NEW ZEALAND.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 3362, 12 January 1884, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

SECOND EDITION

(Pkb Press Association.) THIS.iDAT. Bishop RedwoodNew Plymouth, Jan. 12. Bishop "Redwood arrived by the Rotorua this morning, to lay the founddation stone of a large convent on Sunday. He was escorted through the town by the brass band. Lands CourtThe Native Lands Court at Waitara this morning, decided the claim in the Mokau district in favor o£Te Weteno. There was a large gathering of influential chiefs. A Brute in Human ShapeWanganui, Jan. 12. At the sitting of the Police Court this morning a settler named Thos. Hollywood was fined £lO for cruelly illtreating a horse by overriding. The evidence went to show that the defendant was drunk, and rode the horse, an old racer named Astronomer, to such an extent that it fell down on the road from pure exhaustion. Its legs were terribly swollen, and one of the back tendons was burst right through, and the sides of the poor brute lacerated with the stirrups. The man was seen hitting the horse over the head with a riding whip to make him go when he could hardly move.

ShippingWellington, Jan. 12. Arrived, French barquentise Louise, from Role, Japan, 66 days out. The Loan Successfully FloatedTbeNew Zealand loan of one million, being the second million nnderthe Four Million Loan Act, has been covered. The Agent-General telegraphs that the whole loan has been placed above par. There were 600 tenders, the total amount tendered for being five million and seventy thousand pound s. Tenderers at £IOO 5s 6d receive 54 per cent, the remainder being placed above that price. The Public Accounts- ' The public accounts for the quarter ending December 31st, show the ordinary revenue, total, £1,197,337 16s 7d ; expenditure, £865,481 3s 3d ; balance, £331.856 13s 4d ; Land Fund receipts, £153,369 Is 4d ; expenditure, £65,830,16s sd; balance, £87,528 4s lid.