NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2240, 3 May 1881, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

[PBB PBEBB A3BOCITATION.J WELLINGTON, May 2. Heavy SeaA heavy southerly gale blew with unabated fury all day. A tremendous eca is running at tho Heads. No steamers were able to leave harbor to-day. Public Hall Co. The annual meeting of the Public Hall Company was held to day. The balancesheet showed a credit balance of £Bll, and a dividend of 10 per cent, was declared. Inquest. At the inquest on tbs body of Richard Kirwan, found drowned in tho harbor, a verdict of “ Accidental death " was returned, and a rider added that the breastwork should be protected. HOKITIKA, May 2. ReductionMessrs Seed and Batkin, Civil Service Commissioners, leave by coach to-morrow morning for Christchurch. Mr Blair, tho Engineer-in-Ohiof, visited the Mikonui works at Ross to-day. He leaves for Christchurch to-morrow. GEEYMOUTH, May 2. Customs. The Customs duties for April amounted to £3009 6s 7d. For the corresponding month last year the total was £3271 Os 3d ; gold duty, £4Bl 10j 3J j beer duty (excise), £57 TIMARU, May 2. Railway AccidentAt the inquest to day on the man who met his death by falling ofi the Southern train on Saturday, a verdict of accidental death was returned, and that there was not sufficient evilence to prove identification. Tho deceased is supposed to be William Grogan, alias “Brockley Bill.” Customs The Customs revenue for the month of April was £2496 17s 10d, and the corresponding month in 1880 £1522 19s Bd. Births, Bickerings, Burials. The vital statistics for April are—Births, 37; marriages, 8 j deaths, 16. DUNEDIN, May 2. The Tram Accident. Very faint hopes are entertained of the recovery of young Garrett, who was seriously injured in the Boslyn tramway accident. Fatal Railway Mishap. A fatal accident happened on tho Port Chalmers Railway line this morning. As the 9.15 a.m. train from Part was nearing Logan’s Point a man was observed walking along the lino in the direction of the oity. The engine driver whistled loudly, and tho brakes wore put hard down, but the msn walked on seemingly unconscious of his danger. Before tho train could be stopped, he was caught by the cowcatcher and thrown down. He was picked up and conveyed to Hospital, where he was recognised as an outdoor patient named Joseph O’Oonnel, forty-eight years of ago. He came from Balclutba, aud was being treated for rheumatism. His skull was fractured by tho cowcatcher, and he died at 2.30 p.m.