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South Canterbury Times, Issue 7062, 7 February 1893, Page 1

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(Pee Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Per Press Association.) (Received 7.45 p.m., Feb. 6th.) A VISITOR’S OPINION. Sydney, Feb. 6. Sir Charles Lilley, late Chief Justice of Queensland, who has returned from a tour through New Zealand, in the course of an interview, spoke in terms of high admiration of that colony, and referred eulogistically to the personnel of the fiallance Ministry. He said that he found that as a democratic community New Zealand was far in advance of the other Australian colonies, and the people had every prospect of enjoying solid comfort and prosperity in the future. (Received 12.45 a.m., Feb. ’Zth.) NEW SOUTH WALES POLITICS. A Cabinet meeting was held to-day. It was stated that the Government will not resign or ask for a dissolution as they have received the support of a number of members who voted against them in the recent division^* which < Dein s taken to punish ' are a large.number of i many individuals, and the < dummyism, making false 1 to evade the Act, and ] range from forfeiture 1 of the and I’nea of £SOO ! and long case it is an individual »nr- not members of associations who arc inv " - Mr O’Hera Smith, of the Lands Ar . ,rtmant is at New Plymouth inatf’ j’.i •. proceeding®. The Government state fare: v.-fit shortly be | inaugurated on 1500 acres some beyond | Feilding. I The man Jacobson, referred to in a * Melbourne cable as having disappeared from | Pahiatua district, formerly worked at bush-1 falling as the mate of Smith, alias Aldridge, | arrested at Melbourne. Jacobson disappeared unaccountably two years ago, and as far as is known, bas not since been heard of. Aldridge is now alleged to have disposed of some clothes which bad belonged to Jacobson. The Government steamer Stella will shortly be submitted to auction. A young woman, giving her name as Mrs Friend, died at the bouse of a midwife in Cuba street to-day. The woman had been confined of triplets. One child was born alive on Friday night, and the other two children was bom dead last night. When medical aid was sought, the woman was lying in her bed pulseless, blanched, unconscious and dying. The doctor concluded that there had been severe hemorrhage. An inquest will probably be held. Recessed was between thirty and forty years oldThe executive of tbe Wellington District of the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows, have decided to recommend at the annual meeting that, owing to the insurance surrender values not being ready for adoption, and as some of the districts have not sent in their decision as to the questions submitted to them from tbe Nelson conference, the proposed conference in connection with tbe jubilee at Easter be not held. The arrivals in New Zealand daring Jana* ary were 3418 persons, and tbe departures 1513 leaving a gain to the colony of 1905. In the same month last year the arrivals exceeded tbe departures by 673. OHBISTOHUROH, Feb. 6. The Eev- L. M. Isitfc has informed the ! Awericw committee that recent events have

rendered the obtaining of the direct veto of such paramount importance that be has determined to give up his proposed trip to the Prohibition States and to spend the time between this and next Parliamentary election lecturing throughout New ZealandDUNEDIN, Fbb. 6. The valuation of rateable propeaty in the city of Dunedin is £251.100, as against £251,810 in 1892. The decrease is attributed to the fact that while depreciation in value has been operating, very few new buildings have been erected during the year.