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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 23, 25 June 1885, Page 3

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(tslslsP HR KSS ASS< >CI A.TIO N . ) I ■ VB " ; Wellington. We«liK^lajjr : .' v . George Hill, a farmer at tlie' Lower Hutt,.dted*^d3nly this morning. Mr Booth has conclude'! his temper. ance mission, and has been presonted with a. cheque anJ silver mounted emu-, inkstand,.** an acknowledgment of his services; m the temperance cause ; dnrjn<j the past three weeks. - 1 lie mentioned that during' his mission 1873 pledges -wen* : taken, and 3704 blue ribbons were distributed. The choir presented Sirs BootK-wittia portfolio of New Zealand sc«nes, painted m water colours by Mr Barraud, ot Wellington. :•■ /<"■ • - l ~ At the inquest on the lad 'Seed a Terdict r of accidentally -shot was. reIt ji^uhaGrstood that Major Crowe, • who has. for nearly twenty years filled the position of assistant* storekeeper: m the Defence Department, has "resigned his office, and is about to rfltlre^oit'penBion.- The Government - have flowed MajortGrowe six- montb,s.leave pf f , absence ow-fiillpay -prior to his retirement as a recognition of hia services. The Wellington Woollen Factory held their* first annual meeting ' to-night. Everything has now. been satisfactorily arranged for the carrying on of tib^ operations, .^" ." •"•• ••■' ■■'■■'*•' " At a,', meeting of the of th« Government Life Insurances Association held this atternoon the regulations for the purposes of the meeting to be , held on the 26th inst., respecting the. voting on the -subject of local boards, were amended so , as to make proxies valid that tiije examined and/vertiiied up to time of meeting. Thu allows further time fo£ :\h» receipt of proxies from a , distance. , . Oamaru, "Weclnfsday. Henry and Margaret Poole were .today committed lor trial at the Supreme Court for illtreating Edward Poole, a small boy, and the soruand step-son respectively of the accused. . . DrrNKDTN, .Wednesdny, In Banco to.day Judge Williams upheld the action of ttfe' South punedin Licensing Committeef*h^ldihg that- they were -right m preventing an applicant lor a license or for a renewal fropa withdrawing his application at any time. .'ln'"' the. Waiinea Plains railway case tK« Judge held .that, aa- beyond doubt 5Jd m the £ will raisVan amount greater by several hundred pounds than the company is authorised, to raise, the whole rate is invalid. " Th,e, appeal was dismissed with costr. ; v :