NEW ZEALAND.

Press, Volume XLII, Issue 6245, 24 September 1885, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

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- ;-:■- j_ AUCKLAND, September 23. A fire at Hikurangi. near Kangare, yesiNfey, destroyed Mr J. W. McKayfe dweU-gg-hcuse, store and front office: Mr McKay «a,**»V«Bo»Ped with his life. The insurance •eoeiMiae and stock is £800, in New Zea- - - MMeaeee. w laftoaaigament of 199 boxes of apples OTtrSerFrancisco by the man eteamer, Macaond another oodlln moth scare. The SBJfr , ? 8 Pkced on board the Tβ Anau, rJ."Wfe£«ftthis evening for Sydney, where «f*to be disposed of. J??* «*jor telegraphed to»day the facts ?' gwfrflMe to the Government relative to **3*rtoreae, which is detained in pursuSgjtt Order in Council absolutely proCi ■»«*» the importation of live stock from -< _, Jμ United States. The Mayor represented *-'• -ffJlfgP 'which the prohibition would bring js**jße proprietor cf the circus animals. Tv-.ntßßi representation the foHowieg reply 25«wmrodr-«'Deeply regret the total * • SWP*9"*C°* permitting the eircue ani- - 25.1? oo N ew Zealand coiL They 23? *? **** afioa * till taken out of New " S?" a * haters. Faith must be kept with Sft Australian colonies, or their markets Jg. close to our stock. P. A. Buckliy." ■- '2t?£~ *■ tantamount to confiscation, as - Pβ Vttous Company can do nothing. They . - j£*Paid £600 for passages down, and the . i !?gß*oy Sβ now completely stuck, being wfilato perform here. The proprietor* H>» Bteane cf acquainting themselves ■"J™** they landed with the existence of 2» atow, and the captain of the steamer it. ' .. WELLINGTON, September 23. -e*^. meeting of the representatives of " _gj Wnendly Societies, it was decided that g*. jepand request received from the ' -gwfahnrea Societies, asking that the Tgoestrafaon ** Postponed until October 2fin!2~ no * acceded to, owing to the - "gTOytytq obtain the holiday proclaimed. - SgJ 011 ? a heavy shipping day in It was suggeeted that owing .!? «*? .*afeicipated crowds of passengers, - _-g*" B Ma Company should put on a special - 225?* uißtead of bringing members of iS 8 !? 8 5 **"> ordinary weekly boat. _*■. the Banco Court this morning in the 2~ « James Smith verans Equitable lnCompany, which was a claim for "?•*V" B m respect to insurance on Te \ - SJ*S?* ! **.Jedgment wae given for the v* interest as - /eofcSUrt July bet. - wBL. TS* 0 * 1 *s again seriously unwell. • S!?R.! Dffe »darelapee through attend- - r reeovtwd from hie late "eStS!? eti,aee ' charged with illegally *" S^rS'fS.'J? 6 ** s * l m * a i. appeared at »«.«. Court to-day,land pleaded not 4KS2IH *g *aa a member of the Boyal «■»■»£»?• ourgeone, having passed bis i K^*? Ott "»snd having paid all the fees S? m 1 ? 22 - AH he had todowaato l^^S? a S'^ ion *<* medicine before a «ew«uitt dirtißrt faaa the Boyal College

•J tianx obtain-We diploma. Be had practised in Christa surgeon, and had a very food peactwe there, and in fact while there '■•a■ eeen employed by the police. Mr w ardell, Beeident Magistrate, remarked that wtaallj the defendant hadno diploma, and therefore he was illegally practising as a'tt'feon. The defendant stated that the Koyal College of Surgeons had forwarded the certificate to the University in Sydney, and all he could say waa that he was on the rcll of the Boyal Cellege of Eurgeons, and he could write to Sydney asking that the document from the English College of Surgeons should be forwarded here. The Bench imposed a fine of £5 and £2 10a costs, recoverable by distress. The defendant gttd; he.should appeal. Ajtemperance demonstration waa held at the Ixhibition to-day. A procession coa sisting of Bands of Hope and Temperaece Societfee marched through the city to the ; Exhibition, and it wae a mile long. A half holiday was proclaimed on the occasion, and an immense concourse of people turned i out to witness the display. A temperance reunion was held at the Exhibition to-night in connection with today's demonstration. Speeches on temperance were delivered by the • Hon. K. i Stout and Mr Fulton, of Dunedin. l Ihe football match Manawatu v Wellington was won by the latter by one goal and four goals to one try. DUSEDIN, September 23. 1 At th«* half-yearly M.U. I-0.0.P. District Meeting the receipts were given for the Otago DUtrict as being £3826, and the expenditure .£2748. The value of Lodge i fund* stands at .£38,707. The number join- ; in? was stated to be smaller, and the I number leaving larger than in previous years, which was attributed to the depressed times. At the meeting of the Land Board to d*y, it was resolved to reduce the rentals of eighteen tune, owned by the Crown, and nineteen by the School Commissioners. Nearly all the runs had be?n offered more than once at former rentals. The reductions in some cases are fully one-half. A license to prospect for minerals over 3450 acres at Big I>ey, West Coast, was granted.