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Tuesday.

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Jhe Irish Convention will meet in Melb >urne on November 7, for the purpose of placing the Irish National League on a permanent butt in Australia. Mr. Redmond will preside About 80 men are said to be working at the Ninety-mile Beach, most of them averaging 8s a day. The petition of the unemployed forwar Jed on Saturday to Sir George Cfrey bore 236 signatures. t ... Oeo ** c Budge, a Canterbury farmer, was killed on Saturday by falling from his dray, which passed over him. The verdict was 1 Accidental death." He was much respected, and leaves a wife and ■even children. t Woods, who was burned in the fire at Parawai on Saturday, died in the Thames hospital on Monday night. Latest intelligence from Madagascar announces that a British consul has been reinstated at Tamatave, and has received due recognition at the hands of the French authorities. Mr. Shaw, the British missionary, who was arrested at Tamatave and detained on board a FrencQ man-of war, has been discharged from custody at the island of Reunion. In the House of Representatives the Otago Harbour Board Loan Consolidation Bill was read a second time.— ln Committee the sum was reduced from £800,000 to £600,000. The coroner's jury in the Clinton case have returned the following verdict, which is considered equivalent to one of manslaughter :— •That James and Alexander Roy, during the night of the 23rd inst., discharged their guns recklessly and carelessly whilst the train was passing through the cutting near Wairuna, thereby causing the death of the deceased John Henderson."