LATEST WELLINGTON NEWS, (PER TELEGRAPH.)
A Press Association wire to hand last night, reports as follows :— lt is feared the crops in a portion of the Wairarapa district will suffer from the heavy winds prevalent there during the present month. In response to a requisition, the Mayor has convened a public meeting to discuss the question of the recent conviction of Chinamen for playing fan tan. The floods in the Hutt river have subsided. No serious damage is reported. The steamers Jane .Douglas, Storm Bird and Manawatu, belonging to the Wellington and Wanganui line of steamers, were sold by auction to-day. The prices obtained were Jane Douglas, £3,000; Stormbird, £5,000; and Manawatu, £2,500.
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Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1478, 22 December 1881, Page 2
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113LATEST WELLINGTON NEWS, (PER TELEGRAPH.) Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1478, 22 December 1881, Page 2
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