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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3768, 24 March 1891, Page 3

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(By Telegraph). [Per Press Association.] Uasoaie. Napier, Tuesday. The Victoria Lodge of Freemasons, at an emergency meeting last evening, .i unanimosly passed resolutians expresVising regret at the differences among the Lodges of the Colony during the last twelve months, its hearty approval of the efforts oiLord Onslow L, to promote a better understanding and Bpfoore fraternal feeling, and respecturging His Excellency to allow himself to be nominated for the position of Grand Master at the next communication of the Grand Lodge * to be held in Invercargill on the 10th of April. /■:- ■ rwo Lifcel Actions. Auckland, March 23. In the libel charge preferred by Mr Wyatt, formerly school teacher 7 . at Opotiki, against the Eev T J VVells Anglican Minister there, heard at the Supreme Court on Saturday and. - to-day, theory returned a verdict of not guilflj|i|2 , he aUeged libel was - contained iijftatements published in OpotiM regarding Mr Wyatt. In the case of Stewart Bates, found guilty of libelling Mr Wills, his Honor ordered Bates to enter into his own recognises to come up lor V sentence when called on. The Austrian "Warsiip, Wellington, Tuesday. The Premier and the Minister for Education paid a visit to the A ustrian WSpiAp this morning. Rapier Races. Napier, Tuesday. Fine weather is being experienced K for the Park races, and there is a large attendance. Trial Hurdles—Prospect J. Aorere 2, Somnambulist 3. : To TOiiti's Meeting. : ,v Man ait, Tuesday.; Te Whiti's annual meeting of natives from the whole Coast took place at Parihaka last week, but nothing of any interest is reported. | Hr SecLcLon's PeregrinationsReefton, Tuesday. - » Mr Seddon was entertained at a ' ' banquet last night, between sixty and seventy being present. He stated that the new Ministry would abolish the Property Tax, adopted a graduated land tax, and classify the Civil Service. He specially referred to the confidence which the Government policy had inspired amongst the masses of the people.