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(pee united press association). Auckland, November 23. The report of tlie volcanic eruption at Plate Island is totally groundless. Nafieb, JN'ovember 23. George Edward Hallam, formerly lamp-lighter for the Gas Company, and respectably connected, was recently committed for trial for indecent assault on a little girl and admitted to bail. He was of weak intellect, and apparently com milted suicide this morning by throwing himself over a cliff near (lie breakwater. The fall was of 25Dft. He was seen to fall, and was picked up and conveyed to the hospital, and died shortly after ad' mission, aged 23. Bluff, November 23. The report that the Talune struck on a rock oft Swan Island is incorrect. The facts are that off Goose Island the Talune cast one of her propeller blades, this causing a very slight shock. The vessel was going full speed, and had she struck a sunten rock it would have taken the bottom out of her. Dunedin, November 23. Captain Morrison and two men of the Torpsdo Corps are expected to arrive this afternoon in connection with rainmaking experiments. Makton, November 23 Five Special Settlement Associations were formed here on Saturday eveningChbistchuiich, November 22. Influenza is spreading in the city and suburbs, but it appears to te of a mild type. No fatalities are reported.
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Feilding Star, 24 November 1891, Page 2
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