New Zealand constitutional draft outlines voter rules and councils
The document details borough franchises based on occupancy, provincial representation elected by municipal bodies, and governor appointing legislative council members. It sets rules for general assemblies, land registries, aboriginal districts, and unsettled land transfers with courts and registries, plus a staged path to governance in New Zealand.
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Chie
Buch
House of Representatives
Legislative Council
General Assemblies
New Zealand Islands
General Assembly
Legislative Councils
General Assembly Ia
Provisional Assemblies
House of Assembly
New Zealand
Treasury
Supreme Court of Civil Justice
Fragmented Excerpt From The Western Luminary Noted
ALondon Post Office bag’s tamping ink caused a burst in transit obliterating many addresses and delaying delivery as letters must return to London. Fire in a Dockyard coal store burned 300 tons, likely spontaneous, prompting vessel crews to aid quenching efforts. A Lewisham youth aged 18 committed suicide with a knife after a jokey moment, severing his head but remaining attached by skin. A Blackheath case mirrored this tragedy. A Manchester bankrupt, Samuel Ward, had his certificate suspended for two years amid charges of reckless trading and fraud. profits misrepresented.
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Exeter
London
Sportastovs Compostion
Rm Woorntee Dock
Christman
Lewissam
Sandon
King’s Place
Lewisham
Carole
Steele
Blackheath
Bankeerrey
Samugl Warn
Samuel Ward
Manchester
Lillypot Jane
Suspension of Four Certificated Traders for Three Years
A bankrupt cheesemonger from Walworth road faced suspension of his certificate for three years after a second bankruptcy. He had owed £1,536 with assets barely covering costs, and only £15 recovered for creditors. Judges called his conduct reckless and harmful to trade, warranting a long suspension without protection.
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Davin
Walworth Road
Follett
Amn
Kise
Goulburn
Pistol firing at workman ends in committal for felony
Patrick Power a Crown Court merchant's worker is committed for trial after firing a pistol at William Nolan during a water dispute in a warehouse. Witnesses describe threats and a powder and paper wad with no bullet found. Power claims harassment and self defense. The Lord Mayor notes serious risk and remands Power.
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Patrick Power
Eyre Ecd Moses
Crown Court
Philpot Jane
1St of Victoria
Williem Nolan
Mensra, Teed and Bishop
Eyre
Moses
Sidney
George Hall
Thomas Holbeck
David Hurston
City Policeman
Nulen
Jary
William Pond
Mret
Ouldan
Peg
Boyz
Pond
Morning Trials of Dress Swapped Lad and Ladylike Deceptions
In a London magistrates court, a night of odd arrests centered on two youths dressed as women and a dress swapping scheme. A barber and landlady testified as defendants Hawkes and Boddington faced remand, while Miss Boddington admitted living with friends and earning support from country relatives. Hawkes tried on a coat and trousers carried by his companion. both men faced charges tied to deception and public disturbance. The court ordered remands and sureties as investigations continue.
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Alderman Johnson
Ald. Johnson
Ros
Roe
Roa
Jenkin Hawks
Bowling Green Lane
Clerkenwell
Baw
Matilda Boddington
Hawks
John Coram
Smithfield
Buddington
Boddington
Greenwich
St. Martin’s-le-grand
Matilda Bodington
Star Coffee House
Stockwell Street
I Wegan
Chapman Marshall Goding
Wingrove Place
Slington
Hawkes
Maelborough Steredt
Roneray
Henry John Esly
Mesara
Gaster
Berkeley Square
Long
Thomas Forman
Gunter
Bishop
Singulab AssacLt
Thamas Telford
Njary
Rowe
Brace Maker
Airstreet
Tomlinson
Campbell
Susa Lanygns
George Paula Fitt
Seeker
Kent Street
Central Criminal Court
Peter
Elf
Putin
Peter Provcesss
Peeta
Lilly Jilly
Grrenis Walkinsa
Segar
Peeta Coopa
Peeta Coops
Boas
Grebeck Advertiser
Court Martial on Loss of the Osprey at Holkianga Bay
A court martial aboard HMS St Vincent convened to inquire into the loss of HMS Osprey off New Zealand in March and to try Commander Frederick Patten and the surviving crew. The court acquitted Patten and all officers and men, praising their conduct and efforts to save stores after the wreck.
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C.B
Excellent
Stephen Lushington
Vengeance
W. H. Henderson
Sidon
Alexander Milne
St. Vincent
H. W. Giffard
Penelops
G. L. Greetham
Charles Graham
Ceatur
Patten
New Zealand
Sir Thomas Cochrane
India
Graham
Castor
Auckland
Aafaty
Fatten
Bay of Inlands
Macdonald
Bia
Holkianga River
England
Admiralty
Hay
Bay of Talands
Holkianga Bay
Osprey
Government plan to ship free African labor to Jamaica
The Glasgow paper notes a government move to repair sugar bill injuries by sending a steamer to shuttle between the Kroo canal and Jamaica for transporting free African laborers to the inland estates. It also reports the Sir William Wallace bringing cattle from Boulogne to Blackwall and discharges of 22 Metropolitan Police officers for drunkenness after Christmas.
