NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.
(Per Press Association.) Waipawa, This Day. A young man named James Wheeler shot himself last night. The first shot missed ; the second blew part of bis head away. Pecuniary difficulties are said to be the cause of the rash act. Wellington. This Day. An extraordinary Gazette further adjourns Parliament to February 18th, 1897. Masterton, This Day. The body of a man named Peter Johnston was found in the Wangaehu Eiyer this morning. Auckland, Dee. 16. 200 applications were received for the position of caretaker of the Little Barrier reserve at a salary of .£l5O. Several shipmasters were among the applicants. The present dry weather shows no si«ns of breaking up and thermometric reading show the hottest December for ten years. Garden hose licenses have been conceited by the City authorities. Invercargill, Dec. 16. A bush fire, which started on Sunday in Seaward Bush, near Waimatu, destroyed tbe Pine Company's sheds and sawn timber, also three huts and two cottages belonging to the workmen. Christchurch, Dec 16. Today was a close holiday in honour of the 46th anniversary of the Canterbury settlement. Nelson, Dec 16. Much-needed rain b«s now set iv.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 144, 17 December 1896, Page 2
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193NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS. Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 144, 17 December 1896, Page 2
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