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TELEGRAPHIC.

{PER STAR SPECIAL WIMK.)

(fSOM PRESS AOENQY AND OUR nw*r CORRESPONDENTS.) WN

GREAT NA-g&HffiSSf* The Native Land Court held a si'tr here to-day for the purpose of hearing Otamakapa case. Judge Heale rnvS/j and Dr Buller appeared^ coZJt^'o Crown. The claim is importaut a«it\. n prised 120,000 acres, for whicn the ofc' ment have agreed to pay £60,000 on com p etion of the title. Upwards A claimants have come across from RanmtitT and Renata has made great prer,,. i, ,i1 Omahu, to which place the Court il-A >*, adjourned. ■ *'3vr CHRISTCHURCH, Iha^f, At Akaroa, John Miller and E ; QarW' have been committed for trial fora crimW assault on a married woman about a y-, * ago. ' l'" At the official declaration of the poll f Ashley to-day Mr Moorhouse wa« <U>t'n '', elected. t'"laroG

At the inquest this morning on the k.l ot a child found in the river, the doctor wl ' made a post mortem examination va ' g n f f decided whether the child was stifl.W,.W otherwise. The jury could not sw r r-o' J'r the inquiry was adjourned fora vcek ' WELLINGTON, Monday ' WEST COAST RAILWAY • Mr Climie, 0.X., has reported' to ft, i Minister for Public Works that I l lnt> , f , railway can be got from Wellington by ,L V ' of Johnsonville with no gradient 'stecitv than one in thirteen, from Porirua with no gradient steeper than one in sixteen. .*; ' ' Between fifty and sixty of the labofirer' employed on the Gladstone section West Coast railway were discharged at.ths end ■• of the past week. ' ' ■•" V , Mrs Britten, the inspirational iiratdj*''** addressed a large audience at the Theatre;'i Royal last night. Bjj . ■* ■<; ,!■ The Naval Brigade continue l«! fakf practice cruises whenever opportunity nfiVr;T ' and there is some probability of the brisaijn'' becoming owners of a small craft:snk«!)le for practising seamanship in. THE ANTI-CHINESE LEAGUS.' Some torty members have joined the association formed to counteract the'employ." W' ment of Chinese in hotels. " ; rf f AID FOR DISCHARGED PRISONERS With reference to the man Tyler"wlm ': was arrested_ on a charge of Yajirancy, and ' ' • ■' was found in a starving condition' Mr Mansford said there should be a fund set apart for the maintenance of discharged prisoners until they could obtain employment. With regard to Tyler's case, Hia Worship said he would be glad to receive a sufficient sum from those who were charitably disposed to maintain the man for six weeks while he recovered his health, and in. the meantime he would look out some employment for him, The Relieving Officer stated that he had been instructed to maintain Tyler for a week. Several persons expressed their willingness to do something for Tyler. . ... ■

This day. The Wellington Choral Society held its sixteenth annual meeting last night. The report showed a falling off in workin» members, and the balance sheet for the year" a lo : s of £38. .■ '

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Auckland Star, Volume X, Issue 2940, 16 September 1879, Page 2

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TELEGRAPHIC. Auckland Star, Volume X, Issue 2940, 16 September 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC. Auckland Star, Volume X, Issue 2940, 16 September 1879, Page 2

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