GENERAL TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
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Invercargill, Wednesday. Two Maoris at Biverton were fined £2 10s each, and costs £5. for having trout in their possession during the close season. They admitted the charge, but contended that as members of the native race they were permitted to take fish from the waters alongside the native reserve. Mr. McCarthy, S.M., ruled that no such rights existed. Wang an in, Wednesday. At a meeting of the Caledonian Society to-night resolutions of sympathy were passed regarding the deaths of Mr. W. P. Stuart, a local Highlander, .and Mr. M. J. S. Mackenzie. The latter resolution was proposed by Mr. R. C. Bruce, who expressed deep sorrow at the premature removal of " our brilliant countryman," and of the great loss New Zealand sustained in the death of one " whose great abilities, high character, and lofty ideals shed a lustre upon the colony and exercised an elevating influence upon the tone of its national councils,"
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11787, 17 October 1901, Page 6
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GENERAL TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11787, 17 October 1901, Page 6
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