WELLINGTON, Last Night.
f ' It is understood that Mr John Knowles, Under-Secretary for Public Works for the colony, has applied for and received' ■permission to retire on his pension onjkhe. ground of ill-health. Mr Knowle^has •been in the N service for 43 /^ears.' Nothing has*.yet been done as^to apj ''pointing his successor. •' !A. man name'd'John Stephenson, lately I from Greymdnth', was to-day committed 'iox trial on a'charge of stealing a gold watch and chain from a fellow-lodger at the Itajje of Edinburgh Hotel. ■ ■ iTJiii'Solonial Treasurer will leave Wellington jon a visit to the South Island at the Mter erid of this month. > The. Government has received a telegram from Mr Bryce, relating very fully tlie^ circumstances of the occupation s of Ka^hia. Mr "Bryce - states that the natives not only received them with'a Ma6rL,welcome, but also gave them three hearty British cheers as the Stella dropped her anchor in Kawhia Harbour. No/difficulty is apprehended concerning the survey, sale, -1 or occupation.
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Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1653, 8 February 1883, Page 3
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161WELLINGTON, Last Night. Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1653, 8 February 1883, Page 3
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