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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1954, 9 April 1875, Page 2

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Wellington, Tnis day. The Times has an article upon the way the Hutt railway is" being managed. After stating the various grievances of the employee's, which are mainly long hours, insufficient pay and want of promptitude in paying them their monthly wages, it says the safety of the people of Wellington is certainly endangered by the enormous amount of work exacted from the. small working staff" at Pipitea. ISryERCIJBGiiiL, This day. .

News has been received from Orepuki o the drowning of seven men who went out in a boat to search for; the body of Memphis, one of a party of three drowned at the same place a fortnight since. • Auckland, This day. Ralph's Hotel, near ■, Waikato coal mines, has been; totafly destroyed by fire. It was insured in the Norwich Union for ;£SO0 v It, is supposed that the; fire originated from the: pipe of a drunken man lying under the hotel, Nomination for the return of a Member of the Assembly, in place of the late Mr Williamson, was held at noon. Dignan and Dargaville were proposed. Show of. hands resulted as n follows: —Dignan, 65; Dargaville, 47. A poll will be taken on Wednesday next. Chbistchubch, Thursday. Last night the Jockey Club considered the action of the Dunedin Jockey Club with reference to McKay's riding of Medora at the; late Dririedin Races. It jwstsresolvedthat McKay be warned off 'the Christchurch Course, and that no horses ridilen by, ; hinyhis property, or nominated or trained by him, or in any way under his care, charge, management, or superintehdency, shall be allowed to run for any race at any meeting where the rules of racing were established |by the Christchurch J. C.