AUCKLAND.
Last night. The Harbour Board to-day abolished s the wharf tolls. 4 Attempted Child Murdw.
A woman named Robinson living at Pokeno, yesterday tried to dash a child's brains out by hitting it against the bedpost. The child is not expected to live. Constable Waller has taken the woman to the Asylum to-day, Her husband was in the South at the time.
A banquet was giveri'to Mr Swanson M.H.R., by tig constituents, at Newton, this evening. A. Boardman, Esq., presided. Mr Swansoja stated that his res.*sons for seceding i?from the Auckland party was the deposition of Sir George Grey, and all that remained was to struggle for place and pay, while coutrae* tors and others remained unpaid. He determined to pat an end to such a state of things. The banquet was a great success. ,■ .' r-'-;;'f X"" A* fire %w>ke bat at the parsoaage of the Rev. Mrj Calder, at Hamiltaa^ but it was suppressed through the,p^Aence of mind of a girl 15 years of age.
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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3438, 31 December 1879, Page 2
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167AUCKLAND. Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3438, 31 December 1879, Page 2
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