NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.
RAIIVaY THAMES. •" -•'• ' .Auckland, Pebtuary IG, Tlie Conference between'the' loca 1 . bodies .of.tbe Thames and.. "Waikato,. with refer-ei^ce to the proposed railwsajr cdnttettio'ri- of-" the" Thames and' Waikat^, passed a resolution praying the local Boards to -support -^capitaj jst o:c, company ; pro posing;. tp construct a line ; and also requesting the <jovernment to'arrien'd that-portron pf'the District Railways A.ct exempting Govern, ment and native.lands from rates. Thu tobal coat of the.rail way is estimated at '£217,000.. ' ;•!.-•■•. . • BUNN'.^ ..^PPpiN^ED, 1, 'COMMISSIONER "... . ' , ■.; i OP..Ai!rjNUITIES. Wellington; February 16. l . Mr,, Henry Bunny, late me'raber for. W^irdr^pa, has. been appointed Commissioner of Annuities, at a salary not sta^e^/;- also, Qo^mmfssionrer of Jfta'ilivays for the. [Hjforth/.lslancj, wilhoat pay. .. •. i :;CURIOUS A'COIDENT. • • , , . February 16. A fatal accident! under curious circumstances, ha^Qflcnred at Golden Bay. Thclraaß Sc»tt was :i playing see-saw — that 1 is, llCstana%: Ba6tc';t(iiback; Syith another man with their arms hooked ; eaoh ■alteßnately...raising.:tbo .other — when the man who 'was lifting Scott urave;"way:ubderjKimyiandjScott fell on tho back of 'his head, breakirig his neck. Scott's wife committed suicide by sliooting''herself 'three 1 'years 'ago, owing tp. r bi'a,ta|[ 'jbceatment of her husband. . .. ' FATfIER!'fiENNS:B'UR^ >S r CONVERTS. Donedin, February 1"6. It is expected that'the procession tomorrow', of those takiug the pledge from Father" Hennebury, will number, /quite two'-thotsAnd.•■'•'' ' : ]
NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.
Taranaki Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 2749, 18 February 1878, Page 2
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