NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2071, 13 October 1880, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

[PEBBS ASSOCIATION.) AUCKLAND, October 13. Returning Colonists. Judge Gillies and Mr G. 8. Graham, manager of tbe Colonial Insurance Company, were passengers by the Snrat on September 24th. The Pawnbrokers’ Act. A pawbroker applied to the R.M. under section 37 of the Pawnbroker’s Act for compensation for stolen goods, he being compelled to surrender them. The magistrate declined, the application.

PiscicultureA large quantity of trout ova is being distributed in the country districts. Meat Preserving Company. The Auckland Meat Preserving Company is rapidly extending its operations. The shipments are principally to the country sawmills, gum-fields, and South Sea Islands. The prices are 30 per cent, below the imported article. The plant is capable of turning ont--6000 tins weekly.

Art Society. The Auckland Society of Arts hold their annual exhibition in March. WELLINGTON, Octeber 13. Runaway Boys. Three boys, of ages ranging from sixteen to fourteen, left their homes on Saturday morning, taking with them a horse, arms,, and ammunition. Nothing has been heard of them since, but it is supposed they are in the Wairarapa district. The police are making inquiries.

The Escaped Lunatic. The lunatic who escaped from the Asylum yesterday is still at large.

TIMARU, October 13. An Ungrateful Girl. A girl named Greaves or Green, aged seventeen, was charged to-day with the larceny of £4 belonging to a widow lady in Timaru. The accused was formerly an inmate of the Christchurch Orphanage and represented herself as a governess. She repaid the widow’s hospitality by stealing the money during her absence and decamping to Dunedin. As the girl refused to plead she was remanded till Saturday. DUNEDIN, October 13.

DrownedBy the Cygnet, from Auckland, news comes of the drowning of the master of the cutter John Owens.

INVERCARGILL, October 13. An Overfeed of WheatTwo horses, valued at £6O each, belonging to a settler near Riverton, have died from an overdose of wheat (fowl feed), a bag of which was left by a neighbor on an unfenoed section.

AUCKLAND, October 12. Sir A- Gordon.

Captain Parvis, H.M.S. Danae, has received a telegram from Commodore Wilson, instructing him to leave Auckland on the 18th inst.

Tor Fiji. It is probable that the Dana will bring the new Governor, and not th Emerald. Gold DiscoveryThe recent gold discoveries were in a bloc! of 7000 acres allotted as a Native reserve The Government are taking steps to verity the discovery. Yacht CapsizedThe yacht Pearl capsized off Kauri Point and a boy named Day was drowned. FireThere was another fire in Onehunga yesterday, which was fortunately checked before it gained headway. It was also close tc Roe’s sawmill, and broke out in the shingled roof of the Government building known ae the Native Hostelry, A hole was completely burned through the roof before the fire was extinguished. The origin of this fire is attributed to sparks from the sawmill. The DominicansBy the Australia arrived Lord Abbot Alcock, Rev. Mr Eox, and some lay brothers belonging to the Dominican Order, who have come to found an establishment in connection with the order in Auckland. WELLINGTON, October 12. Prospecting NewsIt is stated that a strong narty of men, organised under an experienced leader, have started for the Terawhiti district to give it a fair trial under the most approved principles of working and saving fine gold. TheatricalThe Lingards opened in “ Stolen Kisses” last night to a crowded house. The amateurs who played “Pinafore” last week have tendered a complimentary benefit to Mias Leaf. The piece selected is “ Pinafore,” and the performance will take place on the quarter deck of the ship St. Leonard’s, now loading for London. lunatic EscapedA Innatic named Walsh escaped from the Asylum this morning, and is still at large. HOKITIKA, October 12. A Ferryman Drowned. Andrew Ross, ferryman at the Mikonui River, was drowned this morning while crossing it with two paokhorses loaded. He was sitting behind one of the pack saddles, and in the middle of the largest stream the load shifted, and it is supposed that he was thrown suddenly into the river. There was a fresh at the time, the current was strong and he could not recover himself. His body was found about 6 p.m. Deceased was a pensioner of the Royal Navy. TIMARU, October 12. Accidents. A contractor named John Hall, while blasting at a stone quarry a few miles from Timaru last evening, had one hand nearly blown off. A farmer, named Thomas Jefcoate, had several fingers of his hand cut off to-day by a circular saw. EducationalA new side school in Timaru capable of holding 300 pupils will be opened in a day or two. OAMARU, October 12. The Dnutroon Railway. The first engine crossed the Maerewhenua bridge to-day, and entered Duntroon with ceremony. It is only the ether day since the Duntroon-Hakateremea line was commenced, and it is being pushed forward with expedition by the contractors. DUNEDIN, October 12. Presentation. At the Sussex Hotel last night Mr E. Wilson, late of the railway department, was presented with a gold medal and purso of fifty sovs., in acknowledgement of the part he took in the recent agitation re reduced pay. Mr- ProctorMr Proctor lectured to night to an audience of 2000 persons. Erection of School BuildingsA deputation will wait on Mr Oliver on his arrival here, to protest against the smallness of the sum allocated for school buildings in Otago. The Education Board, at a special meeting, carried the following resolution :—“ This Board having been informed that of the vote for school buildings of £50,000 the Minister for Education has only allocated Otago £6OOO, it desires to protest in the strongest possible terms against this allocation as being an act of injustice to Otago. The Board desires to draw the attention of the Minister to the fact that it has under its charge one fourth of all the school children in the colony, and is entitled to a very much larger proportion bf the vote ; also, that for the last three years it has been placed in a much worse position than any other Board in the colony in regard to the sums allocated to it for school buildings. Further the Board considers that the present system of providing and distributing funds for school buildings is extremely unsatisfactory, and is of opinion that power for raising sums necessary for school buildings by local rates should be conferred by Parliament on local Boards, and such sums should be supplemented pro rata by the central government.” This last resolution was carried with the distinct understanding that a sufficient sum would be voted by Parliament in the first place to put school districts on an equal footing. The unanimous opinion was expressed that if justice were not done to the district, the wisest course for the Board would bo to resign, and throw the responsibility on the Government.

[feom oub own cobeespondbnt.] WELLINGTON, October 12, Commissioners of Crown Lands-

It was rumored to-day that one of the Government measures in the direction of retrenchment would be the dismissal of all Commissioners of Crown Lands in the celony, and the abolition of their offices. I find that this is a mere canard, as the office of Crown Lands Commissioner is required by law, and could not be dispensed with unless by the authority of fresh legislation. Phis is not in contemplation, but in cases where Commissioners’ duties are very light, an_ effort will be made to economise by transferring to them the charge of other public departments in conjunction with their functions, by the amalgamation of several offices, and placing them under the care of the Commissioners of Crown Lands. The Waimate Natives. The Natives went through the usual farce to-day. Magisterial ChangesThe illness of Mr Mansford, District Judge and Resident Magistrate at Wellington, has at length compelled him to apply for twelve months’ leave of absence, which has been readily granted. It is not at all probable that he will resume his duties at the end of that period, but almost certain that he will then be pensioned. I fancy this will prove another step towards the fulfilment |f my prediction regarding magisterial and judicial changes. Mr Maokay’s compulsory retirement from Grey mouth making another vacancy, two magistrates can thus be disposed of by being transferred respectively to Wellington and Ashburton, Mr Stratford, as I mentioned previously, being transferred from the latter place to Greymouth, as successor to Mr Mackay. These two opportune vacancies may possibly obviate the necessity for dispensing with so many magistrates as was first reported likely.