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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6917, 22 July 1884, Page 2

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[from our own correspondent.];" ;^: - TA(jpb,Monaay);tY^ The two prisoners charged with housebreaking at Ruananga have been Ihis .sj| morning committed to take their trial at y.~* the next sitting of the Supreme Court at Napier. . ....-<•:', ■>*?/- ;7 :@p Owing to qoarjala^«Qja^Jae natives;; ftj^l survey party have been etopp^^OritS^ manui. They were surveying^ for; aj^rf! Auatraliaa company. '"' / '.. ■■■;-' : ''%?ss . J_FROM A OORBBSPONDENX.yV^:;: -; ,\r| Kaikoba North* Monidfty^ ?(H At Mr Smith's meeting to-nigbt^thißre ';| was a large attendance. Mr. M'Grefvy^; asked Mr Smith if the Government or aiiy | member of the Government asked him to- s secure the Tamaki block for settlement P/?| Mr Smith replied that the Government ■ never applied to him, but that he applied v to the Government. Mr M'Greevy then asked if Mr Smith was aware that the -5 Government wanted to secure tbe Tamaki | block for settlement before he obtainediy^pj; ' Mr Smith replied that he was not awarei; before he obtained it that the Government ? wanted it for settlement. The meeting' ! .;- : olosed with a vote of thanks to Mr Smith. [PBB UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.] ' :r '^ Auckland, Monday. , ; . • A gumdigger named John Pitt was :3; found drowned oft Helensville wharf thfa afternoon. He was drunk yesterday, and ■; ; fell off the. cutter Wark worth last night j' : but was fished out. He must have slipped off the dook again in the night. . l ./■,••".?. The Mayor has invited the citizens to ; join in making to-morrow afternoon a, half-holiday on. account of the^ general election. A number of: Bhopkeepera -^^ notify that they will olose. '', )' :'-. .v'-f-Sv^ George Mitchell, one of the obatrnc- \ tionists to the new tramcars running, waa^ y.. fined at the Police Court this morning V f 10s and costs for throwing atones at r the ' driver. Mitchell had recently come from : 1 Napier. -'"■■', '.i- ' ; v.v.V Gisbornb, Monclay;" :? : v ■ The Working Men's Political Asepoia-W ?i tion have unanimously choßen Mr Rees as -tf their oandidate. Prom fifty, to. sixty >.' were present. A resolution was passed, >" tendering their heartfelt sympathy to Mr-, ■: Rees in his recent action against -Mr;,^-:^ Locke. v • ■ ' '" -' J ->;? ,--^s ■Weilington, Monday; ' { -r;^ A heavy sea is running at the Heads,: J; and the steamers are detained in consequence. . ■ ;. ,• ' The body, of a man named Daniel Liddel, engineer, was picked up in :.ilier'£ss harbor yesterday. At the. inquest; att^f| open verdict was returned. Evidence wiu^^ given that the deceased was undrc4^^ influence of liquor on Saturday, but theter^ was nothing to show how he got idt^tHat^fe water.' '■■ ' ■■ .' • '-. ■■„,.:. %iO%^-^'o.^ Allusion to the general eleoUons/^hioh^lllare to take, place throughout t^ejspl(Jny|M| to-morrow, was made in the t;iii6sjcopj^i^&i prayer offered up in the Weßleyan Ghw^s;^ last night by the Rev. R. O. (>lisrer|oTlje^^ reverend gentleman expresßeoVa ; hbpe : th^t||^| the men who would be returned :%o^axr ;^^ liament might be hbnestt and upri^h|Ss^ persons, and attentive to "their vo^faes.^pf? He prayed that! those with impur^i>lmtuißp|||i migh t be prevented :', from "■ position wh^re ■ harm • ' oould 'iberddnei- anii^|g ' concluded by aßkingtha|i ;Wpne|bu^tlips^^g®

Mr Amos Burr, one of the candidates for Manawatu, laid an information today against Mr Donald Fraser and the members of Mr Eraser's committee for alleged bribery. Nelson, Monday. John M'Leary, machinist at the JSvenifcg Mail office, has been arrested on a charge of arson. On Friday night an old unoccupied house near the railway station was discovered to be on fire, but the flames were extinguished by a few buckets of water. Last night a light was seen in the house, and a neighbor sent for a constable, and then effeoted an entrance , by means of a window. It was then ] found that a hole had been cut in the sorim, and a candle placed there, stir, rounded by hay, over which kerosene had been poured; and a bottle containing about a'pint of kerosene had been left close to the candle. The hay Was just ignited when discovered. M'Leary was charged with arson at the B.M. Oourt to-day, and was remanded; bail being refused. CfiRisTOHUBOH, Monday. Heavy rain has fallen during the early part of to-day, and it is very cold tonight. Much snow bas fallen on the hills in North Canterbury and on Mount Grey Downs. Ddnedin, Monday. Mr H. S. Fish haß issued a writ for £5000 damages against Mr H. J. Walter for alleged libel contained in a letter published in this morning's Times, charging Mr Fish with corrupt practices for some years, challenging an aotion and naming his solicitors. It having been reported from the Bluff that a seaman belonging to the Ringarooma had lost a watch, a man named Kennedy was arrested at Port Chalmers just as the vessel was leaving on suspicion of having committed the theft. . The Coptic sails to-morrow for London via North. She , has 6700 carcases of mutton and a quantity of other produce. The Owake powder mill has been completely destroyed by an explosion.