INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.
, (PBB PRESS 48SO0IATIOH.) . • Auckland. Daoember 10. The body of Robert GUsti, a firemin on board the tag boat A whins, was found m the harbor to-day. It Is supposed that the unfortonate man missed hla footing while going on board the vessel and was drownod. Wbllington, Deoember 10. The Grooeis of Wellington saom to have got tired of the praotfoa of giving Christmas boxeo, and some fifty of them notify they intend to drdp the praotiee. At a meeting of the . Committee for arranging the programme for January 220 d, it was virtually decided to have a medal attnok to commemorate the jablleo of the colony, The proposal for Maori canoe raoes, war dances, and swimming contest* for Maoris was favorably reoelved. Two of the canvassers annbnnoed that they had already collected £240. Charges of dlsaeniiriattng (ndeoent literature against Oogan nad Hill were heard this morning. The former, a boy, pleaded guilty, but tho oharge against Hill failed, beoause the Pulloe Offences Aot providoa only for s»le or wllfally offdilug or distributing, and ntithee coa'd be proved. Hill la now being charged on another oharge of oroourtng copies of the objeouonable stuff. It U s!a»ed that a nnmber of copies wuro distributed among the girls attending one of the public schools. M LaOnscade, Governor of Tahiti. M. Briere, hie private secretary, Madame Briera and two children liuve anived h;.-re en route for tfranoo, Thi purty h»d ntended to make a lengthy stay m New Z aland, but M. LaUaecide now fiada ha must ieive by tbe Doric f >r Rio de Janoiro on 'J hunday, wi ero he will juin one of tho Mtii-sugorioa Mariiimes Company's Bteamerß bound for France, visiting the Frenoh possessions at Senegal, Congo, aud ba oon en route, Dunkdin, Daoember 10 The wool brokers mat to day to consider a p tifcion of the farmers for a return to tho ayfltom of bidding £d at the wool sales. After a general diaouaaion it was deolded to confer with tho buyers on the matter.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2299, 11 December 1889, Page 2
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339INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2299, 11 December 1889, Page 2
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