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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1313, 3 April 1883, Page 2

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UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION]

FREEING THE BRIDGE.

. . Wangaxci, April 2, The tolls on Wanganui bridge were abolished,at midnight on Saturday last, andthis afternoon a public ceremony was held to celebrate the occasion, and speeches were delivered by the mayor (Mr Carson)',- Mr Watt, M.H.R., Mr Ballance, and others. The Ere Brigade formed a guard of honor, and the Wanganui Rifles' Band performed, There was a large and enthusiastic crowd, and glorious weather.

THE HON. MAJOR ATKINSON IN DUNEDIN. *»■■■»» Dunedin, April 2, • Major:Atkinson delivered the first of his addresses to-night in Dunedin to an audience of 500 or 600 people, He went. oyer exactly the same ground as in Christcluu'ck, merely referring to one remark made by Mr Montgomery to the effect that it was unusual and extraordinary for a Treasurer to address public meetings throughout' the colony without asking his hearers to take a party view, Regarding this, lie said that he thought it would be a bad day for tbe colony when a. Treasurer could not address the public on matters of importance without giving them a party coloring. . A vote of thanks was carried on the motion of Mr 0. S. Reeves. The Treasurer is to have a conference on Wednesday with the representatives of the friendly societies in Dunedin on the subject of his national assurance scheme. : ; ; Duxedis, Tuesday. During the passage of the Waihora from Greenock to Melbourne, Copeland Jacob, second-class passenger died of consumption.; Alex. McDonald, assistant steward, was missed on 11th March, and could not be found although a strict search was made for him, . He had previously been suffering from debility, and it is supposed he either jumped - or fell. overboard:. some time during tlio previous'night. .-• ■ ....- Auckland, Tuesday, At the inquest on Edward McMinn, late M.H.R., ,for ,Waip% found dead in his bed on Saturday last, the medical testimony showed deceased to be

r: rufieri ng:■ from some internal lesion: ''probably of the brain. The -verdict was death ; from natural causes. ■ b Wellington, Tuesday, At.vthe ; Magistrate's Court to-day •Alfred Wakeford, landlord of the Bank Hotel,was charged with .Sunday trading, and fined 408 and costs, Wakeford in his evidence contradicted the whole evidence for.the: prosecution,.and at.the conclusion of tlio case tlio Magistrate committed him to stand his trial for perjury, bail allowed himself in j£ioo and two sureties of £SO each., . Edward Shaw, of Wellington, - has 1 been retained to defend those charged with: illicit distillery at Palmerston North, and leaves for that district, tonight.. i • James Flaherty,., landlord, of.>the Commercial Hotel, was torday- fined £2 for: allowing " Yankee grab" to be played in his hotel. At the Supreme Court to-day Jaiues Mcßrearly, for fnlse pretences, was sentenced to 3 years; Margaret and Christina Dobbie, for passiug counterfeit coins, were found guilty, but recommended to mercy, sentenced to one months imprisonment each.; .