NEW ZEALAND.

Press, Volume XLVII, Issue 7747, 30 December 1890, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND.

|; iWiICS? ASSOCIATION TEXJtoKAMI] ■ AUCKLAND, December 29. A storekeeper at Waiksto, Wm. Parker, is missing, and 13 supposed to have been lost in the Waikato river. A boat in •wHich he was last seen has beea found floating about. . , The Harihari /block ".in the Hawera survey district of 440CJ acres was. offered for sale to day, at the Crown Lands Office, at an .upset rental of £27 10s. After keen competition the property was knocked down to Mr D< Cduttß fo* J866. A man named John Jervoia was brought from Waipiro by toe eteamer Australia, with bis whiskers burned and his face Ladly blistered,. and was recaived into the hospital, fle etatee that the injuries ware inflicted "by lArrjkios. WELiiIIfQTON, December 29. Aotfve steps will be taken early in the year to open up for settlement the fine bush lands in the Catlin's Siver District. > »:■■ December 29. :. Tenders are in the local papers iat constructing an eitenaion of the Weecport coal ataithe toe length of about 600ffc, including providing , all the materials. It ie probable that the cost will be between jgIO.OOO tb JBIS.OOO. DUNEDIS, December 29. George Walpole, a seamaa, was Bentrto gaol for seven day 3 f riotous behaviour Si Princes street on Chnatmae Eve.* i John Campbell, alias Chriatie, .was charged on eoepicion with being concerned in the - Booklands station robbery. Hβ was remanded for a week. ■ . IN VEKCAKGILL, December 29. William Jackson, a boat-builder, was drowned in Lake Wanaka yesterday while bathing. His wife, mother,, and brother reside at Port Chalmers. •