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WELLINGTON, December 9. Constable Johnston, who arrested fin* ley, has been promoted. While a carpenter named T. Johnston was repairing the skylight of the Junior Club a portion of tbe ceiling collapsed, precipitating bim a depth of 15 feet. He sustained ao injury to tbe epina and a broken collar bone, besides other intern*l injuries. He lies id a oritioal condition. DUNEDIN, Decembers The OLslro Central Eailway Leagna mad members of Parliament inspect the liat next week to observe tbe nature of tbt work wbiob remains to be done. ' Influenza is very prevelaot in Dunedin and Tairie.
The slander oase, Donaldson agftioßt T. M. Doncell. one of tbe trustees of tht Arrowton Hospital, again occupied tbe Supreme Court to-day. Tbe claim wm for £1000 damages. The jury, after two hoars' retirement, returned with a three* fourths verdict for tbe defendant. They fonnd that tbe words complained of had been used, but not maliciously, and that tbere was no intention to impute dig* honesty.
Tbe Six Mile Dredging Company got 90 ounces for last year's operations, leaving a profit of £454.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XIX, Issue 3299, 10 December 1892, Page 2
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185TELEGRAPHIC NEWB. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XIX, Issue 3299, 10 December 1892, Page 2
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