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  2. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

    At the continuation of the trial of George Frederick Howard, charged with having been concerned in the recent explosion on board the A.U.S.N. Company's liner Aramac, ...

    Article : 870 words
  3. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

    At the Auckland Supreme Court on August 25 the application to wind up the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company was postponed for a month. The counsel for the company said that ...

    Article : 50 words
  4. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

    The railway report for the quarter ended June 30 shows that during that period the earnings of the railways were £242,427, while the working expenses were £158,942, leaving a net ...

    Article : 90 words
  5. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

    A revision of the Estimates has been made whereby an additional saving of £175,000 has been effected. The principal savings are £50,000 in the Public Works Department, £50,000 on the ...

    Article : 134 words
  6. CHARGE AGAINST A SOLICITOR.

    At the Christchurch Police Court on August 23 George Harper, solicitor, was charged with having, prior to his bankruptcy in March last, contracted debts amounting to about £10,900, ...

    Article : 110 words
  7. NEWS IN BRIEF.

    A laborer employed on the permanent way on the Snowtown line, whose whereabouts had been sought for some time past, has been left between £5000 and £6000 by a deceased brother. ...

    Article : 352 words
  8. THE RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS.

    Messrs. Attenborough, Nunn, and Smith, solicitors to Mr. Kibble, one of the Railway Commissioners, have received instructions from the latter to issue writs against the ...

    Article : 78 words
  9. UNLAWFULLY THRASHING.

    Dr. Dalziel and his wife were charged at Pukekohe on August 23 with unlawfully beating their daughter, aged 24 years. It was stated that the young woman had been tied to a post and ...

    Article : 45 words
  10. THE WOOLLEN TRADE.

    A deputation from all branches of the clothing trade asked the Premier to make a reduction in the ad valorem duties on piece woollens from 40 percent, to 20. It was said by members of the ...

    Article : 104 words
  11. THE PRODUCE MARKET.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 53 words
  12. MAN OVERBOARD.

    On the arrival of the Union S.S. Company's steamer at Auckland on August 16 from Calcutta, it was ascertained that a fireman named Robert Mills had committed suicide by jumping ...

    Article : 65 words
  13. THE BUCHAN MURDER.

    John Conder, who murdered the Hindoo hawker. Singh, at Buchan, was hanged on Monday in Melbourne Gaol. He died as he had lived, a hardened criminal. Professing innocence to the ...

    Article : 114 words
  14. A FLOATING SKELETON.

    A skeleton has been found in the Frenchman's Gap, outside of Whangarei Heads, supposed to be that of young Ramsey, who was drowned in a beating accident on October 2 last. The clothes ...

    Article : 52 words
  15. NEWS IN BRIEF.

    J. Boyd, of the New Zealand Amateur Bicycle Club, lowered the 50 miles record on August 25 by doing the distance in 2h 33min 7sec. Two hundred Martini-Henry rifles have been ...

    Article : 189 words
  16. TASMANIA.

    On Sunday, August 27, the preachers in the Anglican churches spoke in very strong terms against the Bank of Van Diemen's Land Lottery Bill, the second reading of which passed the ...

    Article : 61 words
  17. STRANGE PHENOMENON.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday—From Mount William, near Lancefield, a strange occurrence is reported. One fine evening last week a huge mass of water fell close beside a house near the summit of the ...

    Article : 82 words
  18. A SEIZURE.

    A Customs seizure of four boxes of tobacco, 700 cigars, and five cases of dried fish was made on August 24 on the steamer Tainui, from London. The goods were confiscated, but proceedings will ...

    Article : 47 words
  19. NEWS IN BRIEF.

    As a result of the frequency with which constables on night duty in Melbourne have met with armed resistance, authority has been given to issue revolvers to constables on duty after ...

    Article : 413 words
  20. ACCIDENT TO THE STEAMER TAINUI.

    The steamer Tainui arrived on August 24 from London, three days overdue. It appears that when five days out from Capetown the highpressure cylinder cover was broken by the piston. ...

    Article : 73 words
  21. Advertising

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    Advertising : 312 words
  22. NEWS IN BRIEF.

    The Rev. George Wright, an old colonial chaplain, died at Westbury on August 23. The Superintendent of Telegraphs at Hobart has issued a notice to the Hobart Electric Tram ...

    Article : 259 words
  23. NEWS IN BRIEF.

    The Commandant of the Defence Force, in his annual report, commented in strong terms on the fact that Major Cahill, commanding the Queensland Volunteer Rifles, only did 10 ...

    Article : 209 words
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