PER PRESS AGENCY.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1939, 22 March 1875, Page 2

PER PRESS AGENCY.

Auckland, This day. \ An immigrant by tliie Baron Aberdare was broughtPu]* at^tKe Police 'Court today charged with stealing a dog and a rug from the Cosmopolitan Hotel. He was arrested five hours after landing. Ten recently arrived immigrants by various ships were locked up on Saturday night on charges of larceny and drunkenness. Napieb, This day. A report has reached here, upon good authority, that Mr. Sheehan is going to resign the Provincial Secretaryship of Auckland, • and is coming to reside here as lawyer for certain natives in the Heretauhga Block case, and to be a sort of legal father to the Maories in H. E. Russell's interest. Wellington, This day. -. The Phoebe arrived from the South yesterday, full of passengers. Thirtyfive are diggers for Ohinemuri. She sails North about two p.m. Nblson, This day. , Afire broke out on Saturday at midnight in Everett Brothers' drapery establishment. The Bridge-street premisss and stock were entirely consumed. The loss is estimated at £5,500. Insurance pn the stock—Norwich Union, £1,000; . Victoria,.. £1,000; Standard, £1,000; building insured in the Liverpool and London and Globe; for £600. / Stock to the value of £200 was saved, but much damaged by fire and water. The adjoining premises were saved. The origin of the fire is unknown. . The men Jiad left the shop twenty minutes before the alarm was given.; The shop destroyed was the smallest of Everett's * \ Oamabu, This day. \ Yesterday a fire broke out in the morn-? at 1.30,, which destroyed nine shops, including 'the Allianoe Hotel. Approxi-

mate insurances—New Zealand, £3000; Royal," £750; South British £500 ; Norwich Union, £250; National, £150. Grave doubts are entertained as to the safety of the schooner Eurosyne, which left Otago heads for this port fourteen days ago and not since heard of. There are insurances on her to the extent of £2500. ; New Plymouth, Saturday. Te Whiti, at the Parihaka meeting, re the Opunake affair, said if the natives did anything to bring trouble oa themselves they might take the consequences. He refused to arbitrate or give any, ■advice. . ■■ ..:.:.::::. :~r::::- .:.:.:::, : t r:.r.-::\. '■..:: Chbibtchurch, Saturday. Malvern Hills coal' of excellent quality is now being sote in Christchurch. Efforts are being made for forming a i coal mining company on a large scale. The railway to White Cliffs, the principal coal district in Malvern Hills, will shortly be completed. Some of the citizens, who are greatly dissatisfied at the conduct of certain, members of the City Council, have got i up a requisition to| a local chimney sweep, asking him to come forward as a candidate to fill a vacancy now in the Council, the opinion being, that if he is elected the City Council will resign in a, body. The requisition has been largely signed. Cadet Willis, the only cadet who is qualified to fire for the cadet championship, is unable to compete owing to illness.