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[per united press association.] Auckland. November 13. ■> The damage, lo the enrtiidge factory by fire does not exceed £100. Wellington, November 15 H.M. 5. Thalia suiled for Hvme to-d»-The Doric left for London at four o'clock tbis af lernoon.
Agnes i'liuimer was this afternoon committed tor trial for neglecting to provide her infant child with the necessaries of life. A sculling raoe has been arranged be tween Braith waite, of Wanganui. and Copeland, a local sculler. The prize is to be a handsome trophy purchased by the loser, and the race is to be over a three mile course, and be rowed on the Wanganui River at noxt rcgtvtta. This Day. Mrs Sarah Horn blow, an old settler in the Wellington district, died at Greytown suddenly frem heart disease. The tender ef Messrs Carmichael and Sons, of Christchurch, has been accepted for the new Government printing offices. The Wellington price was under £12,000. The building is to be completed in nine months time. ' The Minister of Public Works leaveß for Chnstchureh to-morrow on business connected with the Midland Bailway , and will be absent during the week. A full meeting of the Cabinet is called for December 1. The Government will shortly advertise another contract at the northern end of of the Mam Trunk Line. George Fisher and Samuel Brown were nominated for the Mayoralty to-day. The election will take place on the 24th. Wanganui. This Day. Councillors Nathan and Laird have been proposed for the Mayoralty. New Plymouth, November 15. Mr James Wade D'lily, a farmer at Mangone, was tossed nnd gored by a bull this morning, and when the messenger left to fetch the doctor he was insensible. Major Atkinson is laid up with a neverly sprained ankle, which was caused by jumping quickly from his buggy on Saturday. Dunedin, November 15. The Dunedin Finance Company, at their meeting to«day. declared a 5 per cent, dividend. The Retrenchment • ommittee of the council hare made reductions amounting to L4OOO yearly, including LIOO off the Mayor.il salary.
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Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 58, 16 November 1886, Page 2
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