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New Zealand Mail, Issue 746, 18 June 1886, Page 23

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(UNITED PP.ESS ASSOCIATION.) Dunedin, June 10. The iuf<.rulers who recently secured convictions for s\y-grog selling at Nenthorna, have turned their attention to houses, of illfame in the city, and secured three convictions to-day. . Tne question of givirg facilities *o mail steamers landing their mails was mentioned at the Harbor Board meeting 10-day by the Chairman. He stated that the impression that it was exorbitant charges which prevented steamers coming inside to land mails and pasgsngejM was erroneous. The explanation was that mail steamers were exempt from paying dues to the first port of call, and by landing passengers and mails without entering the port they were enabled to exercise this privilege in reepeet of a second, and even a third port in some cases. An electrical disturbance was observed here, which is supposed to be connected with the eruption in the North. The fire alarm signal at the brigade station rang intermittiDgly from 4 to 7 a.m. Tbe com; easation case against the Caversham . Borough Council is occupying the Supreme Court to-day. Ntw Plymouth, June 10. . John Bofley,. charged with deierting bis wife at Auckland, was arrested Le e last night at tbe Criterion Hotel. He was with another woman, but she left by train for the South this morning. Hawkra, June 10. The hearing of a charge of fake pretences against Duncan McGregor, a well-known farmer and dealer, was finished last night. The complaint was that he had obtained a promissory note from C. K. Slott by falsely pretending that Le had purchased certain sheep for the use of the prosecutor. He was committed for trial, bail being allowed, himself ia £IOO and two sureties of £SO each. Feildisg, June 30. A Maori named Houri te Awahuri, who was thrown from a horse on Tuesday night, on the Awahuri-road, died yesterday afternoon. Bis skull was fractured and his spine injured. Cbktstchurch, June 10. Sergeant Willis of the Police Force, who has been transferred to Timaru, was to day presented with a purse of 40 sovereigns. Wanganui, June 10. Robert Jc.aes, clerk in the Customs, was arrested on a charge of embezzling £3O. Nelson, June 11. gome new and beautiful caves have been found on some land owned by Mr Abbot, at Takaka, Golden Bay. The caves contain, a large number of moa bones, many of them in a very perfect state of preservation. Mr "Matthew Burnett took nearly 600 pledges in this district. He has received bad news regarding his wife’s health. Dunedin, June 11. There are 342 “ unemployed ” at work on relief works. Olher 63, lately employed by the Harbor Board applied for relief to-day. Blenheim, June 11. Mr Matthew Burnett, temperance advocate, opened a five days’ mission to-night. There was a crowded meeting. The Mayor was ia the chair. Over 100 pledges were taken. Wanganui, June 11. Robert Jones, Customhouse clerk, was this morning charged with embezzling £29 19s Id, and remanded for eight days. Other cases against him are pending. New Plymouth, June 11. Lofley, who is charged with deserting his wife in Auckland, was brought up this morning. A telegram was read from the Auckland police, in which they say Mrs Bofley asserts that her husband employed a cabin sn and two other men to entice her into a brothel, but failed in hia object. The men have admitted they were paid by him for such a purpose. Prisoner was remanded to Auckland. Invercargill, June 12. Twenty-one sections in the Seaward Bush have been taken up under the special settlement clauses of the Band Act. The system is to be tried in other parts of the district. A number of people intend to leave for Kimberley shortly. One party of six is taking waggons, horses, and two tons of provisions. They have a capital of a £IOOO. Should sufficient inducement offer, a steamer will load at the Bluff for Derby early in July. Napibr, June 12. A stable and four-roomed cottage, at Point Ahurirl, were destroyed by fire at 3 a.m. When discovered the stable was completely wrapped in f! lines. It was impossible to get out two horses, which perished. The people in the cottage escaped in their n : ght clothes, The stable was uninsured, but the cottage was insured for £IOO ia the Standard. Dunedin, June 14. The medals and certificates gained by Dunedin exhibitors at the Industrial Exhibition, Wellington, were presented at a public meeting this evening. A resolution was passed urging that the next exhibition should be held in Dunedin. The City Council have decided to hold an inquiry as to who was responsible for the recent blasting accident, and under whose control the works were, Mr Johnson, of Berwick, was severely injured while following the bounds un Saturday, and is still unconscious. He fell at a fence, and the rider who was following jumped on him. The Minister of Public Works has Intimated that no more relief works will be provided for the unemployed. A number of small contracts will be let, provision being made for employing men at present on relief works. In case of tnen refusing, the-Government will not farther employ them. By the fire at Leach’s store, Black’s, the Equitable office lose £l5O, and the National £ISOO. Mr Justice Williams has refused the application ia the case arising out of the Dowling street accident for it to be heard by a special jury. Christchurch, June 14. William Verrall, an old and respected re ddent at Papanui, was found dead in his chair ou Saturday evening. He bad been unwell for some time past. A girl named Brown, six years old, fell into a fire iu her father’s house, at Oust, ou Saturday. She was fearfully burned, and there ia little hope of her recovery. The Canterbury Rugby Football Union will not send a team North thiß seafon, owing to tbe expected visit of the Sydney team, and tc the fact that a team has to go to Otago.

