NEW ZEALAND.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LIX, Issue 6875, 13 March 1883, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND.

[_*_*, PBSM AgaOCTATIOX.] AVCSLAXD, Majmsh J2. The Hon 3, Brvce has returned to Auckland from Waikato, and will remain in the district till near the end of the pesent month. He expects to have a conference with the Premier before returning wrath. Mr Whitaker will be in Auckland in a fortnitht. Mr Bryee contemplates returning to Wellington by the West Coast, going to JOexMsdra, through to Mokan, and thence to Sew Plymouth. He hopes before the meeting of Parliament to have preliminary explanatory reports made on the three pronoted routes of main trunk railways. The expLvnafciooa are intended to be of such a B»tar« as will satisfy Parliament as to the practicability of any of the route*. A trig surrey of large block* or the Jung eoantey has been started. No serious obBtrQctaons are anticipated, either to the exploration or survey part»e». Me the drowning accident it has been astertamed that Susan Duncan, whose body has been recovered, was seetftwi the railway wharf after midnight on Saturday, in company with Charles Baker, a aeaman of the schooner Saxon, They left the wharf in a small dingy, leering a woman named Elisabeth Deitnch to •wait their return; hut Deitnch fell asleep. Sfee diagy, which got capsixsd, and two umbrellas, were recovered; bat bo sign was fated of Baker. Both were under the inflasnee of liquor. The inquest on the body of the woman Sanaa Duncan was adjourned to* procure evidence as to the nussinir seaman Baker. The woman Dietrich, has told the police she saw Duncan fail over the whsrf, but she is so muddled with drink that they can make nothing of her statements. The schooner Queen was struck by lightning off Norfolk Island, but the damage was Typhoid fever is becoming prevalent in some parte of the suburbs. The Eev George Brown, of the flew Britain Mission, lectured in Pitt street Wesleyan Church en " Savage Life in Southern Seas," to a large audience. At the annual meeting held here of the Grand Council of the Protestant Alliance Friendly Soriety, the reporti read were en©ooragmg j the membership is increasing and tha finance* being strengthened. The 1 Alexandra Ladge eatertainod the Council delegates to a banquet The proceedings of the session were marked by unanimity and good feeling. NAFHB, MABCK 12. The old lady named Fonter, who committed suicide at Waipuiurau on Saturday, leaves twenty-three thousand pounds to the Church of England and a few charities. The town ia crowded with visitors for the noes, but the bookmakers do not appear to be doiag rerr brisk bonnes*. The favourites «re Canard for the Hurdlcv Mischief and libeller for the Napier Handicap, and Minerva for the Railway Stakes. Councillor Price, who got into office by & fluke, gees out by a Atike, his name sot appearing on the valuation roll. King Tawhiao is somewhere about Napier, but no one appears to know or care exactly where be is. The Minister of Educstion has intimated to the Board here that Govurnment will, in this ecd other districts where there are no Normal Schools, pay the expenses of such teachers attending the Soraal School at Wellington. WELLINGTON, M abch 12. A heavy southerly buster sot ia again last night, and very heavy rain paured down in continuous torrents until this morning. The tides were unusually high. A man named Bobert Bolt attempted suicide tt Wawuiomat* yesterday by cutting his throat. He was found ludden away in the bush with his throat horribly hacked. Bait has been committed to tie Asylum. BEEFION, Masch 12. Mr Beeves has definitely withdrawn his candidature for the Inangahua seat, leaving | Mr Wakefield alote in the fluid. It is said that Mr K. Shaw, of Wellington, is anxious to contest the election, but nt thing certain is yet knows. All parties are looking forward to the announcement by the lipeaker of the receipt of Mr Weston's resignation. "tIMABU, Mabch 12. A number of men employed in the grain stores s'TOck for an increase of pay this morning,, employers refusing to meet their demands. They state tbey are at present paid Is per hour all round, and that at Lyttelton and Port Chalmers men in similar positions are paid Is 3d and la 6d respectively. The strikers demand Is 3d per hour during the day, and Is 0d overtime. If they work on board ship, thoy want 12s par day, and 2s 6d overtime. OAMABU, Mabch 12. Mrs Clifford, the wife of a musician, has been missing for several days, and it is feared she has committed suicide. On Tuesday aight last she left the home, telling her eldest girl tc look after her brothers and listers. The police have made every enquiry, bat without finding any trace of the woman. Intelligence- was received firom Dontroon today to the effect that the body of a man named George Quail, a mine?, bad been found b the water-race, three miles below Duntroon. There are marks of violence on the M d * handkerchief tied, tightly round his throat; Foul play in feared. An inquest win be held at Duatrcoa to sight. „. v , BVgBBm,MMtmIS. fW. Kl *<7 the Gweroc* proceeded to will» ***mA B«frig«*ting Omot n^I.TT acfl frw *«8 opmtioMon Wed--swl-J° *?"* • ««go for the steams* end^V hk ' hlrUl *•«• *«• •*««&• *mm£ P mth b,twwa OOO ° «* 10 ' 000 iff.? 00 T ; Dick 8°" *»* to-Bonw. tki a \ f 1 *** 1 "** •* *• w*t «««kn <»* «*• AmmUj a Commission will be moved

for to enquire into the dummyUm quespay aten per cent dividend, and carry forand Suburban OMwoifcs. which are situated at j" { private speculalion inunded for thej Boroughs, are *** «f Kverj thing is ready for the distribution of w which will be made to two Boroughs on 5S ?L Chairman of the Light Brigade Oomaietnoraiioii Committed in London, has written out thanking the gentlemen who took nut in the presentation here some tqpe ago Serin, who was a participator in Messrs Stout and Benniston had another !breice in Court to-day. In reply to an obnervation by Mr Btout, Mr Den&iston pro<«si«d against the former's browbeating. Mr Btout: Browbeating! Who is known and reputed throughout the whole profession for that (kooompttehmentf Mr Denniston: Stout! Stout! Son© answers most emphatitally—Stout! Your Worship has only to refer to what takes place in the Court every clay. After eosao further bandying of words, lit Denaieton was told that he mutt not dietale to the B.ML to which he replied s " The worst of it is, aUMrStou* has said will be telegraphed ail over the Colony, as was the case before, and nothing else." He added that he would always do his best to prevent being over-ridden by any counsel, no matter how lend hi* voice and what hit nominal petition might be.