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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4074, 28 March 1892, Page 3

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By TELEGBAPH.-Press Association. Auckland, March 27. The Northern Athletic Club established lor professional nthlctes, *<f. held its first meeting at Epsom on Saturday, The Half Mile Handicap was won by D. Soiuera, with A. E. Smith second, and W. Paterson third, Time, 2min 18scc, Dunedin, March 27, The City Council are taking steps to ascertain if the heavy rain in February has caused serious damage to the Boss Week: Reservoir, as since then there has been an escape of water from the embankment.. The water is kept very low in the reservoir to avoid danger. YfasTFORT, March 26, The punts and derrick carried out to sea a fortnight ago, and which have been in the track of steamers, came ashore a few miles south of Westport yesterday. % ' AcolSeatsaaiFatalltles. Pom Cbalmers, March 27. At 6 p.m. on Saturday, when Captain Jones, of the barque Sandanab, who had been ashore at the pilot station for orders, was returning to his ship, his boat capsized in the rip. The captain and four men managed to get on the boat's bottom and clung there until rescued by Pilot Milne and his boat's crew, who were very prompt in rendering assistance. One man unfortunately was drowned, Punedin, March 26, Thomas Forsyth, a young man, was killed at Kinloch, Lake WaKatipu, yesterday by the capsizing of a sledge of firewood,