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G-a'-BYiiipuTH, Jan." 11. " The Heath Coal ! Company : striick 1 the main seam' of coal yesterday in their shaft ;at a depth of 246 feet. ' • A"."A ' ' Jan. 11. A Canterbury passenger by- -the' -mail steamer Australia -writes" to the Christchurch papers; complaining bitterly of the treatment received by* all, the passengers in quarantine at . Auckland... :'. He states that the quarantine barracks were filthy and without firing, and that, no food was received from . Auckland for two or three, days. .He.alsp states that the mails were 7 fumigated in a .very, inefficient manner, and, urges that an" official ."'enquiry should bs, niade into; the whole circumstances of the case.
... A public' chess club has been formed Here;' " ' " ; ' ' *'"■•'".'-.' •' .-
A hew ; American reaping and binding machine "lias"- -baen 1 tried here .with, great success; It'- is£ calculated ;to* save: : - 6s per. acre ih- costt'of labour, 'and also to effect a considerable rsaving in the -.grain, .which is tied^much cleaner than men. can do it.
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Clutha Leader, Volume III, Issue 131, 12 January 1877, Page 5
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