NEW ZEALAND.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 3801, 21 June 1880, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

fPra Fbhbb AasooiATioir.l AUCKLAND, Jvss 20, Tne Proprieties. To-day being Coronation Day, H.K.S. Sfenoe fired a royal salute. AUCKLAND, Jtob 21. Discharged. Antoine St. Just M'Kay, charged on remand with endeavouring to induce Jules ■Joliot to commit an unmentionable offence, -was discharged this morning, the Magistrate tstating that the evidence was insufficient for ■committal. WELLINGTON, Jura 21. — Mere idle Rumour. The rumours that a serious difficulty had •risen on the West Coast are unfounded. Ifr Brjce has left on an offioial visit to Tsranaki, and he will return in two or three days. : NEW PLYMOUTH, Jxtsjs 21. A Fraud. James Hill, late Hospital Steward, was ■charged this morning with having fraudlently embezzled certain articles the property df the Hew Zealand Government, on or about the 19tji November last. From fiie -evidence of the principle witness, it appears that a draper supplied blankets, table linen, &c, to the late Steward, who substituted c fictitious voucher for the goods, and for which the Government pud. The prisoner was committed for trial at the next sittings of the -Supreme Court. Native Opposition. . The" Natives are still showing a tacit oppo> sition to the road parties to the south of the Stoney Eiver. They have erected several fences acroas the line of the road at Ifgakumikumi, and the constabulary have in •very instance pulled the fences down, only, lowever, to fini them re-erected by the Natives on the following day. It is impossible to tell what this opposition may lead to. Pile AwayThe first pile of the Waitara wharf will be driVen at four o'clock on Monday next. --■■:.:. WELLINGTON, Ottnk 19. TTnited we intend to Stand. At the Conference of licensed victuallers, *^.c following propositions will be discussed : That a. Licensed Victuallers' iFire Insurance Co. be formed, and the forming of an Association 'for the whole of the Colony, to be registered under the TTriendly Societies' Ait. Qff in a Harry. The steamer Binemoa sailed suddenly for Opunalce this afternoon. As the Native Minister was on board, her departure occasions considerable comment. DDNBDTN, Juhb 21. Gold Mining. Vinegar Hill, in the Duostan Creek district, ia looking well. Mills and Co. commenced washing up laßt week. Three buckets of stuff from the head of the tailrace before the paddock was cleaned down yielded 220 ■ ounces.' They expect to have on the whole about 700 ounces. this washing. . Bolver sen's claim at Hyde continues to give good yields. The Carnival. The benevolent carnival «o far has realised JBI4OO. INVEROABGiLL,.ffTJifE 21. Gold. i Parties working tho alluvial .ground some •thirty miles up the Waiau river lately came to Bivertan to sell their gold and get miners' rights. They let out that they are working on an area sufficient for five hundred men. The Waimea Hallway. Trains can now run on the Waimea railway 'to Gore and Lumsden termini. Fire. A draper's shop in the middle of ■« large block of •buildings had a narrow escape .from ■fire on-Saturday. A man was lighting the igas in a dressed window and accidentally jljghted some lace goods. A great blaze en.sued, which was fortunately extinguished •through the presence of mind of a man -who •stock to the fire till he knocked it out.