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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3836, 19 June 1891, Page 2

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„ ■ ■ Ohbisxohuroh, June 18..." Canterbury Employers ' Association have selected Messrs 0. T. Booth, C. H. Blackwell, and 0. P Hulbert to represent them at the Labour Conference in Wellington. Thef Midland Railway Company a. are calling for tenders , for the eon- "* structidn of the Kotuku section, fromt Stoney Greek ;to Lake Brunner.- . ~ v ~ ■.. \ '

Sharp frosts.wUh bright dajß.aw: continuing, tha cold registered bieibg greater than for,many y ; ears v f - A , . ( WangAnui, J^unelK."""'' At ah adjourned meeting of the Licensing. Committee held to-day, they reversed their decision in ;the ,; case of Mahoney, of the Railway Hotel, and granted a license. 'With regard to the oth,er. three applicants, their decision was upheld, and : the licenses refused. \_ y* ;- v ; '' ' Auckland;' June'lSl I '''.'''.'''':' M.H.B. Curagoa left this afternoon _ for Sydney. "'".'. . • "^ ' Agumdigger, William Walker, was drowned by falling out offbeat sh»%'<; :f, crossing the riyer Mitaitai. * \' ' ' v * .... Dunedin, June 18. : ;>]: f A twelve-roomed house on the Peninsula ; side, > owned by - G«sc«rge ■; ■, Turnbnll, ■ and occupied by yLorfc, auctioneer, was burned' down 'thi» **"' Ebornihg^theinmates escaping intbeir,... r night clothes. Nothing was savedi The insurances ure—On the buildings £450 in the National;'-•■ on the fur. niture, £3OO in the Victoria'bfßce. •'■•' '•"' , Inveroabgili., June 18. ; ; ;The action Finn v Wallace County, for damages for injuries arising Iran a .{j defective culvert, is not yet concluded. The defence separately is, that tha .. culvert was in good order, and that' J the evidence for the plaintiff really.. >*;, ; referred to another culvert on the same roadi "''■'•' i: '•"' •' \» ; . .:.-.v <•

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!^X'.'; ; : Judge Kenny has been occupied i%fr rthe K District Court for ■ the last twjf■~ days, with a jury, trying thecaee or' T. H. Harley VJ. H. (took, proprietor .of the Anchor line of steamers;' arising "out of thecollision oil between tho steamer Charles Edwards , and -the cutter Asda on the : 1 lth ' March last, when the mastjier of the cutter, was drowned and plaintiff's vessel sunk. Plaintiff claimed £l4B, the value of Ine'v'esßel; cargo, and .., demurrage. t The jury, found that the. collision was the result of an 'inevitable accident, for which, neither vessel was to blame; and judgment was entered for the defendant, with : costs. The plaintiff gave notice of appeal, on the ground that the verdict y was against the weight of evidence. Tht Alleged Dummylun in Otago.

<£V Dunedin, June 17. Mr B C Haggitt, Crown Solicitor, gave it as his opinion to the Land Board to-day that they had no power to hold an enquiry in the terms of the Act into the case of a pastoral deferred payment licensee suspected of dummyism, whoso license was granted in 1880, and exchanged for a small grazing run in 1888, which lease was subsequently transferred by the Board from the lessee to a..pur* -ehaser. Mr Heggitt said it would bo useless to prosecute the original licensee nnder section 20 for having made a false declaration, but a prosecution for misdemeanour might bo k made under tho Justices of tho Pcacj |Act " * ■ v " - : -<w,,' -,

K iHVEBCABGHif Jane 18. A meeting of those interested in the VPegasustin field was held last night. C/The tenor ofcihe discussion was that -" the twel«*Jcompanies, holding 2o --"claims, should amalgamate, with the i" object of putting oa £**%*" 'market a company with £IDO,OOU "capital. The matter was referred to : -committee, who met afterwards and -drew up resolutions on the lines :.' advocated at the meeting. The wrOtem Troak Sailway. Auckland, June 18. *■' The Chamber of Commerce has convened a meeting for Wednesday to -- consider the desirableness of urging ' the Government complete raUway I communication between Auckland and Wellington^.