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[FROM OUR OWN (JOHItIOSI'ONDBNT.] *. . -, AUCKLAND. -- '-. This Day. The mail steamer City of New. Yor^' arrived from 'Frisco yesterday afternoon. Garrard, the agitator among the unemployed, has written a letter to a large firm of Sydney contractors, offering to supply a number of artizans from' Auckland. Jfrvvellery valued at .£4O, belonging to.ajbauf&aisl, \eas on Sunday night from the Wafo"ejcly\ Hotel. The ' -first . spiritualist f unerafc in Auckland took-^place yesterday, iJhat ofMi-s; J. WilkEs;.. The Rev. Samuel Edger .conducted 'the : ' service. A number. of ladies threw bouquets in fhe grave. NEW PLYMOUTH. : : "':.,.. . This Day. The Parihaka monthly meeting was attended by about 1800 Natives, and 30 Europeans. .. . Te Whiti exhorted peace, prophesying the end of the world at hand, and the Prince of Peace would then reign. He (Te Whiti) would not permit his people to fight with the Pakehas. His people must endure their trials with forbearance, and would reap their, reward hereafter. There would be no more prisoners taken. ■'To.hu followed, insisting upon hospitality and friendliness being shown to Europeans. The murderer Hii-oki was roving about Parihaka, apparently not the least apprehensive of his liberty being imperilled by the vicinity of the Constabulary. He wore European clothes, and a silk handkerchief round his head as a badge of distinction. It is reported here that the District Judges throughout • the Colony have received notice of the abolition of District Courts. HOKITIKA. This Day. The lunatic who escaped from the asylum the other day has been recap-, tured by the keeper. A youth named Carr, junior clerk of the Union Bank, was drowned on Sunday by falling in the river while fishing on the protective works. CHRISTCHURCIT. This Day. According to information supplied to the Benevolent Society there are 94 cases of abject poverty in Christchurch, consisting mostly of widows with families. An inquest on the infant, Frances Roberts, showed death resulted from a wound on the head, but there was no evidence to show how it was caused.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VII, Issue 1127, 21 September 1880, Page 2
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