Wanganui, June 14. Messrs Butler and Stevens, Land Purchase Commissioners, returned yesterday from their mic-sioa up Wanganui River, where they have been securing signatures to tbe deed of sale of the Waimarioo block, abutting on the central railway line. They report being very succ ssful. Captain Somioeivillc’A report on the eighth meeting of the New Zealand Rifle Association, held at Wanganui, is very satisfactory in every respect, save as regardi the range. As to the liißs for next year he has been promised by the Defence Minister 500 Mar-Sini-JSnfields, if possible to procure them. The balance to the credit of the Association is £BO ss. Blenheim, June 14. An eight-roomed house belonging to Mr W. Purcer was burned down to-night. Tne insurance was £2 0 in the National. Napieh, June 14. The Supreme Court commenced the civil sittings to-day, when the case Morrison v. Bolton was taken. Plaintiff (a monthly nurse, had beers in attendance on the wife of defendant (a runbolder). Ia driving her home the buggy ups*-! over a cutting, plaintiff being severely injured. Negligence in driving was alleged, and £25 damages claimed. The jury found a verdict for defendant. A Parliamentary Union has been formed here, to meet for the first time to-morrow night. A man named Mitchell was committed for trial on four charges of forgery, as well as sentenced to five months’ imprisonment for obtaining goods under false pretences. Auckland, June 15. Sergeant Gamble was sent to Russell today in connection with the Petrel inquiry. He will simply be ca the scene to await instructions from the consul. The e.s. Te Anau sailed to-day for Sydney. She took 3 21 steerage passengers, 74 of whom were from Auckland and the rest from the South. A large number are bound for (he Kimberley goldfields. The Petrel inquiry continues at Russell. Sergeant Gamble, accompanied by a constable, left by the Te Anau on important business in connection with the investigation. It is expected that arrests will be made. The TTinemoa arrived from Tauranga and way ports this morning. She reports unsatisfactory accounts of the state of the country for live stock, also that Mayor Island is in the same condition. Christchurch, June 15._ The Revs Boddington and Mason, the missioners who came from England accredited by the Archbishop of Canterbury, have just concluded a successful mission in this diocese, A farewell thanksgiving service was held in the Cathedral to-day, when there were between 300 and 400 communicants. The reverend gentlemen return to England shortly. Mr T. W. Glover arrived by the Rotorua from Dunedin to-day. He lectures here to-night and to morrow night, and on Thursday leaves by tbe Tarawera to rejoin Sir W. Fox, at Auckland. The inquest ca the body of Verall, who died suddenly on Saturday, was adjourned to have an analysis made of the contents of the stomach, as deceased on the day of hi 3 death took some medicine procured from a herbalist in town. A verdict of death from exposure was returned at the inquest on the bodies of Messrs Parke and Thompson, surveyors, who died from exposure in Clarence Valley. A rider was added praising the conduct of the other members of the party, who did all that was possible to save their comrades, and of John Campbell, who rescued the survivors. Timaru, June 15. The Supreme Court opened its half-yearly session to-day before Mr Justice Johnston. A. J. C. Imrie, for forgery and uttering, was sentenced to three years’ penal servitude. _ P. Mooney, charged with larceny as a bailee, was acquitted. The bill was thrown out by the Grand Jury against Riddle for shooting a cow. This was all tbe criminal business. Dunedin, June 15. Tbe Union Company have received intelligence that the Maxaroa arrived at San Francisco one day in advance of her contract time. Runs 301 b and 302-c, Te Anau, which formed the subject of a question in the House recently, were sold on behalf of the School Commissioners to-day, at an upset rental of £630, to a Mr Grant. The same purchaser bought run 3 at Tokatimo, Southland, containing 22,530 acres, at the upset rental of £3OO per annum. Napier, June 15. At the Harbor Board meeting to-day, the tender of Mr W. McGill, of Timaru, for £33,900 for the construction of the first section of 660 ft of the breakwater was accepted. Several other tenders from Timaru were received. New Plymouth, June 16. A large meeting of ratepayers was held last night to protest against the passing of the New Plymouth Reserves Bill, whioh makes over nearly 50 acres of the borough to trustees for racing purposes, thus reducing the rating area. Already out of the borough there has been taken an area of 50 acres for the recreation ground and park ; thea the General Government took Marsland Hill as a reserve, in addition to the reserves at Mount Elliot and the Market Place, the Botanical Gardens, and the Kawhia Pah reserve. The Agricultural Society has also a reserve, and the borough rating area if thus reduced from 800 acres to little over 400 acres, and now 50 acres more is proposed to be taken off. Resolutions, condemning the action of Major Atkinson and Colonel Trimble, were passed by over twothirds of those present, and the statements cf Major Atkinson, and Colonel Trimble in the House were stated to be incorrect. A petition against the Bill is being largely signed for transmission to the Legislative Council. Auckland, June 16. An old resident of the Thames, named C. E. Dod, licensee of the Duke of Edinburgh Hotel, was drowned on Tuesday night off Shortland embankment. The brigantine Linda Weber has cleared at tbe Customs for Kimberley, with nine passengers and a full cargo. A plumber named Fred Naysmith attempted suicide. He took “ Rough on Rata ” on bread and butter, ia the presence of his children. An emetic wa3 administered, and he is now in the Hosoital.

The Petrel case- was concluded to-day. The captain and others accused will probably be arrested and sent to America for trial