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Strike of Navvies. Gkrymocth, Wednesday. The navvies at Honey Creek contract struck tor 10s a day. The contractors decline to pay more than 9s, wl)ich they have been paying all along, and which is the basis on which they tenderecj. Pestruction of Flax. Auckland, Wednesday. At) immense area qf growing fjax between Te Puke and Makem lias been destroyed by fire, representing a loss of thousands of pounds. The Northern Railway League. . Auckland, Wednesday. The Minister of Lands, m replying to a deputation from the Northern Railway League, favoured the con* atruction of a road from Auckland to Taranaki, and said he would consult bis colleagues on the matte;,
So&frins: In a St&tto. Onntsrctiußou, Wednesday. A swagger, whose naine is unknown, has been found hanging in the stable loft at the Junction Hotel, Halswell. ~*r— A Lesson, to Blenheim, Wednesday. In the Supreme Court, in the case Chirlcs Luous v. Colonial Bank, a claim for the refund of £6OO, the amount of a promissory note alleged to have been wrongfully obtained by the Bank, and damages for wrongful • sale by the Bank, as mortgagees, /of plaintiff's farm, the jury found for the plaintiff for the amount, of the promissory note and £420 damages for the Bale of the farm, which, with . interest, amounts to nearly £I4OO. The Wellington Seat Wellington, Wednesday. Mr Buiok, M.H.R., Secretary of the Liberal Association,is here for the purpose of working up Mr M'Lean's elooiion, which the Govern ment vo fight for him on closely lines. Mr Bell gives his final answer ■< to-morrow. Important Native Sleeting. - Wellington, Wednesday. The Hon. Air Cadman attends an ,• important Native meeting at Otoro- •' bang*, King Country, on December the 16th, at which Wahanui and other Chiefs are expectud to be present. The question to be debated is the sale of land in the Colony for the central route. The Minister will go up by the line of railway in order to get an idea of the country.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3978, 2 December 1891, Page 2
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