NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2276, 19 July 1881, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

[per press association AUCKLAND, July 18. Railway Extension. The Helens ville-Kaipara Bail way was opened through to Helensville to-day. The settlers were greatly pleased. Interesting Intelligence. On the Dunkeld's passage an apprentice named Thomas Morris fell from the main yard to the deck, breaking his legs. A boy named Thomas Hodge was drowned at Chamberlain Island by the capsizing of a dingy. A sailor belonging to the ship Haloione fell to the bottom of the dock, receiving severe injuries. WELLINGTON, July 18. The Bold SmugglerAt the Magistrate's Court this afternoon, a Chinaman named Ah Kew was Gr.rA £ls and ooßts, or six months, for smuggling cigars from the steamer Bowen. The Crown prosecutor intimated that he would make a representation to the Government that defendant, being unable to find the amount of the fine, should be placed on board the steamer prior to her departure from New Zealand waters. Private Enterprise. A meeting of shareholders in the West Coast (North Island) Railway Company was held this afternoon to consider the articles of association, and after some discussion on the clause relating to the remuneration of _ the directors, it was resolved to have the articles of association printed and circulated among the shareholders before finally adopting them. The meeting was then adjourned for a fortnight. OPUNAKE, July 18. Our Christian BrotherAt the Parihaka meeting yesterday Honi Pihama's wife, on entering the village, held up on a supplejack £2OO as a present for Te Whiti. The prophet, in addressing his people, enjoined them not to interfere with the constabulary pulling down fences, as hostilities had passed. BEEFTON, July 18. Mining. The Welcome Company's return for the week is 7820 z« amalgam from ninety tons quartz. The reef is about 3ft thick, and shows gold equal to 3ozs per ton. The Golden Fleece Company crushed fifty-six tons quartz, and obtained 168ozs amalgam from the top plates and ripples. The Hopeful Company purpose letting the mine on tribute. During the week there has been a fair demand for shares in the Welcome, Golden Treasure, and United Alpine companies. Quotations are as follows : Buyers—United Alpine, £1 9s ; Keep it Dark, 14« 6d ; Golden Treasure, 7s; Just in Time, Ib 6d ; Eureka, Is 3d : Weloome, 3s. OAMABU, July 18. Accidents. A farmer named George Granger fell from his horse whilst riding home on Saturday night, and sustained concussion of the brain. At first he was not expected to recover, but to-day he ib much better. A farmer named George Warnock also met with an accident by his cart capsizing. He was severely injured. DUNEDIN, July 18. Two accidents are reported amongst the Wakatipu mountains. In one case a lad named Jack, who was out rabbiting, fell down the face of the rocks several hundred feet. It took a large party of men several hours to rescue him, and he is not expected to recover. In the other Joase a man named Mcßae, in dismounting from his horse, fell over a precipice of 400 feet, and was killed instantaneously. Wreck in HarbourA Bmall cutter, named the Dove, was knocked to pieces, through missing stays, in the harbor yesterday. She was insured for £SO in the New Zealand office. Ship RobberyOn Sunday, the cabin of Mr Cromarty, chief officer of the Wakatipu, was broken into and a portmanteau, with £22 in notes, stolen. The Leviathan Contractor. Mr David Prondfoot to-day telegraphed to the Premier his willingness to proceed at once with the construction of the Otago Oantral railway, on the basis of the proposed grants to companies measure.