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Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 46, 25 July 1877, Page 2

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[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.]! [PBR PHEBS AdSOCIATIOH.] Wellinoton, JJuly 24 At a large meeting of ratepayers, held last night, a resolution confirming the : desirability of carrying out the Te Aro reclamation scheme, and raising a hundred | thousand pound^lpr the purpose, was carried by a large '"majority. The Wellington Working Men's Club was formally opened last night. A dreadful event occurred last; night, at Taup, Ohinemutu. Over twenty Na» tives were poisoned through eating out of a pot in which there was verdigris. Three died, four recovered and a number are still ill. They attribute their illness to witchcraft. Drß Walker and Campbell went during the night to the scene of the occurrence. Several sharp shocks" of earthquake were felt here last night. A cablegram from London notifies that a patent has been granted by tbe Grand Lodge to G. S. Graham, as District Grand Master, E.C., for Auckland Provincial district. Auckland, July 24. At a meeting of Meyer's creditors, the estate was rested in M'Farlane, as trustee. T, he Union Sash and Door Company has declared a dividend of twenty.fi ve per cent. The s^hip Yosemith, from London brought an iron steamer, in sections, for the North Perry Company. A deputation, representing three hun» dred unemployed is about to wait on the Mayor for work; A Maori woman has been apprehended carrying a dead child in bundle under her arm. It is supposed that she killed it accidentally in a fit of drunkenness.