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(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT). Dunedin, July 17. Michael McVamee while working in Canhams wood ard at Auckland, yesterday, fell on to a circu’ar saw, he had one arm cut off and the other nearly severed hfe died in the afternoon after amputation. Prom the tenor ot cablegrams re ceived to-day, it seems as if war between France and China is inevitable. Up to thejpresent time the following have been returned as members of the House:—W. Barron, Caversham ; ■ r ■ ewmun, Th radon ; J W. Thornsn, i Intlia ; J Alacandrew. Pit Chalmeis; Hon. K. Bicliardsm, Kaiapoi; E. Wakefield, Leeston; Mr Fyke, DimsUn; Sir Geoige Grey, Auckland ; don. Mr Micheisoo, Marsden. '1 here is nothing sta tling in election matters, it is generally conceded that the contests for the four city seats and for Bcslyn are very open. A large amount of money da. peuds ou the contests In many cases strong language is occasionally indulged in.
Mr Larnach is looked on as safe, though many;.think chut Hodge will run him very close on the Flat.
The Mayor of Waunate has telegraphed to ihe Government asking lor work for the unetnpl .yecl. The Government have requested Mr Marsh to enquire into the mutter Dr Keywarth has resigned his position as resident surgeon to the Wellington hospital, in consequence of ill health.
The Zealandia, with the .Tune English mails, left San Francisco for Auckland on th« 6th mst.
The Rev C. S. Ross has resigned charge of the Presbyterian Church w Anderson’s Buy. *
At the Education Board yesterday, Mr Green gave notice of ihe following motion for next meeting :—That in future the kind of punishment inflicted on the boy Ross in tjie Dunback school be prohibited in the public schools within this district, and the .Secretary write to all schoolmasters in the Board’s service intimating that any master will be summarily dismissed on its being proved that he has inflic ed the puni.'hmeat termed and known as riding the donkey. This decision not only includes whipping boys on or across a form, but also prohibits the monuting of a boy on the back of another while a whipping is inflicted-
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Dunstan Times, Issue 1168, 18 July 1884, Page 2
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359SPECIAL TELEGRAMS. Dunstan Times, Issue 1168, 18 July 1884, Page 2
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