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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3560, 12 July 1890, Page 2

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(PEIiPIIESSASSOOIATIOK) Acoidonta aud Fatalities, Wes,tpout, July 11. A fatal acoideut occurred at the granite quarry at Capa Foulwind to-day. John Dempsey, a workman, was crushed by i large stone which fell from the face, and which killed him instantly. An inquest will be held to-morrow. in inquiry is being here into the recent railway accident at Waiinangpa. A Oh&uss of Profession. Dunedis, July 11. Mr David Christie Murray has now resolved to adopt the stage as a profession.. Ho hid an idea of doing so before he took to literature, but was dissuaded, But his success here as Baron Hartfeldt has revived his ambition to make a name for himself as an actor, and he considers the experience of praotioal details which he will gain will servo him in good stead in .the writing of dramas in whicli he himself will create parts. :' Bufloilu Poultry Show. : DosEuiN, July 11. . The biggest show- of poultry, pigeons, canaries, and dogs ever held in" Dunedin, or even the colony, was oped under, the ppices. of (be

local;,society this; morning. The show is excellent in every, particular, comprising iu all 1184 entries, made up- of-178 dogs, 200 pigoons and BDBxpbultry. Invercargill, Oamaru, OiiiißtcHurch, and -Wellington, all send exhibits,: and the prizes seem fairly distributed.- ■"'—