INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS
Wellington December 27. The Hnn Mr Ballance, who has been aerlounJy ill, ia now recovering. The opening of the Industrial Fxhibitloa at Palmeraton North yesterday was very Ruooesafal, about 1500 persona balng present. The Marquis and Marchioness of Drogheda wero passengers for the South today. iNVBROARGILii, December 27. A mill, known aa McKeozle and RofTa, Boa ward Bush, was burnt on- Saturday night. The mill was owned by tbe Denied In Iron and Wood ware Company, and insnranoos, if any, are effected m that oity. Bluff, December 27. Tbe Htrbor Board have been Id olobg Committee all day on an application for appointment to the pilot staff, strong opposition on tho part of some members being shown to the restriction of a«e to under forty, several men on tbe staff who have nothing agatnßt them being a few yoara over that ago. A xn&mbor of tbe B )ard m a candidate for one of the positions. Captain Tyson, the Hacbormwtor, Is not a candidate. Be was appointed throe years ago, at £400, aid the Boar 3 have now reduced the salary to £250 and house. He returns to England at c >nslderable sacrifioa, as he had built a home at tho port and brought out a family only recently.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1726, 28 December 1887, Page 2
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211INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1726, 28 December 1887, Page 2
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