NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6064, 25 April 1881, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

[FKOM OCR OWN" CORRESrOKDEST.] THAMES, Saturday. It is rumoured that negotiations arc pending between the directors of the Auckland and New Zealand Ferry Company and those of the T.R.N. Company for the withdrawal of the steamer Te Arolia from the river trade. There is scarcely sullieient trade for two such boats as the Xe Aroha and Patiki. A reduction has taken place iu miners wanes. In future the Moanataiari Company will pay 7s per day, and the Kuranui only 6s txl. [UXITED TK.ESS ASSOCIATION".! GISBORNE, Saturday. A meeting of tlie Battery J Corps of Volunteers was held on Thursday evening last for the purpose of considering what action should be taken -with regard to the aspersions cast upon the corps by the Poverty Bay Herald in reference to the recent encampment. There were sixty members present, including the oilieers, and resolutions were passed unanimously condemning the Herald for its unwarrantable attack o]i° the corps. The Herald had stated that the camp was mutinous, drunken, and debauched, the officers incompetent, the •whole force demoralised, and the boy cadets did duty for the men. who passed their time away in tlie canteen. Theresolutionsexpressed indignation, and much public sympathy is , expressed for the corps by scores of persons who visited the camp. The Herald repeats the charges in subsequent issues. j NEW PLYMOUTH, Saturday. | The Taranaki agriculteral statistics show } the number of holdings, 823 ; ' land broken „p. lS'tl ; acres in wheat, 1030 ; acres iu oats, 71S ; barley, S3 ; grass,. (jO, —SG acres ; potatoes, 50S acres ; maize, 111 acres ; turnips, 17(> acres; mangolds, 51 acres ; orchard, '250 acres ; other crops, G acres : Total, 63,505 acres under crops ; plantation of forest trees, 13-1 acres. The District Court is still sitting on tlie case of Middleton v. Bank of New Zealand. The jury returned a verdict that the sum of £419,13S 0s Sd was not paid to the Bank of New Zealand on Mrs. Middleton's belulf till the Cud June, ISSO : and a verdict was given for plaintiff for the amount claimed —£2S 10s. A new trial was granted by the Judge. Eleven sections iu Parihaka Block have been disposed of for cash, and five or six on terms of deferred payment. WANGANUI, Saturday. A medical examination of the man Peakc, who was found dead iu his house, disclosed the fact that ho had poisoned himself with strychnine. A verdict that he committed suicide while in a state of temporary insanity was returned. WELLINGTON, Sunday. William Ebdeu, who was recently lined £10 for sly-grog selling, has again been caught by the police selling spirits, and an information has been laid against iiiin. CIUitSXCHUROH. Sunday.Tin; Motunan estate, situated on the cast coast of Canterbury, between HTurunm and ( Waipawa vivars, comprising l'i,'St .ici es of leasehold and -1100 acres freehold, with some improvements, and about IS,OOO sheep, «• "Z by auction to-day by Me»™. C and Co. for £45,000, to Mr. H. J. Hal, I The receipts at the Volunteer Lauej Km ( amounted to over £500. . : The Telegraph Newspaper Company is to : bo wound up. Tiis cathedral is to be opened on August 10. „ A warrant has been issued for the arrest of W. W. Charters, who is now known to have left in the ship Orari for Loudon. It is reported that defalcations to the extent of ; i2OOO have been discovered in the accounts; of tlie Sydenham Building Socicty, of which ho was manan-ot-

• Constable ! <ce*ter«Uv wifU n y he ma " steamer, arrrat ' mt for barter's A young man ' was found dead in bed thi 3 mor ?;, bottle of chloroform was near him ! M- R- Bornbrooks, tne jn?y ° the ike.' ° V " prove t,w ".gm of • I' , r q . ~ DUNE DIN, Saturday. -Mr. Simpson, R.M., and Mr. M-itlanl have been invited to investigate the eW s against the Benevolent Institution marriSe c ment. Tlio Government declined to do «o as the Institution and public are one. " Early on Thursday morning a six'-roomeil house, at Green Island, belonging to Gcgrue \\ allace, was destroyed by fire. It is" sirred in the Victoria Oifice for £LCO x Wallace estimates the vaiue of the tene--1 ment at £120 above that amount. As the place was unoccupied for six weeks, it is supposed the live was the work of an iiiccn--2 diary. 6 IWERCARGILL, Saturday. 3 Anderson Brothers' saw-mill, near luvercargill, was burnt down last night. Tins working plant was destroyed or "made iucless. It was only insured for a small amount - . in the Office. '