One of the blading financial duly journals of London, the Financial News, has sent a special correspondent to Aueklind to in. and report on the goidfieids. This gentleman, .Mr Percy J<\ Marks, who, in his mission, also represents the Glasgow Herald, is one of the directors of the first-named paper, and is a brother of Mr Harry Marks, M.P.,ita editor-in-chief.
The rogular army of Mexico comprises '27,000 men of all arms, including a police of about 2000 men anil a gendarmerie of 250. Tint navy consists of two small unarmoured vessels and three gunboats. The annual expenditure on account of army and navy is from ,£-2,G00,000 to .£3,000,000. Tho inquest on the recent fire in Nelson, in which young Webb lost his life, the jurors sal altogether for nine hours, of course without pay, and it is suggested by the Nelson Star that juries should be paid at tho rate of so much per hour.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1266, 4 June 1896, Page 9
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155Untitled New Zealand Mail, Issue 1266, 4 June 1896, Page 9
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