INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.
♦ .■• Auokdand, January' 2l. On dit that aa ex-Miolstei of the Grown contemplates proceeding against a certain Oonnty Chairman for £2000 damages, for libellous statement! printed m a letter m a Northern paper, .. There is a considerable amount hi infuit mortality here, principally from diarrhoea and dysentery. At a meeting of those interested In the liquor trade, m view of the coming licensing eleotion, £70 was subscribed la the room. The New Market fire la believed to have been the work of an incendiary. The value of a water main wa« found to have been tampered with on the night of the fire. The borongh offers £50 reward for the detection of the offender. DtOTEDiN, January 21. The plebiooite taken as to where the statue of Barns is to be placed has resulted m favor of the Octagon site as against the Triangle, m front of the railway station, but a member of the City Oounoll has announced that he intends to oppose it m the Oonnoll. — ~r-
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1463, 22 January 1887, Page 2
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169INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1463, 22 January 1887, Page 2
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