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< /Vr I'itss —< "jit/ri'i/it., iSvdnkv, This clay. A cyclone swept Norfolk Island at the t*n<l of last month, ami destroyed the post otlict and several other buildings. At the Cascades a terrific sea did '.T' at damage to the landing-place. As the outcome of the report of a recent Royal Commission Mr Justice Backhouse has opened an inquiry into the charges of incompetency Mr M'Auliffe, the mauagr.-r, and M'lkmald, tlie under manager, of the Stockton colliery at the time of the fatal e\plo.»iun, Mi i.ii.tniNK, This Day. Tlie IK fence Department has prepared a statement showing the annual contributions of the various colonies for the maintenance of the auxiliary xjuadroi), which tin- due in April. .New Zealand's share is fc2o*o. The owner of the schooner (i rati t ude, from Irn. has been fined £25 and the captain £'•">, fur landing a cart'o of p< inruin oil wrongfully described as whale oil. At the same time the defendants were acquitted of fraudulent intent , tin* practice having obtained for some time pa-t of describing penguin as whale oil. '{"he latter is dutyfree, but penguin oil, which was inadvertently omitted from the free list, will ikjw U- inserted.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 278, 23 March 1897, Page 3
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198AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Hastings Standard, Issue 278, 23 March 1897, Page 3
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