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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2561, 31 March 1887, Page 2

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■ (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) 1- • Nelson, March 50.;..;.K\ public meeting was -heldlast; 'night, the Mayor presiding, to consider the best means o£ commemorating,tho Queen's Jubilee. It was'.deciffecl 'to,'. raise £4OO for converting the reserve' near the Government- buildings itito .ornamental gardens, and $lO5 for. the celebration of the day. Christchurcu, March 30.' I

William Hall was committed for. trial to-day on a cliarga of stealing load. Ho was the accoiuplioo; of five men. who wore convicted dn_Monday on the same charge, ■ Hr/vman Groth has' been committod for\ trial for breaking and entering with} intent to eommka felony.' • -I ' WAN'QANUij Miirch 30. . It is rumoured here that the. volun< teers' will have to go to th'p encamp mont in trucks, If bo, it is feared that it will ; militate against thewttendance, as many volunteers have Stated their .attention of not tra veiling ill njght iu : trucks. Some of' the offaHs, too, say they could not ask the/ , HodoSfhak they would not do theiforaL " Buned , ai 30. Jn the case of Scott|® m ifißh, solicitors, against Fischeir ni^Mnager ) before J udgo Broad Q uoei Salston l nominal damages ber, e( '> found a verdict for r one farthing, with costs! „SB Wan/ %jjf!r3p. In the case owVrs ol the s.s, St Hilda,,which was hwd yesterday, involving a claim ofJss 10s, the value of a horse lost while being shipped, through the sling slip; ping, and causiug the animal to break' its back, the K. M. found that there, had been negligence on the part d( the ship, and gave judgment for the plaintiff with costs.

The allotment of interests in the Waiinarino block was commenced in the Native Land Court to day, but was adjourned till to-morrow by request of tho natives, who wish to settle the matter out of court if possible, Thames, March 30, Tli6 Cambria crushing for the past fortnight has produced 376 ounces of gold. A young niau named John Knee-, bone, residing at Tararua, died suddenly last evening, owing to the bursiing. of a bloodvessel. / Hokitiki, March 30. The damage done by the floods proves to be considerable. • The- contractors for the railway bridge at Arabura sustained heavy loss to their plant. A dolphin of the Teremakau bridge is brokeu aud carried away. The bridge on the Ross road has been swept away, through the Hokitiki river forcing its way through tho low ground and sending a proportion of tho flood waters, by way of theMabinapua Lake.