NEW ZEALAND.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 8079, 28 January 1887, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND.

[Per Press Association.] AUCKLAND, Jan. 27. The Hon J. BaUance arrived to-night from the Waikato. He expresses himself as highly pleased with the progress of settlement between Ngaruawahia and Eaglan. He expects 100 families there within three months. He leaves for Waiwera to-morrow to see Sir Julius Vogel, returning on Saturday night, and he leaves for the North in respect to special settlement in the North. Mrs Jane Horne, who attempted to drown herself, is committed for trial. At a meeting of the Grammar School Board of ■ Governors it was resolved to take steps for the recovery of the amounts lost through the defalcations of the late Secretary. At the Supreme Court, to-day the North New Zealand Woollen Company sued James C. Cairns for JJIIO 6s 3d, calls overdue. The defence was a denial that defendant was a shareholder of the Company ; that he had been induced by misrepresentation to take up 1250 shares, but had sent in notice of withdrawal; that he had neither accepted the Articles of Association nor paid the calls. For the Company it was contended that the misrepresentations were not material, and that the letter of withdrawal was never received. Judge Ward decided in favour of defendant, with costs on the lower scale. The decision is one of vital importance to the Company, as it is feared many other shareholders will repudiate liability. NEW PLYMOUTH, Jan. 27. The continued drought ia likely to seriously injure the pasture, unless rain is experienced shortly. The Natives at Panhaka are holding a tangi. WELLINGTON, Jan. 27. Major-General Whitmore proceeds to Auckland to-morrow, to meet Admiral Tryon on his arrival in H.M.S. Nelson on Monday next. The Nelson subsequently visits Wellington. • , ■ The Finance Committee of the City

Council, appointed to enquire into the question of providing funds for the proposed Municipal buildings and town hall, will report that they have no recommendation to make. It is expected that a saving of £3OOO a year will be shown to have been effected in the Justice Department by the time Parliament meets. The Star Boating Club’s Regatta is fixed for March 17. An inspection of the Permanent Artillery Force will be held this afternoon ; over a hundred have just arrived for drill at the forts. The 250-pounders are expected to arrive next month. These will be mounted on disappearing carriages, by hydraulic power, and everything is ready to mount them when they arrive. There will be seven or eight of them in the various batteries. KAIKOTJRA, Jan. 27. Mr M'Lean, solicitor, raised an important point with regard to prosecution under the Rabbit Act, viz., that the Act does not create a competent Court of jurisdiction, and that the non-destruction of rabbits after notice to destroy, being an offence created under a special Act of Parliament, the statute should also have created a competent tribunal. This, he contends, has not been done. The Magistrate is considering the point. DUNEDIN, Jan. 27. Constable Fleming was fined £3, with costs, £2 12s, with the alternative of a month’s imprisonment, for assaulting a civilian by throwing him down and dashing his head against a clay bank. The taking of the evidence in the enquiry into the circumstance of the collision between the dredge and the Omapere was concluded to-day. The Magistrate and the Assessors will visit the scene of the collision, and give judgment on Monday. The repairs to the dredge will cost £3OO or £4OO, in addition to £7OO or £BOO, the cost for raising her.