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New Zealand Herald, Volume II, Issue 534, 29 July 1865, Page 4

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traordinary geueral mooting of the shirelwLlerof the Auckland Insurance Company. hold terday at their offices, Queen-street,"for t!ie furpose of electing auditors for the current halfyear, present—D. Katlian, Esq., Chairman 'he directors, and several shareholders. .Mc-r;. .1. L. Tole and Carpenter Arthur invre reelected. s The IJoad 3lukdku jMystery Exflaixed.— In another place will be found aa interestir,; and somewhat startling paragraph livni ;k> Daily by which ifc -rvill lie soon tk: Miss Constance Kent is the daughter of a halfbrother of her Jfajesty Queen Vii'toria, asJ that her motives for the commission of the crime were to be found in the exasperating conduct of her mother-in-law, whose favourite child tir murdered boy was. Si_'ddj:n Death.—We regret to learn tin: Brevet-t olonel Kemp, senior major of the l"2:h regiment expired yesterday afternoon, at th Queeu s Eedoubt. Deceased suffered from as attack of apoplexy, and only lived some three hours after. We hear that his remains will be brought to Auckland for interment. . Tub officers of H.il.S. Esk, which is Inn; in Sydney harbour, have given, we perceive. '<£ amateur theatrical performance at the Frineoo; Wales Opera House, Sydney, in aid of die iundfor the restoration of St. Marv's Catbedral.

Police.— Several persons were fined yesterday the usual penalty for being drunk. Bryan Corcoran, for the assault on Peter Coyle, which hi; already been reported, was sentenced to tw months imprisonment, with, hard labour. Hohheuy at Fort Ueitomakt.—Two Eire, soldiers, were committed for trial vesterdiy by His "Worship, for .stealing from the iiiiiiM l ? stores at Port Britomart. tweutv-eight pairs « boots, the property of the Queen. They oiierei to sell them to a man named Steel for live sh:!lmgs a pair. iioiiUEiiY of a Cash-box.—A bad named .Noiau, also a soldier, went into the sha? of a poor woman named Doherfy. and ran away with lier cash-box, containing Bs. id. Hi? orsnip gave liiin six months, with hard labour. Stkuck bv Lightning.—We regret to stale that Mehlwain, who was struck by iighfmn; 0:1 V ed lies day morning. still lies in a very precarious condition. Wo mentioned in our issue ot ihursday that a man and a boy had been by lightning iu Freeman's ".Bay, during th> storm of the preceding day, and unfortunate.." the rumour proved too true. The accident took place in Mr. Beaton's brickyard, beyond Iranian s Bay. The electric fluid appeared to hive entered at one end oi the slied, where a tity of liay_ was stored, for a man staaJing upon it was knocked down thou-ii munjured _ It then passed aloe..' stack or bricks, a distance of son"? twenty yards to where AJcEhvaiu, a bov. and some K l ' :; were seeking shelter under the' shed durin ; the storm. The fluid struck ATcElwain on the li« l! ; completely charring the crown of his cap. passed down lus body. It struck the bov ct the shoulder, and, passing down his breast. .iircstod by n uu'tal button on his "Jrcii it shivered to pieces. The hoy is severely, but not dangerously injured. The" fluid ti".'; 1 ' instead of passing iuto the ground, as is mu:'A' the case, pursued its course upwards tluvuih the roof of the shej, shivering the rafters ar.J scattering the shingles 111 all directions. Tin# , e . '"stance of accident from lighting ivhicii has occurred to any person, as i:tv a* inown, in this _ province, and shows the aecessity of resorting here, as well a;' elsewhere' o the use of lightning conductors to our mere -le\ated and isolated buildings. The onlv eue?. ve believe, provided with this sa.". guard" at the n-esont time, are the military powder marlines. J L

