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TELEGRAPHIC.

[By Telegraph. Association.']

Dunedin, December 10.... At the Police Court to-day, for pro-' " raoting sweeps and laying totalisator odds iu the outer enclosure on race day, Henry and Janies Gollard, Peter Grant, and Maurice Burton weffheaoh fined £7 and costs, and Henry Smith £lO and costs. Alexander Cairns, a very old edin resident, died early this aged 79. He came to Otago from Victoria, and was for many years, Inspector of Works under the Provincial Government. Palmbrston N., December 10. The Knights of Labour have handed over the whole of the proceeds Af the Labour Day Picnic lo the worf men, who lost their tools in the recent tire iu The Square, the amount being some £ls. Extraordinary Whirlwind. Tno Jffataura Fapor Mill Seriously Saaugpd. Inveucaboili;, December 10. . An extraordinary affair occurred at the township of Mntaura this after- : noon. A peculiar revolting cloud was seen high in -the air movrag ; up the river, which was seen to smoke, and afterwards was lifted in a ridge by the suction of the whirlwind. The clonu missed the township, but curving round, struck the paper mill with , , a terrific roar, tearing the entire roof off the main building, aud, plastering the face of the hill a hundred yards away with sheets of iron. Some;;'of .< '• the rafters wore thrown, two'and a half chains. No one was hurt, and the machinery was not damaged. An eyewitness says the roof of the mill rose like an umbrella, and fcrpko'^up'" it< the air. There were two'sounds like the firing of big guns, and it was thought the boiler had exploded. The women having, relatives in the mill hurried to the scene, dreading a fatal accident. Thecyclono swopt round and travelled to tho south-east, but no •< further damage,is reported, ~'.''

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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3986, 11 December 1891, Page 2

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293

TELEGRAPHIC. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3986, 11 December 1891, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3986, 11 December 1891, Page 2

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