INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS
Ln» VXITSD FBKBS ▲SteGUTIOH. Woodviub. This Day. At a public meeting held here last night resolutions were carried condemning the proposal to hand over a portion of the Manga tainoko Block to the Wellington Harbor Board, and that members for the Hawkes Baj and Waipawa be requested to support the resolution, also reaommending the vote for the railway between Woodville and Pahiatua be expended •■ the opening of the Crows Lands. AucKLUfD, Sept. 2. At tke half •yearly meeting of the Mercury Bay Timber Company a dividend wh declared at the rate of 10 per cent. | This Day. The Doric arrived from Plj mouth via Teneriffe, the Cape and Hobart, at 9 a.m. this morning. Passengers all well. Oa August 21«t a oarpenter named William Smith fell overboard and was drowned. WituvoTOV, Sept. 2.
At the B.M. Court this morning II rs Nieholls, the wife of a labour at the Upper Hatt, was charged with having, on the 18th August, committed a breach of the Public Works Act by placing her ohild oa the railway line. The magis* trate thought the ease was one of carelessness, and as the woman had had trouble enough to make her more caatieas in future, he dismissed the ease. This Day.
The Wellington Hospital Commission commenced sitting this morning, and is open to the Press. It it understood that Dr Chilton will refuse to give evidence he having taken proceedings against the Government for alleged wrongful dismissal.
An eid man, aged 80 years, named Tayler, who was ene of the promoters ef the eight hours system in the colonies, is dead.
A mas named James Walden has been arrested on a charge of being implicated in the tarring case at the Hutt.
Nwimou, September 1.
A mennter meeting in connection with the formation of the tfelson branch ef the East and West Coast Railway League nu held to-night, when the several resolatiom were earned amid it cheers, and great enthusiasm prevailed. A strong representative committee was elected, and a large number signed a pledge to further the objects of the league, and paid a shilling each as entrance fee. M r Pratt was in the chair, and amongst the speakers were the Bishop of Nelson and eountrv residents.
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Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 36, 3 September 1885, Page 2
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