WELLLINGTON.
Wednesday. ! A deputation from the City Council I waited upon Sir George Grey "to-day: regarding the bringing of ; the Contagious Diseases Act into force m Wellington. His answer was, he would not recommend the Government to bring the Act into force here. William O'Neil, the Masterton farmer • who , ran awayJiiwith a" settler's wife^ named Thomson, was arrested at Auckland on a charge of stealing linen, and remanded to Masterton. . In the prospectus of the Wanganui Steam Navigation Company issued today, capital £30,000, in ten pound shares, it is proposed to purchase the St. Kilda and Wallaby, and to continue- them m the cattle trade. Also, to purchase the Clyde for the Manawatu, Rangitikei and Patea trade, and obtain* a new . A steamer, capabl^of carrying* 150 tons, for the Wellington and Wanganui trade; There is a large provisional directory. . ' : ■''■"." '■•■' ■ ■■' ■ The Captain t>f H.M.S., Sappho has received instructions to proceed at onceto Samoa. The vessel leaves this evening. • ' - ■ - ■ . Sergt.-Major Chandler, Drill Instructor m Armed Constabulary Barracks .here for seven years^ Jiied^ suddenly.
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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 9, 17 November 1877, Page 2
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