LATEST TELEGRAMS.
[Special to the Mail.]
[per press agency.]
Wellington, Dee. 26. A Kumara miner named Skalen committed a most determined suicide last night. He placed the muzzle of a gun in his mouth with a string on his big toe, pulled the trigger, and blew the side of his head off. £80 was found on the body. It is supposed Ec was insane. HoKiTiKA, Dec. 26. The damage done by the floods will cost the county several thousand pounds. approaches to the bridge are much damaged, and a large portion of Huugerford bridge is carried away. Traffic by that route will be stopped for weeks. There is no sign of the Christchurch coach, and it is feared that it is much damaged . The flood is down. The races are postponed account of the wet weather. A large quantity of gold is selling to the Banks. The Waimea water race is fully employed. If some more heads of water were available they would be used. It is reported that the storm channel overflowed at Ross, and flooded half the town, doing much injury. The holidays are completely spoiled by the continuous downpour of rain.
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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 3, Issue 255, 27 December 1878, Page 2
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194LATEST TELEGRAMS. Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 3, Issue 255, 27 December 1878, Page 2
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