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■ " [DOTTED PRESS ASSOOIATIONI SHOCKING .FATAL ACCIDENT. Fielding, this day, 'A' shocking fatal accident 'occurred here yesterday. A boy of ten years of age, named Salisbury, was thrown from j his horse, and one of his feet caught in the stirrup. The horse plunged !.about, /arid then.! bolted, dragging the;,unfortunate lad for about a .'mile. -The body'was' found near /the railway .crossing, shockingly mutilated, being disembowelled, both, legs and!'arms:broken, arid the skull scalped: and fractured. -The" body- presented a most ghastly appearance, An inquest will be held to'-dayi
'" ""' Auckland, Tuesday.' Cornwall,;of Samoa; whose dealings with';MdArthur :&. Co., have..been severaltinies; before the.public, and who, recently horsewhipped a member •ofthe firm, 1 ihas.drawn up and transmitted to' : the Seoretary of State for the .Colbbiißßi petition entering■ fully 1 iiito all the circumstances of theicas&fand contending.'^that ; the seizure of land made by Mciithiif was unjust, illegal/ and: injuriop'to the interests of alarge number of natives' of Samoa. It is reported in town that Cornwall .has •'gpt'up'wmpiiny.m connection with Samoa, ana that John Luridpn left' on Sunday to take possession ofthe land in. dispute.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1373, 8 May 1883, Page 2
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179TELEGRAPHIC. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1373, 8 May 1883, Page 2
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