INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.
(per press association.) 1 Auckland, May 18. A child of 51c O. 00tn.838 was tojured at Te Aroha by the explosion of dynamite whioh it had picked op and waß flattening with a hammer, The eta'emsnt that applications for passages by the Te Aqsu to Sydney on Wednesday had to be refuuecl turns out to be Incorrect, as the V69sel could have taken twenty more m the steerage, At the annual meeting of the Northern Steamship Company to-day the report showed a loss of £660 10a on the year's business. The Directors recommended Oaptala McGregor's retirement from the management, and the appointment of a traffic manager instead, ■ A motion " That the Directors be requested to take immediate steps for the winding up of the Company's affifrs," was dlaoa;sed and loot by a large majority. Over 1800 signatures were obtained here to the petition against the property tax. Wellington, May 18 A private oable states that Shaw, Savlll and Albion Steam Company hive deolared » dividend of 5 per oent. At the Olty Oounoll an animated dissuasion took plaoe over the recent reduoiion of 61 per day m laborers' wages, arid the remit waa the reinstatement of the former amount. Dunedin, May 18 A movement Is on foot to amalgamate the three boroughs of South Duaedin, St Kllda and Oaverth&m Inveroargill May 18. The Southland Caledonian Society tonight oonfirmad a resolution to wind- up affaire, and allow the raortagees of their grounds m Inveroargill to sell. The area' comprises an entire town bock of five and a-half aorea. Ti.e Society waa an Incorporate body, tha members being shareholders. mtmm ___________
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1845, 19 May 1888, Page 2
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269INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1845, 19 May 1888, Page 2
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