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lino it -will also relieve their property of -water, in fact be a great benefit to tlie ratepayers generallj about these. parts, xp 4 Wabd. I have had the bush that was left standing on !Flyger's Line felled and cleared off road. This work was occasioned through • letter-that was received ■from Mr. Walker by the Chairman, re said trees— (letter attached.) No other work in this ward during tihe month. r r . irp 6 wjj&i*. I gave instructions to^Mr. Staee to carry oat certain repairs to, Te Matai Lagoon, by fencing and metalling same. This work, was really necessary, as the road' across lagoon was getting impassable. NO. 5 wakd. The culvert at Honarj'a i9 finished^ I visited Mr. Knight's at Fitzherbert side of river, and pointed out the route for do • viation of road line through his property. The .whole of the bush-felling contracts under the County Council sre being pushed on with. Fresh contracts were let at last meeting of the Council for. the balance of' bush-felling both north and south. KQ. 7 WABB. ' i The bush-felling under the Oounfcy <?quuis being carried out. No work being carried out under this Board. LATEST CABLEGRAMS. ■ .. \"■ . • ■ [REUTEB'S yELTGBAMS.] ■■■««. ■♦ v —^ a ' London, Jtjne 9. ; A, TEE WOOL' SALE*. The wool sales closed to-day. The total quantity catalogued during the sales amounts to 360,000 bales, and 25,000 bales have been held over. Merino, wools ha™ closed at par, and cross-hreds are 2d to 3d lower, coarse sorts being 4d lower. LATEST NEWS. -. T+ (FIB PBSSS ASSOCIATION.) r ■ ♦■ Wellington, Friday BTight. PARLIAMENTARY. In the House to-day, it wasj> stated that Jonas Woodward has been acting temporarily as publics trustee, as he resigned the office on the first of May. THE MAIEoCONTRACT. The San Francisco ,mail contract could not be terminated before 1883. " THI EVIDENCE BILL. Mr. Downie Stewart's Etidence Bill irat read a first tune, T BHARMACY BILL. Mr. Dick's Phar«aoy Bill h^s been read a second time. , : ' .■ TSE TAX, The Hon. the Treasurer stated that a new and simpler form of- schedule, in connection with the Property Tax would be issued, and the time, extended; for lending.them in. •• ELECTIQN PETITIONS BOLL. : The debate i« proceeding on the second reading-pf-the Election Petitions Bill. MORE IRISH DISTRESS. A message has been received from the Lord Mayor of Dublin, asking that Irish Relief Committees' should, not close subscription lists, as further assistance, is much- -needed during next two months. SLY GROgTsELLERS, The police, have made a. raid upon sly grog seUersr Thirty-one informations hare been laid. IMPOETANT GOLD DISCOVERY. ' - Kwhaba, Fridaj night. ' A most important disooverv of- gold has been made by the Long Tunnel Race.' Compaaj. T OO / have been two and a half years bringing the. tunnel through- a- reef which exists between Dwnedfin; Plat an,d the Teremakau Biver t and have, just broken through into the <wash, which for 30 feel ■ averages one grain to the dish. This is 130, |eet below the surface. As the lowest ground at present worked JiaS/b'oea 40 |e#t, this discover/ is very important to ojvuers pf all ground below this depth. "' A LOST VESSEL. XKYBBOAB^IMfEriday nighli, is feared that the Stewart Island boat, Pride of the South, has been lost. .She left the Island on Friday last; and hps not been heard of since. The. crew, consists of three men under anr old resident known, as B,ob Davidson. _' - CORRESPONDENCE. ' +—- — ' t <i 5? t ,& nm *?* aiea t* <»l*unn. being Ql*« no.wsgjelbnfty can be aooepteA >n, iwpect «f qplfliow A GO^NT^ADICTION. T,0,T88 ?DITOB. Sm, — Id" your issue of the 6th I see a letter, signed "James Skerman." , I did give 'Mr. ~ Skerman credit for having, one small gram of manhood left, but I see by his letter he has not. He wo^ld try to put the whole 'blame of himself- and i» late committee, on *be, shoulders of Ms^Seaton. 122i " Mr * f. eat0 * *° d »° a** «k* b»* • n 3sng| to do witbTthe books givea by the. kti^T?aonui^Sohool' Committee to, eke. children. Now, Sir, I can say this is a deliberate untritfh, for ify. Beaton, at the re* quest of the Committee, bought tb* books, and that at one of the monthly, meetings ofthe Committee. b»oufht,alil the, books into the sohool for its approval. > If Mr. Skerman mu not present, it was hi* dutj- to l»ve bedn, r'iV as one of tie Committee, looked at the. books, and, like. Me.' Sherman, am to blame for net examing thim, oloaer, as it wai our- d^tj. ' The next I saw of the books wae in M* W* P*dd wk, and Mr. Bkerman taking- ohajfe- of them. Two ov three nights after I'saw Messrs. Baker and Allorby with them, in, a wheelbarrow, taking them to Mr. Skerman, at the. school, they wf re. thej w«re all kid out before Mr. Skerman, at the- school, and- he took them, as Chairman of th* Committee, andj and then had some of those that Mr. Staton had, written in altered, ta hjis. owa handwriting. Now, Sir, how can Mr. Skerman be so mean and contemptible to say h* had nothing to do w^th the books, after he had W& then* in, his charge fo*n,arly a week, u beyond the comprehension of humanity All Mr. Soaton had to do. wjfch the books was to buj them and submit them to the Committee for their approval} which" he aid, and we, as the Committee, are t&blame and npt Mr. Seatotv. jl think, the whole affair come* with twj bad grace t from the ,part^ ljb.o got the books to, run into the public 1 ?ress six months nfter }t was given, to ithe «Md, mi after to, fata*. \m UK tS