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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5539, 17 November 1879, Page 2

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' . . — '■ — . '♦ • [.BY SPECIAL WIRE. I Auckland, Saturday. Mr Godlin has been elected Mayor of Onehunga without opposition. Mr James M'Cosh Clark has been solicited to permit himself to be nominated for the Auckland Mayoralty. Mr Peacock Is', indisposed to take another term of office. • , x . Mrs Hardinge Written conducted a Spiritualistic service dyer the remains _of a iihild df Mi? Potter in .the Anglican oometery. A portion .-of the Anglioan burial service was also read. She subsequently closed the service with an address which moved the mourners totearsV : The bodies of George aiid Thomas Day 1 , father and son, drowned last .Saturday in a boat accidents were' recovered ..to L day. At the -inquest a' verdict of found drowned was returned. ..■'. ... 1 ■■-■>•' Sunday,' ■ A mile race -took place at Ellerslie on Saturday between Both and M'Giniey for £25 a side. M'Giniey won by eight yards". Alburnias are fluctuating from £4 5s to £4. •/-■; ■-, ' * DujfEDlN", Sunday, nMr S.J. # Walters, and tMj.H. S. Fish Kave b"eeii nominated._for ite'l)unedin Mayoralty. ' ' r , '•_' The Caledonian Hotel,. a wooden > building 'iii ' Walker-street, _was 'destroyed by fire yesterday- afternoon,-.; The , qrigur of tKe fire" is ~a" mystery.. -The furniture and effects of the landlord, Mr rHutton, .were injured for. £100.0 in the. Standard office, and. partly : reinsured; ." The / building, which was. insured 'in the' Standard office for 25500, was r owned by. Mr Boss. ''■'>''*- ' • ' " GRAHA^rsToVifj Saturday. . TheAlburnia mme 'prospects are'still favorable, .there being" a good{ show of gpld in , the • stopes ' for aboui .40 ieet. Prices have "not shown - great fluctuation. Sales were made' this afternoon .at :85s. M.oanataiari:shares}afe harde"hirig: r . ','.-,' . , Yesterday lightningtstruck' the "mainmast ,of the <cutter' Stag, while lying at Bagn all's Haurald saw-mills, cutting out a orescent-shaped splinter 7 feet Icing, an"d causing much 1 alarm -to ( those on bpard. # ' The 4'^t)^swer'*"P,ae'roa- correspondent says that Tiikukirio's 1 people have been busily engaged for 4he - laat two days, in inusterfrig, 1 preparatory t6 driving off all cattle of Europeans from the Komata blp.ck. t. „'_.'. . . „, „ : The nomination for the Mayoralty of ttie Thames takes place on Monday. ;Mr , Firth's steamer, the : Kptuku, is stranded. on a sandbank intheWaihou riyer. r She is. heavily* freighted. " •" Christohurch," Saturday. •' The Governor and suite left this after-, noon in the Hinemoa for Wellington; via Akarpa. . ...''- The. settling took place this afternobn. The following amounts rwef e paid pver as stakes :— -H. Goodman. £717 1.0s ; R. Bay, £796 13s; W. Walters, £142 15s ;• Mason and Yallance,.£2os 10s ; H. .Prince,, £3^ 4s ; E. . Griffiths, £570 ; j. W. Mallpoki £256 10s; D. O'Brien, 1 £190 rH. Eedwopdr£2o ; J. Dunn and S. Powell £10 each ; C. H. Owen, £15 ; P. Buller£s.: A special train leaves for Dunedin tonightiat 9 o'clock with return visitors. At ihe sale of race-horses to-day, iPishhook was sold! for 505^ guineas,. and' itara for 176 guineas. . Both bought 1 by Mr JobbernSi ' ' ', ■■..'.i\-i. Wellington, -Saturday. ; ' Major Heaphy has gone to Otaki to take up tho work left by the . late -Judge .Young. .V \- , , \ \ . . "■. " . . A deputation -of' Foxtpn and Palmer-' ston North settlers waited on the Minister • for Public Works" to-day^ asking' the. Go-, vernment to commence work at each end of 'the West Coast railway. They argued that should their .re_que»t.be__ complied, with, a great deal of land would bej opened up for settlement. The Hon. Mr Oliver agreed with the deputation that it; was desirable to open up land for settlement by nieans of public jvorks, and with! ; that end 'in view the Gdvernnaeht" "had devised a scheme for establishing village settlements. If the. finances of the .colony . were -in a .flourishing state, the work referred to by the deputation,; as well as many others of ah equally "ini-' pprtant nature, would at once be proceeded with ; • but unfortunately the usolony* 1 a --■ financial' condition -was not at. present of the .most, satisfactory nature. As soon, however, as the Government were in a position to go on with the work the request of the 1 petitibnei-s l should receive careful consideration at. the hands of the Government. . . . . ; , At the 'R.M. Court to-day the case of; Lingard v. Gillon • waij heard. The following are the particulars of the case ' — In 1876 the plaintiff had been playing certain pieces in New Zealand, and, when leaving the. colony in March, 1577, Mr •Gillon, claming to be agent for Mr Cpppin, of Melbourne, had made a demend for £16 for author" fees, r threatening legal proceeding if Mr Lingard'refused. Mr Lingard, rather ; than be arrested, had paid £10 under protest. He .gflw^sued to recover the amount, on the ground that the demand^, was unjustifiable. 1 His Worship reserved judgment, i The Gazette contains the new scale of fares and charges for passengers and goods on the New Zealand railways. ' ASHBUBTON, Sunday. Last night a destructive fire broke' but in Fowler 8 general store, Tanored-street! The Brigades were quickly on the; spot; but despite their .efforts and tne exertions of several persons present, the building was quiokly enveloped in flames, .and the fire extended to Hydes' tinsmith shop on the left and Hioks' baker shop on. the : right. The buildin g, : became one blazing massiina few minutes. Mr Orr's private fesidencej adjoining Hicks' shop,, was ajb one time in danger, but owing to the great ' exertions use,d the danger was averted. .-Mr Hydes beine uninsured- is a heavy loser. He has a wife and largo family, and is left utterly destitute. Mr Hicks' ; shop was owned' by Mr Fowler, and the stock was insured for £250. ; apd Mr Fowler's house £900^ He estimates his loss ai £400. The fire caused great exoitemente ' . •. . , .

. "• New Plymouth, Sunday. jA'Clnld of Mr Alexander Colons while playing near the weU at the racecourse +!i ;in *i° zt « *! nd , before measures could be. 1 tW:° «^wn the well to rescue theY child^ wA&drowned. NX „ssM^-