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Greymouth. Feb. 17. There was a great downpour ot rain laet night. The river is still m a high fresh.. There are five sailing ve&sels lying outside. Chbistchurch, Feb. 17. Thomas Jeffries, who was riding a spirited horse near Eangiora yesterday was thrown, and found unconscious on the road. :He was taken to- the Hospital and found to be suffering from concussion of the brain. His Excellency the Governor consents to become a patron ,pf the flew Zealand Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Greymouth, Feb. 17. Captain J acVson Barry is here, and is announced to lecture. on Monday night. [We wish he would remember us m his prayers ; we do him. Ed. M.S.] Some earth slips and damage to bridge approaches have been caused m consequence of heavy rain. Oama.ru, Feb. 17. The island between the two parts of the upper Waitaki Bridge has been partially washed away, and the traffic is suspended. The Hallutaremea V alley is therefore shut off from traffic communication with the railway line, and , unless the Bridge is speedily repaired the grain grown m that locality will not be able to reach a market unless at great expense. ; ; ; t>UNEDitf, Feb. 17. 1 The journeymen- potters are agitating to get up a company on a small scale to work the pottery. They have enlisted the aid of the Mayor of Milton. Auckland, Feb. 17. * .'; Arrived— Mataura, barque, Gapt Greenstill, 98 days from London. She brings 50 passengers. Two deaths occurred on the voyage. ■ -.Reports speaking: the Philomene from London to Dunedin, off Tristan d'Acuhana, on January 3rd, all well. Mr Bryce arrived from Waikato yesterday night, and proceeded at once to Whangarei. ...... New- Plymouth, Fob. 17. The steamer Penguin arrived this morning and. landed her passengers, but a northerly gale * so* tting m about 10 o'clock she had to leare the roadsted for Manukau. and several intending passengers were accordingly left behind. Bishop Cowie arrived last evening, having came overland via Napier. -
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 73, 19 February 1883, Page 2
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332TELEGRAPHIC. Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 73, 19 February 1883, Page 2
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