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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume x, Issue 1958, 18 June 1888, Page 2

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WELLINGTON, June 18.

Among the passengers per s.s. Aorangi is Mr. Strickland, General Manager of the New Zealand Shipping Company, and Captain Russell, member for Hawke's Bay. Mr. Strickland's visit is understood to be for the purpose of reorganising the company's business.

WANGANUI, June 18.

A man named H. A. Soufflot, who attempted suicide on Friday night by stabbing himself in the breast with a sheach knife, has been committed for trial. He assigned as a reason for the act domestic trouble. A divorce suit in which he is concerned is coming on at "Wellington next week.

NEW PLYMOUTH, June 18.

A house belonging to Mathew Hill, at Bill Block, was burnt down on Sunday morning. Mrs Hill had only time to save some bed clothes and her boy. The husband was away at Normanby. The house was insured for ;£SO in an office not yet known.

The s.s. Hawea has broken in two. The dismantled hulk is almost submerged in the harbor. The s.s. Penguin came in and went alongside the wharf as usual yesterday. Captain Holford, the harbormaster, leaves for Wellington on Wednesday to attend an official enquiry which will be held there. The vessel will be sold by auction.

THAMES, June 18. A bushman named Chas. O'Hagan, was found dead on the Tarara road yesterday morning. It is supposed that he committed suicide by taking rough-on-rats.

CHRISTCHURCH, June 18.

Mr. Pearson, M.H.R. for Ashley, is sei'iously ill. Hopes of his recovery are very faint.

The flags are hoisted at half mast as a mark of respect to the late Emperor.