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[PRBBB ASSOCIATION THLRQRAHS.] NEW PLYMOUTH, February 7. Archdeacon Govett was thrown from his carriage yesterday afternoon, and seriously hurt. His right arm was broken in two places. . The petroleum experts have now sunk 820 ft, and they consider the indications very satisfactory. WELLINGTON, February 7. Mr K. Staples, bootmaker, of Eilbernie, was thrown out of his trap last night, and died from concussion of the brain this morning. His wife was also injured, but the other occupants escaped. HOKITIKA, February 8. A little boy, seven years old, named Honnawell, was drowned in the river on Saturday afternoon. He was sitting on a pile fishing , when he fell into sixteen feet of water. There is a strong current, and the body has not yet been recovered. INVEECAEGILL, February 7. Sixteen residents left in the Tβ Anau for the Tasmanian silver mines yesterday.
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Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7782, 9 February 1891, Page 5
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