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COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

AUCKLAND. Last night. Sir Georgs Grey has returned. He will not oppose Mr Mitehelson for Eden. Mr J. H. Upton has been ohbsen to fill the vacancy in the directorate of ths South British Insurance Company. There was a sudden drop in May Queen shares, and they were selling at 81 when the market closed.

Kawakawa residents have called on the Maritime Council to take the boycott off the Bay of Islands coal ‘to’ avert the' juft) ol Six thousand sacks of potatoes arrived here during the last ten days, and prices are very low, The Port Albert farmers have formed a Union tor the defence and conservation of the agricultural interes’s. The Auckland Rowing Association, to which one of the Gisborne Clubs belongs, Holds its regattas on December 13 and March 7. ’ The Labor party have flepided to issue a weekly paper here in their interests. Tbe New Zealand Order of Free Masons have received recognition at the hands of the Victorian, Mr Monk has decided to oome out for Waitemata again, though he said he would not do so. A private meeting of shareholders in tbe South British Insurance Company decided to call on Messrs Daldy, Hobbs, and Ruckland to resign the directorate. SOUTHERN NEWS. Last night. A proclamation dissolving Parliament was gazetted this morning. The boy Barlow, who robbed a safe at the Petone Post Office, has been remanded for thje Probation Officer’s report. The Customs revenue for the half year, including primage dqty, was £757,000, showing an increase of £17,000. Gerrard, the man injured on board the s.a, Australia at Wellington, is in good spirits, but is completely paralysed from the middle of the body downward. The agents of Messrs Nelson Bros, have purchased the Meadow Bank farm, at the junction of the Main South and Lawrence railway, Otago, for £lB per acre, and intend to erect freezing works there, The Crown lands selected throughout the colony during the month of September were, for cash, 38 purchasers of 7246 acres; deferred payment, 29 selectors of 3590 acres ; perpetual lease, 43 selectors of 12,497 acres. The inquest on Lillie Dean resulted in a verdict of “ killed by her father while he was insane.” The evidence showed that Dean hud been very queer on Sunday, and spoke then of killing his children, but his wife did not take alarm. Dean will be examined by the doctors, and on their certificate removed from the gaol to a lunatic asylum. Three Chinamen concerned in the affray at the Hutt, have had a verdict of wilful murder brought in against them. A rider

called attention to the larrikmism at the Hutt.

The annual horse parade at Dun- din Agricultural and Pastoral Association took place yesterday. In Clydesdkles, Hard Times realised 300 guineas, and Mr C. Studholm bought Lord Cairns also for 300 guineas. Mr J. Read, of Elderslie, bou ht the veteran Lord Salisbury, hero of many show rings. The thoroughbred Enchanter was sold for 80 guineas to Mt Hume, of Gore.

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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 514, 4 October 1890, Page 2

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COLONIAL TELEGRAMS. Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 514, 4 October 1890, Page 2

COLONIAL TELEGRAMS. Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 514, 4 October 1890, Page 2

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