The Dunstan Times CLDYE, FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1886. SPECIAL TELEGRAMS

Dunstan Times, Issue 1261, 30 April 1886, Page 2

The Dunstan Times

CLDYE, FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1886. SPECIAL TELEGRAMS

Beneath the rule of men entirely Jus» The pen is mighticrthan the sword.

[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.]

(From our Correspondents),

Dusepis, April 29, 7.50 p.m,

A t Land Hoard yesterday plans of roads in Vincent County on which Council proposed to spend LlO2, were approved. J. ill. Wing asked thac when Section 33* Block 1, St. I'athans, is ofleied* it

should be burdened with L3O yaluatiojj fo'r improvements. Referred, to -the District Land Officer./

At half yearly meeting of Bank New Zealand, Auckland, 1 yesterday, a dividend of 15 per cent, was declared, and L 30,000 carried forward Cerise and Blue won Sydney Gold Cup yesterday, Silvermine second, and Britisher third; .poly ninth. - V The Taupiiran, ashore yesterday morning about three miles from Giss borne, but after being lightened she steamed off into port. She has sustained considerable-damage. From census returns both Wellington and Invercargill show increase in population. . Tho loss on New Zealand Industrial Exhibition is stated at L 8.500.

At the Thames a terrible fatality occured about ’ 3 b’clock yesterday afternoon, by which twominers, named Thomas Casley arid' Hugh .Dill, employed in the Caledonian Company’s mine, lost their lives. It appears that while working at the lowest level of the mine the gas rose suddenly, and they, were overpowered by it before they. were able to escape,. An information has been laid against the manager of a Fire and Life Insurance Company in Wellington for embezzlement of a large sum of money. The authorities are very reticent, and refuse to disclose the name of accused. The amount is said, to be LI2OO.

At Land Board to-day, Mr Brown’s motions re advertising were agreed to after the, first had been amended to provide that ail unsold lands previously offered for sale shall be advertised once ia six months in the newspapers of such districts wherein such lands are situate.

The Two Thousand Guineas was run yesterday the first three being Ormonde, Minting, Mephistp. London, April 28 In response to the demand of the .Powers the Greet Government has issued a decide formally disbanding the first and second' class Greek reserves.

! The ships of the combined squadron which receently left the Piraeus have returned to that anchorage. The men composing the outpost captured by the rebels near Suakin have been released.

The majority of the Australian cricketing team have arrived, the remainder being still on the Continent. '

The American fishing smack which was seized by the Canadian authorities off Nova Scotia has been released. Mr Strangway. .has written a letter, to tire ‘ Daily Chronicle,’ in which he states that Home rule will prove unworkable,'and if given effect to will destroy the unity of tha Empire.