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RECEIVED LAST NIGHT. TE WHITI BITTEN BY SAVAGE DOG. Wellington, Wednesday. Mr Parris has telegraphed that at Parili aka, To Whiti avus bitten by a savage dog, and is very ill from the effects. Some members of the Government arc not sorry, hut would think it good luck if the bite Avere to result in hydrophobia, and that Tc Whiti would in turn bite Tolm and Hiroki. DIRECT STEAMER. Wellington, Wednesday. Private advices state that the steamer Northumberland leaves England for Wellington to-morrow Avith passengers. MAYORAL CANDIDATES. Wellington, Wednesday. The mayoral election is approaching, and requisitions are getting up for Mr Dwan, auctioneer, and Mr Young, coach proprietor, to stand as candidates for the office. POISONING A GIRL. Wellington, Wednesday, Francis Rnmscy, a half-caste, is charged with attempting to poison a Maori girl at Otaki. The girl is seriously ill. TIMBER FREIGHT RAISED. Wellington, Wednesday. The GoATiTimcnt have raised by 50 per cent, the freight of timber from Fcilding and other tOAvns in the ManaAvatn district. This kills the saAV-mili toAvns. OUTWARD SHIPWellington, Wednesday. The Jane Douglas sighted a ship supposed to be the Rakaia, ninety-nine days out. END OF AN ACTRESS. Wellington, Wednesday. Mrs Williamson, the celebrated actress of forty years ago, was buried here today, and around her loavlj grave Avas grouped a small cluster of threadbare stageists ; and thus ended a career once brilliant and admired by the London world. GOING TO AUSTRALIAWellington, Wednesday. The exodus from Wellington to the Melbourne Exhibition and Sydney is being now felt in Wellington. The notable coal hulk man, Williams, is reaping a heavy harvest in this line of business, having raised the fare to £5 per head, and to go as you please and eat what you get. RETURN OF SIR JULIUS VOGEL. Wellington, Wednesday. Sir Julius Vogel has sent a private telegram to one of his friends that he is coming out to Now Zealand. If so, he will find a difference hetAveen uoav and Avlien he Avas here last, SUICIDE. Oamaru, 19th. Mr McWilliam, a well-known settler, committed suicide to-day by hanging himself.
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Patea Mail, 21 October 1880, Page 2
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