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; Wanoandi, this day. . fi i Heavy rains again fell yesterday, ti 1 and-by midnight the river had'raentii hi the highest point. reached by the flood & of i .|riday. < ;.,4...g06d.;.dea1;,„0iE damage _ has been done in '• the' douiitry districts te mdsjand,bridges, At ,the< iff ■ gpaail of ; staging for iihe ■ neff,break^ater s were gashed do.wn, and engine dnd pile driving 1 apparatus was; < preoipitated.into the river. The. con- T traotore.losa.is eetimated over £SOO. Th^Channel beMyedfjto bo the'lieaviOTt'flooMVor six '' . years, and .considered , equal to the .big 1J; , flood of 1876. : . ; ;r' u ' ' i ; I/.-;.- ' <?'t 'ii A ' ? ■ " - Christohcrch, Monday.' ... The ; -."go-as-you-please"-contest be?' twee'n Drummond,' of' Dunedin, -and ; ; Cuß'aclf,. of, Ohrytckvch,; on Saturday, : ; was won by the former, who led the ,^omanp,,Monday;/ ;'.'"«3!jro'.clerks in the. employ of the Union Steamship Cpmpany's .office.at Euesell Wre;drowned there.on'Sactirday evening through the capsizing.of a boat while out ; ■ for a pleaatira v/ trip.: were : - G. Bayley and M. B.' Hawkins,. The latter wa» only : 18 year's of'age/andhia life was insured for i'6oo. A seaman alio in the .boat was reaoued in an exhausted : condition. "• ; ; The native owners of a' large Mook'of iand eoutli pf Kihikihi, in the heart of the , heart of .the king coun try; have applied: to j Mr Bryce |or a survey to determine .the' ( ' title.. - \ TimAru, Monday. ... " .Hio Exoeil onoy ,tbegovernor'andsuite left at .10.15 for' Qamarti by a. special,' train. 'A number of spectators'were iiii the platform, but there was no demon- ( stratioQ beyond-cordial cheers as- the fc train'moved off. ' o
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1313, 26 February 1883, Page 2
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250TELEGRAPHIC. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1313, 26 February 1883, Page 2
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