AUSTRALIAN HEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2608, 30 March 1889, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN HEWS.

(|SV KI.KLI'KIU TELEUH M'II—COI'VRIOHT.) Mklboukxe, March 28. A .mom; those returned in the elections 'o day were Mr Gillies, Premier; Mr Utrh.'im. Postiiiiisfer-tiencral ; Mr DeaKin. Cliief Sueretary ; .Mr Nimmo, Comniissioncr of Publiu Works ; and Mr Bent, ex leader of the Opposition, Mr Gunson was one of thosu defeated". March 29. Sir William .lervois upon hia arrival as* evening from New Zealand was re•iecd with «mrrl of honor. Sir '.Villiatn le.uos for Adtlniile to day. All the Ministers have been returned at the elections. The returns arc not yet complete, but tho approximate re.suits of the elections are Government GO, Opposition 35. Syii.\j;v, March 29. The Council of the Trade and Labour Association arc urging the Government to protest against the, proposal of Mr Gos'•hen in the Imperial Parliament to send State-aided emigrants to the colonies. The body of n yirl tiamed Lavinia Dines, win; died rteenUy, has been esumed, as there was a suspiei-m that death was .ilie to malpractice. It was found that tlio uterus had been removed after death. .Startling disclosures are expected, and present somewhat similar features to those connected with the death of the woman Reilly ou the 10th inst., in which ease a verdict of murder was returned against some person o; , persons unknown. Thukhuav Island, March 28. News from Singapore is to the effect that a Bill for the total suppression of secret societies in the Straits Settlements has pawed the committee stage of the Legislative Council.