The special meeting of shareholders in/ tho Lady Carring-ton _.Sldtmttiii^ : G.'Wpttny called for yesterday afternoon in the. E*->; change, to consider the financial positiori"t>% the Company, lapsed for wftttfi of _Fqtio_vi_n.
A child aged three months was found dead in bed this morning afc Onehunga. The parents are Mr and Mrs Hollings. They state that Dr. Scott had previously attended the little one. When the child was found dead the parents at once sent for Dr. Erson.
At the Police Court this morning, before Mr Bishop, R.M., one firsb offending tip pler vyas fined 5s and costs, or in default 24 hours' imprisonment, for drunkenness. George Palmer was charged with a breach of the Shipping and Seamen's Act, by travelling from Sydney to Auckland by the s.s. Rotomahana without paying his law ful fare. The accused pleaded guilty, and was fined £4 and costs.
Mr R. J. Duncan ha 3 gone fco Welling ton at the instance of a number of in fluential gentlemen who think thafc some such reform as that indicated by Mr Vaile's railway scheme,is needed. These gentlemen do not altogether endorse Mr Vaile's assertions, but think that he has made out a strong case, and are anxious to have the matter settled one way or other.
