NEW ZEALAND.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2363, 13 October 1880, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

[Pee “Times” Special Wibb.] Return of Judge dimes. Auckland, Oct. 13. Judge Gillies and G. S. Graham, manager for the Colonial Insurance Company, are passengers by the Surat which left on September 24.

Pawnbroking Case. A pawnbroker applied to the Resident Magistrate under section 37 of the Pawnbrokers Act for compensation for stolen goods which he had been compelled to surrender. The magistrate declined the application. Clerical, The Right Rev Lord Abbott Alcock and the Rev S. Bracken, Benedictines, arrived by the Australia to establish a branch of the order here. The Australian Catholic Benefit Society will present an address. Meat Preserving. The Auckland Meat Preserving Company is rapidly extending its operations. The shipments are principally to country sawmills, the gum-fields, and South sea. Islands. Their prices are thirty percent below the imported. The plant is capable of throwing out 60,000 tons weekly. Boy Filibusterers. Wellington, Oct. 13. Three boys, between 14 and IG years of age, left their homes on Saturday morning, taking with them a horse, arms, and ammunition. Nothing has been beard of them since, but it is supposed they are in the Wairarapa disquires. The Police Stlrrabout. Dunedin, Oct. 13. The “ Star’’ says:—Consequent on the police changes coming into force on November 1 the colony will be divided into eleven police districts, each in charge of an officer. In the South Island there will be six districts, three in Otago, two in Canterbury, and Westland one. Weldon has charge of Dunedin extending from Lawrence to Oamaru. Hickson takes the Otago goldfields; Thomson, Southland : Broliam has charge of central Canterbury ; Moore, of Lawrence,taking Timaru and Ashburton. Vnklnd for the Police. It has been suggested that the £IOO offered by the Government in connection with the Kyeburn murder should be divided amongst the principal witnesses, other than the police. Golden Cement. The Weatherstones’ Cement Co., washed up 133 ounces for four weeks’ crushing, making 667 ounces for 90 days. £l2O lost by a Sack of Wheat. Inveucakgill, Oct. 13. Two horses valued at £6O each belonging to a settler near Riverton died from an overdose of wheat (foul feed) a bag of which was left by a neighbor on an unfenced section.