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Evening Star, Issue 3420, 6 February 1874, Page 2

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~r . Napier, February 6. A Maori woman, one of Hapukau’s wives, Has been thrown from her horse. Her foot caught m the stirrup, and she was dragged a 10D a®ii stance and literally torn to pieces. All the immigrants per Queen of the North are already engaged. A man named Daniel Gorman was drowned while swimming for a wager in the harbor, m, -1, . , Clyde, February 5. ihe following are the results of the first davV , Pl^e : Earl of Lynne, 1; Port Phillip Buck, 2. Grand Stand Handicap: Brunette, 1; Fenian, 2; Butterfly, 3. ihe Members Handicap was a walk over for Brunette. The Trotting Race, for which there were ten entries, was won by Mr Low’s Tapioca. TUo ... , Bluff, Februarys. ihe s.s. Alhambra, Captain Sinclair, left Melbourne at i3O p.ni. on the 31st and arrived at the Bluff at 5 p.m. on the 6th inst. bhe sails for Dunedin at 3 p.m. to-morrow. Passengers: Saloon-Rev. Mr Henderson, Miss Henderson Messrs Smith, Berghoff, Rutherford Defrayer, MTherson, Amlerson, Lyall, G. MTherson, J. Rutherford ponway, Ostler, Stracbey, Brookie, Signor Biscaccianti, Mrs MTherson, Mrs Muir, Miss Bastings, Miss Berghoff, forty in the steerage, and 150 tons of cargo for Dunedin. m , Wellington, February 6. Tuesday, the IQth qf March, is %ed fjr the Cojomal Prize Firing at Napier. Cisco rpail^ 0 n6Xt moutl1 ’ 9 Sap Fratp The Publiq Hall Company have decided to erect an hotel and three shops, besides improving ms * do of the theatre, which is not paying at pieseut. The improvements will cost L 5,000. An t i .Auckland, February 6. weraimm' 3 ,mmi S rau+ -8 per Lauderdale ere immediately engaged,’ and eighty applica- * Tr l A l r eX ° e \ S °” he « u PPly were received. Mr Monarty, the Sydney Government engi+l? w el + oltS a m - faVol ' ofa water supply from T fifl^i Stei TL Sl)nUgS i‘ esfcimat es the cost at LG6, 7 14. The supnly 0 f water would be two SSon? f ° m huu^red SaUons in the driest mi Invercargill, February 6. verterdir* Th- ma °s ldc f. nt for the races Handicap was won by lalabar. Happy Jack being second, and Rosina third. For the Town f’late, owing to I—’ 1 —’ ooiy two horses were entered, viz., Tambounm and Sir Tatton, belonging to ambourini filtered over the oH+k adies Purse young Maht were the only horses that W tho . lattev winning. For the District OrS? ,° ap SlX i Sta^ ed . Stackpole being first, Orphan second, and Happy Jack third.