings purchased bvta. H Hon. G. McLean and Mr P. Butleri£? F j shipped for the South to-day. <s> f. I Among the passengers by the Tarawa* t from Auckland are the tiood TernuS? ■■' delegates to the annual session at DuaecE "'■ 1 It is understood that a considerable a£ understanding, with the probability of w£ = * gation, exists between the promoters of tha oIJ Auckland Land Colonisation Coiudib* and the N.Z. Land Settlement Cow pan/ Differences have ariEen with respecttotha '-'.- terms en which the two Companies anS ''4 gamated, the New Zealand OompanjAfc dining now to accept the responßibihw rW 1 liabilities incurred by the Auckland faJa ~J Company before the union ' ps It is not improbable Sir Julius Ycgel will F$ address a public meetin gin Auckland befoia f ySf returning South. ul A banquet was given to-night to 1U M Southern delegates of the New Zealand "1 Educational Institute by their Aucklamfea. '*- 3 workers. It was largely attended v, - Duke, Chairman of the Board of Kdncjw in tion, presided. Among thos* present vm ?" Juige Gillies and fcir M. O'Hotke. Tlba "t speeches were of a fraternal character. > ■■} Afire broke out on board the Govoraamt- ' -•- pilot steamer at four o'clock this mw»ft£ fc when lying at Peat's Point, Kaipara H«A? & llt was completely gutted. The duuc* 4S done waa .£IOOO. •■"■"■P m BEEFTON, January 9, P Shortly after eleven o'clock lastafota Hf 1 fire broke out in an unoccupied home A W the corner of Hroadway and Bridge Btrerf,' #1 Another building adjoining was ptrSslfr ~ fr' 1 destroyed. The building in which toSSta ft? broke out was insured. The origlajafc k" ; mystery. The police on bursting in {Mad 't ? j the ceiling on fire £.'* I A miner named Hugh BrenEan.torwas t-fi : time past engaged about the Welcase §§*j ■ battery, was found hanging by the neckjj W : the house on Thursday morning last %- Utf deceased elept in a battery house, jjj' ; §§i motive is known for the rash act "th m Buicide appears to hare been planned *& PI great deliberation, the rope being mfi 1^ oilel to ensure the knot's slipping. ' ' m 1 | TIMABU, Janouyt. - Eg . rfJThe first direct shipment ot wool t» f& > Antwfrp was forwarded to-day. fife fit I Timaru for transhipment to Arawa. 7Jp|J fm a purchase by M. De Harven, theßtlaM' jM j Commissioner. ]m i I A man named Dennis Toohey was foufit, ii in the Park at Temuka this morauw%gs -M ' | his throat badly cut. A razor was amsfl %jf| near bim. He was brought into tta §M ' Hospital, where ho lies in a precatiiw ||§ condition. It is supposed to be a cue a §|I 1 attempted suicide. >iM DUNEDIN, January»., « Professor Salmond has been presenW S with a hundred sovereigns for satisbK* S ' torily filling the Modtiratorship duriogiß mm vicaccy. Wm Fo3se, of Christohurch, andl » the professional pedestrian, who madew W§ first appearance at the Caledonian wus mm this year, have arranged a three-mile aa ffi for .£2O aside. Fosse is to receive 150 ytrf» flf , start. The race is to take place on Saf» pf| day, the 17th. ; ..,'fes In the Nenthorn murder oase the pf £Q found the three prisoners guilty of iaOr jM slaughter. Judge Williamß said he agrtel with the verdict, and sentenced WUtesta ;W Crowley to five years each, and Fitigejali iM to three years. __ i~'^S QUBBNSTOWN, January?, • -ms William Templeton, aged 70, has bea < S&. found drowned close to the jetty. Hehrf^S been drinking heavily. " $& A lad named David Dinns W»-te«g|| ' drowned at Arbertown. - , J g (VSOX A COBBXSPOMDKfT.] wSM DUNEDIN, The Equitable Inaurance AssooiatioKjf ffl New Zealand, having completed the Beotw H year of its existence on the 31st oltiock two of the Directors retired at to-djflrti X Board meeting, in accordance with w E articles of the association, Yk., 1 Maa X James Hazlett (of the firm of Macterna X and Hazlett, merchants), and HefflJ.-Ifi Guthrie (ship owner). Both of tb*» X gentlemen are eligible, and offer «aa» fe selves for re-election. Both are good itf* f|| porters, and have been directors of 8» g| company since its formation, Mr H«W;fe having been Chairman of the Board and of the Committee. j||