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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1535, 15 November 1883, Page 2

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Auckland, Sir G. Grey leotured on federatioond annexation last night. He felt that unless _ the Paoifio • islands. weitf'takonposjieasipn of.. something, i worso, than slavery would'be' instituted. ; 'He 'had watched. for a grand" reaotib'n' of -AngloSaxon communities with one common language.and literaturejstrong enough' to enforce what..was right. throughout tie world. : He thought,the interference of. this colony with, the islands was.'not, unwarranted, and would be forj.th§. benefit of the aboriginals themselves, : Referring to the legislation of the Assam bly in the past session on the South Sea Island: affairs, he considered, the intercolonial conference had not been begun under the best of auspices. The questions to lie dealt with were not party but, national questions. He considered colonists should havo been (tskecl to delegates' to attoad. the' fcdrifereuce,'aiid'. nothing ahoufd,be : Snally decided on, untuV the' dologalos reported iandjlie matter ; was-referred to.Parliament/'If 1 the islands 6C ttie Paoifio had been added to-the empire forty years ago it would' have been benoGcial. to all' ooncerned. He'libped the people of New Zealand would litandshoulder', to shoulder, and aid further the great movoment.;

At-, the conclusion Sir Georgo' was. heartily; thanked,, and a motion was carried that the Paoifio islands should not _be made a re'c'eptaole of convicts from any, 'nation, '"' ' ..

'■ : - ' Gbeymodth,Thursday, The body found on.tho beach is identv fidd M iue'uhiah 1 named lielly, belonging; to the schomior Eliza Firth. ) ] . : '■;- . - !_■' J " Dunedin, this day. ■ At the annual meeting of. the National Insurance Company, the.report, and balance sheet which have already been telegraphed, were, adopted.. A :sum of 1160 has been remitted from, Otano, in aid of the destitution existing in the High lands arid Islands of Scotland. )

Atjckuhd, this day. The soheme for lighting Queen-slreet wharf with electric light, is abandoned for (he present.

Wanoanui, Thursday, A rather remarkable youth named John Rose, 15 years of age, wan brought up at the Police Court this morning on three separate charges, of setting fire to a gorse' fenco, breaking into a school atFordell and doing considerable damage, and' stealing a pair of boots from; a house at Eordel), all on Sunday morning last to all of which he pleaded guilty. He is the son of a most respectable settler of Wangauui, It appears that on Saturday night. he commonced operations by ringing up all the people in ono of the streelß, afterwards going to the Rev Mr Williams' place burrowing or stealing a horse. Mounted on this, wearing a pair of blue spectacles, which ho got on oredit earlier' in the evening at,a local jeweller's, ho rodo up to the firobell which he pulled hoavily, and then rode off into the country district as far as Fordell's. Hero he broke into the blacksmith's shop, stole a clock which he hid away in a bake house, and then wont into a place of worship, taking out the interior of the harmonium and, dissecting it. He next knocked a farmer up in the middle of the night to"fliii the way to Helliers house,, and dirootly he had gone magain he set His r ßorae ; fence on, fire, and then went to'a, house 1 and Btole a pair of boots/which afterwards ho threw away. Going to the local sohool he got through the window, poured ink all over the tables, and into the dock, scratching maps, and doing other damage. He has the reputation of committing similar acts in the past. The Bench remanded him for a week for medical examination.