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. ......1... .„•' ■.„■■ If :, Jt(! , (INJTBD PRESS ASSOCIATION. J }j . , Auckland; Dec. 15. -- At sn inquest on a Sre broke out m a cupboard of Pearson's! store at Whanjarei, the jury, returned a yerdiqt . that tie place was felenioasly sjst fire to by'sone persons unknown, and: added a rider that the coroner communicate ; wjjth the pdice and insurance companies with' a viSw to further investigation. | Pearson was iraured for £1300, at whiclj sum he * values his stock. • ( ' : > . 2 Invercargill, De)o. 15. In the Compensation Court to-day W; M. Gregor recovered £915 and £39 costs against the Government for laud taken j for the Seaward Bush Bailway andJ damage to the remainder of his property.' | The claim was for £1598. In pvidence j Mr Ciallcutt, 1 Government valuer, said the landowners* on ' the line were the* principal obstacle to the railway being pushed on. ; '. ' ; DuNßDiNjDec. 15. The escort brought down £3#,000 worth of gold from the Lake district, .f Messrs Bastings, Laeiy, and Go., tbik? afterhbon, under instructibbs frpra^the. liquidator, sold the property and plant of the Homeward Bound Gold; Mining Company, at- Macetown, to Mr; William Gage for £300.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 16, 17 December 1884, Page 2
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188TELEGRAMS. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 16, 17 December 1884, Page 2
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