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Special to "Star." [PEB UNITED FBKSS ASSOCIATION. ! .. Blenheim, This Day. The commission ot enquiry i»to the charge preferred by ergt Major Bullt'n c against MrTurnbull. R.M., has concluded " taking evidence, and tbe commissioners a leave for Wellington ibi» afternoon. The ■chiTgc was drunkenness in public and private places and a large number of witnesses were examined on both sides. * Tbe commissioners will forward their report ta the Governor,, The enquiry was private. '* Napieb, This Day. , There has been continuous rain sinc c Mondny. the rain fall being nine inchesThe ."Ngaruroro at^ Waitange has been B gradually encroaching upon the public J road and railway. The present flood has swept away the Toad, and to-day the crumbling bank of the river, within two feet of the Railway Line, is now being shifted, hut if the flood continues it is feared the .Ngnruroro will break into the upp-j-r end of the Ahuriri lagoon, and find an outlet at Napier. Should these fears be realised enormous damage will * be done to town and suburban properties.
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Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 4, 19 June 1884, Page 3
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174TOWN EDITION Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 4, 19 June 1884, Page 3
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