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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3559, 11 July 1890, Page 2

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Auckland, July 10.

A meeting of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce was held to-day to consider the question of public, expenditure, The President, Captain Colbeck, said he had sent a telegram to Mr Withy on behalf of the Chamber stating that they were quite in accord with him and other members oil the reduction of tho Estimates, Mr MoMillor proposed, " That .the thanks of the Chamber be. accorded the Auckland members for their efforts to reduce the public estimates, and that this Obamber urge them to continue their agitation to lessen expenditure." He urged that what was wanted was large and substantial retrenchment by reduction of the education votn, and lessening of' taxation by reducing or : abolishing the property-tax. The motion was strongly supported by several speakers and unanimously adopted,

The New Zealand Insurance Company report a very successful half year, A dividend at the rate ol 12 per cent, per aunum is reopmmended,

Donedin, July 10, Mr Williams,'who has' been appointed to a position in the Londou -Branch of the National Insuranoe Compauy, left for England to-day.

Blenheim, JulylO. At the Supreme Court to day Mark Arnold, for- larceny as a bailee of a horse, received a, sentence of a year under probation, and was ordered to pay £ls, half the cost of the.proseoution. Edelston, alias Buddelston etc, an old offender, for horse stealing, was sentenced to five years' imprisonment. This concluded the criminal sessions.

Tisiaeb, July 10. After a long spell, of dry weather good steady rain is falling. Died, this morning, Mrs Arthur Perry, mother by her first marriage of Mr lthodes, M.H.H., and three brothers and a sister." Mrs Geo. Rhodes came to Timaru in 1854, and was the secoild white womau in tho district. She also leaves flveohildren byherseoond marriage. The oause of death, was heart complaint.

Tho Illicit Still ; Dunedin, July 10, The appoafttiioe in Court of Waters and Elliott, charged with conspiracy in connection with the still case, attracted a large attendance of the public. The case against Dqu.n.ejly was tho first cajlad,'hut adjourned until the othor oase had been dealt with. Adam Elliott, alias Stewart, was then charged with having an unlawful interest in ui unlicensed still, but as his counsel was not prepared to go on, it wis agreed to take tho evidence in the indictable case, Mr Haggitt, the Crown Prosecutor, statidg that it was important that this charge should bo heard before the conspiracj 'case, Waters ■and Elliqtt were thon charged witii conspiracy, aud after some evideuce had been taken, the oases were adjourned for a week..

Dostmtion of a Eorosono Wa?on Tho DrlvorßuJuoiHo Death Dunedin, July 10. Fierce flames were seen- early this morning at Naseby issuing from a spot on, the Kyeburri road about a mile froui town. (hi a number of residents pf the place proceeding to the locality, a wagon laden with kerosene was found to be on fire, An examination showed that -the wagoner, Robert Coohrane, an elderly man, had been burned to death, Ins body being reduoed to almost a cinder.

Accents aid Parties. Auckland, July 10. A young man named Donald McLean, 20 years of age, has died from the effects of; a crushing he received .while' at work in the bush near Waipu, News, received lrom Melbourne ■innounces the- death of Mr 8..M. Edgecombe, formerly proprietor of ihe.Waikato Times, A seapiaii on the barquentine Lumberman Lassje, which arrived lit Vnttapu from Melbourne on Fiiday, was furling the main topsail of that vt-ssel iviioii be fell a disunco of 40ft, .indwas killed.-