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[PROM OUR OW.V CDRRHSt'ONDKNT.] . . . ; . ; _ . This Day. Mr. Proctor^ gay e,Jris first lecture last evening to r Bouse, the snhject being " Life arid Death of a World." • ' ■'-■■ WELLINGTON. : :! V. This Day. At the Appeal Court yesterday afternoon, the conviction of Mackay for setting fire to a 'dwelling-house at Dunedin was' quashed, the Judges holding that the place burned was not a ;hou'se, ; it having} been removed from one site to another, and still remaining on skids. The Government have decided to amalgamate ajcbqiii\t|nts^| gffice&M the PostaVa'nci TelegraplncC.e^artmeuts, . The , ,Hineuioa left . Joy .. Opunake yesterday afternoon to :; bring .to. Wellington the witnesses in the tnui'der case. ■■-■''■ H'.^m 1^ Official telegrams; from the Constabulary camp bn^tlie *W£sb Coast ! report everything qiiieti up theiie? and<) also oil the Parihaka; block .where the survey is going on. ' : '■'"" lt;! x ' Ki AUCKLAND^' ;l*-\'', '-'■ , This Day. F/Winterh'as'pnrcn'ased the barque Clara Hargreayes^and hulk Martha,, and intends sending 1 theni to Tauran£a to assist in another y,atjtetnpjb to float the steamer Taupo. A number of. spurious shilling, pieces are in cirjuiaiiiiri herai Tbeyß are excellent -imitations^ being almost perfect. A meeting was held' at Te Awamutu - on Saturday ■to protest against tli« withdrawal of the proclamation of the Patetere' Block, but thepx-dmoters' did hot turn lip, and d^esolubipn was cavriecLto petition, .the Governmenfc to withdraw, the proclamation, and cleave the : pur.chase. .free -.A0.- the Patetere Land Company ori other private par-ties.' : ' ''''''■'■'■'-&& ■'.■:.;*":.;■ ... ,' : 'The Jfiring for the district "prizes only attracted^ nine 'competitors" Mr. Des Youex has been knighted for his services inthe Bathma Islands. He having no 'means of getting to Fiji, endeavored to engage one of the Union Company's steame'rsj butoould not conclude the terms. ; • ! ; "cHRisSroHWicH. ■'■*'■"' ■'■■■> ......... . .. . V. ; " . This.Day. jpifarles 'Cayeridish'/H^'rrell^ cleric 5h the By.M... Court, wa^ fovind .4ead, in bed at Coker'a Bioiel on;Sunda3r.. 7 Tfie evidence? at,: tti'e'r iff quessfc yesterday showed that his death was caused by an- ; overdose -of - laudanum taken- to allay neuralgic pains;- assisted by the state of his heart: : r3?he : jury returned a verdict accordingly -and expressing a belief the deceased was sane and had no intention to destroy himself. DUNERLN. . ;!V; , . '; This Day. The Insurance Agents have decided to offer a reward for the conviction of the ineencii&Ty \vfeb 1 set'- ; £re- f J£j^Mr. Prouclfoot's bullcling. Only two cars are running now,- arid the public are much inconvenienced.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VII, Issue 1190, 7 December 1880, Page 2
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