INTERPROVINCIAL.
(iSY TELKGKAI'H — I'KHSS ASSOCIATION.) DUNEDIN. Last Night. A MKE'IIXG of the unemployed this morning was attended by over 100, when the Minister of Works' telegram was considered. Tt was generally considered that the gangs were too large, but the rate of wages was approved of. The men expressed their willingness to go to work 011 Wednes-
day. Mr Goughtoii, the German Consul,
is dead. WELLINGTON, Last Night. Hon. P. Buckley left for Auckland this morning, and not Hon. R. Scddon, to attend the meeting of the Executive.
The medical congress which recently met at Nelson, decided upon several questions which fhey intend to bring before the Municipal Conference which meets in Wellington during tho next, session of Parliament with a view of amending the Municipal Corporations Act. These are : The necessity of establishing public abbatoirs with qualified inspectors, the creation of a department of public health under the supervision of a- Minister of the Crown, and the advisablness of strict supervision of dairies. The Defence Minister has decided to issue long service medals to volunteers, and those eligible must serve sixteen years' continuous service. j I Mr DeCastro, chairman of the Gulcher Company, lias objected to one or two somewhat important clauses in the agreement for lighting the city by electricity. HO.l. B. Scddon has instructed the police officers to strictly carry out the by-law s under the Borough and Counties Acts, so far as they deal with the collection of Industrial School fees, dog-tax. &r. The "Wellington Garrison Band has decided co be represented at the iirst band contest, to bo held in Dunedin in November next, under the auspices of the recently-formed New Zealand Brass Baud Association. CHBISTCHUKCII, Last Night. At the B.M. Court three men were fined £0 each and costs, aggregating to £0 (is, tor shooting or having ducks in their possession 011 the evening of March 31st, the shooting season not commencing till the following day.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2924, 11 April 1891, Page 3
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322INTERPROVINCIAL. Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2924, 11 April 1891, Page 3
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