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Pahiatua Star and Eketahuna Advertiser, Volume 1, Issue 8, 6 July 1886, Page 3

The steamer Wallabi went ashore at Grdviiiouth on Saturday night, and now lien high and dry, out of reach of all but tiiiuaually high seas. Tli® I.and Court at Kihikihi is doing little owing to the Natives not having recovered from their drinking bout. Mr George lieetham has been reappointed a member of tli® Watte* Lands Board, his previous term of office having expired. Mr \V. C. Buchanan and others presented a jietition to the House, praying for the completion of the railway from Mauricevill to Kketahuna. The Petitions Committee to whom the petition was referred, report that the petition should be referred to the Government for consideration. The match at Cbeswick between Mr Thornton's Eleven and the Australian Cricketers was resumed and coiicluoed on Saturday. The first innings of the Home team closed for 157, and being IHB behind their ornaments, the Englishmen followed on, and wlten stumps were drawn had put together 180 runs for the loss of six wickets. The match was declared drawn*

The extent of inortu*f?ei on aifrienltnral holdings in Anoklemi is £2,909,816; New Plymouth, £450,006; Wellington, ; Hawke-. Boy, £1,614,239; Nelson, .£880,457; Marlborough, £191,547; Canterbury, £9,284.871 ; Otago, £5,866,. 601; Southland, £8,528,189; W.etland, £71,330. The total exceeds twenty-six millions.

From (ha Daily «• learn (hat at a mooting of (ha committee ot (be Master ton-Mangahao Special Settlement on Friday, the amended schema of the subdivision of the southern portion of the block was submitted bv the surveyor, Mr KUiaon, and approved. A plan of the whole of the sections, town acres, suburban, and rural sections, will )>e pre|iared and iu the liands of the committee in a week's time. A resolution was |>asaed to notify the members that sections would be alloted on July 34th. . A further call of Jk'H on accoiuit of survey aas made, to be paid before the allotment takes place. Mr KUison left Maalerton for the settlement on Saturday morning, and Mr Merchant will no doubt meet him there at an early dale to |iaaa the survey on behalf of the Government. A return show-ini’ the amount of honorarium and travelling expenses paid to each member of the several .Land Hoards in the colony from the Ist January, IHH3, to the 81st March last, has just been printed. The total amounts paid to the several land districts are as follows: Auckland. 43th4 10s; Hawke's Hav. CM* Ids 10d; larsnaki, AooO ltiti; Wellington. 4!H40; Marlborough, 4390 Us lid | Neleon, T 434 Os W ; Canterbury, 4*Bl 10*; Otago, Altts-J 7s 4d; Southland, XStW 9s 4d; Westland, CM* 4s. The following are the amounts paid to Wellington memT. Mason. *lB3 3s | H. Biumy. 4300 ,’stl; K. l’eaire, £l l G. Herthain, Ah 7; W. W, Taylor, 4.40; W. W. MoCar.ll*. 16s Hd; W. A. Fitiherbert, XIH 17s 0d ; A. Iteese. C2& IBs Bd.

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