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-„ : (PEE PRESS AGENCY..) j .Wellington, .Thursday, 6 pm. j ; Mackie Sentenced. ?V Madkie, who was yesterday found *« guilty of forgery as a Bank agent, , was this morning sentenced to four i years 1 imprisonment. Roferxing to < the recommendation to mercy made t ■by tlie jury> the Uhief Justice said as ( Mackie was 31 years old, he had passed that age when such a recommendation could be entertained. There was also no excuse for prisoner on the ground of insufficient balary. . Frisco Mails The City of Sydney, with London \ mails of December 5, sailed from San Francisco for Auckland on the 23rd ultimo, contract date. .; Pobt Chalmers, Thursday, 3 p.m. Smugglers Caught At the Court to«day, J. Pater3on, providore of the Easby, was fined £25 for smuggling a case of brandy. J. Wybourt, steward, who carried it ashore, was fined £3. Caetertox, Monday, 5 pirn. Bush Fires A bush fire is raging here. It is burning next the Railway Station. Several houses are in great danger. Between 20 and 30 men are trying . to stay the flames, but canuot do so ; wind increasing.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume I, Issue 39, 10 January 1879, Page 3
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184LATEST TELEGRAPHIC. Manawatu Herald, Volume I, Issue 39, 10 January 1879, Page 3
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