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Auckland, This day. Arrived, last night—Tongariro from Wellington. Timaru, This day.
The first good rain for months fell last night. There is a great deficiency of water in tlie district the household tanks and wells being dry. A great deal of water carting has been necessary. The sown grain and pastures have been retarded : this should now come away. Puxedin, This day.
The Otago Rugby Union, dealing with a letter of the New Zealand Union with regard to an Otago player, inquires under what rule the parent body susDended him without inquiry, and states that there is a strong feeling in the local union against his suspension without inquiry. Wellington, This day. The question of the change of uniforms is agitating the minds of the local volunteers, and several members of the Wellington Guardy and City Rifles intend to call a meeting to discuss the question of disbanding and forming themselves into a Rifle Club.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 401, 17 August 1897, Page 2
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