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FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS. NATIVE AFFAIRS. THE COLONIAL TREASURER'S VIEWS. Wellington The Premier and Native Minister will arrive here about Thursday, and there is every reason fur supposing that decisive action in regard to the native difficulty will be decided on in Cabinet. The Colonial Treasurer, in Ilia address to the Egmqnt electors, says the time has coniß when an end must be made to thii strong threat to the peace of the colony and district, and that it must, and he believed would, be effectually disposed of this summer. INSURANCE CO'S., PROFITS. Auckland, The South British Insurance Company at its half yearly meetiug showed a profit of £16,436, and the Directors recommended a dividend of ten per cent per annum. Mr Learmonth, formerly Mayor of Hokilika, has been engaged by the Company to open a branch at the Cape of Good Hope. 1 ATTEMPTED INCENDIARISM. Ashburton. Sensation has been caused by the discovery that an incendiary fire had been attempted at Saunders' buildings, th« laritest block in the place. Splashes of keresene were discovered on the stairs, and corridor. The walls and pannelling were all ablaze, when Henry, a photographer, made the discovery and subdued the flames. :
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 11 October 1881, Page 2
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200LATEST TELEGRAMS. Wairarapa Daily Times, 11 October 1881, Page 2
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