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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1314, 28 February 1883, Page 2

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TOITBD VUES3;IVS3OUIATIONI ■{: :' ; Wednesday;^:' Jok Black, late Treasurer to Paiea County Council j has been' committed fop trial for' embezzlement of County funds, Other charges against him will be heard to-morrow, and in the meantime he is out on bail. ■ ; Tito Kowaru's tribe/'are passing; through Patea on a visit to Waitotara..; The old fellow was afraid to come himself at the last moment, and sent the chief, Awanhera, as his representative.: This is the first time.theso natives have been this way since thewar of 1867. . Napier, Wednesday. • Cleared for London, the barque May Queen with a cargo of wool and tallow valued at ■' ';. ■> After a long and angry correspondence, between Sutton, M.H.R., as Okirma,n of the hospital, re maintenance, and Government, the Colonial forwarded a cheque, for £1057, claimed by the Hospital Committee as spent during the nine months ending Dec. 31. Wangani/i, Wednesday. The body of a female half-caste child was found yesterday on the sea beach. The body had been in the water about 8 hours, and it is believed to.have been swept down the river.: It is not yet identified. The County Council has received 12,800 under the Roads and' Bridges Construction Act for improving field's track into the interior, Patea, Wednesday. An information was served on Geo, Beamish late collector of the dog tax to-day for the embezzlement of county funds, The hearing is fixed for Friday, ——— - I