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(UNITED PEES B ASSOCIATION.) j Timaru, Dec. 19. i Another slight shock of earthquake was folt here about. 10: o'clock this morning. Mr John Jackson, the Mayor elect, was installed to-day for the second time. He announced that the rates had been reduced 43 per cent, during tho past year, and that probably they would be further reduced this year. The weather ha 3 been oppressively hot to-day. Ghrtstchorch, December 19. The New Zealand Shipping Company are advised by cable that the steamer lonic reached Bio Janiero on the 15th, and sailed on the 17th. The passage from Lyttelton was the fastest! on record, being only twenty-one days. The frozen meat is reported to be m prime condition. j The ex-Mayor has telegraphed" to the Government the refusal of the unemployed to accept "so mean a pittance '' as 5s 6d a day. , It is proposed to form a Working Men's Association. This afternoon, after the installation of the Mayor, Mr John Ollivev JBuggested thai a public luncheon bo given lo the promoters of the Industrial Exhibition. The suggestion found great favor, LBO was guaranteed on ; the spot. ■ X
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 20, 21 December 1883, Page 2
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189INTERPROVINCIAL. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 20, 21 December 1883, Page 2
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