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(From our owji sorrespondent.) "Dunedin, Friday, 6 p.m. Teschsmaker resigns his seat for Moeraki. li'lntosh, the "manager" Of Fißberfs 'elation, !\!i>ekenzie Country, tried yesterday to erosa th. Rangitata, •with his wife and daughter, in a hooded buggy. The fordtnau was Rw*y..n.t the time. Wragge, M'lntosh's brother-in. law, who knew tin- ford, acted a* pilot. 'lii« ladies became •frightened on reaching the deepest part of the ford, and stood up. caustiij the buggy to tilt over. Mr. and Mrs. M'lntosh and daughfor were drowned. If the ladies had not ost nerve there would not Imve been the slightest danger. Another telegram gives the names of the drowned persons as Hunt, the head mast er of the Timaru school, his wife, and mother-in-law. Messrs. Armstrong and Leary presented a memorial to the Superintendent recommending the granting of a bu*h license to Aiuits'a accommodation house at Hogbrirn Creek. The Superintendent said it would be awkwnrjd for the Government to grant a license after "being refused by the local authorities. lie wouM look into the matter.
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 310, 6 February 1875, Page 3
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174LATEST NEWS. Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 310, 6 February 1875, Page 3
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