INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS
(FKB UNITED FBESS ASSOCIATION.) Auckland, August 12. Only 143 man have as yet accepted employment at the railway works on the WoodliilKaipara line, whi'e there is employment for double that number. Of f"Hr unemployed contracts let by the Corporation, one of the parties hare never started work, although nearly a week has elapsed, and tiiey have now practically abandoned it. The Janet Mcoll arrived from the Islands to-day. After leaving Tongi >he visited the new volcano island. Large volumes of smoke were issuing from the crater, and rents hundreds of feet in length were observed in the earth. Daniel Blackwood, second engineer, died on the voyage. Nothing has been beard of the Sovereign of the Seas, or of Caffrey and Perm at the Islands. Palmebston, This Day. Mr Mathew Burnett had a moat sue* cessful opening meeting here last night. 112 pledges were taken, more came forward, but the cards were exhausted. Wellington, August 13. Mr Eustace Brandon, who ha» occupied the position of examiner of title*, died this afternoon from inflammation of the lungs, ife had been ailing for some time, but was only confined to his bed for three or four days.
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Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 27, 14 August 1886, Page 2
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196INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 27, 14 August 1886, Page 2
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