NEW ZEALAND.
(Per Press Association.) Auckland, last night. Dr Bamford, an Opposition candidate for the'City*'East at the coming elections, addressed a large and • enthusiastic meeting at the Forester’s Hall last evening. He criticised the administration of the Government; He was m favor of the present liquor law and a Bible in schools referendum, and also spoke in favor of the freehold. , In the Supreme Court Edward Percy Palmer, for obtaining money by false pretences, was found not guilty and discharged. Tane, a half-caste Maori, was sentenced to two years’ hard labor for indecently assaulting a girl under seven years of age. News from Tonga states that the High Commissioner recently visited tho island in H.M.S. Torch. It is announced that the return of the deported Premier has been postponed indefinitely. Tho King is depressed, owing to his protests to the Imperior Government being ineffectual. Affairs are working smoothly under the new' Government.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1536, 18 August 1905, Page 1
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