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I (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.") ' ■ AuCKLAini, Thfs Day. John Meothan attempted suicide by jumping into harbor on Saturday. Whe n asked he said lie was tired of liis .life. He had been drinking heavu'y. ; ! The recent election for the fepreflentatiqA riding m the Waitenrfftte*CJotfht/ Council developed a curious phase. Geo. Laing, the late sitting member, was ousted by his son Marshall Laing by a majority df 1. Geo. Laing subsequently disdovered there had been a case of personation, and determined to institute p|rriceeditigß. Marshall Laing has tendered 1 his resicnation. Dunedin* This Day. Edward Stevens, a lad of eight years of age, was drowned m South
Dunedin on Saturday through fulling into tank on his parents' premises. Christ church, Thin Day. Oeo. Watson, well-kivwn cricketer, died early this morning, aged 30.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 140, 24 November 1884, Page 3
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131TELEGRAPHIC. Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 140, 24 November 1884, Page 3
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