DUNEDIN. July 16.

North Otago Times, Issue 774, 17 July 1890, Page 2

DUNEDIN. July 16.

The jil.u itine Council hate communicated uith Mesii's P. Hayman and Co. and M«B3r» Oowiw and 00. n tho dil'

Suto bofcwoen Whitcombe, Tombs, and n., Ohrwiohtiroh, and thu Typographical Association. The former obtain and dtstrittiuo tho li"»i'« publicntions and tho latter supply thorn with papor, and both havo hcon informed that they aro expected not to havo furthor doalings with VVhitcombo and Tombs until fcho dispute is settled. It is understood tho Council will demand from the firm a refund of fcho expenses to which tho Tyj» • > »plncnl Association has been put to bciuio ugroeing to any settlement. Mr William Brown has boon appointed, on bohftlf of tho minors at Groy Valley, to oxamino tho books of tho Grey Valley Coal Company, and has received pornihfcion from tho directors. Tho Bonovolont Trusteos havo tho same difficulty in hand as recently occurred at Auckland. A wardor from SonclifF Asylum brought four pationts to tho chairman tho other day. Thoy had been discharged from tho asylum, and as thoy wero unable to work the warder rofjuosted that they bo adnjittod into tho institution. The chairman declined to receivo them until ho consulted other mombors, and tho patients (three men and ono woman) wpro taken chnrgo cf by tho gaol and hospital chaplain. Br King, who ( wag present at tho. meeting, said tho patients could not bo takon back, ns they wero no longer fit to bo kept in tho asylum. It was decidod to bring tho matter before the Charitable Aid Board to-morrow, Uie opinion boing divided m to whothor thoy should be rocoivod or not. An eight-roomed unoccupied house, owned by B. Hudson, at IJalf-way Bush, was burned down. Insurance, L2OO in tho Standard oftico.