NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2239, 2 May 1881, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

[PBB PBESB ASSOCIATION.] AUCKLAND, April 30. Municipal Robbery.

The City Council office was robbed last night. Tho treasurer's safe was opened, and £2O in gold and notes taken. A cash-box with chfques amounting to £3l was found in the adjoining yard. The office was lsckod by the treasurer, Mr Brodie, at 11 p.m., who left in company with the oity auditors, Messrs T. R. White and Fraser. The office doors were found open by the messenger this morning. The gas was lit, but turned low. The treasurer's duplicate key had been loft iu the office, and the thief found it.

Rum and Revenge.

Piatt, the steward of the ship Oxford, haß again been brutally assaulted by Sorgally, a sailor, for giving evidence re the broaching of cargo. Sorgally hag been remanded for a week, Piatt being fearfully maltreated.

Sweeps—Suits

The sweep cases were brought on to day. , H. N. Abbott, of the United Service Hotel, j was charged with a breach of the Municipal ] Police Act by establishing a lottery. As no e purchaser's name was mentioned defendant 1 was acquitted, the Magistrate refusing per- £ micsion to amend the information by the in- t sertion of the name. Detective Brennan said , the case would be brought on again. A second f oaee was dismissed through defective in forma- ( tion, as the drawing did not take place in the j hotel, but at the North Shore. The cases of i Michael Gallagher, of the Thistle Hotel, , Albert Fisher, of the Occidental, and Theo- , dore Brown were adjourned. Mr Hesketh's Solo- < Mr Hosketh did not get a single supporter for the sweeping resolution he submitted to the Board of Governors respectirg tho Auckland Grammar School. WELLINGTON, May 1. ; Drowned. The body of a man named William Kir wan was pioked up in the harbor la?t night. He was a recent arrival by tho ship Pareora, and it is believed that he intended to settle at Greymouth. Customs. The Customs revenue for the month amounted to £18,533. NELSON, April 30. Fatal Kick. A lad named Fanzelow, residing at Rinzau, received a kick from a horse, and died after forty-eight hours' severe suffering. TIMABU, Mayl. Settling up. The following amounts were paid over at tho settling for the raoes laat night:—Mr H. Driver, £2lO ; Mr P. Butler, £142 lOj ; Mr M. Studholme, £76 ; Mr G. McLoan, £76 ; Mr T. Lyford, £6 10a ; Mr H. Horsford, £44 10s; Mr H. Price, £47 10s; Mr G. Bates, £2B 10s j Mr M. Fedden, £2B 10a ; Mr Kelly, £l9 j Mr Lunn, £l9 ; Mr Melton, £l9 ; Mr Foster, £9 10s ; total, £760 10s. Railway Accident A man. name unknown, supposed to be a resident in Waimate, fell off the train near Saltwater Greek yesterday evening, and lodged in the oowootcher, bursting his head. One arm was cut off, and also the other hand. Storm. A terrific southerly squall passed over the town this morning, accompanied by heavy rain. The schooner Amaranth dragged her anchors, and when last seen was in the surf close to the beach, about six miles from town. Her crew got on board the brigantine Oirce, which also dragged some distance. The Amaranth wao loaded with coals from Greymouth. The insurance is not known. OAMAB.tr, May 1. The Maritime Capital. Tho population of Oamaru is 5874, 3090 males and 2784 females. In 1878 the population was 4927. The population of Hampden borough is 325, an increase of 36; of Palmorston borough 961, increase 147 ; West Huwkosbury borough 411, decrease 57. The census roturas for tho two counties avo not yet fiuiahed. DUNEDIN, April 30. The 3.5. Plucky is Plucky. Four men, Peter Oumpbell, Archibald Campball, Charles Cummin, sad Archibald t Lambeok, liit'fc Taiari idouth on Tuesday mornLss for tho purposo of collecting guf.no 1 on Green Islnud, three miles from tho main i land. Their boat, in which were their proi visions, got adrift, and they wore left without food or water till this mor;.irijr, when they were rescued by the steamer Plucky, which 1 was sent from Port Chalmers. I Customs. The Customs duties collected at the port of I Dunodin during April amounted to £32,667 i lis Id ; gold duty, £1447 18s 7d ; beer duty stamps, £1207. INVEBOABGILL, April 30. The Infant ReidThe body of the child run over by the ■ engine on tho Northern lino last night was i ' literally cut in two.