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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2310, 2 June 1886, Page 2

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TJnitbd Association,

Dunedin, this day. The Australian Humane Society propose to grant an award to Inspector Stephens, who was the means of saving four lives from drowning in. the Lower Harbor.

The prospectus of the now morning paper has been issued.

Chbistchdech, this day. At the R.M. Court Robert Stevens was fined £25 for breach of the Gaming and Lotteries Aot, by playing a game called "Back up," or "forfeit," 011 tho Oxford raceoourse. It was played with dice and' a number, One witness stated that he had lost £B3 in a quarter of an hour, The Temperance men have .forwarded a letter to the Oity Licensing Committees giving the results of tho watoh kept on fifteen hotels in the city and suburbs on one Sunday. They estimated that "fully 400 visits were paid to hotels in Christchurch, and every Sunday in some oases intoxicated persons were seen leaving, hotels. The Licensing Committee decided to treat tho document as an anonymous cominunicationj and. it was not read at the meeting to-day. Wellington, this day. The Russian warship Yestnik, which sailed for Auckland yesterdav, did riot go the ordinary Easf Coast route, 'but the pilot states stood through the Straits;. Invekcakgill, this day. The ilooas are abating, and comrauni-' cation is restored except on the. Nightcaps railways whero two miles of formation is washed away. Dunedin, this day. At the Hammond Liconsing meeting, applications for 12 o'clock licenses were refused in all cases.

Nelson, this day. _ A man named John McGregor left here in an open boat for Motueka on Wednesday, taking with him a bottle of gin and a bottle of v,ine. He evidently got' drunk, and tho boat had been drifting about the bay with the sails set until Monday when two fishermen found it, The man was completely exhausted, and died in the Hospital yesterday.