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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1485, 17 September 1883, Page 3

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■'. '"7. Captain. Bendall, Secretory, to the Underwriter' Association,' wires from Waitara i— "Launched the k6tch Falcon yesterday morning, "In' heaving off through the surf; the'anchor came home, and the;; vessel came - on (he bench again. Are still in hopes of getting her off to-morrow." The Duncdin Daily Times Ims .declared a dividend of bV.pcr wmii., and Kaitangata Kail way Com pany -10 ■] nilcent., carrying forward ,£3212. '■• Auckland, Mowlny,'' Hannah Person, a child aged six months, a passenger by the Doric, died in the quarantine station oh Saturday night from pneumonia after measles. Mr Lundon, formerly the member for Bay of Jsla.nds,'writes.froni;Samoa that a great deal of .'discontent prevailed thetQ fiijnjong _both Natives and Europeans with.the nature of Government, and that a petition would be generally •signed ."praying that the. island should be annexed, to, New Zealand. ■■ .Tho matter, hns been referred to Sir, G. Grey, who recommends that a,form of.petition be drawn up„under the Annexation Act of last session, and forwarded to Mr to'obtain signatures! ■ Nelson, Monday, ' ■ The B&lge Hoiol,. kept, by Talher, was destroyed by firo early yesterday morning, The stables and outhouses were with great difficulty saved, The origin of the firo is unknown.. There is no insurance.