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LATEST TELEGRAMS.

AUOKLA.NI),' July 17. The Chief Justice has sentenced Job Tyler, found guilty of arßon at Tararu, to six years' penal servitude. Traces of the llev.. Mr Hamilton, who has-been m issing,* have been found in the bush. ' GnAUAarsTOWN, July 17. An Ohinemuri correspondent of the Thames Advertiser asserts that the Natives contemplate another murder. Cambridge, July 17. A correspondent states that there is a working party on the patrol line to ward off any Natives. Jlokitika, July 17. Arrived. — Claud Hamilton, from Melbourne. 8 p.m. — The tender has not yet returned with the mails. Waikouaiti, July 17. Three candidates were nominated today for the seat in the Assembly, viz. : — 1 Messrs T. S. Pratt, J. L. Gillies, and John Graham. The show'^of hands was in favor of Mr Pratt. The poil takes place on the 23rd. Dunedin, July 17. The Provincial Treasurer made his financial statement in the Council on Tuesday. The revenue fop the current year is estimated at £502,743, and the expenditure at £518,688. It would be proposed that the Superintendent's salary should be increased to £1000, and that of the Goldfields Secretary to £600. Every department should benefit from the prevailing prosperity. At the annual meeting of the Jockey Club it was proposed to make the Dunedin Cup, next year, 800 soys. At the inquest on the body of E. G. Stratton, an architect, who died while on his way home in a cab, the jury returned a verdict that deceased diedfrom aneurism of the heart. A motion in the Provincial Council in re a petition to the Home authorities to grant a charter for the Otago University was carried without much comment. Mr Stuart Hawthorne, the Eector of the Hi^h School, has appeared before the bar of the Council, and in a very elaborate address, defended his management of the School, and severely criticised the report of the Commission. The revenue received during the past year shows an excess of £73,754 over the estimate. The increase chiefly arises from land revenue. ' Mr Oliver's motion for the completion of the geological survey of the province has been 'carried unanimously. The following motion, proposed by Mr Lumsden, has been carried: — That the Government be requested to give directions for the survey of the extension of Tay-street, Invercargill, westward from its intersection by Dee-street, so that the same Bhall run in the form of a crescent towards the Bailway Station. That the width of said extended street be one and a half chains. That the land abutting on the south and south-western side of the crescent be surveyed in sections of one half chain each in frontage, and two chains in depth, That a roadway be laid off at the rear of said sections one chain wide, and the upset price of said sections be £50 each. In order to encourage the planting of trees, the Government intend to bring the Forest Trees Plauting Encouragement Act into operation. A very sad accident occurred on the Port Chalmers railway last night, whereby a man named M'Pherson was run over by the train, and his body was literally cut into pieces. An inquest was held to-day. The evidence adduced showed that the man was drunk, and a verdict of accidental death was returned. M'Pherson leaves a wife and family. Mr Oliver has retired from the contest for the representation of Waikouaiti in the Assembly. ., An important deputation waited on the Superintendent regarding the disadvantages of the mail service to the province. His Honor stated that if the Provincial Co uncil resolved to make its own arrangements, he would be willing to place whatever sum was necessary on the Estimates.

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Southland Times, Issue 1768, 18 July 1873, Page 2

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LATEST TELEGRAMS. Southland Times, Issue 1768, 18 July 1873, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS. Southland Times, Issue 1768, 18 July 1873, Page 2

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