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Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3474, 12 February 1880, Page 2

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Ye|teri»v v £ Giumtters. The unemployed immigrants a meeting on Saturday next to coniUjierijtbe best means of alleviating the aisTress among them. They consider that they were brought to the colonies under false pretences. Tta GoldfielcL. Favorable reports have bapn received from the Wairarapa Gold Prospecting Association, now at work ou the Tararua ranges. . ' There is a charge of criminal libel against S. Johnson, of Blenheim; by J. Calder now residing in Wauganui. The libel is based upon a paragraph in tbe Marlborough Express, which stated that Calder had been giren free quarters by a grateful country for two years for experiments in i'licit distillation. It came out in the evidence that the paragraph was published inadvertently, and that a full apology was afterwards published. The Bench; however, ruled that a prima facie case had" been made out and committed the accused to take bis trial at Bienueim. v This day. The prospectus of the Deaf and Dumb Institution, established at Sumner, Christchurch, is issued. The charge for board, lodging and education is fixed at £50, but under necessitous circumstances the Minister of Education will arrange for the payment of part of this amount from public money. Woman's Rights. The police have laid an information against tlie proprietors of the following Hotels:—Empire, Barrett's, Star, Metro, politan. and Criterion for breach of the Provisions of Employment of Females Act by allowing barmaids to remain in the bar after 11 p.m.

The shore end of the cable at Wanganui was successfully landed yesterday. The steamer then commenced laying the cable to Wakapuaka, which it is expected will be completed to-day. A Retrograde Step. Several drapers have intimated their intention of keeping their , shops open uatil 9 p.m. The Early Closing Association protest against the movement, and are taking measures to prevent.it. Wairarapa ftacss. Glorious weather. 1000 people are on the coarse. The bookmakers are doing but little business. One totalisator is on the course, which is in fair order. There is a good d?al of mystery about Lara, but it is believed he is intended to go for the stakes and handicap. Puouuce Stakss—Pahana 1, Flycatcher 2, Volunteer 3. Seven started. Waibaba^a Stakes —Lara 1, lfoteo 2, Tamalea 3 ; King Q,uaii also started. Maiden Plate —Pourere 1, Papawai 2, Merino 3.