NEW ZEALAND.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 4207, 7 October 1886, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

(Pan Pbbbs Assooutioh.)

THIS DAY.

Sudden Death

New Plymouth,Oct. 7. The wife of a settler named Wakes, at Mokao, died suddenly in her sleep last night, it is supposed from heart disease.

Gold Shipment. Hokitika, Oct. 7.

The Bank of New Zealand have shipped 2000 ounces of gold and bullion, valued at £BOOO, being a fortnight’s purchase.

Determined SuicideBlenheim, Oot. 7.

Daniel Wilson, a settler at Upper Pe'oros Valley, and a member of the Road Board, shot himself in the forehead to-day. Presentation, Mr J, H. Hutchison, J.P., was presented yesterday on his seventieth birthday with an illuminated address and purse of 50 sovereigns in recognition of his services as the oldest member of the Presbyterian Church. An Order of ReleaseWellington, Oct. 7. At a Catduet meeting it was decided to recommend the Governor to sanction the release of P. K. Walty, now undergoing a sentence of five years for forgery, on January 1, when ho will have served about half his time. Walty has shown exemplary conduct in the gaol where be has rendered considerable assistance to tbe authorities. Returning from KimberleyMessrs Stewart and Cooper’s barque Kentish Lass, which took diggers to Cambridge Gulf have received a cable message from the Captain stating that the vessel left Wyndbamfor Melbourne and Wellington, on the 20th instant with a large number of men who are returning from tbe field. Scabby Sheep.

The flocks on the Clarence runs in tbe Kaikonra district, taken over by the Government under the Scab Act, are coming in clean. Five or six thousand sheep have recently boon dipped. Sheep Conference!

The Sheep Conference at Sydney is now considering the regulations for dealing with foreign sheep and cattle and expect to finish on Friday. Mr Mackenzie was not allowed to vote. Reform Wanted-

The case of Peate, who was acquitted on a charge of larceny as a bailee without a stain on his character, has drawn attention to the fact that there is no provision in the First Offenders Act for extending its advantages to men who have previously been honorably aoquitted. Hew Zealand Declines-

The Government have determined pot to take part in the Adelaide Jubilee Exhibition, as they consider the expense too heavy and not worth while unless we can make a proper display. .Besides, all the Public Works and Mining Departments exhibits are at London, and it would cost a great deal to replace them. The Loan* Tenders were.called to-day in London for the New Zealand loan of £1,325,000, together with £242,000 of inscribed stock, representing the_ equivalent amount of tte District Railways debentures hold by the Government. These two amounts make the total referred to in the cable on the subject. The minimum is fixed at 97.

A Legal Point* Alfred Waters, convicted yesterday of forgery, was sentenced this morning to 18 months’ hard labor, subject to the decision of the Court of Appeal on the SJon whether a cheque not being in could be held to bo forgery. The Midland Railway. Mr Soott and other representatives of the Midland Railway Company had a long interview with the Minister of Public Works re the preliminaries neoessary to starting the work. Piie. Dunedin, Oct. 7. A five-roomed house at Rothesay, owned by Mr S. Bolton, was destroyed this morning. The insurance is £l5O in the Sooth British Office. Racing. Owners of racehorses are reminded that the entries for the Dunedin Cup mast be in the bands of the Secretary (Mr James) before 9 o’clock on the evening of Saturday, Oct 9.