WELLINGTON.
This day.
In another day or two a new rice mill for cleaning and dressing rice will be set to work by Crease, who already prepares spices on a large scale. A machinery for the manufacture of mustard on a large scale is also under way. The rice mill is ■aid to be the first opened in the colony.
It is understood that Mr James Mackay takes Mr H. T. Clarke's place as Under Secretary for Native Affairs.
It is understood that Dr Hector has received a notice that Auckland and the j North will contribute largely in produce, but that the wool must come from places further South, as the best grown up there has found its way out of the colony. Wednesday. Since his return, Mr Sheehan has given the most careful attention to Walsh's case. At the Executive Council to-day, Ministers advised the Governor that they saw no cause for interfering with the sentence. The Governor approved, and the usual intimation was sent to the sheriff. A Royal Commission was also signed to Mr Bryce, M.H.K., to inquire into the Bay of Islands electoral roll, about which so much was said last session. Mr Bryce was asked to undertake the inquiry immediately after the session, but it was only: now that he was able to give his time to it.
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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3117, 13 February 1879, Page 2
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224WELLINGTON. Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3117, 13 February 1879, Page 2
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