CHRISTCHURCH. Ist July.
An inquest was held on the body of James Clifford to-day. Deceased lost his life while diving on Monday at tbe stranded barque Bells. The post-mortem examination showed that death resulted from a rupture of a bloodvessel in the lungs, and a verdict of " accidental death " was returned. The New Zealand shipping Company have received a message, dated 28th June, advising of the arrival of the Stad Haarlem at Gravesend. The youths who poured kerosene over a duck and set fira to it at Rangiora were fined £4 and £2 respectively. The magistrate was unwilling to send them to gaol, this being their first offence, but regretted that he could not order them a whipping.
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Evening Post, Volume XVIII, Issue 2, 2 July 1879, Page 2
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