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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1442, 31 August 1885, Page 2

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(united press association.) amabu,- aturday. • At a meeting of the local shareholders m the East Coast Native Land Company, a resolution was passed m favor of winding up the Company; and the sale of: the land m blocks every three months at tjje lowest price, scrip to be available for purchase m accordance with the original m- . tention. ' ' Timaru, Saturday. Information have been laid by the police against two chemists m Timaru for selling chlorodyne without labelling it "poison," and without registering m ■a book or obtaining the signature'q'fepurchasers. ■ ■ ' i-^:. ■ Hokitika, Saturday. The Bank of New Zealand .shipped yesterday., forjranshipment to Auckland,. 2582 ounces of gold, valued at ±10,100,, ' being the month's purchases. . , f ; Nelson, .Saturday A meeting wag vheld last night, afc. ' which it was resolved that a branch of the East and West Coast Railway League be established, m the Nelson district, with a view 5 of pVqlm'oting the construe- ' tion of the railway.' The Vice-Chancellor of the New Zealand University, the Rev. J. C. Andrew, bestowed the University degree and dip^ louias upon two gentlemen and one lady yest6rday at noon. A B.A. degree and diploma was bestowed on the' Rev. W. H. Kay, of the Bishopdale Theological College, Nelson, and M.A. diplomas on i Miss Harrison, teacher of the Nelson Girls' College, and upon Mr Q. Harkness, late of Nelson College, now first master of tho Town School. The Vice* Chancellor delivered a very interesting address, and the; Provincial Hall waa crowded to witness the ceremony. Dunedin, Saturday. Eight graduates were presented publicly with their diplomas on Thursday night, one being a lady named Misa Freeman. The proceedings were much t more orderly than on previous occasions, admission being by ticket. James Black, a laborer, was found dead m his house at Kaikorai yesterday morning. He was a single man,- 85 years of age, and suffered from he»rt disease.