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| ANGLQ- AUSTRALIAN PRESS TELEGRAPH AGENCY.] Hokitika, Dec. 3. At ten o'clock this morning 800 hundred school children assembled in ,the Government House grpunds, and pres.enjted addresses to the Governor, Thp National Anthem was sung. The Governor held a levee in the Supreme Court House at eleven. About 50 were presented, and subsequently his Excellency visited the Gaol, Hospital, and Lunatic Asylum. A banquet is to be given in the Town Hall to-night. The Governor goes to Greymouth by the Titan to-morrow. Wellington, Dec. 3. The journeymen painters strike for 33s per day on the Bth of the month, if the masters do not agree to their demands. Dunedin, Dec. 3. The Immigration Barracks are besieged by. people wanting to employ emigrants. The aupply is not half equ&l to the demand. ' . The licensed victuallers have resolved to ask the co-operation of the victuallers in other Provinces for joint action 'in Parliamentary matters for the protection ] of the trades.
The licensing question has cropped up in an interesting form. The Bench considered they had no power to grant new licenses under the new Act. The counsel contended if the Bench had not power to grant new licenses, they could not transfer old ones. Ultimately all the cases were postponed for a fortnight to take the advice of the Attorney-General. Notwithstanding late arrivals, labor of all kinds is still in great demand.
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Grey River Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1664, 4 December 1873, Page 2
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