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Temuka Leader, Issue 1529, 23 December 1886, Page 4

At the declaration of/the poll at Waitcmala ( Aucklaiid) ! dn Mbndftyy'Mtl Fftrnall, the; defeated candidate, -handed in a ' writtenjprotostagaiQst the. election Monk. The Onehunga Borough Council have accepted a tender/ ; (£5158) for ; the construction of waterworks, ’■ '• ’ s - A boy aged ten years, son of Mr Daniel Cotton, of Napier, was . drowned on Tubsday afternoon in a water hole at the Spit. ; .r l„ Preparations are being made for laying the first block of the breakwater at Najpier. The Wellington Evening Press on Tuesday night says It has come to our knowledge that Sir Julius Vogel has represented to the Imperial Government that it would be highly acceptable to colonists if, on the auspicious occasion of /the Jubileo year of Her Majesty’s reign, the dignity of knighthood was conferred i on; a distinguished journalist in each colony, ” . Hir Julius Vogel has absolutely ~ denied; with tbft splgestel/ knighthood of journalists. He states that neither directly or inditectly has, he written or spoken about’ the matter,/ and declares he never even heard it mentioned or discussed." He' considers the whole affair s pure fabrication. ,

-The hospital Saturday collections at Wellington realised £lO2, The amount is 'regarded as satisfactory, but it would have been larger kad there not been in some iustahees misconceptions regarding the cards. - Mr- Howard Vincent has written to the Hon. MrTole enquiring about the working pfl the public Trust Act which he highly extols and contemplitea introducing into hp English Legislature/ The Minister .•of Justice has gathered a, large, mass ,n{ information as to the Act and its'eost and method of operation for Mr VincpmV iisio. Meetings were’ held at the various centres in the Westport district Ins' Monday night, .and adopted memorials to Government praying for enforcement of the conditions of .the Koranui case and prevention of amalgamation/, A large public meeting nt Dillmanstow n last Monday night ‘ passed ‘ resolutions affirming the desirability of the proposed deviation ofithe Grey-Hokitika railway (o; Klirriarn, as having a larger population than Hokitika, and because the direct route will not pay. -Nicholas Brierton, working on Murphy’s Tuapiri railway extension contract, (Auckland), was found dead with his throat cut and a razor lying beside him. He had injured his back at work, and knocked off. He was found two days afterwards as above stated. Nothing is known of his antecedents. t