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VANGGrVK!:. December 30. Two people weiv ki 11 1 ’il and lour' injured in a hi 'in h explosion in the Post Oflice nt Ksislmi (.Pennsylvania). The building was wrecked. CrSTOJJS RECEIPTS LOR YEAH Tire trade depression was reflected 5u marked fashion in the Customs .returns for the year. dhc net Customs duty received at the Dunedin oftiic durine the year ending today totalled C 001,469 15s 9d, the total for 1.930 being £7(50,166 12s Sd. Beer duty amounting to £215,133 10s 8d was collected this year, compared wtlh £-21.138 16s lid during last year. A RLELAND TROTS. New Year Handicap. ■ ITosovs. 2m.—l Gamut (ser) 1, 7 GTandore (21yds) 2. 3 Parser (24yds) 3. .All startl’d. Won hy a length and a half; length. Time, 4min 32 3-ssec. CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP. In the sixth round Smith beat O’Halloran, Gunderson sacrificed two pieces in Krskine, declared mate in live, and duly won-. The Gyk's-Piirdy game is unfinished. In a thirteenth round game (played in advance) Purdy lost to Eairlmvn.— Napier Press Association telegram. CYCI-ISir INJURED. Miss Elma Pasley (librarian) was picked up unconscious near her home hist evening, suffering from concussion and abrasions, having been thrown from her bicycle, apparently as the result of a collision with a passing vehicle. She was removed in hospital. She has not yet regained consciousness.—Gisborne Press Association telegram.
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Evening Star, Issue 20989, 31 December 1931, Page 14
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