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NEW ZEALAND.

(PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAMS.) PATEA, September IS. At a meeting of members of local bodies, resolutions were passed asking tie Government to put * sum on the Estimates for roada to the country at the back of Patea, a»d also far an alteration in tie railway timetable between New Plymouth and Patea. It was decided to send three delegates to wait on the Government. WELLINGTON, September 15. Indication of depression, in the flax 1 industry is afforded by the reported intention of a miller at Waikare to stop operations and sell the plant. A large number «f hands will be affected.

The Hon. J. G. Ward has received a cable from the Hon. Mr Bullock, PostmasterGeneral at Canada, congratulating New Zealand on the adoption of the penny post. At an inquest on Mrs Larnbardt, who died while under chloroform,-the , jury returned a verdict of death by misadventure, the medical men who had charge of the case being exonerated from blame. NELSON, September 15. Mr Jas. Sclanders, loc<%l head of the firm Selanders and Co., died this morning, aged fifty-five. He had been a resident of Nelson for thirty or forty years, and was well respected, and a prominent citizen. He had bean in feeble health for many years, and succumbed to a recent attack of influenza. He leaves a widow' and four children.

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Press, Volume LVII, Issue 10763, 17 September 1900, Page 5

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NEW ZEALAND. Press, Volume LVII, Issue 10763, 17 September 1900, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND. Press, Volume LVII, Issue 10763, 17 September 1900, Page 5