NEW ZEALAND.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXV, Issue 282, 12 December 1889, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

y \ '. +>/:'" ■-■■"..■■■;!■-:.•■'■ r i. .■■.■.:." .1 [UNITED PBBSS ASSOCIATION.] : ' WfeiiiiNSTdN^ December li. .v. Two'^sharp sh6(3k3i.o^«attiiqaakeiweKi ' fait here l.ati 4,40 this > afternj^nr The H first jhad 7 .,somathing like an upheaving •.. motion, but the I ' second was very distinct. The direction was. apparently" south to- • north v " ';■ ■•';■ •'. " . - ; " : ■" '■ ;,' Arjivedi— Barque Lutterworfch, Captafii Slfeßte^lft2 days from London. -:• j r . . < ; Th!e.Hon . Mr. Hislop ; left , for the Squib tb-xlayl '.";"'.'..-'"■.• ,'.'."' '.'•'". .','."".-' : : '. The-iiurapers and Wharfingers Union,'. ' " .which haß.beep m existence pnly a (jonple. of montoß,' now'humbers 700 members; ' '■'■ J " . -. At a.ini'eetjng of the City Lioenaing Com- - mittee yesterday, &c Chairman; paid, m ' referring to oases where brewers put ser''va'h'tsin charge , of .hotels, that he would "' - like io see an /amendment of the Act io fche direction of • requiring every • who is interested m an hotel to put his , nattie up m conjunction .withiihat of the licensee. One of the licenses that cams before the Committee for transfer was branded with a "blacks mark" m i-he , shape of a record of conviction for Sunday '\ ■;■' trading. ''I don't think' we can attach' ? muoh importance te.that/.' said the Chair- .--■•' man,' ". When it is perfectly -well known that every publichonse m town does as much trade on; Sunday as on any other day."" - i- ■ .- . : : • ■"■■'■;■ December 12. •■ ' , No returns of property tas have coma ia ■yet; as the I|enartmeat has given up the practice' <6i having^them "telegraphed to ' Wellington, .an'dvnow' receive them by mail;inthe I< o,rdinary, course. To.morrow isthe last day on "wbion tax can be paid Without imposition of ten per cent pehaltyV ■ ; The majority of persons always wait till ■'■ the last- moment, so that the amount received will not be known for some time. Chbistchubch, December 11. 3 jAt the inquest on Gideon Withers, no evidence was adduced to show that his accounts were wrong orthat^he was m Era&noial trouble. His son stated that he > I -had reoently had occasional headaches and ! fitsi of depression. The jmy found that he had died by his own hand, but that [ there evidence as to the cause or as to.unsoundnessofmind. The Coroner entered up' a verdict of felo-de-se. •' Donedin, December 12. Wells, injured by- the train yesterasy, has recovered consciousness, and hopes ; are now entertained t)f his recovery. The Protectionist Couference meeSs here on the third: wdeb in. January. ■ . . Mabteiiton, Dccefflber 12. Catler's Railway Hotel at Elcetahuna . was burnt down last night. Insurance : . building, m the Colonial, MOO ; furuitur^ and stock, £300 m the Standard, :