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Wanganui Herald, Volume XII, Issue 9419, 14 May 1879, Page 2

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j Wellington, May 13. >: \ Clar&vPhilUpe;' W se H^ | bu Sf fi 7down<oSi-Surraay 'm'oVnrftsi/ arreidted' to*day on a charge of arson. Case remauded;^ a week („ ■- v . i; ,r t , InteatiQn,has,reache ( 4 town th^t.the Ma^pHo^imftt'ak^ppa^OMtleppin^, hasoeenbumVdown. Cause not known. Supposed to be insured for;£l,3oo. Insurances on the Marine Hotel :— South British, £1,000 ; Union, £300. I The old Royal Hotel,;^tply >kn9wn >^sj the Temperance Hotel," Featherston, has I been burned down. Insurance— Victoria, £400 ; Colonial, £200.'' '■ . lEddie and Jack, wine merohants, called • a mee&og h$ M**ti^&N&<A statefm^nt showing the estate solvent, it was resolvedtQ.camy on the fim. . ,. T Prose6ulibn' t for l fraud^nfc ttanKrtfptby" 'is threatened against J. Back, tobaccoi nist, whose liabilitieiT^re £1,000 and assets under £300. No books were kept, knd a good do^LVftS^doii^ft^fiCcVmodation bills. „ : *•• •' i"v «•• '- ;'« 3Mayl4< •; It is understood that Mr Hutchison will not stand fojc fi^ayor. . - . v

A statement appears to-day/|ri the Njß% Zealand Times, on the authptity^jjof tne Timaru Herald, that the GdvMnmeilt oheques had been dishonor^. Iffi e ai;^ authorised by the Governmenfc^Nsts!i§ that the statement is absolutely withduc foundation, and as it is circulated w jn}urjkth£j?rj^^ duce disastrous" 'effect 'upon '"'oommereiar confidence.

Dunedin, May 14. |at Ravensbourne^unde^Gpeculiar oircum!stanoes. The mother says it only lived (one hour after birth: ; The National Insurance Company pay ja dividend of 20 per cen,t . on, Monday jnexti -A'J. •:; t ± i iy.\j, ( Nelson, May 13M*1 The first section of-"+he trunk railway jfrom Foxhili via the West Coast to 'Amberley, will be shortly begun. The Wderof of^Otago, for the Bellgtove section, -Some «>three and a miles long, for £8,159, having been p^ptef.y,. v/ OU j; ! .M t: J-- U_ "iV;: i A I * May 14. ] An accident occurred to a man named piderman at Aorere Valley, near Collingwood. While working in the bußh, a large branch fell on him}/ ipja^Rg, ftw,'; back and dislocating his shoulder. He ,was attended by Dr Wlillace, r j J- - QKkmwßbiJbki May 1L

5 Some person has broken into the Durhunr- Street? We/?leyan Chapel and absfeactea r^l l 5l 5 trbin the Missionary box* No clue to tha thief. The City Council -reoeived two applications for City Solicitor, but neither Bt^tistics..Qf; the city, and . photogßapha .of. ■cum. Entrance was being made by hight through a window, but all valuables Werßlcsasdj&]Bs stfafi&rdpmtf » )ii A J s Gisbobnb, May 14.

S. M . Wilson's , hay . shed ( and 40 tons >f hay has ieW tmrWi - 1 ; Supposed to be incendiarism. Insurances— building £170 MSftteesiqminsurraces fij|f>.i v rji|i *$$^$a# % i£e, Court f^opyn^ql^^ bo?)»or?ojf - t \ uti vr \' i n T jl'i i" ■ . [vm/ rj ji i/i JF»KABf * Wi?#j i ; , mMQlflepr** Benaho»[B^9pjjK4« oUttd{4e«^jn.fbed. j, YJia/JU.IR vYp£«lF<?p)wi b y c^ ble fayp^wj^J^ eqwes^qf^hff^orough Cou9qil;.^9: i%\dj?» loating^^QrworMjloan- 7 51j./;TJ ; I] ; A man named William Payne was eriouily hurt through being jammed tetween two surf boats, He lies in a

precarious state. i j The Herald, ditmWAftaSK Government -cheques have recently been dishonored by 1 A narrow^ escape from fire occurred through some firewoocT beKih'd GouTstein's draper's shop taking fire. MrB f uskan 1 a 'neighbour, with asslscanoeP extinguishaoi the fire before any damage was done. ? ♦ 1 S^Vdnly>fofltl Ip'utlicans' and bottle licenses have been applied for at Hokitika jndKumara. tiur IA.