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Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 5465, 24 January 1885, Page 2

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To earn your board- Saw wood. " Leah " in the Opera House to-night. Sir Julius Vogel's health is still im- , proving.' Interesting meeting of Hospital Committoe on Monday Great infant sickness in Wellington just now, resulting from impure water. Mr Booth tells the story of his life in the Theatre to-night. Government Insurance Board's first meeting was held at Wellington yesterday. Ilev. T. M. Humphreys is starting a boys' school at Remuora. Advance Sleepy Hollow ! The valuation of Nelson has increased by £4,069 since last year, Gerald Massey started his leotures in Dunedin last nightj subjeot, "Robert Burns." ! A servant girl named' Eliza Ireland is in custody on suspicion of causing the recent fire at Leeston, Canterbury. ' ' ' It is said that of' tba 27 ,translators of the new version of the Old Testament', 12 have ■ died during the work, ' ' ' Captain Jfaulkner, of th,o ship Warwick, is being sued for £15 damages Dy a sailor, whom he assaulted on the voyage. A woman may not tell her age, but her age is less considerate, It tells on her. By 2,103 votes against 283, Christchurch ratepayers yesterday agreed to ,the proposal of the Corporation to borrow £25,000 for permanent works. , Joseph Davis, a Blenheim publican, has ' been committed for trial for altering a cheque given by a customer frem £2 to £12. Accused, who is a man of property, is out on bail. A cripple named Con O'Brien, who could not swim, was nearly drowned the other day by getting out of his depth in Whakarewarewa lagoon, Ohinemutu. He was rescued by Harry Seerup, in a very exhausted state, ,