The measures passed by the Liberals during the past six years would have served the Conservatives for 500 years if spread over like boardinghouse butter.— John Hutcheson. The French penal colony of New Caledonia is suffering from a serious draught. Private advices received in Sydney last week state that 11 the draught has recommenced in a most serious form, and menaces us as that of last year, especially with regard to the prospects of our coffee crop." A single man named Patrick Ford, between 60 and 70 years of age, dropped dead at the Riverton railway station. Southland, a few days ago. A married sister of deceased is a resident in Invercargill, and a brother, a platelayer, lives at Lumsden.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 183, 28 November 1896, Page 2
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120Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Hastings Standard, Issue 183, 28 November 1896, Page 2
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