According to the Panama Star and Herald, two vessels have narrowly escaped destruction by meteors. One was the steamship Lima of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company, and the other was the United States man-of-war Alaska. A meteor which plunged into the ocean cl"se by the last named ship just after sunset on December 12th, is said to have terrified everybody on board by exploding with a great noise and a burst of flume just it struck the water. The 'l’imaru people, according to the local Herald, did very well indeed over Welcome Jack's win in the Great Autumn Handicap. One Timaruite got so excited as Welcome Jack passed the post, that he threw his hat after the horse, and, not content therewith, followed the hat up with his spectacles,
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1306, 7 April 1883, Page 2
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129Untitled Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1306, 7 April 1883, Page 2
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