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Bush Advocate, Volume XII, Issue 1755, 3 October 1899, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

v f3b f&ass «.asjju.r.O!f.j Wellington, Oot. 2. The Agent-General cables :-~Bui±»^-. rising. IB^' This«ly. The City Council has decided to drop proposed extension of oity bonndariesfor the present in view of the ""' opposition by suburban municipalities. The matter, however, is only to be'" postponed to give time to enable the \ proposals to be better understood. Mastbrton, This day. Constable WorthingUn, who burst a. blood vtssel on the brain on Friday night just as lie was going on duty, died early this morning. Deceased was twelve years in the A.O, force and ten years in the polio*. Ha leaves a j wife and two children. I ,_ Aucklawd, This day. Mrs Yates, recently elected to the Onehunga Borough Counoil, last night protested that she could not get h«r resolutions seconded, and has to fight for the ratepayers single-handed. Sh« insisted on being addressed as Coum- " oillor Yates and respectfully.' Tho Mayor said he toust aek members to address each other %a Councillor. Tb» minutes ware read by the Town Clerk' in a high pitched voice, drowning the equally vigorous protest by Mr* Yates. Dunedw, Thi»a»y. A dispute has arisen in the building trade, and 95 employers are cited to ■ appear before the Conciliation Board. The.men ask for Is 4Jd an hour. ; The principal insurances on the Daily ' Times office are— South Briti»h and. ' Australian Alliance £1500 each, Boyal and New Zealand .£1250 eaol». : The ■'. ?$■ loss is at present unascertainable/-; The N.Z. Shipping Co. v adni^. ':;, from London that news received oil " M?} Saturday with, respect to the Waikatb j:^ is incorrect. Therehasbeen.no furj' £*ij thernewsas to the wheijeab,oute;bfvV : f-) vessel since she. was sightß^'Ky'vih^i^S Aftjsborg on Au S^pV^ig^^^^^