WELLINGTON. Wednesday.
WELLINGTON, Wednesday. An extraonlmaiy Gazette ie-sued this evening announces the resignation of the Atkinson Ministry, and the appointment of the Stout Ministry. At a meeting of the Lambton Licensing Bench to-day, several applications for the extension of hours, who were only granted 10 o'clock licenses at the last sitting of the committee, had the hours extended to midnight. The Wellington Poultry and Pigeon Association Show was opened to-day by his Excellency the Governor. There were 292 entries, and the show was a great success. A young man named Jacob Hansen, employed at the Wellington Meat Preserving and Refrigerating Company, attempted to commit suicide by hanging himself fiom a steam pipe in the factory. When cut down he was nearly strangled. He has been in a despondent state for a day or two. He was remanded to the Asylum for examination.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1898, 4 September 1884, Page 2
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142WELLINGTON. Wednesday. Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1898, 4 September 1884, Page 2
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