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Northern Advocate, 17 December 1887, Page 3

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POLITICAL. Wellington, Thursday. Railway Bill finally passed the Lower | House, and although efforts for aradical change in the whole system of railway management were made, less time was devoted to its consideration than was wasted on half a dozen useless arguments in the early part of the session. On the question of State Aid to Boman Catholic Education, the Committee report that, as the question is at present under consideration, Parliament has no recommendation to make. The Education Committee will present their neport.. In the report they recommend a similiar committee for next session, in order to give an exhaustive report on educational reform, pending which it is inadvisable to seriously interfere with, the education system. Land boards wijl be elected soon after Ist of January. Of four elective members, county councils will afford three and boroughs one. Cabinet has determined to renew the Frisco Mail Service. R. Thompson gave notice to ask Government,if they have any objection to bring in a Bill next session to provide for the construction of North Auckland Railway on the land grant principal. Another sufferer from Tarawera eruption is Patrick McCroy Tikitere, Rotorua. He has petitioned the House praying for redress, and estimates his loss at £200. A large number oi Auckland sawmill employees petitioned the House, praying for imposition of export duty on baulk timber by way of stimulating export of sawn," dressed, and manufactured timber;

Eepresentation Bill, reducing House to 74, passed all the stages of Upper House, and now only requires Eoyal signature to become law. The rabbit nuisance . committee has elicited the fact that the Stout-Vogel Government, two days before successors were sworn in, gave to a firm at Wellington an order for £4000 worth of rabbit fencing material, without advertising or calling for tenders. Wellington Education Board is reducing the salaries of teachers. Wellington, Thursday. E. Thompson presented a petition from residents at Waipu in reference to the manufacture of votes to influence local option and county elections through bogus sub-leases, whereby 49 pesons were put on the roll, the expense of rates, leases, etc., being borne by one individual. They pray the House to remove this irregularity, and to prevent it being practised in other Jparts of the colony. E. Eeeves has withdrawn his motion to impose an import duty of 2/6 per ton on all imported coal. Auckland, Thursday. At the Supreme Court, E. Harkett, for killing an ox with intent to steal, was sentenced to three years ; Charles Donald, John Brown, Edward Simpkin, and John Christmas, charged with the same offence were discharged; Samuel Clegg, for manslaugter sentenced to two years. F. H. Lewison, the well-known Queen-street jeweller, died on Wednesday morning of dysentery, aged 57. A sailor named Edward J. Joseph, better known as Alfred Brown, was killed yesterday at ' the' Sugar Works, while me vessel was coaling, by a coal buoket falling on his head. Dividend of /6 in Cambria Goldmining Company, payable on Tuesday. At Te ■' Awamutu, last evening, a i boy named Wm. Miller, 7-years old, was thrown from a horse and killed. His mother is a widow. Napier, Thursday. A series of dastardly outrages on horses belonging to A. Boyn has been committed during the past few nights. Two horses' intestines cut out, and a third, severely cut on the side. Mark McCallum, a storekeeper for Scott and McLean, of Wimbledon, near Wainui, disappeared from the latter place last Friday, with £200 in his possession. A horse with saddle and bridle, was found in the Parangahau ranges, and it is surmised that McCallum has committed suicide.