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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2139, 6 November 1885, Page 2

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United Brjjss Association Blenheim, this day. A boy 2| years of age, soii of Mr Matthew Doylfi,' Tqamarina, was (Jrowned in a well yesterday morning. He was playing round it and fell in. Gisborne, this day. Mr James Snyder Browne, a very old journalist, died hero last night. Invercargill, This day. The correspondent of the Southland Tillies, aq experiqnoeij vjfEitqqfrqin the Meriyale diggings thjit the gold is pretty generally distributed, The gold is not water worn as previously stated, but honey combed reef gold with quarts; running through it, and evidently not travelled. A quartz leader -four inches wide has been struck at 25 feet. It is no place for any but experienced diggers with time and capital to do three ntqi|t||s' prqajjcpfciijg. ; ''"J"' AjJoKUNfI/This day. At a meeting of shipowners, the following resolytidng iyei'e parsed"TJjat ship owners and others interested m shipping at Auckland communicate with owners of shipping in all parts uf New Zealand and Australia to unite to resist what are regarded as undue demands of labor, eyen to the extent' of laying ijjj jijjek vessels,. That % Ofjnjißlt* tee of four be ajipojiifed fpr tl|e ptirpope of communicating with alj gtoairj-boat owners in the port, of for the purpose of obtaining fljeiy in putting dmyn the present obnoxious pressure placefl ' upon the shipping interest ny the and Firemens' Union, and fixing the rate of wages; steamers to be laid up if necessary until such a time as satisfactory arrangements can be made to carry on their business,