WELLINGTON.
December 28. | The steamer Stella, which arrived last evening from a cruise to the southern lighthouses and sounds, reports that Sergt.-Major Kelly and Mr Allan, the returning officers at Jackson's Bay, left that place about a fortnight ago for Hokitika, and have not since been heard of. A search party has been out four days, but without finding at trace of them. The Government have not received any intelligence of tbe missing returning officer for Jackson's Bay beyond a communication from Mr Giles, the chief returning officer at Hokitika, stating that he had not received the returns from Jackson's Bay, and asking that the declaration of the poll might be postponed for a few days. The Government have under consideration the appointment of a commission to consider the land claims of volunteers who took part in the wars in New Zealand.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3272, 28 December 1881, Page 3
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142WELLINGTON. Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3272, 28 December 1881, Page 3
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