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Wellington, March 20. The legal disputes re, the administration of xhe will of the late. W. B. Rhodes are to be brought before the. Court of Appeal for its opinion. The Committee here are determined to give_an entertainment inaid of the Kaitangata svifferersr ~ v """' Many cases of typhoid fever are reported here lately; several terminated fatally. Complaints come from Wairarapa of the tightness of money, and the difficulty of obtaining accommodation. ■ : ' March 21-. • Dr. Gore Gillon, brother to E. T. Gillon, has been appointed Resident Surgeon to.the Wellington Hospital.-. The, Corporation, has imported a new road scraper. The Albion passed a large piece of a wooden vessel off Cape Campbell, supposed to be a.piece of the Soutliuiinster. • '. • The railway points on the Feathers* ton line are supposed to have been maliciously tampered with. | Cases jare to be prepared-fop .the Judges of the Supreme Court, so as to I finally settle, 'without itmiecessary ex- | perise, the question of making illegal j payments to members of the City Council. • i
The D'TJrville Island copper ore, sent to New castle'lo be smelted is "said to have yielded only 10 per cent copper. Fifty thousand pounds is due to the Government on immigrants promissory nntes. Great difficulty is being ex* perienced in oollecting them. Christchurch, March 21.
The Harbor 'Board intend to realise a loan of £200,000 for Harbor works; by £IOO debentures, redeemable in 50 years.
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Kumara Times, Issue 772, 21 March 1879, Page 2
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