THE WRECK OF THE DERRY CASTLE.
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InvebcArgiljli," September 23. The fact that Mr Hatch's schooner,' the A'waroa, rescued the Deity Custl'eHUi'.vivors from the Auckland Islands has.beoti the main topic of conversation here'to-day, ; Mr HntcL t -the owner, is the late member for the town, and again a candidate. ~ 'When questioned at meetings as to the destination of the .vesso], which loft here about six weeks ago,'be replied that the schoonerhad gone to the islands m Bass' Straits to hunt seals.'and had not t6.his;knowledge, gone to the Aucblands for the same purpose, the seals"there being , at' present, protected.. The" news'' froni Melbourne has. therefore been made political,capital of.
CiffiisxoHpcH, -Septemberß; On Monday last a boy named Beck, nine years old, was playing on a bank by.the roadside at Porter's- Pass, and a laborer named Jones Was picking shingle from the side of the : bank, when the top suddenly gave way under the child's feet,, and as he fell he was struck on the head by pick, Ha lingered till yesterday, when he died.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2709, 24 September 1887, Page 2
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175THE WRECK OF THE DERRY CASTLE. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2709, 24 September 1887, Page 2
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