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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2185, 4 January 1886, Page 2

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United Pkess Association Wellington, January 2. A firo broke out amongst some gorso in tho Botanical Gardens to-day and' destroyed a large proportion of a young plantation of firs. The fire brigade succeeded in stopping the fire before it readied the main garden, A collision between a shunting .engine and a passenger train was narrowly averted on the Hutt line yesterday. The drivers of both engines have been suspended, and an enquiry will be held. To-day was pretty generally observed as a holiday by tradespeople here: Wellington, this day. A young' man namedspaniel-Turner, aged 28, a clerk in the Property Tax Department, was killed at Baker'B Hill, Karori road, by being thrown from a wife and /family in Ohrigt'churcH. 'Minquest"will beheld. The Government has cancelled the order authorising the transmission of delayed telegrams on : Sundays. • f Chrisichukoh, this day, ' The cricket match .Wellington eleven

v an Association eleven was won by Wellington by- eight wickets, (rREYMOOTHi'this day. • '< .: The report that Furness, the jockey, is dead is unfounded. v ; - ! ' ' Blexhelm, this day. Duncan Sinclair, for five years pnager of' the National Bank, died here last evening after a lingering illness. Timaeo, This day. John, Lewis, a gardener, received serioiiß injuries on the head at the Caledonian Society's sports while throwing the 161b hammer. His skull is fearfully [ Injured and there to little hopes of his I recovery, . ■'