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j)EiHinrm' or Gf.nekat, Cameron.'— Noticc by -Messrs. Casey, Butt, Anderson, and \v"ul'' :!1 " announcing that lighters will not land .- r .v ou the day lc l-Tcneral s departure V;,- \ew Zealand. n ptvrtsoN' 1 i-sTiMi.XAT.. — the committee will vt (t ,-,iay at 12 o'clock. 31:;. "W'kavkij. I'ngmecr-iu-Chicf. advertises for » competent master mason for tlie office of i n »-i-riev <•{''prison labor at. the Stockade. ' ArcKi.ANn Tent, I.o.K.— The brethren Ci lent are requested to attend on Tn, r; T"'/'- ;,t 10 o'clock* a.m., in the Tent ii' 1 . to assist, in the PuKsc P'-m.mst ration to Lieut .-General Sir J):;:, Cameron. k.0.8., previous to his depart are from New Zealand. A special meeting ~f Tent will be held on Monday at half-past 7 ■ .i.i *. F-—T! l '' Mothers ot tlio Court '* City G f Auckland." ;uv invitod to meet at the Lodge W'aitemaia Hotel, at 10 o'clock on Tuesmorning tor t lie purpose of joining in the cerenienv ot presentation to ('encral Cameron. ()pi.-l-'n lows'.—A notification to the members ot 111'bodA . 1a the head ot the order, lias been totted. inviting the brethren to assist in the demonstration to General Cameron upon his dcai'tmv from the colony. Lin:- at Oruirnr.— Mr. Alfred Bucklaiul announces i. l r >aie this day at tlie ITavmarket, 20 allotments near the Pre.-byterian Church, at the i'.tfiet: ei ot the Creat and Howiek roads, being subdivions oi section ISS. Manurewa Farm. Ibe lots vary in size trom 2', acres to 7 acre* each. «th frontage to the public road, being t"'o miles from Otahuhu. and one mile fro::: water carriage. The land is good, the neighbourhood a rising one, and the position centra;. Terms One-fourth. eash ; one fourth in I months remainder in 5 years at o per cent., or in rears at in per cent. 31;:. .-vo;n:L Cocnn.vNE will sell to-dav. a large n:;:n:vr ot fruit and forest trees, comprising jargonelle, pear, pound, poplar, lyburuIki'm. other tices; raspberry, gooseberry, fr,i:t plants. bite poach trees. .Ur-scs. XraxEß will soli, today a large lot ot oilmen s stores, provisions, beet', potatoes. sVc.: also a Jtirst-clnss plough and i.ae KngHsh stove. Mk--::s. .Ion: s a np Co. will hold to-day their usual weekly sale of provisions, beef, pork, mutton. tSour. potatoes, maize, and oats ; groceries, oi!it: e:: s>: ores, uirmtmv, poultry. Comprising •1 •»' bags o; maize, l«> tons of walnuts ex 'Francis Henty.' Mess.is. lltpt.wts and Duwr>r>" will sell today. I ;.' order oi the receiver of intestate estates, the per* >:rn eiiecis ot the late dames Fcnton, deceased m;:'state, also a quantity of crushed loat <u.;ar, candles, mustard, raisins, ale and wine. .Mess:;;. JncnnrKY and Son will sell to-day a very extensive sroek ot groceries, provisions, oilmen's -t-res. bacon, butter, lard, sugar, Hour, and sundries: also. 100 books, a quantity of vines, sherry and port : a quantity of furniture ; shi pieces of paper-hangings, new patterns, and oi pieces of papering canvas. ?»[;:. Al!'i:ed Bl'ckland wiil sell to-day. at the Haymarket. the well-known liorse, Paganinu 5" sacks of bran. 2 heavy draught horses, ttrials given), lo'.t sacks of maize. 2 unbroken liiiies : aiso the "'ell-known thorough-bred horse Sydney, also the thorough-bred mare Harriet, r.u otiieer's charger, the property of Major Tapper, who is leaving for the Australian. Mess-is. Hiwtei: Co. will sell to-day, 9 heavy draught and 10 medium draught horses, 25 hacks, and 20 light harness horses, 100 bags best Sydney maize. 200 do. oats, 10 loads of hay. a large assortment of harness and saddlery, a steeple chase and flat racehorse, several drays, spring carts, and buggies, a fine imported setter dog. o<>■"> store sheep. Medical Practitioner. —■ Major Tighe, Major and Adjutant Commanding, advertises for a duly qualified medical practitioner to proceed to >* apier as assistant-surgeon to the Military settlers in that province. P;::xce or Wales The.ytkk.—The new comedy. "-Taeobite," was repeated at this theatre last evening, followed by " -Jessie Brown, or the tfiege ot' Luckuow," both of which }>!?Ci*s were received with applause. There is announced for to-night a new attraction, being a romantic sensational drama, entitled " The iirigands of Calabria," to be followed by " The tir-a of Ice." and the " Siege of Lttcbnow." P.ol-reev i.v .i. Hotel, —A young man, tiamcd Et rsting. was apiireheuded last evening by Constable .J. iM. Clark, for stealing a watch and gold chain from the bedroom of Mrs. Dormer, a servant at Adams' London Hotel, Queen-street. The young man is well known in Auckland : was formerly in a cavalry regiment, and subsequently ia the Defence Force.