WELLINGTON, December 23. New regulations for ihe disposal of land under the Land for Settlements Act have been adopted and will shortly be gazetted. The Cabinet have decided that, in future the maximum salaries of gaolers be reduced, and that payments to governors and first class gaolers be £3OO instead of £4OO, and for second class gaolers £250 instead of £3OO. The regulations are further amended that it shall,not'be imperative that gaolers' wives be employed as matrons. Petitions for the release of Louis Chemis, convicted of Hawkins's murder at Kaiwarra, Wellington, and Miss Flanagan, of infanti cide at Christchurch, will be dealt with by the full Cabinet early in the new year. Applications have been made by some candidates £or a return pf the deposit lodged ftt the lasjb ejection. Ttie Goy'erprnen,*i have decided that they have no authority to do 80. For thp same reason the Government regret that they are unable fco comply with the request of the debenture-holders of the Midland Railway Company for an extension of tune for the payment of moneys claimed as payment of work done by the Govern ment, -..
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[By EusoTßiq Tbumjbaph. —OoyrtioHT,] (PBB PBESg ASSOOUTIpIf.] SOFIA, December 22,- The trial of the murderers of if. Stator bul'offis proceeding. There are 130 wit nesses. WASHINGTON, December 22. The Hon. J. G. Carlisle, Secretary to the Treasury, reports to Congress that 470,000,000 dollars of notes redeemed once in gold and 100,000,000 dollars redeemed twice were still being issued, and he urged their withdrawal.
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