Boycotting a Station.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3499, 1 May 1890, Page 2

Boycotting a Station.

Gbbisiouubch, April 80, Till taiers have joined the sabfiieil in boycotting the railway {station astil Constable Kelly is reraqyed. The frailly Company raji" Beypral f| jjie station .noi'itolrra -to'than 'flip,"'as. required by the agreement with the City Council. The Trallio Manager offers to limit Kelly's duties to the station premises, so tlmt iie shajl h»vW!j!!!Kdo with the adjacent Qabsfcand'arid onJbo Tqwi} Bolt, but the cabmen still decline the Qffsr,

.. A Kollibc Stone. .. j ; CiiitrsTCHUßon, April 801 At Lyttelton to-day, before Mt Beethaiiji v'ii. M,, Edward Origrin, Frederick Charles Page, and George Menzies, 'seamen, were committed for trial on a charge of rolling down a lull a Btone which caused an explosion at the Lj'ttelton gasworks. The damage done cost .£144. The accused said the stone was dislodged by Page sitting down against it with

ft jerk. Several fitnesses stated b that considerable force must bare 1 been used to dislodge the .stone, e wliicli weighed over 9 cwt, from tho t place whence it bad been removed, i On examining tbe bill it was found i that other stones bad been dislodged i and rolled down in various plaoes. i ' ' I

The Kermadec Islands- i Auckland, 4pril 30. Stratford, 'who is a settlor on Sunday Island, impugbs.tbe accuracy of the statements made by the returned settlers. He maintains that the scheme of settlement baa not yet had a fair trial, ana it is too early to speak of it ns a failure. Stratford alleges that those who have returned from' Sunday Island were not . bond fide settlors, and ho' states that they arrived there too late for the planting season, and had they come at the proper time their crops ...would liaye harvested' before ,tjie rats commenced their depredations.. Stratford has lieen absent from the'settlement 'five months, but says bo intends to return at theearließt ojiportuiiity; ' llvictsd Tenants." Auokund, April 30, In a letter: acknowledging the receipt of subscriptions from Auok-j land to the Irish evioted tenants' fund, Dr Kenny, M P., states that New Zealand has shown- that sho knows how to recoucileinoat complete loyalty and patriotism with a hearty spirit of helpfulness toward the prosecuted and Buffering, and an intense sympathy with those struggling to obtain that measure of freedom which she herself so soberly and worthily enjoys.