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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4047, 25 February 1892, Page 2

VERY LATEST.

(By Telegraph,—Press Asaooiation.)

Fe,t£il to &a Aooiaont ' , ; WgBTMBt, Thursday. Wm. Ballantine, injured on the railway on Friday, died this ruoiMttfc Ho was a native of Wanganut. '~Wi~ i..' .. Riflo ABsooiation Mootlna. ■ ;■•;■ -,:;;. .W^^ofl,Thmstjay. In coaaequence of the Hinemoa being -urgently, required by, .tbe Defence Minister to visit the Prison at." Milford Sound, and in order that the ' members of the New' Zealand Rifle . Agsppiation might'not be delayed at Ijyttoltpii, Bb.6u|d ;|ii| .jßjne'rloa bo ; - "' delayed by bad weather, li |aVjie|h. decided to prjatpone tlie opening of (pe' V Rifle' AsepoiatioriMpejin|'till;| , riday, the Jltb." March;'' |he \vilf r;; be;|reacly' to* leave7Liyttelton ; pp the ~--i ; the^amyiag^

here on the following morning, but 08 she is unablo to take the competitors back, Major Sommervillo lias arranged with the Union Company to take all competitors back at 20s each.' The Duncan's ValloyQoldflold. •• Wellington, Thursday. «4 Mr Allen, Warden for the Marlborough District, has forwarded a report on the recent find in Duncau's Valley, Ho says tho country appears to he of the same description as (Jullonsville, aud he thinks may prove equally rich. Water in the summer will he very scarce. At present there is nothing to warrant a rush, und if all tho ground should provo payable, there is not room for more than 400 or 500 men. Many claims are ppgged out, and to get claims on Crown Lands, miners would have to go far up tho range. Mr Duncan, of the ground, wilfiillow claims lo be taken up on reasonable terms, and access to Crown Land until a road is made.