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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1605, 11 January 1886, Page 4

The Mayor of Wanganui has called a pubtic meeting, to devise means •whereby the "sufferers of the Stratford disaster, may be relieved. .. ! The English mail via San Francisco, is expected to reach here to-morrow. The woodwork of the bridge waß, again. on fire on Saturday last. It Was discovered by a gentleman who was on a visit to the towri, and who assisted! to put it out. The borough authorities should give the bridge more constant attention during this dry weather, otherwise some people's carelessness may let the town m for rather heavy expenses m the way of repairs. — Chronicle. The grass fire which was raging yesterday, on thfc Brewery section, Fox ton Line, started afresh , this afternoon, 1 and word was sent up to t6wn that if not extinguished quickly or checked the result might prove serious to the town. Mr Ferguson's trap took down the only fire engine m the town, and a number of persons also proceeded to the scene. It appears that the new ballet "Amor," which ie about to be produced at Milan, requires 250 danseuses and 2,300 costumes besides an elephant, fourteen horses, twenty dogs, and quite a menagerie of monkeys and bears.

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