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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 326, 27 November 1879, Page 2

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(PER PRESS AGENCY.) * —; WELLINGTON. ■- Wednesday. PARLIAMENTARY. Correspondence relating to the manufacture of war material in the colony will be produced.

Dr Buller is retained as counsel in the native land cases now going on, and receives ten guineas per day. He has received £621 during the present year. ' Pyke gave notice to ask if the services of Dr Buller can be dispensed with without injury to'the community. Leave was given Grey to introduce a bill to amend the Constitution Act. Bowen, the Premier, and Rolleston wanted Grey to indicate the nature of the amendments,

Grey thought he should not be compelled to do so until the bill had been printed, ' Tll9billwa3 read fat time and ordered to be printed. For the future the House will sit on Mondays at 7.30 p.m. for Government business, and on Thursdays-Government business will have precedence. Dick withdrew his motion for reading the bible in public schools, The House refused to place £IOO,OOO on the estimates to encourage gold mining in the colony. Andrew asked'leave to withdraw his motion to reduce civil servants'salaries five percent, and Ministers' salaries and honorarium ten per cent,

George objected, movingan amendment that the number of civil servants be recced by ten per cent, insteadof the sala ries. Interrupted by 5.30. The result of the Mayoral election was: Hutchison, present Mayor, 64G ; G, Allen 351. ' Assignment of the estate of Lewis Moss agreed to, Most complete arrangements has been made for laying the foundation stone of the new Courts of Justice on Monday next. George Rae, a plumber, returned from work about ten o'clock, saying he felt ill, Soon after reaching home he fell forward and died instantly. : : Donnelly,schoolmaster a tNewtown,haß been dismissed by the Board of Education, Angothenson Just Mackay, a recent arrival by the Wairoa, took enough chloral last night to kill half a dozen men. DrGillon's services were fortunately obtained in time, and by the aid of a stomach pump and other means, saved the man's life,

Mackay, who attempted to commit suicide, was brought before the R.M. The Magistrate remanded the case for a week, and promised to endeavor to obtain employment for him in the meantime. It appears it was depression of spirits, consequent on want of employment, which led him to attempt self destruction. A man dropped dead on the Tinakori road this morning. Cause supposed to be heart disease,

A papens being signed in favor of having the tram cara drawn by horses. At the inquiry into the accident to the Tlli, the captain attributed the accident chiefly to the want of steam, and says the engineer was not at his post when the vessel struck. He further stated that the bulkhead had been broken into and four bottles of brandy taken out of a case. DUNEDIN. Wednesday. James Mitchell and Andrew-Lees finding a horse tied to a fence, mounted it for a lark. The ownepame oti them and gave themincharge. They alleged they were under the influence of drink. Both were committed for trial. The chemists have agreed to raise the price of certain articles affected by the tariff, and to petition' Government to license vendors of patent medicines. Fish, a candidate for the Mayoral election, at a large meeting, vigorously denounced the Tablet for seeking to introduce religious element into municipal elections. AUCKLAND. Tuesday. An Accident Insurance Company ha" been started, with a powerful board of directors. They have secured the services ofMrW. 0. Thomson, late lecturer to the Australian Mutual Provident Society, as manager. The capital is to be £IOO,OOO and the shares are to be placed in all parts of IS ew Zealand. The Fernglen has arrived from London

with a large number of immigrants, who have arrived in good health. The Oarandinis,' arrived by the Rotoraahana, and will give season concerts., , x The. chemists have raised the price of patent medicines, in consequence of the increase in the tariff. , The, German man-of-war Nautilus arrived to-night from Sydney,, after a stormy ! passage of seven days. _AJre.mdiscovered4o.mghfr nH1 der-a-barrel of whisky in the store of L. D. Nathan & Co., merchants, but it was extinguished befere any damage was done. Had; the discovery beenwade five minutes later it.is believed that the whole of the buildings, which contain goods to the value of one hundred thousand pounds, would have been fire is supposed to have beeii caused by rats. A man namod Hale was arrested tonight, charged with breaking and entering the office of Mr Craig,, on the wharf.

GRAHAMSTOWN. 5 " " " Tuesday.; * TheAlburnia manager's weekly report states thatat the 160 ft.level east they are driving on a. well-defined reef, showing a Httle gold. In the same level west they are repairing the road, and by the appearance expect to cut a run of- goldibearing stone now going down from the ?oft level. On the 70ft. level west during the week the drive and slopes have yielded a splendid return of gold, and still look very well. The drive has been improving for this last week, and.every foot driven being better than at any other time, the gold evidently going down, as they are always leaving a good show underfoot. He hopes to have a good return at the end of the month, as there is now nearly 2000ozs of gold on hand. Shares are selling at 67s 6d to 70s,

ALEXANDRA. Tuesday. Rewi, wife, and child, accompanied by Major Jackson, arrived here on Sunday from Punui, and proceeded at once to Major Blair's residence, where they will remain as guests, pending their proceeding to the Kuwi head-quarters of the Ngatimaniapoto '" '"' ' : " " ' ,;