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— ♦ (united pbess association.) Gisbobne, Monday. Willotigbby Brassey, solicitor, paid the cheque for £155 Is 8d today, just as "a "criminal information wns being sworn against him. PrbeeedingsJ>re now stoppsd. ■■•■'" Nelson, Tuesday. A man named John McGregor left here m an open boat for the Moutere, 1 , a f*>rit'l2 miles distant, on Wednt-sday, taking with him a bottle of jem and a ■■' bottle of wine only. Evidently he got drunk, and his boat was drifting about • the bay with sail set till yestrrday wlira two fishermen found it. They . brought the man m, but he was.completely exhausted* from long exposure and speechless. He was taken to the hospital where he died to-day.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XII, Issue 1723, 2 June 1886, Page 3
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112TELEGRAPHIC. Manawatu Standard, Volume XII, Issue 1723, 2 June 1886, Page 3
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