WELLINGTON, Saturday.

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WELL INGTON, Saturday.

x\. Mippleim nt u \ (Ja/ette was issued to-ilay containing the new lailway tan ft It is veiy \olmninoiis The lopauing paity on the Dai win line, South Au Italia, upmt ha\ing found a man Iviiil' di.nl undei tlio lire, 120 milts noi tli of the I'cal:. In d".pui, lie hful cv\tthj hue in onlei to Ijirnif assistance. Hi- hoi->e la> d< ad almi^siilt him The neaiest vatui w,h twentj miles distant. Monday. Tlic notices of di^-mi'-sal oi ollieeisof tlic Middle I-land Tnhlic Woiki De]»aitment weie foivaided by mail today. Mi' 351.ii l is to 1)0 icmo\ed lieic as Assistant Knginoer-m-Chicf of tlic colony The new uulway tanir, which comes into foice on the 17th Maich, nicieases the passengcis faies about 10 per cent, outside a ladius of 10 miles fiom Auckland, Wellington, Chnstehurch, Dunedin and Imeicargill. Fieight lat s, while not bo high as thot,e of ISSO, aie higher than those of the piesent tanff, and the total increase expected } early is £150,000 extia per annum.