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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5560, 11 December 1879, Page 2

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[BY SPECIAL WIRE.] : ! " ' Dunedin, Wednesday. : ■ At the meeting of the Waste Lands Board to-day, it was stated that, for the [convenience o^newf arrivals arid intending aettlefs, statements would... be jprepared arid posted in various publip places giving jail information regarding the land open for selection. .■.:,.:>.-:'- :. -...,. ■ The annual sesdi'dri of the local.Orange Institution was opened this afternoon. • Mr Stout, in a letter to the Times, says jthat the prppable passing of the Property Tax Bill- may be an advantage, inasmuch'as it will act as a stimulus upon bitizeristo take part in politics. They iwill! suffer from defective Government ;arrailg^ments, aud the property tax is ith'e nrs't instalment of- the burden they [miiat bear. . In conclusion, he writes': — •" t' charge the Government. !inttie"fac'e of [existing depression, in the "f aoe of the need of new taxation, with increasing expenditure in all departments. I charge them with gross extravagance, and I am amazed that the House should not have agreed to' Mr. Macandrew's proposal and sent back the estimates. . I hope we will •hear no more of' the charge of extravagance against ■ the Grey Ministry. Let rhe ' only add that the Government and House — for both are responsible— who idesired to economise, could here, without injury' to the oolony, have reduced ;the : expenditure by £200,000, and I state this frdm my knowledge of Government iaffairs." ; •" ; ' "-'■■ ' : ■ •'.■■! ..' J V 1 Gkahamstown, Wednesday. ; !.A fire broke, out at 2.15 a.m. this mornings destroying the premises in Pollenstreet, of Wood, fruiterer, and Brien, furniture dealer, and damaging the premises of. Adcocks, butcher. Brien was insured in the Royal for £175, and Wood in the Norwhich Union for £60 for the building. ■ ' Wellington, Wednesday. . The city waterworks loan which was. about to be placed in the London market has been te m E or^ I ?ly withdrawn . by the London agents ..of the. Corporation bankers, owing to the fact that the issue"; sof the five million loan, has, affected the market to a considerable extent. , . Chmstohtjroh, Wednesday, ; The Bishop of Christchurch and' Mrs Harper celebrate their golden wedding on Friday next. ; '< Tenders have been called for by the City Council for sinking an experimental ''artesian well in Cathedral-square. 1 •' An' animal called an Indian snake killer,! which was exhibited here during the [races, escaped the other evening from j where the owner is lodging, near the S railway, '.and has since; made great \hayoc. jin the poultxy yards iv tho ■ neighbourihood. A large number of duoks have been found torn to shreds, and fowls with deep incisions in their bodies. The ; animal is still at largo. j Tho Christchurch rojl, of .shareholders ! in tho ooiripariy brganised to form a i setttement on the Waimate Plians numibers 500 heads of families, representing j 3000 soiilsi It.is proposed 'tp amalgamate I with the [Wellington 1 Small Farm. ; Association, and two delegates will be I sent to Wellington to interview the Go- j J verement on the subject. ! The result .of the Qopd Templars Grand | j Lodge electioriV this 'afternoon was as ' follows :— Chief Templar, the Bey, J>x. f '■ Boseb^, JohriSun, ; of Wellintori ; | secretary, Bro; ij^nierpn ; treasurer, Bro. ! Marr ; chapliari; liev. ' Bro. Butler of ißalclutha; marshall, Bro. Smith of | Lyttelton. ' ' ■ , :■„. . . : . ; ; The weather is noV warm,. but heavy floods are still coming down, in most, of the rivers. j . : Timaiitt, Wednesday.. j '[ The half-yearly dririaiual. sittjri^ of the Supretrie "Cdurt opbried- tb-'day Vbefore Judge Johnston. There ' "were no oases tried 6i iseribus importancol ••' ° i-..!/.0.." ;' ;= • Atjokland, Wednesday. 1 , .The pending : assault cases v be Ween I Messrs' JV Mi Bhera 1 and 1 Joseph 'Howard ,wer.e'¥eMiil without appeal to the law;

courts through the interverition of .a mutual, friend. '. ,■; There^ is attotheitdititculty .between Dempsey and his* Jtftgfoan ,afi|h6railr V.'w-ay^oiamation worksir "Tiie men struok ■worKto-<SAy k - ;i" r .:: ,-^j'' /TK^ Thames Gold Mining VCpmpairy -\ ;hav^; .declared a diyiderid- of , 2s 'Gd'per .•shar.eiviibsorbing£7s0 v .; x ;■ ". " •'./*■'* Rewi^s* said to be serionsly .indisposed. The natives are looking forsarji with interest to >the great native meeting next -monthii-T,t.s --t— ?t ■- •?- - ■- . ■ -.' •.•-■-.-.; l?he regatta committee met to-night, . and decided r that" for the jchampipn' ' Bbhoorier the first prize BnouloMb# = j£loo and a sextant^ arid the second prize £(30. For the large cutter tadfl the ■first prize a silver cup of the value of r^3s presented by a^meiriber, with £15;1idded ; the second, prize, £20 ; and the" third, •£lo. '! Two bother silver dups'have'ljeeni presented for open briat and yacht races.- 1 There is every: promise of ; a' successful 'niedtlflgi _