NEW ZEALAND.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXIII, Issue 529, 31 December 1889, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

Auckland, Deoember 80. The Hamilton correspondent of tbe Auok> land Herald states that a prooess of amalgamating the New Zealand iron Band has been discovered by Messrs Nimett and Jones, of Hamilton, and has been tried witb complete success, The prooess is kept' a secret by the inventors, A youth named Herbert Nicholas, 17 years of age, has been drowned near Howiok, by falling into a oreek^ . „ DrjfNßDtN", December 30. ' It is intended to hold a Fire Brigades' torchlight nrospss}on abd.'pyroteohni9 dis-. play, in which 'the Oanterbury, Southland, and Otago Brigades will take part, and at I his Exoellenoy's request the 11th January has been fixed as the date. Free railway S asses have, been seoured for the visiting irigaft>sy - ""• - , - . , Mrs Robertson, of Cromwell, is supposed' ' to have committed suioide in the Oltttha ' iver, , * s v ' , <.' i ~ i- » •- . <■ • ■- t -

[JM* Murray, A^^^tWSklsWt Hotel, was drowned in Me 'mm bntter' -• ,') batniny. . * "i-YA ' '" --" -* ' * J -<*£?* The body ol John Davidson; Bold lospeo. o tar iw tbe Taierf Ooanty, was fonnd fast -,- mght on the road near Outram, He bad ; " evidently fallen from his horse, as his neok was diclooatfld. \ Mr James Wright, 75 years of age,, died/ ~ at Green Island from apoplexy. The death ig announced of Mr Donald Henderson an old identity and formerly a - member of the Provinoial Counoil. The Gallant Tipperary at Arrowtown sent '.' down a oake of 2650as of retorted gold from •100 tons. ' , At the inquest on John M. Oawley, irEa died of injuries vthrough falling over" the Otakia bridge, the evidence tended to show , that he must have fallen asleep on the side of the bridge, and a passing train crushed , bun, He was not sober when- last seen* Deceased was a native of Ireland and un- . married, WELttNOtoir, Deeember tl. It has been disoovered that for the present nothing ean be don* with regard to annex-, ing Macquarie Islands, as it ii fonnd they are in Tasmanian waters. The objeot of the Government in seouring these islands is to have there a olose season for seals, aa it is believed that while vessels arrive in Kew Zealand with sealskins on board alleged to be' taken at Maoquarie, they have really - been obtained at the Auckland Islands. Oamabd-, Deoember 81. Oleared — barque Gannymede,, Captain Alleston, for London with 2541 bales of wool and 955 saoks of wheat.