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|_pbeßb agency,) ~ j;..; - Christchurch, March 26. • There are eighteen criminal cases set ttoWn for hearing at the Supreme Court, commencing, on Monday next. . The pity Council have arranged* the terms of agreement with the Tramway Company for tramways through the city. ' . - v. At a meetings of the. City Council last night, a division of the city into wards was proj»oaed, but the opinions <jf the collncillora were-so strong against it.that the proposal was withdrawn. The Gity.Douncil, owing to want of funds, are unable at present to under--take any new w.orks in the city. Blenheim, March 26. The special reporter to the Express Buys that two other payable terraces have been opened .at Wakamarina 2 between I)eep CreelsT and tlie ‘ffrfks., The prqpppob obtained at tile previously' reported terrace should be an ounce to each set of timber driven, not per tub. LATEST UNPUBLISHED, Dunedin, March 27. The Returning Officer has received a writ for the election of a member j-for the General Assembly for Port i Chalmers in the place of the Uon. W. j Reynolds resigned—Nominations take on the 6th April, and if there is more than one candidate, a poll will be taken on the 12th April. No candidate is yet in the held. Six thousand six hundred and nintyfour persons travelled on the Otago railways on Saturday last. Fielding, March 27. Mr Halcomhe employed a sluicing party to prospect Makin’s creek at the place where gold in quartz was lately found, and reports that no more gold has been discovered. He thinks Makin’s creek not auriferous at Fielding. Hokitika, March 27. ! .Before the Chief Justice this morn«L Twinning was acquitted of forgery. -Ho pleaded guilty to '-uttering ■ a cheque for £9, and was remanded .for sentence to-morrow. ’The Grand Jury brought in true bills against Hamer, Bank agent, on twelve charges of embezzlement and one of larceny ; also true bills against William Miller for wounding a cow, and the same charge against Timothy 0 Leary. The latter case is now proceeding. It is expected that Hamer wiil plead guilty. Hia defalcations are over £2,000.
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Kumara Times, Issue 468, 27 March 1878, Page 2
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