AVanganui is contemplating the purchase of a steam fire-engine. One capable of throwing 000 gallons a minute could be landed there for j£7oo. At Palmerston North yesterday a man named John Stapleton attempted suicide by cutting his throat with a razor. His injuries arc serious, but are not expected to prove fatal. The census brought to light (says the Cork Examiner) some cases in which parish populations pan be counted on a single hand. Here are two instances. Ludlow Castle has been a parish for upwards of 200 years. The present population is five. It was the same last census. There has been no birth in the parish for upwards of 60 years. It is well' lighted with gas, has a good water supply, with a ’ very fine old chapel. Llaneantis a parish in Gloucestershire, about three miles from Chepstow, containing only one house, with a population oi four, a church in ruins, no school, no railway, no shop, and no hotel. It is situated in a lovely' valley near the celebrated AVyandclifl, which towers above it on the opposite banks of the AVye.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 182, 9 August 1901, Page 4
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