NEW ZEALAND.

Press, Volume XLIV, Issue 6786, 24 June 1887, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

• [PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAMS.] AUCKLAND, June 2a 3lr H. W. Farnall has announced that he will contest Auckland North seat with Mr Thompson. On Jubilee night a robbery was perpetrated on the premises of Mr Lcvinsohn tobacconist, Queen street Wharf, £3S being stolen. No clue has yet been obtained to the identity of the offender. NEW PLYMOUTH. June 23. A youth named James Reilly was sentenced at the District Court to six months' imprisonment and fifteen lashes for a criminal assault on a little girl. Operations at the ironworks commence to-morrow, when Mr Hipkins will begin 1 to blow in the furnace. It is expected to liave the furnace tapped on Saturday, and the manager is very sanguine of the success of the trial smiting. W-iLLINGION, June 23. A man named Thomas Thomson appeared in Court this morning on five charges of burglary and housebreaking at the Hutt. Considerable sums of money ' and jewellery have been lost by residents j there. Thomson was remanded for a

the bedroom of a settler named T. Hurley, at the Union Boarding House, at midnight and was stabbed by the latter in the groin.. Hurley was brought before the R.M. and remanded for a week. At the Land Board a return of the Commissioner of Crown Lands showed that in the district, out of 359 selectors, only fcwentv-five were in arrears. Dr Cole announces that he will be a candidate for the fourth Wellington seat. It is asserted that the reasoa why Hurley stabbed Williams at Masterton was that he thought the latter had entered his bedroom for the purpose of robbing him. The Under-Sccretary of the Colony has again written to the "Land Board, asking i them, with a view to economy, to hold meetings less frequently. The Board decided to ascertain what" other Boards intend to do. _ NAPIER. June 23. At a meeting of Mr Ormond's old Committee to-night, he announced his intention of fighting the Napier seat against all coiners. GREYMOUTH, June 23. To-day the first rain for a month has fallen. The weather of late has been most exceptional for the winter. There are mining claims in the district which have not had a washing since last Christmas, aad generally there has been a great scarcity of water for mining purposes. At a meeting of the Works Committee of the Harbor Board this afternoon, it was resolved to call for tenders for the supply and delivery of 40,000 tons of stone for the south breakwater. All the Harbor Board men working on the south bank of the river have got a fortnight's notice, and tenders will be called for carrying out the future extension of the harbor works. In the football tournament, Westport beat Greymouth by seven points to nil. The owners have abandoned the Oceola. DUNEDIN, June 23. The body of senior constable Porter, stationed at Port Chalmers, was recovered to-day from the bay, he having evidently fallen off the wharf while on his rounds. At the inquest a verdict of "Accidently drowned" was returned. Messrs E. B. Car&ill and Hutchison are likely to contest Dunedin Central. At the annual meeting of the Perpetual Trustee Estate and Agency Company the Directors' report stated that the gross income was £4460. After paying Office expenses and wiping off loss on the Auckland office, the net profit was £710, which with the balance last year made £11C3. Out of this a dividend of 4 per cent, for the year was proposed. The report was adopted, and Messrs W. H. Reynolds and Walter Hislop, the retiring Directors, were re-elected. It is understood that, during the visit to Dunedin of Mr Dargaville, M.H.R., he succeeded in floating between £40,000 and £50,000 worth of the Kaihu Valley Railway Company's debentures through one of the banks here. The Government, under the District Railways Purchasing Act, were empowered to guarantee the debentures on the Company giving security that would satisfy them. The money is to be applied to the continuation and completion of the railway.