WELLINGTON GOSSIP.
[Bv Telegraph.] Wellington, Oct. 21. It has been finally decided that Mr Nugent Wood, If. M., shall be transferred to Ashburton,Mr Guinness going to Collingwood. Mr McCulloch, of Invercargill, and Mr Carcw,of Lawrence will share between them Mr Wood’s work, both as magistrate and goldsfields warden. The other magisterial changes are still unsettled. The papers arc now received both the Auckland and Otago murderers—viz., Joe the Fijian, and Ah Lee, Chinaman. It is probable that the fate of both prisoners will be finally decided at an Executive meeting to bo held next Tuesday. The general opinion in well informed quarters is that the law will be allowed to take its course, and the capital sentence will be carried out in both cases. The Government is about to introduce a system of telephone exchanges under the powers conveyed by the Telegraph Act of last session. A large supply of instruments has been obtained, and the system will probably be in full operation very shortly in the four chief cities of the colony, 'Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin. It is understood that the charges will be very reasonable.—" Press ” Correspondedt.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2371, 22 October 1880, Page 2
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190WELLINGTON GOSSIP. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2371, 22 October 1880, Page 2
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