LATEST TELEGRAMS.
[prom our own correspondent.] AUCKLAND. This Day. The inhabitants of North Auckland have formed a league to resist payment of the Pi'operty Tax unless justice be done to them in the matter of public works. A Buildera' and Contractors' Association has been formed here. The fire on Thursday night at Rickets,; cabinet maker, Te Awamntu, an apprentice named William Crawshaw had gone to sleep, leaving a lighted candle burning, and several bags of wool, which were close by in the apartment, were ignited. The lad slept on while the wool was burn ins; furiously, and it was with some difficulty he was rescued. NEW. PLYMOUTH. This Day. Alexander Ogilvie, a member of the Armed Constabulary, was arrested at Waite for forgery at Sydney, while manager of Operatives' Building Society: there. He was remanded to Syndey. BLENHEIM. This Day. The bodies of two men killed on Wednesday, at the Wakamarina mine, by the falling in of the tunnel, have been recovered. Their names were Pike and Edwards. NAPIER. This Day. The Supreme Court sittings commence on Monday before Justice Richmond. There are eighteen cases for trial.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 969, 6 December 1879, Page 2
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