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Kroo Canal
Jamaica
Glasgow
Sir William Wallace
Blackwall
Boulogne
France
Cotton Waste Spin Nera Workplace Reform
A Stockport Advertiser report claims local cotton waste spinners unanimously agreed to begin a four day work week. The Preston Guardian and Cork Examiner relay a string of maritime and fraud notes from Blackpool to Glasgow, including a bottle found with a James Wenney letter from a storm tossed ship Wisdom and a careless rat found in a fish. A murder case from Cork describes Patrick Galwey arrest for killing his sister Margaret Galwey after a Christmas eve quarrel, with inquest pending.
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Stockport
Ccarous
Blackoor
Thomas Ray
Blackpool
James Wenney
Wisdom
Sydney
Liverpool
James Wenxey
Gosexton
Preston
Thomas Holliday and Co
London
Manchester
Thomas Holliday
Canton
T. H. and Co
R. J. Farbridge and Co
Holliday, Wise, and Co
Coina
Manille
Scotch Reformers’ Gazette
Patrick Galwey
Margaret Galwey
Burce’s
Ellen Humphreys
Marderer
Coromer
Cork
Curious Chest Disaster In Local Manor
A naval officer rents a house on a short lease and has a large curiosity chest moved in by a butler. A maid, curious about its contents, opens the lid. A wooden Highlandman within strikes her with the flat of a blade, causing a scream and a panic that ends with her fleeing to a neighbor’s house. she remains frightened for days.
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Renida i
Manzion
Imura
Neigl
Nevers
Amd
Lisa Ferrara
Curious discovery at Melton soil yields tiles and bricks
Report from Melton notes a rich subsoil find during carrot digging on Mrs Barker’s estate. A 20 by 10 foot cutting uncovered thousands of small earth layers, including tiles and brick earth, suggesting a former tile works site and potential for further valuable deposits near Woodbridge.
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Melton
Merart
Barker
Pawich
Mechi
Wickham
D E
Davy
Whincopp
Father of the French Bar and Mussel in Growth Times
The article notes M. Gerard de Bury as the senior Paris bar member completing his 10th seat and recounts his centenarian birthday celebration at Petit Montrouge with bar colleagues. It also describes the mussel Mytilus edulis attaching via byssus to support structures such as bridges and the strict local protection preventing its removal.
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Paris
Gerard de Bury
M. Girard de Bury
Lepelletier
Petit Montrouge
Paria Bar
Girard de Bury
Memenger
Mytilus Edulis
Bileford
Devonslare
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Rauparaha
Robulla
Rangibaietta
Porirua
Alvays
Rangi
Rangihaietta
Waikanae
Otaki
Manawatu
Ngatiawa
Wanganui
Rauperaha
Rangiberetta
Porirves
Stanley
Rauparana
Taupo
Poriran
Taranaki
New Plymouth
Feu Heu
Ha-en
Heu Heu
Charney
Rangilisietta
Rauperahe
Charley
Gres
Church Missionary Party
Ratperahe Sod Charley
Macedore
Arthur Wakefield
Waiora
Cook's Straits
Rangiburetta
Rauparshe
Laat
Norfolk Island
Fitzroy
65Th
Thi
LAW
Sarvzvsr
Mansion House
Robinson
Rawleann
Alfred Bate Richards
Harcourt Buildings
Temple
Charles James Berridge Aldis
Chester Square
Pimlico
Vaughan
Aldis
Langly
Compleinant
Billingegate
Emily Arabella Aldia
Dr. Aldis
W. T. Langly
Alfred Ford
Upper Ebury
Eren
F. Rienanos
A.B. Richards
Broderip
Lastibeth
Henry Tarling
Norton
Newington
John Bradley
Guildford
Bradley
Christias
Ann Sullivan
Spitalfields
Wentworth Street
Broughton
Mesare
Webb
Hoe
Southware
Woolwich
William Staple
Wilmington
Traill
Samuel Smith
Royal Arsenal
Lancashire
Polica
Bossey
Luddy
Rio & Circle
Hickory
Merriman
Christopheros
Geoveman
Morrow
Esterday Moening
Chrisophoras
Christophers
Christopher Tau
Albert Smith
Prisai4
Dex Debate
Breslan
Prussian Silesia
Sauritay
M. de Diepenbrock
Brothers of Mercy
Our City
Fensmanke
M. Diepenbrock
Tony Tal
Thomas Grenville
British Museum
Duke of Buckingham
Richard Duke
Buyhinehaw
Chandos
Drake
Bing
Stowe
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