WELLINGTON. January 6.
The iron .yacht Good Templar, 10 tons, which left Auckland on Christmas Day, put in to this port yosterday, having been unable to make Lyttelton in time for the regatta. She therefore will remain for the Wellington regatta on the 22nd. A man named Davies has been arrested and remanded for refusing to support his wife and children at Christchurch. The Hon. Mr Waterhouse's sale to the Hon. Mr Martin comprised 34,000 acres of land, fenced, 33,000 sheep, 700 head of cattle, 40 horses, implements, &c. The price was L 85,000. The criminal session opened to-day l The calendar is light. Sarah Hannah Janobs, who pleaded guilty to attempted suioide, was released on her husband's recognisance for L5O, to come up for sentence when called on. The Hon. Mr Fox denies the authorship of a letter in an English paper, reflecting severely on the character of members of the House of Representative. A meeting of footballers is called to consider letters relative to the visit of an English team to the colony. A post mortem examination on the body of the man M'Elwain, who died on Saturday, shows the cause was rupture of the heart.
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North Otago Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2084, 7 January 1879, Page 2
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198WELLINGTON. January 6. North Otago Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2084, 7 January 1879, Page 2
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