NEWS IN BRIEF
(Per Press Association.)
The fire on the steamer the Manaroa at Timaru was got under, and the cargo is being discharged to ascertain the full damage to the ship. At the Tatu explosion tragedy inquest on the three, victims the jury returned a verdict that they were killca through the explosion of a packet of gelignite left in a kitchen over-night, the cause of the explosion being unexplainable. 'Hie evidence of Mr England showed that when lie rushed for the house he found his wifo still conscious. The Parliamentary Party touring the West Coast arriving in Westport last evening being met en repute by deputations at Inangalma. Junction and ;n----speeting the Buller Gorge coalfields and the uncompleted railway. Each member Was presented with a nugget \\ on from the Buller River and a block of coal taken from a mine in the Buller Gorge. The Party was accorded a civic reception at the Town Hall and deputations interviewed on several subjects.
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Hokitika Guardian, 19 June 1920, Page 3
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163NEWS IN BRIEF Hokitika Guardian, 19 June 1920, Page 3
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