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UNITED PRESS' ASSOCIATION. ' • _ Ohristchuroh, Friday. The Directors of the New Zealand Shipping Company were entertained at a banquet last night on board the Tongariro. Efforts are being made to induce Mr Edward Wakefield to offer himself for Selwyn. Heavy rain has sot in, and it is feared will do great damage to tho hay crops; "'■■■'■
Gisborne, Friday. A young single man named Edward Bradish was killed at the South Pacific ioil springs to-day. His hand caught in a rope,which coiled round his arm. The next coil went round his neck and death was instantaneous. ;:
Auckland, Friday. The schooner" Three Cheers" which arrived from the South Sea. Islands reports tho murder of ; a Chinaman at Britaritari Island, whore Captain Moller was shot. A. white man is accused of the crime. The murdered man was found dead in his house with a long ,knife through his body. Gum diggers at Caledonia write that the affair is an awful sell. ■ There is no payable gum on the island.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1569, 28 December 1883, Page 2
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166TELEGRAPHIC. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1569, 28 December 1883, Page 2
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