PROVINCIAL NEWS.
* [united press association.] Wellington, March 5. As a first step towards Civil Service retrenchment, the Government have finally determined to abolish the Colonial Architect's Department, and to-day a month's notice was given to seven out of the eight officers employed in the department. The only one retained is Mr Timihull, clerk of the works. The aggregate saving by this step Ls .£IBOO jjct a.uuiin. j
Thomas Maddigan, tollbar keeper at Kaiwarra, has uiet with a serious accident. He was standing on the railwayline, watching the train pass, and thought he was clear, but the cowcatcher caught and threw hira some six feeb in the air, his thigh being smashed and head badly cut; but ifc is cot thought that he is fatally injured.
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Kumara Times, Issue 2348, 7 March 1884, Page 2
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