INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.
: "•» . Auckland, August 23. The barn, stables, etc., on J*mes Walfcer'a farm, Papakura, were burned down dn Saturday night. The Insurance 1b £450 m the South British. The fire wasoaused through hot ashes, or the spontaneocf. combustion of the hay. A petition m favor of reading the Bible m aohools Is olronlatlng at Cambridge, aud being largely signed. A large and well-defined reef has been discovered at Tawhere, m the WalkatD District. The atone ii highly oharg«d with minerals, and experts lays it will ba found to oontain silver, and possibly gold. A box of stone has been sent to the B*nk of New Zealand for analysis. A movement is on f oot to establish the causation of sugar-beet lq the Wa(katq. I and a meeting was held to-day at Hamll- . ton, when Mr W. A. Graham delivered an addres*, referring to the Importance of the industry. It waa resolved t« oiroaUte the address m the Waikato. Dunbdin, Aagast 23. A man named Thomas Barrett at Arrow town hai died from the effeots of drink. He appears to have lain down while intoxicated, and then apparently attempted to take another drink which choked hlm^
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1644, 24 August 1887, Page 2
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195INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1644, 24 August 1887, Page 2
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