NEW ZEALAND.

Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7923, 24 July 1891, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND.

(PBSSS ASSOCIATION TfiLBOBAMS.) AUCKLAND, July 23. By a fire at Cambridge a six-roomed house, the property of John Brown, waa destroyed. The house was insured for £110 and the furniture for JSIOO in the South British. Some of the bootmakers on strike are going South, and others left for Sydney by the Talune. A dramatic performance was given to-night in the Opera House in aid of the strikers, who marched in torchlight procession to the performance. MARTON, July 23. The unemployed beyond Huntersvilla struck work yesterday, owing, it is said, to the general discomfort of the position. WELLINGTON, July 23. The case of the Attorney-General and the Manawatu Road Board v the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company, was continued at the Supreme Court to-day. Before entering on the defence, Mr Travers, for the defendants, made an offer to plaintiffs, which, however, they refused, The case will probably conclude to-morrow night. The City Council decided to grant the request of the promoters of the Boys' Institute for a site on the reclaimed land on which to erect an institution. WESTPORT, July 23. A miner named Thomas Fitzgerald, working in a elaiin at Addison's Fiat, broke his arm and leg yesterday through an accident in the claim. He was taken to Charleston Hospital* DUNEDIN, July 23. The Refrigerating Company's net profit for the past year was .£2445. They declared a dividend of 8 per cent., and carry forward .£525. It was announced that Mr Robert Brydone negotiated in England for the sale, subject to the shareholders' confirmation, of the property, as a going concern, the terms being equal to a bonus of one pound per share as at June 30th. It is understood that - the confirmation will follow as a matter of course. Richard Connor, forty years of age, in the employ of Mr Joel, brewer, as cellarman, dropped down dead in Cumberland street to-day.