PER PRESS AGENCY.

Auckland Star, Volume IX, Issue 2606, 24 August 1878, Page 3

PER PRESS AGENCY.

CHRISTOHURCH, this day.

HARBOUR BOARD. At a meeting of the Harbour Board yesterday, Mr Harman called attention to the loss of interest which would be entailed upon the Board if the Government persisted in the system of having that portion iof the wharfage dues, which is paid through the Railway Department, forwarded to Wellington, and then returned to Lyttelton. ; An opinion was expre-sed by the; Board that it is absolutely necessary to ha;ve an R.M. at Lyttelton. STARVED TO DEATH. :

A paiuful case of destitution took place at Ashburton, Avhere an old man, 64, years, lay without food among the flax in the river bed three days. He was discovered by the Sergeant of Police in the last stage of starvation. G"RAIN DUTY.

A largely-attended meeting was held at Lincoln yesterday. The action of the Government re grain duty was condemned, and the following resolutions carried : " That the President be requested to represent to the Government the injustice of the proposal to abolish the protective duty on grain while retaining the protective duty on timber, and the ad valorem duty of ten per cent, on corn bags'; also that he pointed out that the grain producers of this colony pay the highest wages of any agricultural country, while the freight for grain to the home markets is also higher than that of the other Australian colonies. MISSING MAN TURNED UP. The missing man and child have turned up. They had gone to Wellington and have been sent back by the police in the s.B. Arawata. . WELLINGTON, this day. THE STEAM TRAMWAY.; . The tramway opened successfully this afternoon. Three locomotives with carriages, and two carriages drawn by horses, traversed the line from Government House to the Te Aro terminus. The Governor and suite were invited guests, and filled the carriages. The lunch is now prececding. DUNEDIN, this day. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. ' The Under-Secretary has written to the Chamber of Commerce that the Government cannot support the proposal of, the Chamber that all bankruptcy notices, should be pubslihed in the " Mercantile Gazette of New Zealand," COMPULSORY EDUCATION. - The Anderson's Bay School Committee have decided to bring into force the compulsory clauses of the Education Act at last. THE NEW RAILWAY. , The railway connecting D'unedin' with Christchnrch will be laid at half-past twelve on Monday. ■•