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(United Vm Association.)
Tho Auckland Scandal,
Auckund, December 29.
A deputation appointed by the public waited upon ,tho Hon Mr Mitcnolson this morning, aud asked liirn to urge tbo ..Government to appoint a Commission to investigate the charges made against Dr Collins, pf tbe'Ajjokland Hospital, by Pro|ati,9paf' Arnabpjdi. Mr Mitchclson joroiiiised to' qoiibuU his colleagues, aLiid* giye a reply tb-niorrowr 'A special meeting of tl)e Hospital JBpai'd was held subsequently,' and jiepide4j op tjje casting 'vote of the iulijiirman: ane- on" the r'ecomrnpiijjjtp of tub {jp'nru 1 s fpljciloj'sj to rsa'i]fji)n tjie "and Qwraswiii' to -Mr? flie matter up, .'At the meeting of tho Hospital Board to-day, at which it was resolved to ask Government to conduct the inquiry into. Nurse Arriaboldi's charges, a letter from the Board's , B l '.''MißßSfs Hesketh and BieJiiuoßd.-.was !rt).. "stated whilst the Hoard was. Ibe proper body to hold the inquiry, they had been disqualified from doing so by their action in the casei and the solicitors therefore rcopmmended that some.'cqmpetsrj t .tribunal,. impartial and v disji)'{ere3ted, 'gljoajd be chosen. Tb,e ration askingjlwsQY«rp}9ut
b conduct the inquiry was carried on feoiHtrag -votoibf the Ohairmon,.,:
meeting' held on Saturday evening of persons interested in this niatter.'it was decided: to suggest to thb Hon : E.: Mitbhelabn that' au onquiry; should be lield by porsbns appointed by Government. The resolution, was 'presented to Mr Mitchelsoii to-day, -when be said he would enquire into the matter and give i a reply to 'the;■•; deputation to-ioorrow.., '■;
Fire in AuoklasA-
Auomand; December 29.
A firo occurred to night in a, three story warehouse ; at the corner of Albert and Swarisoh stroets, owned by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, and previously occupied as a bonded store, The, outbreak took place in the midst <rf a large quantity of flax, about thirty tons of which wasstorod in the .middle story* The flax was to' 1 have been shipped by the Lurline to-day for Boston, but there was no room for it ou the ship, It was considerably damaged, and noma general merchandise in the sanio stoiy was also injured, whilst about 150 bales of wool in the Btoiy beneath ■ was partially- damaged by water, Thej extent of iho damage can scarcely bo ascertained «fc present, The flax belonged to Barr, Johnston and Co., and was insured in tho South British office for £BOO, The wool, which is owned by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, is insured for £SOO in the New Zealand Insurance Company, who have also a risk of £SOO on tho contents of tho stove; whilst Butcher aud Co. Ifavoa policy of £3OO in the Sun office on certain goods which they own in '.bo store. The building itself is not damaged.
LOSt At Sdft
Pout Chalmers, i)ecembur29.
Arrived: Laira v barque, Captain Hughes, with G93 tons sugar, 89 days from Mauritius, On the 24th December, whilst Loon Bruis, a lud of about seventeen ycai'3 of uge, was reefing the upper foretopsail, lie felj into tho sea, Although the vfsse was hove to and a life-buoy thrown nothing was seen of the unfortunate y,
Mining News
Auckland, December 29,
A contract has been let by the Red Mercury Goldminiug Company f r the erection by April next of anUh r battery at Kuaotiuia. One of the directors of the Great Mercury Gold" mining Company and another mine recently floatedia Australia,MrD. K Inglis, of Sydney, is in Auckland on a visit of inspection to Kuaoluna field,
"ccidonts and Fatalities.
Auckland, December! 9.
A man name Joan Jervios was brought in from Waipiro by the Bteamer Australia with his whiskers burned and his laco badly blisUred. He bos been received into the Hospital. He states that his injuries were inflicted by larrikcns,.. A storekeeper at Port Waikato, William Parker, is missing, and is supposed to have been lost in tho Waikato river, a boat in which he was last soon has been found floating about.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3698, 30 December 1890, Page 2
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