INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS
(PBR UNITED PRKSS/ASbOClAV'ioit) 1 Hokitika, March 1. There is a small rushiat Three-Mile Creek. There are payable prospects, but the field is limited. ' A man named Bobsrt J. Smith sustained a fatal accident in a shaft yesterday. While engaged in prospecting near the loop-line deceased and his mate 'found the rope was too short, and borrowed another from a neighbour. His m ite thought the rope not strong enough, but;Smith)resolved to try. When down about 50f£ the rope broke, and the unfortunate man; fell the remaining 50ft to the bottom, being very much injured. He was got out after some time, and diud whilst being, conveyed to 4 the hospital. ■'■■■'•• *! : ' Chki^jchubch, March 8. The Canterbury Acclimatisation Society to-day fixed the dates for opening and' closing the shooting season as follows :— , Native game, March 30 to June 30, pheasants and quail, : May 1 to June 30 ; hares March 30-to-July 31, both days inclusive. ; • •;
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Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 104, 9 March 1889, Page 2
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154INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 104, 9 March 1889, Page 2
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