COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.
(FROAI OUB OWN CORRESPONDENTS.') Napier, last night.
In consequence of the overcrowded state of the district school the Committee have hired the Methodist schoolroom, to relieve tbe pressure and afford a means of advancing the pupils who have passed their examinations. At the half yearly meeting of the Working Men’s < lub last evenin' the report showed the assets exceeded the liabilities by £1677. The number of members is set down at 300, duringthe past half year 83 new members having,’ joined. Wellington, last night. On Saturday night the Fnxton railway station safe was carried about 300 yards down the railway line. About £6 in cash was taken away, all cheques and papers having been left behind. The police assert they have a clue to the robbers, but anticipate difficulty in securing a conviction, as only notes and silver were taken. On the 20 h of last month 960,000 acres of land were open for selection in various parts of the colony, at prices ranging from 5’ to £5 per acre. This will ba increased by 400,000 acres before the 31st of March next, and a further large area will be thrown open between the Ist of April next and ths end of the following June. Wanganui, last night. Mr Ballance has received a requisition from Napier, containing 300 signatures, asking him to address a political meeting there. He has decided to accede to the request, and speak on the 30th inst. Christchurch, last night. At the Bankruptcy Court yesterday the certificate of one Donnelly, skating rink proprietor, was suspended for eighteen months. Nelson, last night. The Governor, accompanied by his private Secretary, went by special train this morning to Belgrave, whence he rides to Christchurch, via Reefton, Greymouth, and Hokitika. The Countess and family follow by steamer next week. Invercargill, last night. At the Police Court to-day Mary Ann Lambert, a girl of 14, who has been taken from a Chinaman’s house at Roundhill, was charged with associating with prostitutes, and was sent to the Caversham Industrial School for one year. The girl said her m ither was dead, but her father was living at Dunedin. Dunedin, last night. The Painters’ Union, following the example of the Carpenters’ Union, has decided, owing to the ra T e of wages paid by the contractors at the Exhibition Building having been less than current rate, and therefore injured them as skilled workmen, they cannot take part in the opening ceremony. Tenders are being invited for six bridges on the Otago Central, to be completed in eleven months.
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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 368, 24 October 1889, Page 2
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427COLONIAL TELEGRAMS. Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 368, 24 October 1889, Page 2
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