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Western Star, Issue 426, 12 March 1881, Page 3

Tho N. Z. Meat Bresemng’Co. announce , that th«y are prepared to receive 2000 rabbits daily, lit their works, Woodlands, for preserving purposes. The 'rabbits must either be trapped'Or snared,-andi£ satisfactory arrangements can be made,-preserving operations will be continued for sis months. A Southland correspondent df ‘the “ Bruce ■Hei'ald” is responsible ‘for the following-: “An ’incident, showing the character of the >p6t working-man -occurred a week or two -ago near Hi vert on. One who bad ■seen betterdays, and who bad all bis life been engaged ■in literavy occupations, sought '(all other things having failed) employment da the construction -of ithe -new railway‘from BivertoiKto Hound Sill. "The overseer engaged him to go on -the nest day, but -upon -the -navvies heaving of it, and seeing'be was mot -one of, their “ kidney,” threatened personal 'violence ■if he did 'not .immediately clear out. He naturally thought it would not be vary plea- ; sant working with such a-orew, and so ‘ shook the dust,’ or rather stamped the mud of his; shoes, and departed. So much for -the worfcing'man.” A t eacher'has been appointed for tTie new Native school at Golac Bay, and will arrive : vi ora Wellington during the ensuing month. The Government are-about to issue circulars: and cards for the penny deposit scheme in, reference to savings banks, the adoption 'Of' which had been decided ’upon, and which -is being carried out as nearly as possible -on the English model introduced by -Mr Fawcett, the' present Postmaster-general. In the first in- < stance it will be applied 'teiitfrtively to schodl children only, and expanded if the experiment is successful. M r Brad laugh, «p -akiogat a .political meeting-, and in alluding to the Pension List, «aid •: For himself, be intended to make an effort to get rid of perpetual pensions. One was payable to the Lari of Bath—a title which had been extinct 100 years. One of £076