INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS
(rEB PBKSS ASSOCIATION). Cu RisTcuuucir, This Day. Tho salo of the stuck, plant, etc., on the Cheviot estate was continued jesterdny, and sati-sfuctory prices rjnhsnl. Tho aggregate ro.*ult of the salo of sJ.osp is estimated at £45,000. Wanganui, Mutch 7 Williim Ho2i» Wat', one of the founders of the firm of Taylor pnd Watt, died to day, aged 74. Mr VV.it t was, with one exception, the oldest living resident of Wauganui, having arrived here in 1842. .Deceased had served nt different times in both tho Provincial Council and House of Representatives. Wi i,mnoto>\ March 8. The young mnn Albert Thomas, who pleiidcd utility to the attempted murder of Mr J. L. Kirk bride, formerly proprietor of the Evening Press, was sent" enced to five years penal servitude The health of the Premier continues to improve, and he has intimated Ins intention of returning to Wellington next Wednesday. His colleagues unanimously desire him to remain absent from the Treasury offices until he regains strength. The Hon R. Seddon leaves for Hunterville to-morrow atternoon. He will be absent a week, and will inspect *ites for a bridge across the Rangitikei river. Auckland, March 8. A child named Mabel Lillian McHugh, aged 4.1 years, was accidentally burned to death yesterday at Lake Takapuna, her clothes catchiug alight while near a fire in the yard. When rescued the injuries wero so bad that death ensued four hours later. A boy named Rowe, nine years of age, met with a fearful accident at the Auckland Roller Mills last night. Ho must have caught the rope that puts the tackle in gear, and was hoisted up through two floors, and when reaching the top ho must have swung over the drum, his head coming in contract with a heavy crossbeam, he afterward being wound close ngainst the drum, where he revolved with it till the mill stopped at 8 o'clock, when it closed for tho night. The boy was found this morning hanging head c'ownwards from the drum. The boy was at first unconscious, but after* 1 wards spoke and was removod to the hospital, where he died.
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Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 111, 9 March 1893, Page 2
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