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(From pur own Corresppn^ent.j BY WIRE. "'' : ' : ': DuNEWOsf, Tuesday Afternoon. By an explosion Of gas at the City Gasworks this forenoon, three buildings and the housing of the water gas purifying plant 'were destroyed.; A large number of windows in the vicinity were broken. The damage is estimated : from c ,Jl6o6 to -£2OOO. Nobody was injured. ' '■■■ , The Premier leaves, Wellington for ;the South to give an important statement" regard.ipg.the colony's finances at Mr M'Nab's banquet. ... The customs duties at Auckland for the year just closed constitute a record for the Oelony, and amount to £612,666, Gibson, an ex captain in the Imperial army, and a personal friend and regular correspondent of Sir HectorL Macdbnald,Jin .an at Sydney, states that he has recent letters in which Sir Hector says that the elite were intriguihg'to rum him : , and seemed determined to compromise him so»that he < would be forced to leave the army. Sir Hector's friends are insisting on an eflquiry to vindicate his character. The nature of the charges has not yet transpired. The South Australians defeated the English cricketers by 97 runs, The Burnside market is not available,...,: .;,,., ;V •.'■-../.. -''.^" ; . '"
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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 360, 2 April 1903, Page 4
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189LATEST NEWS. Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 360, 2 April 1903, Page 4
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