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. ... «. - Wellington, Monday, 7 p.m. At the declaration of the poll at the Hutfc to-morrow, Valentine, a resident of the Lower Hutt, will ester a formal protest against' Mason's election, on the grounds of bribery and corruption. It is stated that Climie professes to be able to show a superior gvadient to the one selected, by which to take the Wellington-Foxton Bailway. It is reported a lot of the workmen on the Wadestown section of the West Coast Railway were discharged last Saturday. ' The Working Men's Eights League is about to agitate the land settlement question. It is proposed to obtain the names of a hundred men with some little means *vho are anxious to form a settlement on the _4a»<3- It is contended the Govern ment could afford a free grant of 100 acres ftaeh, if they reserved every alternate allotment, and sold it tit a } future time when the labor of the first settlers had increased its value. Mr Francis Burdett Joncß, of the United Methodist Free Church, has s~ conveyed" io the congregation, by / deed of gift, his house and land, valued at £800. 1 It is rumored the return of Hutchison for the City will be petitioned against, on the ground of alleged illegal practices, said to consist of adTertised free lunches, to which his« supporters were invited. *• Auckland, Monday, 7 p.m. At the Police Court to day, Thomas A; Owen, charged wiih permitting card playing in his hotel, on College Rood, was lined 20s and costs. ■A : singular discovery was nuade of ah immense trunk of a Puriri tree, at &£ ley.^, in excavating at Fort
Britomart. Portions will be sent to the Sydney Exhibition. The tveo must have been imbedded fur "g«s.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue 7, 16 September 1879, Page 3
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287LATEST. Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue 7, 16 September 1879, Page 3
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