THE NEW ZEALAND GROSS. Auckland, March 16.
Conferriog ths New Zealand Cross on an Auckland resident has provoked theiesentment of local veterans, who intend to wake coin- i bined represu.tabions to the GkTcrnnisnt on the matter. Colohpl M'Djnnell has put in claims for badges oi honour Wellington, March 20. Li?utenant-colonel M'Donnell has not pub in any (*!aiois for war uonouri on his own account",' but he suys that as t'je Government have re-op-ned i.he list, he has recommended Messrs N'-rthrroft (S.M at Wanganui), Scantiell , (judge of the Naive Land Court), aud j O'Connor (messenger 1 ) as equally desciving of the hoDoat of a crocs ior bravo oeeds done by them in tho IB6o's, and hitherto ignored. Some families near Nelson earn from £1 to £1 10s per day at bkckbsrry pickintE-
The bs'arjce sheet cf tbe Msnawstu RsuJwAy Company stows that the gross turnings were £92,793, or some £2000 less than last year, wtiica is put down to the competition of the Government lines. Besides the above £jS,GG9 f&s derired from land. The amount avaiiablb for the dividend of 5 per cent, is £8539.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2299, 24 March 1898, Page 30
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184THE NEW ZEALAND GROSS. Auckland, March 16. Otago Witness, Issue 2299, 24 March 1898, Page 30
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