Special Telegraphic.
DCJNEDIN, This Day. The Mar&ma, with over 500 returning men on board, arrived at Auckland last night. Bv the sale of sledges and other gear connected with Shackleton's expedition, £IOO was realised in Wellington. Regimental Quartern* ister-Sergeant Bight, a married man, was ran over by a motor car at Featherston and killed. Arrests continue under the Military Service Act, the latest being at) Wellington, of men failing to answer questions about enrolment. The liner which was in the collision at Gisborne has arrived at Auckland. It is expected the Arahua wil) be got off. At the Victoria Racing meeting results were :—-Hurdles : Thaletes 1, Sir Prim 2. St. Leger : Colbert 1, Thana 2. Newmarket Handicap, Polycrates 1, Headwind 2. Essen don Stakes : Patrobar 1, Burrabadcen 2
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Cromwell Argus, Volume XLVIII, Issue 2541, 5 March 1917, Page 4
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128Special Telegraphic. Cromwell Argus, Volume XLVIII, Issue 2541, 5 March 1917, Page 4
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