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Professor Brown Missing.

1 , Dunbdin; Saturday. 1 ', Those familiar with the"iouto i - taken by Goring and paity and its difficulties; despair finding' Professor Brown alive, i i r , >i TheßelfastFireiEnquiry, Christohubch, Fiiday. The enquiry into the Belfast fire opened this morning before Mr 0,Wlnteford, Coroner. The evidence as yet, throws no light on the cause ol the fire. - .

'k Concession. , '' , , iii ,\\ : ' ' Wellington, December 14. At the request of tho Premier of Victoria, the New Zealand Govern- v A rnent have consented to grant a concession in railway-fares to qualified members attending tho international * medical congress to be held igt Mel- . bourne in January. ' > \ f ~, Three Men Drowned. *

, CumsicfluitCH, December 14. ''.The yacht Coquette which left Lyttelton for Akaroa, was wreoked at r Pah Bay, near Le Bon's Bay, this afternoon. Her crow of three men were drowned Mr Collins, a resident in that locality,'saw her put back and anohor near the entrance to. < tho Bay. Soon after seas began' to */ / break over her.'; At two o'clock she ' ,L hoisted a flag halfmast, and at three began to breakup.,lt wasjmpossible to render any' 'assistance.' The s.s. M'a\vhera, Avbich: arrived at Lyttelton had to put into Leßon's &iyTor^ r . ' tained: that-the. Coo^fej^j Mn ± wrecked, and tlneo Nalder, Batten, and Hewitt, sons of Lyttelton residents were drowned.The place where Collins saw the yacht anchor was very unsuitable, but it is Jfesupposed they wore with the coast. Mr Collins saw another yacht,-which ho supposed had escaped, but the Mawhera, reports that the yacht Dewdrop, also bound for'Akaroa, was seen drifting seaward without anyone on boaid. She left Lyttelton in charge of two men, one named Barron, and another whose name is supposed to be Holland. It ismot certain whether thoy are drowned or not. Later.

A telegram from Akai'oa Btates that only Coquetto The other.yaehts are safei' :

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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3081, 15 December 1888, Page 2

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Professor Brown Missing. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3081, 15 December 1888, Page 2

Professor Brown Missing. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3081, 15 December 1888, Page 2

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