NEW ZEALAND.
[PEB PBBSS ASSOCIATION]].
AUCKLAND, April 26, Welcome!
The mail steamer brings Lady Gordon and family, and Captain Knollys.
Clergymen and Clowns. The City of Sydney sailed this afternoon for San Francisco with a large number of passengers, amongst whom were the Bev. A. Beid, Wesleyan representative for the (Ecumenical conference, and tho Bov. 0. M. Pym, whose services here were recognised Dy a farewell meeting. Cole’s circus is also on board. SmotheredAn infant child, named John Howard, has been found dead in bed. It is believed to have been accidentally overlaid by its mother. WELLINGTON, April 26. Profitable Slip. The annual report of tho Patent Slip Co. shows a credit balance 'of £2307. The directors recommend tho payment of a dividend of 5 per cent. OAMABU, April 26, Scholastic. The Board of Governors of the Waitaki High School to-day accepted the plans of Messrs Forrester and Lemon for the High School buildings. The buildings when com ■ pleted are estimated to cost about £SOOO There were three competitors for a bonus of £2O, one set of plans being from a Dunedin firm. It is not contemplated to spend at the present time more than about half the sum mentioned, the plan beisg arranged so that the building can be completed so soon as ne* coseity arises. DUNEDIN, April 26. The Liberator. The Hon. W. Eolleston was in Dunedin today. Sixty of the Maori prisoners are to be released, and will go North by tho Hinomoa on Thursday. Thirteen remain behind. Tram Accident. Garrett, who was injured by the tramway accident, still remains unconscious. INVEEOABGILL, April 26. Child Drowned. Edmund Froggat, aged three and a half years, son of Mr Oabel Proggat, of Longbush, was drowned in a water hole on Monday lest. Tug of PeaceThe Bluff Harbor Board at its meeting today declined to endorse Mr Oraig’s motion affirming the desirableness of purchasing a steam tug for the harbor. The majority of the members were of opinion that the trade of the port did not yet warrant it.
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Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2235, 27 April 1881, Page 3
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