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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1132, 4 December 1879, Page 2

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WELLINGTON. December 3. Robert Port, merchant, lip.3 assigned hi* estate. The liabilities are slated to be L-15,000, and the assets LOG,OOO.' - The recent collision on the WellingtonFeatherston railway appears to be due to the failure of the engine brake at a critical time.

December 4. A meeting of Accountants in Bankruptcy was held yesterday for the purpose of considering the conduct of Mr. Berry, an accountant, in connection with various estates. After considerable discussion, it was'tlecfded to address the Committee of the'Chamber-of Commerce, with a view of haying Mrl Berry struck off the roil. : TIM AIUJ. ; . ."December 3. . The harvest to improve every day. DUNEDIX. December 3. The Clutha Agricultural Show yes torday was a great success, the weather being very line and the entries numerous. • ■ • 2vE\V PLYMOUTH. December 3. A meeting was held last night for the purpose of protesting against the proposed grant of 500 acres of land to the New Zealand Titanic Steel and Iron Company (Limited), when a resolution was passed urging upon tlie Government and the Assembly the duty of ascertaining whether the essential provisions of the Taranaki Iron Smelting Work Land Act had honestly been complied with before deciding to make over land to the company. CIIPJSTCHURCH. December 4. The contract for the first section of the Christchurch Tramway Company's line from the tramway office to tlie railway station was let yesterday to Mr. J. Barrett, and is to be completed by the 15th .January. A large shark was caught yesterday in Lyttelton Harbor. On being hauled into the boat it gave birth to sixteen young sharks. Haymakinsr is in full swing in the Ashburton district. Should tlie weather hold fine for a few clays, splendid crops will be stacked in prime condition. Around Chertsey crops of barley in full ear are looking well. The number of patients at present in the Christchurch Hospital is 75. AUCKLAND. December 4. Earnest endeavors are being made from Auckland to get the New South Wales authorities to make enquiry into the sanity of Andrew George Scott, alias Moonlight. He was once in an asylum. The ilev. Shirley Baker, Wesleyan missionary, and called the " White King" of Tonga, arrived by the brigantine Myrtle, c.n route for the Sydney Conference, accompanied by David Nga, an influential Tonga chief. Private letters from Fiji say that a movement was on foot there to present tiie I'ev. G. Browne with :in address, but he discouraged and stopped the proceedings. He sailed in the Wesley on the 1-ith ulc. fer the Du're of York Island. GKAHAMSTOWN. December 4. A meeting of persons desirous of settling 011 land in the Upper Thames was held last night, when it was resolved to form an Association, whidi will probably eventually be affiliated with tlie Wellington Farm Association, Mr. M'Coullogh, the agent for the latter Association, was present, and explained the intended course ( .f operations. The Liberal Association lias passed a res->'u;.ion condemning thj Property Assessment Bill. A copy of the resolution will lyj forwarded to the Thames representatives. A proposal for the dismemberment of the Thames County is being discussed. At a meeting to-day it was proposed to add throo ridings to the municipality and form a highway district of the remainder.