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Avckuxd, this doy, . Two bodies, those of a nativo woman, and »iil recovered from the volc»ni«, mud ut Wairoa on Thursday,, have been identified as those of Mirata'and Utjti, muther and daughter. The bodies were pretty well preserved. It appears giil had been ill for somo time.before thp eruption, and when escaping with her mother got. tired and; had to retfc op tjie way. Mirata might have by leaving her daughter. Thejequel was eloquentlyshow,! by theattitudSfc)&hUh the bodies were found, mother standiug clasping her girl in her aims for support,' while the girl was held- close to he* breast. Traces of the missing man Gottmi ■havs been found for twelve miles iilonsr tlw Taupo road, and then lust in the fern at the back of the Waikauku creek. Lundins and Smith, surveyors, \ made the ascent of the Ruawahia, and found the mountain split right in two, (lie opening boing us much as five chains tu places. CHKiSTcnuitonJns day. Sometime ago a paragrapbMjiuared In the "Wtvld" to the effect thatffHon. W, J. Dundas was slowly dying, and jnsdo allusions that wera notcoiilpjimontary U him. Mr Dundas intends to hike proceedings for libel against the proprietors of the "World." ,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2361, 31 July 1886, Page 2
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201TELEGRAPHIC Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2361, 31 July 1886, Page 2
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