To Property Tax Valuers.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3065, 27 November 1888, Page 2

To Property Tax Valuers.

Tijiaru,. November. 26;

On Saturday, ,100 acres of.good land about four miles 'from Tinwriv were soil by order of the Supreme Court by auction,;;and realised „lfis per acre. A ■ level -Jacre in town fetched'lss 1 , '■■ The Parnell Defence Fund^ Westport,'November 20. ; The sum of £OB Is has been subscribed here toward the Parnell Defence Fund, also X2olßs to tiic Irish National League funds.... Reductions in the Civil Service. Dunkuis, 1 November 2fi. . '■' Six out of eleven officers' of the Public Works Department hi Dune: din have received notice "that their services .will. be dispensed. with.' Some leave in December and others in January and Mareh. Accidents-■ Dunedin, Novembor 20, George White, a lumper on the wharf, was struck on the temple while loading the' Penguin at the wharf to-day, and his skull fractured. He has'not yet recovered consciousness. Little hopes are entertained of his', recovery., ';. ■ Rise in Produce. •'■ • ' CuHisTCHimcH, November 20. Some phenomenal rises- in produce are reported. Oata are wanted for Sydneymarket,and4s2df,o.b.isasked for the best quality. Barley, beans.and fodder of all kinds are also in demand. 15,000 bushels of wheat were sold on Saturday at 4s 8d f,o,b.,~sacks extra, • ' Grain Freight. . CuKisionuitcii, Tuesday, The President of the Chamber of Commerce received a telegram from the Hon. Mr Mitchells'on stating that the proposed ohange in grain freights on the railway will be postponed until January to give time for full consideration. ; .-;■ Another Fire. Auckland, Tuesday, The Forester's Hall,; Dargaville, was burned down last night with contents. Corcoran's Hotel adjoining was' saved with difficulty. Insuraucos-Uiiion £IBO, N.Z. £IOO.

Charitable Aid.

Dunedin, November 2G,

At tho adjourned meeting of those interested in charitable aid reform the Committee' wore thanked for the report and requested to take steps to ascertain if such a system'of organisation as is suggested iu their report to prevent overlapping, with the Central Board to uct as advised to other bodies, can be brought into operation. The Committee wore also requested to inquire into the causes of poverty in Dunedin and suburbs, and report. •