SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
AUCKLAND, last night, The Presbytery to-day sustained tho call of the Rev Mr Gow of Dunedin for the Church ab Opotiki. The steamer Wonga arrived from Sydney with a cargo of coal and naval stores for 11. M. ships Wolverine, Nympe, and Sapphire, the latter being expected here to join the otheis m holding a court lnarliu!. MA.KETU, last nignt. Judge Heale anived, and the Lands Court proceeded without opposition. A number of Europeans Lfr, owing to the uncertainty as to when the big cases would come on, but it is hoped that matters are now m a fair way for opening tho Arawa country for settlement. OHRIBTCHCJRCH, last night. It is proposed to start a public company to buy a block of land m the suburbs as a park, and erect houses around it. The ' Times ' urges a furl her sap- 1 ply of arms to the Volunteers, and other defensive measures. NEW PLYMOUTH, Wednesday. ANOTHER KEROSINE EXPLOSION. — HOTEL BURNED. The Urenui Hotel was burnt down last night owing to the explosion of a kerosine lamp m the bar. It was insured m the Standard and Ini aerial ; the building £SOO, stock .£2OO, equally divided between the two offices.
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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 917, 9 May 1878, Page 2
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202SPECIAL TELEGRAMS. Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 917, 9 May 1878, Page 2
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