POVERTY BAY.
I John O'Grady, charged with supplying ! liquor to a prohibited person, pleaded : "Guilty," and was fined £10, or twc months' imprisonment, the heaviest penalty allowed by the law. j Rua interviewed the Native Minister | on November 26, and offered 100,000 acres ' of the -Urewera Country for purchase by the Government in order to obtain the money to clear off the liabilities and encumbrances against his people's property , and to assist him in clearing and stocking further areas. The Hon. J. Carroll said he would accept the offer, and on his return to Wellington would place the matter before the department. Eva assured the Native Minister that he would render luhe Government every assistance in opening up the country for settlement; A fire that threatened to assume wry £«rious proportions occurred at Tokomaru Bay on the 3rd. One wookhed (Cotterill's) was burned down, with the contents,- in- | eluding a bugy, 130 packets of wool, 200 ! skins, and a quantity of merchandise. The ' adjacent sheds were saved. William James Imrie- wfis sentenced to three months' imprisonment for obtaining money by false pretences. The Hon. Captain Tucker has been reelected Chairman of the Cook County:
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Otago Witness, Issue 2856, 9 December 1908, Page 38
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