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West Coast Times, Issue 2927, 11 February 1875, Page 2

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Auckland, Feb. 10. The Manakau Company has paid £3750 dividend to five shareholders. In the Auckland- Iron and Steel Company, now being formed 'in " England, one-third of the shares will be reserved for Auckland investors. Mr William J Sutton proceeds to England per Glcnlora.' to bring the plant. He writes to the ' Cross, stating that from practicil experiments, he is satisfied that the Auckland sand is equal to that of Taranalci, and that it can be more profitably worked owing to the cheapness of coal. Charles Madden, solicitor, has been arrested on a charge of larceny as a bailee on a warrant issued from Hamilton. Another fall of 40s per ton on flour has taken place. Wellington, Feb. 10, The following persons have been booked a3 passengers to London, per ship llowrah: —Sir David Monro, Judge lticbmond and family, Hon. Mr Sewell, and Mrs Ilector. She take 3as part carsco a lot of indigenous plants for the Royal Gardens at Kew, and several specimens of natural history. j CiiiusTCiimtcii, Feb 10. There are no fresh cases of sickness on board the liakaia, and those under medical treatment are progressing most favorably . The whole of the immigrants are now beino; landei, the married people and single girls at Ri^a Island, and the single men at Quail Island. The saloon passengers remain on board. The process of fumigating the ship commenced yesterday morning, and the luggage, after being fumigated, will be hnrted this morning at Ripa and Qu:iil Inlands. Charles James, Treasurer of the Loyal City of Christchurch Lodge of Oddfellows, decamped with £300 of lodge funds. The promoters of a female rafuge have purchased two acres of land as a site for the building, the inmates to be divided into two classes, one for the women who have boen in gaol, and the other for those who have not. If funds will permit, accommodation w,ill be provided for ten of the former and twenty of the latter. At the Magistrate's Court to-day, Ga)d;*er, the cabman who was given into custody by the Mayor some days ago for assisting to break down the fence erected by the City Council around the cab-stand, was fined 10s. The cabmen wore taken aback at this, they having acted under legal advice in removing the fence. The general question at i«sue between the City Council and the cabmen is still undecided. Cabstands are still closed, aud cabs have to keep continually on the. move in the street. Waxganui, Feb. 10. • W. Watt and J. Ballance, of the Wanganui Herald, and W. Hutchison, of the Wellington Tribune, are now canvassing the Rangitikci district, contesting the seat to be vacated by Mr Fox. Grahamstown, Feb. 10. In the Warden's Court this morning, Richard Stokes, carter, was fined one shilling and eighteen shillings costs, for being engaged in mining operations without a miner's right. ' Defendant had been carting quartz from the Prince Imperial claim to the battery, and had to load his own dray. The decision of the Warden was that this employment came within the meaning of the mining operations, as defined by clause 3 of the Gold Mining Districts Act, 1873.

Taupo, Feb. 10. At a Native meeting at Fort Gallatia just terminated, all the open lands in the neighborhood (excluding Trout-beck run), have been acquired for Government areas. Over a quarter of a million acres, including extensive belts of totara forests, and liberal reserves for Natiye cultivation and residence, have been carefully made, and the " Hostile Native mind " in' that recently savage and disturbed district, has received its death blow from the satisfactory manner in which the Government arrangements terminated. The last business done by Mr Mitchell and Captain I Maur at a meeting was the fixing a site, making arrangements for a school, and an industrial college for that district. The Natives give necessary lands, besides a good subscription. One hundred snd fifty children it is said, will attend the school when opened, besides many adults, who express anxiety to learn rudiments of European knowledge. The site fixed upon is on the Rangitatiki river, centrally placed for settlements in the valley, and on the borders of the Uriwera country.