NEW ZEALAND.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 8756, 1 April 1889, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND.

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AUCKLAND, March 81. Mr J. D. Connolly, the newly-appointed United States Consul for Auckland, arrived . by the Mariposa. Mr J. E. Perkin, delegate to the Australian Colonies from the Canadian Government is amongst the . through passengers. A fireman on board H.M.S. Eapid was tried by Court-martial yesterday, on the charge of having struck a petty officer of that vessel. He was found guilty, and sentenced to twelve months’ imprisonment in Mount Eden gaol. WELLINGTON, March 30. The Premier leaves for the West Coast of the South Island next week. His visit will be a hurried one, as Sir Harry u anxious to return before the arrival of th v : new Governor. The Patent Office yesterday granted the application of W. A. Young for a patent for Palace oars. J. C, M. Weale, formerly editor of the Catholic Times, has commenced proceedings against Archbishop Eedwood, the proprietor of the paper, for (the recovery of .£250 damages for wrongful dismissal. Two firemen belonging to the Axawa have been arrested on a charge of smuggling tobacco. Ten pounds of tobacco were found concealed in their clothing. GEEYMOUTH, March 31. Some of the Sunday iachoola were closed this afternoon for the same reason as the State school was closed. It toms out that the majority of the cases of sickness among 1 children are not diphtheria, but sore; throat with glandular swelling, that yields to ordinary care and simple treatment. DUNEDIN, March 80. Mr Northcote, for many years the Goldfields representative of Sargood’s firm, has been promoted to the management of the Dunedin branch. INVEECAEGILL, March 81. Douglas, the stationmaster at Eivera. dale, who had one foot crushed and a leg seriously injured by a truck loaded with grain passing over it, is in a very low state. Amputation near the thigh will be necessary, but the victim is too weak to stand the operation.