TIMARU.
This d*y;
The sea is gradually scouring the beach and reclaimed land north of the Mole. Allan and Stumbles, contractors for the first part of the breakwater, have put a lot of hands on filling bags with shingle, and laykg them along in tiers in front to break the force of the sea.,
•i The fire in the Geraldine Bush is still burning. The fire is gradually approaching the township. No correct estimate of the damage can ye.t be made. Messrs Whitaker's, Barker's, Postlewaite's, MoKe'nzie's Martin's, and Gibson's suffered, and besides fche loss of the Government bush, a large quantity of stacked firewood. ' -V: •■"■'".'. v \'!"':: ;;■:■.'■■,. '.'.'.V,' • The Timaru Herald has announced that it will shortly reduce the price of the paper to twopence, and be enlarged.
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Thames Star, Volume IX, Issue 3048, 21 November 1878, Page 2
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127TIMARU. Thames Star, Volume IX, Issue 3048, 21 November 1878, Page 2
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