INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS
ifPEn UNITBDTRKSS ASSOCIATION .) Dunkdin. February 28. It is understood that the defalcations of clerk of the Standard Insurance Co , amount to £625, of which £250 is covered by guarantee, ... ■ Notwithstanding the promise of the ,- Government that the Portuguese lepor at St.'Clair would be attended to' arid isolated, no steps have yet been taken, and there is every probabiilty now of the man dying of starvation and neglect. The uu fortunate man appears to feel his position keenly, and now refuses to take the food which is placed alongside him. This Day. A woman named Adams died in confinement under suspicious circumstances, A post mortem is to .beheld. Auckland, This Day. . The Wanaka, leaving Onebunga, struck on a mud bank. No damage was dove. Chbistchurch, February "28 At the wool sales to-day there was a disinclination to buy large clips! Merino and broken wools were in- good demand. Welmnoioh, This Day. The Customs returns for last month are Auokland. £39,060 16s lid; Welling ton, £24.938 12s sd ; Chnstchurch, £26,228 0s 8d ; Dunedin, £22,601 3s 2d : showing a total for the colony of £142,---974 13s 9d as against ,L 132,888 Is lOd for the previous month, and £127,229 2s lid for the corresponding month of last ' year. The beer duty collected last month was £5,108 10s.
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Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 106, 1 March 1890, Page 2
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