INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS
(PEE UNITED PEEBS ASSOCIATION!. Auckland, December 29. A girl of fourteen, years of age named Ivy Haggard has been drowned in the : Koihu Creek, near Dargaville. . j The inquest on the body of Maloney having ended in a yerdict of accidental death, no blame being attached to any • one, the charge o£ murder .preferred against Kelt has been withdrawn, and he has been released from custody. Ths Chess Congress opened to-day. Siedeberg beat Hookham, who opened with the Zukertort; Malcolm won from Jowitt; Ashton drew with 'Trimble, and I Lit tie john and Bakaw.ell also drew. Considerable interest is taken in the pro* ceedingß. ' Dunemk, December 29. The barque Invernrie, from Santos, called at Otago Heads to«day, and was ordered to proceed to Napier. She reported that the captain had died on the 11th NoTGmber from yellow fovpr, and that several of the crew had also suffered but were recovering. Robert Higman, Salvation Army Cap* tain, was drowned to-day at Port Chalmers baths while bathing. Robert Hepburn his companion tried to save him, but failed. Higman was 33 years of age. He leaves a widow and three children.
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Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 78, 31 December 1891, Page 2
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