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Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 1045, 11 June 1883, Page 3

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WELLINGTON, June 9.* ; v.‘ I’heWellington Woollen Manufacturing Company was registered. this morning-.! , -: The? .Governor inspected >the -Government Printing Office while the bviilding was Ift* wiilr ihe electric light. He exr pressed’ satisfaction with .the- ; result fi obtained use of electricity as; an illuminator. His remarks on the building itself, however, were, .not compli..mentaiy*, as t .;/it is inconvenient- and unsuitable, for the purpose for which itis used/ „ c,, DUNEDIN, June 8. A well attended public meeting was held this evening in the Lyceums, under -the auspices of the Trades and Labour Council. Tbe Mayor occupied ‘the chair n and-xeso]nt|ons in favbVf S^Me^e'aitfehy^^anclilse; of ir the Eight ’Hoursßill; of an , .amend* ment of the Corrupt Practices ; Act :in the directions of limiting ; the expenses of any candidate to £SO, and'compelling , .candidates iq -lodge swown, statements of their 1 expenses'; of an, abolition of f pluralTvoting; and extending the hours of polling from 9 a.m. to B‘pmv; and of a‘ Workmen’s Lien Bill.. Messrs M, W. Green, Fish,* Barron, and Bracken, M.H.R.’s, addressed the meeting, and - were-read frona Messrs Stout '^aml-Bathgate.,