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— =— ♦» (DSITSD PRESS APBOCIATIOS.) ADCKLiKD, Oct. 22. Orders are" coming so fast upon the recently established Auckland Woollen Mills that it is proposed to carry on work at night. A twelve-year-old child named Kate Sheard waß caned with some severity at the Newton East School yesterday, it id alleged on account of having failed to bring the quarter's school money, 13. The Rev. B. Coates,' head teacher, states that the child was punished not for failing to bring the money but for repeatedly neglecting to fetch a written note on tha subject from her parents, who it seems did •not have the money at hand when it waa due, and sent a verbal message to that effect. The child's left hand bears a broad and livid weal across the palm, the mark left by the oane. Ddnedin*, Oet 24. A fottr roomed house occupied by Jas. Heather, m Maitland street, was gutted last night. The furniture was insured is the Union for LIOO, and the house, m the Equitable for LllO. The Union Company have received cable advice from the officials at Hobart announcing that only four cases of small pox are now m Tasmania, and no fresh cases have occurred since the twelfth. The Melbourne Health Board has decided to abolish quarantine from 27th, provided there are no fresh cases m the meantime.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXIII, Issue 224, 24 October 1887, Page 2
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224INTERPROVINCIAL. Marlborough Express, Volume XXIII, Issue 224, 24 October 1887, Page 2
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