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Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2244, 7 May 1881, Page 1

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CpBB PE3SS ASSOCIATION.] AUCKLAND, May 7. Hace-Sweeps. Tho charges against Abbott, for holding sweeps on races, again failed to-day, the informations being ruled bad on an objection taken by defendant's counsel. HAWEEA, May 7. Accidentally ShotIt has been reported that a man was shol on the Waimate Plains to-day. On making enquiries, it was ascertained that the affair took place on tho Mountain road. Two men, who were seated on a bullock dray, got down and gave chase to a pig. In the excitement, one shot the other through the thigh. Dr. Richards attended and dressed the wound. The oas jfa serious. The g m was loaded with slugs. It is teared the limb will have to be amputated. WELLINGTON, May 7. Parliament Further Prorogued. Parliament is further prorogued until two o'clock in the afternoon of June 9th. DUNEDIN, May 7. Equine Glanders Infectious? At Portobello two children, aged four and and two, died under peculiar circumstances. Dr. Brown, who attended them, said these deaths were the result of blood poisoning from glanders communicated by a horse, but enquiries, instituted by the police, failed to discover any horses so diseased in tho locality. INVERCARGILL, May 7. More Slips of the Tongue. Mr McOaughan, member for Riverton, has decided to not resign, and addresses his constituents before next session. Mr Hirst, member for Orepuki, also addresses his constituents. Population. The census returns for Invercargill Males 2375 ; females, 2222 ; total, 4597, an increase of 836. Suburbs (approximate), 3214 • Riverton, 1191, of whom 113 are Chinamen. ’