WELLINGTON.
This day
At the inquest yesterday on the bodies of the lad Pearce, killed at Paliautenui by a throw from his horse, and the man McMaliou, who has been missing since the 22nd instant, the verdicts were in the first case accidental death, and in the latter found drowned. The Governor was entertained at dinner at the Wellington Club last night, seventy members being present. Those present included the Bishop of Wellington, the Hon. Walter Johnston, Major Atkinson, Sir James Pendergast, the Hon. John Johnston, and Colonel Pearce. The Longhurst case was considered by the Government this morning", and everything is now ready to be submitted for His Excellency's decision. The Hon. Mrßolleston returned from the South yesterday. He will proceed to Kawhia by the Stella to-morrow evening. At New Plymouth the Stella will embark the Hon. Mr Bryce and a survey party. The property tax receipts amount to £62,000. A cable message has been received by Captain Rose, the local manager of the New Zealand Shipping Company, to the effect that the British King, the first of the company's direct line of steamers, left Gravesend for this port on Friday last.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3605, 31 January 1883, Page 3
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193WELLINGTON. Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3605, 31 January 1883, Page 3
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