INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.
Auckland, May 2
A petition at the Chamber of Commerce is being signed consisting of an appeal to Government against the annexation of tho Now Hebrides by France. At a meeting of the Diocesan Synod, presided over by Bishop Oowie, a resolution deprecating the annexation was carried.
Petitions to the General Assembly and ' City Council being signed praying for a repeal of the operation of the Contagious Diseases Act, _ It is expected that 300 will be present at the Bryce banquet to-morrow afternoon including members of the Ministry and seventy members of the Legislature. Tue Mayor will preside.
Hokitika, May 2t. Heavy gales swept over tae town last night. One or two old buildings were blown down or .ithor wise injured, and fences, roofs and chimnios were damaged. The river is flooded, a heavy sea is breaking, and shipping movements impossible.
Dunedin, May 21. la tho District Court to-day, Judge Ward ruled that Mining Companies cannot make bills of exchange.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1424, 22 May 1886, Page 2
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162INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1424, 22 May 1886, Page 2
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