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numbers voted in the minority. ;i Ireland and Fisher did not rote. The House then proceeded! with the Estimates. There was a decided 'expression of opinion for reduction in every possible respect. A caucus of Government supporter* will ba held to-morrow re general policy. Thursday. A deputation of the unemployed waited on the Premier this morning and asked for relief. One Bpeaker admitted he had been a coachman, but left because he wtia asked to cart coal; ' The Premier replied that he himself had never been ashamed of such v/ork. When .the Government were supplied with the number and trades of the unemployed he would give a decided answer. If work was found it would be iuland on public work# and at rates efficient for subsistence only. He advised the men to work for what they could got-
The Government are likely to appoint a Commission to ascertain how to reduce the expense of cases in the Supreme Court. The Customs duties for the past quarter are £46,089. Angelina Harvey, a barmaid, has been arrested at Auckland for stealing £ll2 from the pocket of Ernest Brown when he was drunk. The ship Pareora arrived from London this morning. She brings no Government immigrants, but a number ef paasetigers. George Freeman, ,an apprentice, was knocked overboard by a swinging block and drowned. The effort* made to recover him were unsuccessful.
Peace is restored at Buenos Ayres. Serious fighting lias taken place lately between Moslems and tho Christian residents at Haifa in Falestinw. Her Majesty's ■hips Bittern and Rapid, «n tha Mediterranean station, have been ordered to the Bay of Acre, where Haifa is situated, to protect the lives of the Christians. The latest intelligence from Contral, Asia is to the effect that the Chinese,! since their victories over the Russian: troops marching on Kuldja, have made & rapid advance and have now occupied .'the district of Eastern Khokand, beyond the disputed Kuldja, territory.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 505, 2 July 1880, Page 2
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