INTERPROVINCIAL.

Press, Volume XXIX, Issue 3973, 18 April 1878, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

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TWO Gdt,D DISCOVEEIES.

; J Auckland, April 17Messra Lusk and Hamlin addressed their constituents. • They both dissented from Sir •Q-. orey regarding the f ranchiie, ac at present any man who owned aojthing more than a carpet bag had a vote. Mr Lusk strongly opposes the tax on land, though lie approved ot a tax on income, if the income was derived fromlandL An acreage rate was unfair. He believed if Sir G. Grey persisted in advocating theee measures he would sap the foundation of j|us popularity. Such vindictive legislation would be found a mistake. MrLueksaid, af coneideratipn, he had decided to resign "his seat. Votes'-ef confidence in Meesrs Euek and Hamlin were passed. A mirer nanaed: Michael Collins, at Coromapdel, has received a letter from London solicitors, announcing that he is heir to a ioriune of £300,000.

'In the case of Arthur y. "Waikato Steam Navigation Company, a claim • for £500 damages, for injuries received from falling down the hold through alleged negligence of defendants, nine of the ju(y were m favor of awarding no damages. The judge held this to -.be. a ysrdict for defendants, andebteredit accordingly. • ■ •• ■■■■*■-■ > <■■• '"<'<: ■-■'■ - Ayoung man aamed Aitken, nephew of W. Aitken, the land agent, fell down in an apoplectio fit morning, and died im-'" mediately. He had been employed as clerk by Messrs,J3Jesketh\and( Biohmond, solicitors. Montague McMurdo, son of Captain MoMurdo, or, Mutual I4fe Association, was thrown frbnr hie horse,: and 'unstained con'ouesion of the brain. Tt is' feared the injuries .'arefatal. •., • ■ , - . . ■• t - - .>, . ; ;i l!i\e : Cily Council forday referred the question of the, employment of Mr Clark, U. 8., to t&ePublio Works Committee. . " ; . Gbahambxows , , April 17. ' ; ■A digger arrived in town to-day from the iUppeif Thames with some very good coarse gold, and two gold-bearing specimens obtained from 'a new locality.' He has shown them to the I county authorities, with the • intention of either claiming a reward for the discovery or obtaining assistance from the county prospecting committee. , Several parties out prospecting are said %o have obtained payable returns from alluvial or reef wash. , ' :

.' WKLJUNeT<w, April 17. The evening papers to-day publish the names of nearly all the'leading people: here ac interested in the New Colonial Insurance Company. ' ' V ,

; Gbexhotith, April 17. - New quartz reef* have been discovered in bojththe Moonlight and Blackball districts. Several chums have been applied for.* The stone. fthowS good gold.

; [FFOM OXTE OWH CQEBESPOBTJBirfn ' " ~ ; .; TIMAIHJ, 4prill7. , , jMessi-s Henderson and Goodall leave for the North to-morrow/to,,meet Captain Hfiale re harbor plans. ,■-■ ■■■••:

• Nearly, all the stores in town are full of grain, and it is being largely stacked in the open air. T ■ ;