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New Zealand Mail, Issue 606, 15 September 1883, Page 13

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(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Nelson, September 12. . The inquest on the human remains found on i the sands yesterday, was commenced to-day ; and the body was identified as that of Win. Reader, the late coxswain of the pilot boat. The inquest has been adjourced till Friday, but will have to be further adjourned till the r return of Pilot Lowe, who is now in Sydney. News has been received here that a mans skull has been picked up ou the sea beach, ■ under the Moutere Bluffs, fifteen miles from the sands. It is not known whether it is the missing part of Reader’s body ; but from the description given, it is that'of a.man recently .: dead. Ashburton, September 12. Mr J. Gr. Wrigbt, M.H.R., has resigned his - seatiaAshburtonCounty Council consequent on , members not endorsing his action with regard r to the extension of the Mount Somers Railway. Invercargill, September 12. At a meeting of tße Racing Club, a letter swas received from the Dunstan Club stating that the disqualification on Pathfinder (late J Joker) .could not be removed. It was pro- . posed that the Invercargill Club should re- • move the disability. An amendment that this • be not done was proposed, but, after sharp disccussion, the Chairman refused to put either ■ the motion or the amendment, and the mover ■of the former retired with expressions of indig- ■ nation at the Chairman’s action. .The .tannery of Mr Franks, at South Riveriton,■•has.been burned down. The building was insured'for £IOO and the stock for £SO, in the (South. British. The loss over the insurance is • estimated at £ 150. Christchurch, September 12. The Government have completed arrange•ments with Messrs Dobson and Sons for the ■survey of the West Coast line fr6m Horsley Downs toi Lake Brunnerton, through Hurunui and Teremakau valleys. The Burvey is to be completed before the next eession of Parliament, ..: '.©ne hundred and eight applications have •nowibeen.imade at Addington for employment, and sixty-four men have been set to work. Arrangements have now been completed for giving work ■to all applicants at 2a 6d per cubic yard -stone breaking, and 4s 6d a day for other work. At the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board meeting to-day, notice of the following motion was given, ■' That, with a view to classifying the children in Burnham School, the Government be 'requested to place that institution under the control of this Board, and for the purpose of economy and such classification, Government be also requested to bring the LytteltohOrpbanagenndetthe provisions of the Industrial Schools Act, so that the children of the non-criminal, or neglected class, at Burnbarn, may, under certain conditions, be graduated into the Lyttelton Orphanage.” •Hokitika, September 12.

The Mount Greenland Gold pany, Robs, has declared a dividend of os per scrip to-day, iGeevmouth, September 12, The captain and crew of the schooner Dunedin, for Invercargill, had a difference,, and the crew struck. The matter has, 'however, been adjusted, and they agreed to make the voyage with the captain. The Dnnedin was towed out this evening. Dunedin, September 12. The Salvation Army mustered in great force to-nigUt, at the .Queen’s Theatre, when Mrs Barker presented a tflag in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, onr Commander-in-Chief, and the Rev. W. Booth, our dear General, to the Dunedin contingent. Major .Barker gave an address. The proceedings ■were orderly, admittance being by ticket only. ; Subscriptions were invited, and various •amounts (one of £l5O, another of £25, and Messer sums) were promised. At the inquest on the child Braceley, killed ‘by a steam tram yesterday, the jury, without •retiring, iound a verdict of accidental death. It was shown that the little thing came -suddenly out from behind a dray passing at the (time. Seeing a number of children about the 4rau),tShe driver had considerably reduced the epeed, Thames, September 12. A .verdict was returned to-night on the loss of Henr.y Harris, drowned from the pilot boat going off to the brig Seabird, on the Ist September. After a long inquiry, the jury being locked .up from 6 till 10, they returned the folkwing:: We find that the deceased was accidentally drowned whilst assisting to put the pilot on boai!d. Ten of the jury desired to add a rider, pointing out the necessity of the Harbor Board-placing proper boatmen at the disposal of the Harbormaster. Two wanted, to censure the harbormaster for not ordering the Seabird to lay-to before boarding her ; but on the suggestion of the Coroner both riders were dropped. Auckland, September 12. The Government have stopped the road--works at Kawbia. In the case of the -seizure and confiscation (& the barque Gazelle, Mr Justice Gillies has confirmed the legality of the Commissioner of •Customs’ action, and .overruled the -demurrer with costs. Messrs Redmond and Walsh) after consultation with friends, have decided to alter their Arrangements, and they leave on Sunday by Wan aka for Hokitika, where Redmond’s first meeting in the colony will be held. The steamer Penguin created a great hoax by reporting; by mistake, that the Jfew Zealand Shipping Company’s steamer D.vic was off the coast. It proved to be Ksvvatiri from Westport,