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I -psk tnrrrßßf pbbss association. J WAN€fA»tn, November 11. At the" Borough Council to-mght tW Town Clerk reported having had sample* of tapioca analysed in connection witb the recent wholesale* poisoning cases^ The analytic report stated that the article' was impregnated with arsenic. It wasresolved after discussion that immediate* steps be taken to prosecute the* firm thafc sold it. It was mentioned by the Towa Clerk that the tapioca had been bought by a Wanganui firm from a bouse in Dunedin. , A hckland, November 11, At the Druids' fancy dress ball early this morning, a sensational occurrence took place. - Peter Mackie, one of ther M.C ? a, represented Stanley, and had a revolver in his belt. While dancing, his partner took the revolver and snapped the trigger. The revolver proved to be* loaded and went off, shooting the skin off the end of Mackie's noße. The girl fell ma dead faint. Mackie is not muchhurt. He had borrowed the revolver forthe ball, and had not examined it. DtrMßWif, November 11. The annual meeting of the Mosgiel Woollen Factory Company waft, held today. The Directors stated thajt the r amount at credit of the profit and loss account, after making provision for bad debts, depreciation of plant and interim dividend already paid is £2892 19s lOd. The Directors recommend the appropria* tion of this sum as. follow : — Payment of a dividend of 8 per cent, per annum for the half year, absorbing £2752 8«, and carrying -forward the balance (£l4O lla lOd) to the year's account. Wbilingtok, This Day. The Tongariro, from Zealand, arrived in London on Tuesday, .all well. J " Nelson, This Pay A serious fire broke out early thf* morning in Henry Baigents plaining mills, Waimea street, and extended to his Boyal Rink a large building \SO feet by 50 and which was stocked with a quantity of timber. All were entirely destroyed. Two small unoccupied cottages, a large stable, and two cart sheds belonging to Mr Foy Were also burnt. Baigents values his property at £5,000, uninsured. T y
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Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 63, 13 November 1890, Page 2
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