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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3410, 15 January 1890, Page 2

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1 Tlifie Association leetiDg. '._■-. Mosoibl,Tuesday. Tke Council havo allowed compotii tors who arrived last night to fire in I the Wellington match, therefore the prize list for-this match will, not be i completed until late in the afternoon. 1 The highest scores so far are Acheson, Riverton, 92; Mitchell, Victoria, 92; Sloan, Victoria, 90; Burns, Duuedin, 89; Mitobell, Port Chalmors, 87; » Bunting, Napier, 87; W, Ballinger, I Wellington, 86; Hutchinson. Dunedin 86; Salek, Ashburton, 80; Prederiok, 3 Dunedin, 85.''The weather is dull s and threatoniug with; cold southerly wind, B . _J L ' Sudden Death oi Monsignor )' Coleman. ' , Dukedis, Wednesday.'; j Monsignor Coleman died suddenly !. at the Bishop's Palace at two o'clooh v this morning. He arrived in town ,; to tako part in tho Council of the g diocese this week. Yesterday he went II to the Exhibition in tlio evening, ami though it was noticed ho was a little ll duller than usual-there was nothing 1 to indicate he was seriously ill, On " his roturn to tho Bishop's residence I it was observed he wan ailing, and on . the advice of Father Lynch he decided to retire to bed. Ho appeared e to be sleeping quietly for some time, k but when visited at 10 o'clock it wai l ' deemed advisable, to send • foi ? Dr Ferguson who found Mon- . signor Coleman suffering from II atitofapopluxy, and though'he die ~ everything possible he deemed tht a case hopeless, and Father Walsh e administered the last' Sacraments, i. Deoeased, who was 60 years old, wai 11 a native of County Waterford, and 0 was ordained priest to tho parish al Oloyne, County Cork, where Ik L r spent IS years and thon left foi Dunediu with Bishop Moran,- arriv 0 ing here in 1870, and receiving tin ir appointment of Vicar-General to th( ij Dioceso, fjouie years later he paid a visit to the Home country and ot 0 his return wits given charge of thi !i Oamaru district. In 1882 ho wai 0 appointed Arehdeitcon, and a'fev C months ago wits created by the Popi f Domestic Prelate with the appella ,' tiou of Monsignor. h m _2 11 Phylloxera in Auckland, lt Wellington, Wednesday. 1 Mr W. M. Maskell reported tc e Govornment on the.alleged outbreal d of Phylloxera in yint.9 in the Auckn kud disttict, ho says he sees nc '1 reason ti doubt from specimens ' submitted to him that the disease ii 19 the true Phylloxera and recommend; that the. severest possible roraodj 0 should be applied; that romedj "■ being the total destruction of everj (I viiie in the lowu and district o ;r Auckland. Upon receiving the o ropoi't the' jovornment consultet n with the Solicitor General wht )f advised that .Uovemment had n< 0 legal authority to order the deslruc tiou of vines.. The matter will b( , considered trat session, • ■ feed Pepper. Auckland, Jan 14. !! Two tradesmun, named Join 5 Horno and John Hart, wen b churned at the Police Court to-daj ', with having sold adulterated popper 0 Hart pleaded that tho artiolo ho hat • sold had beon received by him af '" pepper. Dr Giles replied that undei ■' the Act the vendor was liable 3 though he had no doubt a storee keeper could recover damages iron: k a manufacturer if tho article hail ii beon sold to him as genuine. Ar 11 objection was taken that the charges 8 should have been laid by complainl jj instead of by information, and hit j Worship reserved his decision. f, ■ i -Not in Good Health. j Auckland, January U. The.reason: given for dispensing with Chief Detectivo Browne's ser y vioes is that that officer's health is not ;) good. On receipt of the notice ol j 'dismissiil, Deteotixe Browne was. ex- . aniined by Dr McKellar, -. who gave . him a certificate stating that he had 5 attended him during a severe attach 1 of rheumatism, but that Mr Browne 0 is now iui-J< llent health, and fit foi t aay duty required by tho Department, s The compensation to Detective , Browne is at the rate of a month's 3 pay for each year of service on the • basis of the salary drawn by him as 8 Inspector,' ' J-' WOOL, SALES. , . . Timaiiu, January li r At the second series of wool sales i 2482 bales were offered. The Balo i unfortunately clashed with others at 1 Gore and Dunedin, and buyers were ! absont. The prices show a drop of , Id on tine and ljd oh coarser kinds. , A large number of bales werewithr drawn. - ■ Filthy Literature. 1 , CumsionuitoH, January 14. | It is understood that couusol lor . the persons accused of selling Zola's works will pleadguiltyat the Court ; 'to-morrow, and that in that case the , charge will he changed from its present form tinder the comnlon- law i and shaped under a oity by-law to enable"a-fine tobeinflicted instead of imprisonment, which is the only punishment provided under the i present form of proceedings, : i : I-Cuustenai- ' : Dunepin, January 14, The, Premier did not go North this morning, 1 :as was anticipated, 'but ■■■ transacted .business at the Ministers' ; office, Ho', leaves here in the morning. . Mr; jjslon is likely to. remain, here till tho end of the week, -.'"■' %

, The Mwitiiiie Conference 'rejected on NovhihW 14 en umendinpnt (leGuiug the maximum r.tte of roodpmte spi-pd to be'miiotuined by v'ck'.lh hi fcgg/ wfeathori