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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 629, 25 July 1882, Page 2

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(Fr.OM oufl ows Coucespondsnt.) SALE OF THE EXHIBITION. CwnjsrcflUßCH, July 24. The EshJbi.'ion BoiUUng was bo'c* iodrtv. It was oot up aa a whole at fiiSt. and went to £i)G00. Mr Jouoeit said lie would lake a i»id over £3999 for it. Nobody, however. Wα luo £4000, so it was sold off piecemeal. WOODSI'OCK NEWS. The Canteruury boys at ilie Woodsfock ru&h, near Hokitika, are gectiog half an ounce to the load. The whole field is p.iying well, less a few dutt'ere. FATBER LUCK. Fjttiinr Lack, Uie new'y appointed Auckland Roman Caibolic Bishop, is of the Benediciine order. SUDDEN DEATH. Edward Walker, booiraaker,, dropped dead at Onebnnga yesterday. THE WAR SCARE. The Opnnake constaoolary go to WeJJingion for ariiUlery practice. MOKE GOLD. Another gold-benim" reef has been struck at Langdon H.SIJ, Paparoa Range. DEATH BY DROWNING, At Balcln-ha ye&terciay morning, Mr Fergus Ferguson, teller jo the Colon ; al Bank, and Mr Robett King, of the National Bank, went lo oa»be in Ihe river. They swam across, and on <he relmn King wae eeiV.ed wi(h cratiip. and reacdett the i bank with difficulty. King missed Fe>guw)n shoitly afierpaning with him. and jhe was not seen after. Fergnbon wa» a > young man, unmarried, and bit) father h a clergyman at Glasgow; FIRE BALCLDTHA. Grant's Temperance Boel, Balcluiha, was burned down Hvh morning. The building, with the whole of Ihe cooients. was consumed. The for-iuer was iabuved for £250 in the Siamiaid, £250 in the Norwich Union, and £300 in the Vicioria, and fho fuvnilu-e for £200 in ide Souih British. PARLIAMENTARY PRIVILEGES. In the case of Hugh McColl, a member of the Victorian Assembly, sommoued for payment of a debt of £30, Judge Higginbothara decided, at Melbourne, that as the money had been received by a member ef Parliament, be could not bo proceeded against.

THE GCIAFi'ON BANK ROBBERY. - The police at Syo'oey found £2700 in an old house, oa»;t of thf> money concealed by Mcßride, ihe tiller of the Gvafton branch of (he Australian Joint Siock Bank. WANT OF CONFIDENCE MOI'ION* Politically things ace ciilicivl. The latest is that Mr de Lftutoor is to bring down a want of confidence motion on the House meeting to night. The opposition reckon on a majority, and romonj a7e afloat aa to who would fora the ministry. Sir G. Grey is spoken of as Premier, Mr Montgomery or Mr Dargaville as treasurer, ; Mr Wrightpublic works, Mr Macandrew / lands and immigration, Mr do Lautoujaj mines, Mr Hutchison education, and attorney general Mr Holmes or Mr Weston. Sir G. Whii more will represent the Government in the Upper Should Mr de Lautour do so, the Government will immediately move the adjournment of the Bouee, and the debate will commence to-morrow. The Government, however, seem sanguine of their position?*!