THE GAZETTE. WELLINGTON, April 26.

Otago Witness, Issue 2409, 3 May 1900, Page 13

THE GAZETTE. WELLINGTON, April 26.

j A proclamation in the Gazette vests the j control of the Ashley traffic bridge, near j Rangiora, in- the' Ashley Road Board, and apI portions the cost oh maintenance between the Ashley, Kowai, and Mandeville Road Boards J and the Borough Council of Rangiora. j The Public Trustee .has taken possession of j .unclaimed sections at Onetoke, in Nelson, and 1 -Moeraki, in Otago. ~ , 1 T, 11 * 6 - volunteer -regulations, are- amended' • ma , kl "g the maximum number f6r Engineers ' , and -Mounted Corps, B4 men and officers, -and the minimum 59. r . ; The resignation of Mr Justice ' Edwards and the appointment of Mr Juatice Martin as pre--' " sident of the Arbitration' Court are gazetted. The services of 'the foll6wing volunteer - corps are accepted :4-Rifles: TaranakfGuards. Mercantile Rifles (Invercargill), Huritly Kifles. Mounted Corps : Ashburton, Pahiatua, -Marsden, Takaki, South Wairarapa.' Cadets 1 : - No. 2 Company Nelson College. The Te Aroha Rifles are changed to Mounted Rifles. -. 1 Ihe balance sheet of the Kaitangata fund is ' published in the Gazette. -It shows a balance in hand^of £6215; being £3715 cash, and £2500. the estimated value of a. mortgage security vL default. - '

At Perth on the'6th.inst. a miner named James Craven was awarded- £500 damages" against ,the Paddington' Consols Company in respect of injuries sustained through a fall of, earth. " - Mr Fred Pratley, a well-known farmer of Winchester, drew a c6"risi'der"S6le sum of money - -from a., bank in, Timaru on Saturday (says the Morning Post),' and upon his arrival afc Temuka he> frequently made an ostentatiou3 display of the amount in-his possession. On. Sunday morning he aw.oke in a back street of - -the, town, minus five £20 notes. The 'numbers of the notes are known, and the police do not "by any means despair of bringing the culprit or- culprits to book.