TELEGRAMS.
[Mill I'BESa ASSOCIATION.] WoODYILLK, This day. A shock of earthquake was experienced here at half-past eleven o'clock last night. The Piihiatua County Council have resolved to rai*e £2000 if the Fiuherbert Road Board would raise a similar amount, for the construction of the PahiatuaPalmert ton road, and that the Government be asked to supplement the vote by another £4000. Wellington, This day. An earthquake shock was felt at Pslmerstou and Woodviile at 11.20 last night. Dunkdin, This day. Mr Driver has been appointed judge of tbe Jockey Club, who have adopted sevoral improvements for the forthcoming meeting , , the principal one being an electrical stoppage totalizator from the judgo's box when the raca starts. John Dickenson, an employe of the Roslyn Woollen Mill, loft Kaiko-ai Valley on Saturday with a fellow employe for a ride to Outram. On the return journey they commenced to race the horses, aud Uiekenson was subsequently found lying unconscious on the road a miio from Eoslyn. He died early yesterday. He had been drinking. Heleavos a grown-up family.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 6379, 15 February 1892, Page 3
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173TELEGRAMS. Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 6379, 15 February 1892, Page 3
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